In November 1979, Japanese singer Miki Matsubara, then 19 years old, released her debut single “Mayonaka no Door – Stay With Me” — a song that came to define the city pop genre in Japan. Now, more ...

Miki Matsubara was a Japanese singer and composer who made music in the 1980s. She became well-known for her 1979 hit song “Stay With Me,” which gained renewed popularity worldwide on social media in ...

TikTok has a way of turning obscure songs into sudden hits. In December, users of the platform resurrected Miki Matsubara's 1979 debut, "Mayonaka no Door: Stay With Me." The song itself, which made ...

On this day, two decades ago, Miki Matsubara died quietly in Osaka, far from the lights that once shimmered off her stage-ready smile. She was only forty-four, but her voice was already immortal. The ...

Viral Video Watch: Japanese composer Miki Matsubara’s ‘Stay With Me’ tops Spotify’s global viral chart For 11 days, the 40-year-old ‘city pop’ song has topped Spotify’s global viral track after being ...

A 'city pop' song from 1979 called 'Mayonaka no Door - Stay With Me' by a singer named Miki Matsubara has emerged from relative obscurity to become a widely played streaming favorite. By Billboard ...