Seiho Hayakawa and Takuma Hosokawa think modern pop music is "grotesque," but that's exactly how they wanted the debut album by their band Sugar's Campaign to sound.
"We grew up in the 1980s and '90s," says Hayakawa, who also records solo under his first name, Seiho. "Japanese pop music was very exaggerated, about life in a city that was pure fantasy."
"Even look at Kyary Pamyu Pamyu," adds Hosokawa, whose own solo project is called Avec Avec. "She has a really cute image, but it is intentionally taken to the extreme, to the point of feeling creepy. We want to do that, with city pop."