Bikkuri Project

This post isn’t about Maki. Like people are saying, she had been going a different direction from H!P for a while now, and I don’t have any problem with this decision. As another side note,there are Mikan cover pictures floating around, and they look awesome, but they’re sooo small. That’s majorly frustrating since i’m such an impatient person. Moving on.

This blog is a Hello Project blog for a reason. I’ve listened to a fair amount of other music from Japan, but I am not nearly as familiar with it as I am with h!p. Chances are that if you showed me a picture of a popular Jpop group outside of h!p I wouldn’t be able to recognize the members. Heck, I might not even be able to recognize the group. Even though I am by no means an expert, I still thought that maybe my non-h!p music interests warranted at least one entry. I’m going to keep it simple: the songs I like best, and why I like them. In no particular order:

Jupiter- Hirahara Ayaka, The vocals in this are really impressive. I like the way it starts off really slowly and simply and gradually builds up more and more energy in the melodic line as the song goes on. Also, I’m a sucker for perfect super-high notes.

Glamorous Sky- Nana staring Mika Nakashima, This song is really energizing, and it has lots of fun engrish in it. Love the rockin’ guitar. “Tobidasu GO!!!”

Life is Like a Boat- Rie Fu, I don’t actually like Bleach, but I do like this song a lot. When I first heard it, I was having a really hard time deciding whether the girl singing it was American or Japanese because her English pronunciation was so perfect. This song is really soothing and relaxing, and I like the lyrics and the message a lot.

Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana- SMAP, The ‘I want it that way-Backstreet Boys’ of Japan. For a while its super-catchy refrain was on everyone’s lips, and even now that the song is old, if it comes on the radio, you can’t help but jump right in and sing along, complete with hand gestures. I also like this song because it reminds me of my wonderful trip to Japan after high school graduation, the last night of which was spent at karaoke where I attempted to sing this song.

First Love- Utada Hikaru, What a lovely heartfelt song. I love a well sung ballad that’s dripping with emotion. It doesn’t hurt that it reminds me of Aibon’s audition footage too.

The World- Nightmare, Scream if you’re a Death Note fangirl! KYAAAAAAAAAA!!

Tada aita kute- Exile, This song is simply beautiful. Beautifully orchestrated, beautifully sung, just beautiful. Somehow it almost makes me tear up to listen to it, but not in a bad way.

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