#259: The “Godfather Of J-Pop” Assaulted Male Trainees In Exchange For Making Them Stars (Johnny Kitagawa)
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The Origins of Johnny Cash
Johnny was a pioneer for boy groups, maybe even in K-pop. He wanted his boys to dance the moves from West Side Story and they're pretty good. They were never taught, they just watched the play a couple times and they know the moves. Johnny's like, I want to make Japanese teenage girls go so crazy for my boys like the American girls go crazy for Elvis. It's a really weird origins story, you know?
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