A: It’s a pity that I can’t go to Australian pop diva Kylie Minogue’s concert.
B: Why not?
A: Hit Japanese singer Kenshi Yonezu is staging two shows at the Taipei Arena this weekend, and I already bought tickets long ago.
Photo: Liberty Times 照片：自由時報
B: Wow, isn’t he one of the most popular Japanese singers in recent years?
A: And Yonezu’s megahit “Lemon” topped the Billboard Japan Hot 100’s year-end chart in 2018 and 2019 consecutively.
A: 我不能去澳洲歌后凱莉米諾的演唱會真可惜。
B: 為什麼？
A: 日本人氣歌手米津玄師週末將在小巨蛋熱唱兩場，我早早就買票啦。
B: 哇他可是日本近年來最紅的歌手之一。
A: 米津的神曲《Lemon》甚至還在2018、2019年連續稱霸告示牌日本單曲榜年度冠軍！
(By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪)
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