As you probably know, our dear Ai-chin has recently presented her new song called ‘I love xxx’. This is the theme song for this year’s NHK School Choir Contest. You can find the performance and read a discussion about it here.
Now that you have seen it, let me explain the title of the post. If you read my previous review on ‘Zokkondition / Lucky Star’, then you should know that I criticised Ai for many things and some of her faults I found unforgivable. I expressed a small hope for a little improvement in the future, but really... I didn’t expect so much. Especially in the instant mode! However, my little distaste caused by the recent Otsuka’s artistic deeds disappeared and made me stare at the screen at a loss – once I have listened to her newest song! Ai, this is totally brilliant!
First of all – after a reasonably agreeable single as ‘Zokkondition / Lucky Star’ I wanted the next release to be something like ‘Kurage, Nagareboshi’ (generally I meant a sweet, perfectly sung ballad). You want it, you get it? It seems so... ‘I love xxx’ is a lovely piece of music with a beautiful tune, showing the entire excellence of Ai’s voice. I love the arrangement and the choir! It sounds magnificent... Already while listening to ‘Ai’ on ‘Love Letter’ I thought that choirs went well with Otsuka and I wondered if she was going to do this again. It seems that our dear singer knows what’s good for her :) Everybody is happy like the SMILY face for this ballad, Ai-chin!
Another praise – for the lyrics. You know that I’m rather against mixing up languages in one piece of text, but this time I will make an exception. My dislike to English-Japanese songs originates rather from the way that the song is sung. Japanese people tend to convert English into Engrish and there’s no point in complaining about it; it’s just the way it is. However, I strongly believe that if a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing it well, which means that if you want to sing in English, work hard on your pronunciation. I wasn’t impressed by Ai-chin’s miserable attempts in English; she got scolded for it from me, as you know. And now... Something’s changed! It looks as if my desperate message for Ai to make her rethink the careless use of English finally hit home... (OK., I’m not serious; Ai doesn’t waste her time on reading thousands of blogs about her... :P) Nevertheless, the outcome is what is taken into account: Ai’s pronunciation improved a lot that she’s fully understandable and her English sounds very soft and nice – just like it should.
The last thing – Ai-chin’s hair... I know that hair is maybe the least important thing here, but I’m glad that she got rid of this awful blonde wig from ‘Zokkondition’ :D Brown, shiny and natural hair is best on Ai’s pretty head.
Yes... Dreams come true. When it comes to my dream connected with Ai, it was fulfilled exactly as I wished. OK., maybe I would like the song to be released as a single so that I could buy it, but all in all, I'm perfectly satisfied with life.
Here is the performance, enjoy!
May the Love be with you!
Now that you have seen it, let me explain the title of the post. If you read my previous review on ‘Zokkondition / Lucky Star’, then you should know that I criticised Ai for many things and some of her faults I found unforgivable. I expressed a small hope for a little improvement in the future, but really... I didn’t expect so much. Especially in the instant mode! However, my little distaste caused by the recent Otsuka’s artistic deeds disappeared and made me stare at the screen at a loss – once I have listened to her newest song! Ai, this is totally brilliant!
First of all – after a reasonably agreeable single as ‘Zokkondition / Lucky Star’ I wanted the next release to be something like ‘Kurage, Nagareboshi’ (generally I meant a sweet, perfectly sung ballad). You want it, you get it? It seems so... ‘I love xxx’ is a lovely piece of music with a beautiful tune, showing the entire excellence of Ai’s voice. I love the arrangement and the choir! It sounds magnificent... Already while listening to ‘Ai’ on ‘Love Letter’ I thought that choirs went well with Otsuka and I wondered if she was going to do this again. It seems that our dear singer knows what’s good for her :) Everybody is happy like the SMILY face for this ballad, Ai-chin!
Another praise – for the lyrics. You know that I’m rather against mixing up languages in one piece of text, but this time I will make an exception. My dislike to English-Japanese songs originates rather from the way that the song is sung. Japanese people tend to convert English into Engrish and there’s no point in complaining about it; it’s just the way it is. However, I strongly believe that if a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing it well, which means that if you want to sing in English, work hard on your pronunciation. I wasn’t impressed by Ai-chin’s miserable attempts in English; she got scolded for it from me, as you know. And now... Something’s changed! It looks as if my desperate message for Ai to make her rethink the careless use of English finally hit home... (OK., I’m not serious; Ai doesn’t waste her time on reading thousands of blogs about her... :P) Nevertheless, the outcome is what is taken into account: Ai’s pronunciation improved a lot that she’s fully understandable and her English sounds very soft and nice – just like it should.
The last thing – Ai-chin’s hair... I know that hair is maybe the least important thing here, but I’m glad that she got rid of this awful blonde wig from ‘Zokkondition’ :D Brown, shiny and natural hair is best on Ai’s pretty head.
Yes... Dreams come true. When it comes to my dream connected with Ai, it was fulfilled exactly as I wished. OK., maybe I would like the song to be released as a single so that I could buy it, but all in all, I'm perfectly satisfied with life.
Here is the performance, enjoy!
May the Love be with you!
1 comments:
I'm happy too about this song :)
Every NHK School Chorus song is a success, so it should be the same for ai-chan :)
It will help her a lot for her popularity :)
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