Thanks to everyone participating in this thread.
I'd like to bring up something I like about Puffy. Have you noticed that they keep their clothes on in the videos? I thought of this as I read articles this weekend about Janet Jackson coming close to exposing her breasts again in a new video. While it would be easy to pile on to anything Jackson, lets step back and look at the other female pop stars in the U.S. Most of them are half naked and gyrating in their videos.
Puffy, on the other hand, are casually dressed (sometimes they might wear some eccentric outfits, but they usually stick to a t-shirt and jeans) and it looks like they're having a mild mannered good time rather than trying to sex it up. Their image has made them hugely successful in Japan and the are one of the very few Japanese artisits who have crossed over to the U.S. with some success. For those of you who don't know, they even have their own cartoon on the Cartoon Network - this cartoon was not a Japanese crossover, but made exclusively for a Westrn audience.
Anyway, I thought I'd point this out and wanted to ask if anyone else noticed when watching the videos. I also want to point out that I'm not claiming Puffy represents the "rule" of female Japanese pop stars. If we look hard enough I'm sure we can find ones sexing it up.
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