Mrs. Green Apple doesn’t want to play by ‘the rules’
Motoki Ohmori performs during Mrs. Green Apple's sold-out shot at MUFG Stadium in Tokyo on July 4. | ANDREW TIMMS
Oct 5, 2026
If you have to explain modern J-pop to someone who has never heard it before, play them a track by Mrs. Green Apple. I recommend 2018’s “Ao to Natsu.”
Driving forward beat? Check. A soft, ballad-esque break? Check. A sudden jump up an octave? You betcha. Mrs. Green Apple tracks are an exercise in triumphant maximalism; it’s not unusual to hear anything from music boxes to orchestral strings to country-western elements in the group’s songs.
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