A J-pop pair whose songs like 'Bokura no Love Story' soundtracked a certain era.
For a sense of their sound, 'Bokura no Love Story' and '5 Centi' hold up. They're the kind of songs that still pop up in playlists from that time.
WaT's music, especially 'Bokura no Love Story', captures the earnest, straightforward pop sound that defined a slice of mid-2000s Japan. Their ballad '36°C' on the album 'Zero' showed a quieter side. They worked with names like EXILE and BoA, placing them in that network of J-pop acts before personal troubles halted things.
They formed in 2002, starting with local gigs and indie singles before 'Boku no Kimi e' in 2005 brought more notice. After Morita's brain tumor diagnosis in 2009 and Koike's arrest in 2016, the duo stopped being active, leaving behind those earlier tracks.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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