🎛️ Crystal Kay x Janet Jackson - Koi ni Ochitara (Random J Mashup)

The Winamp classic player with a pink colour scheme. Currently playing the Random J mashup of Crystal Kay’s “Koi ni Ochitara” and Janet Jackson’s “Doesn’t Really Matter” — the cover art of which is displayed on the right-hand side.

So, here I am. With another mashup of Crystal Kay and Janet Jackson. And yet another Crystal Kay mashup with a Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis production. But if the shoe fits, then girl…put your foot in that bitch. Crystal Kay and Jam & Lewis productions just fit together so well. It really is no wonder that “Kirakuni”, “Itoshiihito” and “I Can’t Wait” turned out as great as they did. And that this mashup also turned out as good as it did.

I roll my eyes a little every time I hear “Koi ni Ochitara”. But I cannot deny how good a song that it is. And much like Crystal Kay herself, it doesn’t always get the props it deserves. Even Crystal was late to that party — having admitted, she wasn’t a fan of the song at first and continued not to be for quite some time, as it shifted her sound away from what she wanted to do.

But “Koi ni Ochitara” really is a great pop song. And despite how simple and accessible it sounds to the ear, there’s a fair amount going on with the song, between the three different melodies, the key change at the end, the chorus not always having the same lyrics, and a run of the chorus being sung for the bridge. And then there is how the song is sung. “Koi ni Ochitara” is a much more difficult song to sing than you’d think just by casually listening to it. And all of these things make it a great fit for a song like “Doesn’t Really Matter”, which also sounds deceptively simple, but has a lot of complexities in its arrangement and structure.

📅 Mashup made in 2025