CHIHIRO – Rose Quartz (Album)

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CHIHIRO released her new album “Rose Quartz” on July 8th.

Release Date: 2020.07.08

Tracklist:

01. i_m_a_g_i_n_e
02. もうおしまい
03. 冷たくしないでよ
04. Chu
05. 君はOUT
06. Rose Quartz（interlude）
07. Secret Love
08. 君を忘れるための歌
09. My Life
10. 幸せになってね
11. Chu（Pink Epidote Remix）
12. 好きだけどサヨナラ（Cape Amethyst Remix）

OVERALL RATING

4½ stars

Jeong Sewoon – 24 (Part 1) (Mini Album)

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24 is the first full-length album by Jeong Sewoon. Part 1 was released on July 14, 2020 with “Say Yes” as the title track.

The physical album for Part 1 comes in two versions: To and For.

Tracklist:

1.”Say Yes”
2.”Don’t Know”
3.”Horizon”
4.”Beeeee”
5.”O (동그라미)”
6.”새벽별”

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars

Crush – OHIO (Single)

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Crush has released his new double single and music video today. “OHIO” was co-written by Tablo and “Let Me” was written and produced by Devin Morrison.

Release Date: July 14, 2020

Tracklist:

1.OHIO

2.Let Me (Feat. Devin Morrison)

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars

ayumi hamasaki – オヒアの木 (Ohia no Ki) (Lyrics)

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「拝啓　わたしの小さくて
永遠に世界一の天使へ」

初めましての涙だったり
初めて指繋いで眠った日とか
初めて全てがダメな気がして
初めて隣で泣き明かした日とか
初めてだらけの2人だったね
でも君とだから
乗り越えられたんだよ

笑う時にね片方の目が
きゅっと閉じるとこがおんなじ
眠い時にはふくれっつらして
下唇つきだすのもおんなじなんだよ

君は君の名をいつ知るんだろうか
それとももう知ってるかな
レフアがオヒアの木に寄り添うように
優しく強い花を咲かせたように

そんな想いを込めたんだよ

冷たい雪の降る日は
この胸で休まればいい
激しい夏の日には
どこまでも自由に駆け出せばいいと
そうやって見守っていくよ
ずっと

君は君の名をいつ知るんだろうか
それとももう知ってるかな
君が君の名をいつか尋ねたなら
その時はどんな風に言おう

Ah-　レフアがオヒアの木に
寄り添うようにと花を咲かせた日
Ah-　まあるく漂う風が
新しく私らしい生きる意味を教えてくれた

そんな事を伝えようかな

“haikei watashi no chiisakute
eien ni sekai ichi no tenshi e”

hajimemashite no namida dattari
hajimete yubi tsunaide nemutta hi to ka
hajimete subete ga dame na ki ga shite
hajimete tonari de nakiakashita hi to ka
hajimete darake no futari datta ne
demo kimi to dakara
norikoeraretan da yo

warau toki ni ne katahou no me ga
kyutto tojiru toko ga onnaji
nemui toki ni wa fukurettsura shite
shitakuchibiru tsukidasu no mo onnaji nan da yo

kimi wa kimi no na wo itsu shirun darou ka
soretomo mou shitteru ka na
refua ga ohia no ki ni yorisou you ni
yasashiku tsuyoi hana wo sakaseta you ni

sonna omoi wo kometan da yo

tsumetai yuki no furu hi wa
kono mune de yasumareba ii
hageshii natsu no hi ni wa
doko made mo jiyuu ni kakedaseba ii to
sou yatte mimamotte iku yo
zutto

kimi wa kimi no na wo itsu shirun darou ka
soretomo mou shitteru ka na
kimi ga kimi no na wo itsuka tazuneta nara
sono toki wa donna fuu ni iou

Ah refua ga ohia no ki ni
yorisou you ni to hana wo sakaseta hi
Ah maaruku tadayou kaze ga
atarashiku watashi rashii ikiru imi wo oshiete kureta

sonna koto wo tsutaeyou ka na

GFRIEND – 回:Song of the Sirens (Mini Album)

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回:Song of the Sirens is the ninth mini album by GFRIEND. It was released on July 13, 2020 with the song “Apple” serving as the album’s title track.

Tracklist:

1.”Apple”
2.”Snow Time (눈의 시간)”
3.”Mirror’s Room (거울의 방)”
4.”Tarot Cards”
5.”Crème Brûlée”
6.”Northern Stair (북쪽 계단)”

OVERALL RATING

4½ stars

Maiko Nakamura – ゆらりらりら (Single)

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“ゆらりらりら” is the new single by the singer Maiko Nakamura.

Release Date: 2020.07.04

Tracklist:

1. ゆらりらりら (Radio Edit)
2. ゆらりらりら (Off Vocal)
3. ゆらりらりら (Instrumental)

OVERALL RATING

3 stars

田馥甄 (Hebe Tien) – 一一(One, after Another) (Single)

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“一一(One, after Another)” is the new single by the singer 田馥甄 (Hebe Tien).

Release Date: 2020-Jul

Tracklist:

1.一一(One, after Another)

OVERALL RATING

4½ stars

Nikki Yanofsky – Turn Down The Sound (Album)

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Turn Down the Sound is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer Nikki Yanofsky, released on July 10, 2020. The album’s lead single, “Forget” was released on January 30, 2020, with a meme music video to accompany it. The video premiered the same day on Billboard’s website. The second single “Nerve” was released on March 20, 2020, after her Together at Home Instagram live concert. The third single “Loner” was released on May 15, 2020.

The album was originally titled Black Sheep, but was changed. In an interview with IHeartRadio Canada, Yanofsky said that Turn Down the Sound was her first choice for the title of the album, but she faced a lot of criticism within her team from choosing the title. She then decided to change it back last minute because it was “true to herself”.

The album’s title track “Turn Down the Sound” and “Bubbles” were written by Yanofsky with her friend Rod Temperton. “Bubbles” was the last song Temperton ever worked on, as it was his last song loaded on his music production software. Temperton nicknamed Yanofsky “Wobbles”, which was why the song was named “Bubbles”.

Tracklist:

1. “Loner”
2. “Turn Down the Sound”
3. “Sunshine”
4. “Forget”
5. “Nerve”
6. “High Note”
7. “Throwing Stones”
8. “Black Sheep”
9. “Bubbles”
10. “Owe It All”

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars

Shuri Uchida – 光の中を泳ぐ (Mini Album)

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“光の中を泳ぐ” is the mini album by Shuri Uchida.

Release Date: May 29, 2019

Tracklist:

01. いつもの朝
02. 君はもういない
03. 私は無敵のヒーロー
04. どれほど私は
05. うまく進んでいたはずが
06. 人に言われて作る人生
07. リズムに合わせて踊る

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars

Donna Missal – Lighter (Album)

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Donna Missal’s empowering sophomore album, Lighter is release, via Harvest Records. The follow-up to her acclaimed 2018 debut, This Time, Lighter finds Missal getting deeply personal – working her way through the emotions of a breakup and, ultimately, coming out stronger, with a clearer sense of self. Alongside the album’s release, Missal also shared a new video for “Slow Motion.”

The striking visual for “Slow Motion,” a ballad about a couple accepting that they’re parting ways for the last time, was captured early one morning in the Nevada desert. The clip was directed by Missal and shot by cinematographer Drew Bienemann (Charlie Puth, The Chainsmokers, Dermot Kennedy).

With her powerful, sultry vocals, the unapologetic rocker takes listeners through a therapeutic tour of emotions in Lighter, as she scours the depths of a breakup and ultimately takes back her power. Chronologically, the tracklist follows the singer back in time – opening at the end of her journey with the ethereal “How Does It Feel,” and the triumphant “Hurt By You,” in which Missal declares, “now I’m way too far away to be hurt by you.”

Produced by Andrew Wells (X Ambassadors, Bebe Rexha, Fitz and the Tantrums), Lighter highlights Missal’s versatility, as she winds her way through a variety of styles – From 90s-influenced rock tracks, like the scorching “Let You Let Me Down,” to contemplative balladry, like “Carefully” and “Bloom,” and expansive, country-tinged tunes like “Best Friend,” in which Missal gets wistful about her ex.

During a recent feature in Interview, in which Missal spoke with her childhood idol, Shania Twain, the artist explained the message behind Lighter. “You can watch your entire life burn down around you, you can walk through that experience, and you’re going to get to a point where you’re going to look back on that destruction and realize you are so much better off on the other side of that. Sometimes burning s__t down around you to get a clear view of the possibilities moving forward, can be the most cathartic experience.”

Tracklist:

01.How Does It Feel
02.Hurt By You
03.Carefully
04.Best Friend
05.Slow Motion
06.Let You Let Me Down
07.Bloom
08.Just Like You
09.Who Loves You
10.I’m Not Ready

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars