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Honestly, I think part of the reason I liked so many of the songs is that my expectations for miwa's music have become really low over the past two years, so it doesn't take much to surprise me positively, lol. I'm happy to have some new songs I feel like going back to, I haven't gotten many of those from miwa during this past era. |
I like the new album. Well, compared to previous one, I think this one is better.
But still, Delight is the best for me, followed by the first two albums. This album is a reminiscent to her past music, the singer-songwriter style kind of music, but it's just bland (but still better than ONENESS content). SPLASH was nice, I don't think it's disjointed, it's more like she made it that way, and somehow it works, also it sounds better when live. The rest of the tracks are kinda forgettable, but if you listen it in order, it sounds better. The singles are actually nice, again I said, maybe because I listen to it in order, that's why Yozora, Shanranran, and the Anata blah blah blah sounds better than before. The album tracks aren't memorable, but it's just nice to listen this kind of music again from her. One more problem, only 11 tracks. |
Do we really care about Oricon these days? She only got #5 weekly (and, yes, she gets outsold by AAA once again, even in albums, as they take #1) in a competition that also contains SKE48 (surprisingly why did a 48 group NOT get an album #1?!?!?) and SHINee...and why is HoneyWorks #4???
#1 AAA 107,969 #2 SKE48 99,646 #3 SHINee 68,102 #4 HoneyWorks 33,688 #5 miwa 31,347 I still ask this every time both miwa and AAA release something on the same day and in direct competition: Why is AAA still outselling miwa these days? I do understand one of the two girls in AAA (Ito Chiaki) is going to leave soon, but I still have to wonder why miwa is pretty much always behind AAA when they're matched up head-to-head... |
^48 groups don't tend to sell well album-wise ...and where AKB is struggling, it is no wonder that the sub-groups fail
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AAA is really happening recently due to the popularity for each members as far as I remember. Plus, one of the member is leaving? It's making a headline for sure.
Well, for some reason I tend not to believe the Oricon popularity these days. miwa herself is still relevant when I see the music scene. Did anyone watch her in SONGS? |
New single
Release date: 2017.05.24 01 – Shiny 02 – Zettai Ano Basho ni 03 – Yui (Sound Inn ”S” ver．) 04 – Shiny (Instrumental) DVD 01 – Shiny (PV) 02 – Shiny (Making of) source: https://www.c-k-jpopnews.fr/2017/04/...mois-prochain/ |
The covers of the new single are out :
https://img2.lght.pics/3LP.md.jpg https://img1.lght.pics/3LO.md.jpg Shiny's pv too. But I don't have any links to stream it. A preview can be listened to on her website. http://www.miwa-web.com/disco/archive/?SRCL-9408 Shiny is shanranran episode 2 for me. |
miwa covers never disappoint! (Unless we're talking about ONENESS)
Well, try to look for @morimasa_kuno in Instagram, that account uploads miwa-related video a lot, including Shiny PV and such. |
^Thanks for the hint.
Shiny and Zettai Ano Basho ni are out. My thought on Shiny didn't change with the full version. However I find it slighty better than Shanranran because of the instrumentation that is more original. I don't like the b-side. |
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Not bad, i can see a bit of Hikari e in this song.
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miwa released a new digital single, Live Fast Die Young, earlier this week. It's a pretty nice pop-rock number, one of her better ones in the last few years.
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^ Now if someone can upload it here on AHS or JPopsuki - because I haven't seen it on JPopsuki yet... Hmm...
And I'm sure if this will end up in a future single or album, it's just when will it happen and what will it be, maybe as a B-side if it's on a single... |
^ I uploaded it, go here.
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miwa'll sing the ending of My Hero Academia 3rd season.
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I can't believe I said this but everything she did recently is really... mediocre :(
Live Fast Die Young was pretty much okay, but it's still pretty average for me. My Hero Academia? This might be a good stuff. |
I hope is not a ballad ! Several endings are boring ballads and miwa has tons of them.
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miwa will be releasing a new single, "Update", on May 9th. This will be the "My Hero Academia" single as mentioned earlier.
In addition, the covers are out: https://natalie.mu/music/news/276973 But I'm not enthused at the CD+DVD cover: https://i.imgur.com/mLK8NA0l.jpg I mean, what in the world is this? |
I really like the CD+DVD cover, I like how colorful and clean it is, and it stands out in miwa's catalogue. Although it did take me a moment to realise it wasn't Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. :laugh I'm not a fan of the weird detachable puffy elbow sleeve though... Anyway, I just hope the songs are good.
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Definetly she looks better with longer hair, lol.
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Wow That's a surprise. I would never thought that miwa would have a unnatural colour hairstyle one day. I like the CD+DVD cover. The CD edition doesn't look good at all. She looks like a doll or a robot with a wig or something like that.
Edit: Preview I don't like it. |
Complete tracklist for Update:
CD: 1. アップデート (Update) 2. 3つの約束 (Mittsu no Yakusoku) 3. Live Fast Die Young 4. アップデート (Instrumental) 5. 3つの約束 (Instrumental) 6. Live Fast Die Young (Instrumental) DVD: 1.アップデート Music Video 2.アップデート Music Video Making-of Anime Edition DVD: 1. アップデート 僕のヒーローアカデミア (Boku no Hero Academia) Ending Non-Credit Movie Ugh, Update does not sound good, I hope the b-side is better. |
live fast die young is already out too
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It seems that this new single will be mainly bad to me. One song I don't like, One song that is listenable but forgettable and I don't dare to have high hope for the first b-side.
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miwa has been like this for a couple of years now.
Her 2 first albums were amazing, now her releases are forgettable. T_T |
Her new single hasn't come out yet, yet miwa has just announced that she's going release a best album - "miwa THE BEST" - this coming July?
http://www.miwa-web.com/info/archive/?493884 https://natalie.mu/music/news/278885 https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2109902/full/ |
As expected the single isn't my thing. Mittsu no Yakusoku has a nice verse but the chorus is kinda boring to me.
I hope the best album'll mark the end of that era and miwa'll bring us a new fresh sound after. |
miwa misses out of the top ten... (>_<)
#10 - 9,404 #11 (miwa) - 9,242 And based on the initial picture they've given to us regarding miwa's best album...if that's the actual cover, that could be a big turn-off for me. |
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There were some news about her style as singer-songwriter doesn't appear as a real singer-songwriter, instead, she came out with more idol-like personality. Her collaboration with Momoiro Clover Z maybe has something to do with this, but I'm not sure either. Also, she's always with NAOKI-T as the arranger since her debut, maybe it's the reason but then again, she always composes her songs by herself so it's her fault as well. She should switch to another producer or change the music director, perhaps. Regarding Best Album, well... I'm not sure it will end well for her for this release, since best album is always related to beginning of an end, somehow. Also, miwa clips Vol. 2 will be released along with the best album, what a fraud. I'm waiting for years after buying the Vol. 1 but she's releasing it like... few years late, gurl. Also also also, she's actually hang out with Sakaguchi Kentaro a lot ever since the movie was released (100kaime no Koi something), and now she's in yet another work for Sakaguchi Kentaro drama, well.. I'm not surprised if they are (or will be) in a relationship. |
^ Idol persona??? What??? I'm surprised when I heard about this the first time! That...sounds odd. I don't think miwa and idol persona mixes very well for me!
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I forgot the source, but it's taken from short news clip and a short article back in 2016. Maybe Nico Nico? Not sure. (Perhaps Girl's Channel or something like that)
miwa gets criticized in general for being more like an 'idol' instead of a singer-songwriter. She was asked about her upcoming birthday plans and she said, 'take a bath.' Her male fans went crazy online going 'so cute!!!' 'a bath huh~~~' People are annoyed because they think she's appealing to her male fans like an idol would. She also uses a 'cutesy' fake talking voice when she speaks, a lot of the comments say she uses it to appeal to male fans. Then again it's not confirmed or so, but as far as I remember, she got many female audiences, which clearly can be seen during her concerts. I haven't catch up to her recent ones though, maybe more male fans now? I have no idea. |
Because I've been watching Boku no Hero Academy, Update (the ending) doesn't seem to be that bad, lol.
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^I'm watching it too but I always skip the ending :laugh
I only follow miwa's music so I can't really judge her behaviour. If she slip in an idol role, I would say that princess single is what gets closer of an idol persona. |
Unchained Love is out some days ago. Did you listen to it?
I have a mixed feeling about this song. I was pleasantly surprised until the chorus. The deepness of the beginning made me shiver. This song has a good arrangement. Some parts are very unexpected for miwa (violon, "water sound". But the melody(vocal) of the chorus is soooo generic that it drags my enthusiasm down a bit. |
I didn't know about the song and straight out to Google already and what a surprise, it's on Spotify! But still can't play it tho, you know country restriction.
Anyway, this is something fresh her! I like the intro, but as the song is progressing, I also have mixed feelings about it. Most likely because I never expect she did something like this after so many lackluster songs, but it's actually not bad after all. But it has the same problem, most of her songs are no longer catchy at all. The song is below by the way. Spoiler:
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Thanks for sharing the link, mellody, I hadn't been able to download the song when I tried to find it a few days ago. |
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I'm going to jpopsuki asap. |
Stupid content ID blocking not only in Japan but also YouTube Red (YouTube Premium) countries because of Sony's protectionist policies... (>_<)
Problem is that JPopsuki doesn't have it either. If anyone is able to upload it to there (and/or AHS) as soon as possible, it will be greatly appreciated. |
You can get it on https://eimusics.com/. It's where I found it.
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Two CDs, plus DVD/BD (yes, there's a BD!) will feature miwa clips vol.2 - another round of miwa music video compilations! miwa THE BEST is scheduled to release 11 July 2018. They've also opened up a special site! https://i.imgur.com/d3e0zYfl.jpg Special limited edition (2CD+BD, plus LP-sized jacket and a T-shirt!) Pre-order on CDJapan (limit one per customer) https://i.imgur.com/Vd3ORu8l.jpg Limited edition (2CD+DVD) Pre-order on CDJapan https://i.imgur.com/QX4rJEtl.jpg Regular edition (2CD only) Pre-order on CDJapan Tracklisting Quote:
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Let me say something about that Limited Edition and Regular Edition covers first:
In my opinion, those are better than ONENESS and We are the light, but still among her releases so far, that's just the worst. The Special Edition was very nice though. First CD has 14 tracks but the Second one has 17??!? Those new tracks are short, I guess. Unchained Love was okay, hopefully the new track is as good as FRiDAY-MA-MAGiC. Okay, that was random. This release will decide if miwa will continue her future works or not, because you know, Best Album is always a warning of end of an era. I don't know the rest of the competition release, can you give us whole list of who are releasing albums on that date? (Other than Daichi Miura and 2PM) PVs in Blu-ray though, yum. Hikari e. |
Planning to buy the Special limited edition, and quite disappointed with the fact that she didn't include those MVs in the miwa clips vol. 2,
ホイッスル〜君と過ごした日々〜, Kiss you. 君に出会えたから, 360°, 夜空。feat.ハジ→, ONENESS, Princess, 結-ゆい-, シャイニー, SPLASH WORLD, アップデート yet some newest PV like "We are the light" are included... It'll be a loong-loong time before we'll get Kiss you in actual HD without M-On watermark xD However, the limited edition cover is nice :3 |
^ Yeah, now I just realized miwa clips vol. 2 doesn't include every MV since the release of vol. 1 (which was a standalone release). Don't know why they would make such a decision like this...
Now I'm not sure if I want to even buy this in the first place. |
Sorry for double-posting, but...
Happy 28th birthday miwa!!! :happybday |
The DISC 1 of the best includes the works that I truly love from her <3
The cover with the guitar is the best. |
miwa THE BEST oricon chart ranking
(7/10) - #2 15,447 (7/11) - #3 4,455 (7/12) - #1 2,649 (7/13) - #1 2,226 (24,777) (7/14) - (7/15) - (7/16) - #1 for the first day is Hatsukoi, none can defeat Godtada :rolleyes |
@HTMSD
miwa had 15,447 on the first day. JUNHO (from 2PM, K-pop group) was #1 with 27,270 (#2 on 7/11 with 5,176). That being said, the sales numbers have been underwhelming at best. I'm disappointed this is supposed to be miwa's 'best' album and this is missing the mark - by being outperformed by 2PM's JUNHO (making matters worse, 2PM/JUNHO are signed to Epic Records, which is also a Sony label, and is also the same label that Utada is signed to!)... I was also considering buying hi-res from Recochoku (or mora, which is owned by Sony? But I use Recochoku because I'm more familiar with that), but while the tracklist is the same as the CD (yes, you get every song), I'm not sure if the album is worth the value when the album mainly consists of A-sides, save for three songs at the end (two new songs and a different version of a B-side). |
So, did she get #1 spot for weekly rank?
I guess this is the end of an era. |
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miwa is not even selling 50k copies for the best album means...
Her fanbase is relatively small, I thought by doing a tour she would be able to reach 100k easily. Now I'm kinda wondering about her popularity, her state of being as a singer-songwriter, will she survive? |
JUNHO (#1) sold 40,907.
miwa (#2) 'only' sold 28,949. Utada (#3) sold 27,997. (https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2018-07-23/) I'm not sure if miwa has anything left in her tank, bag of tricks, whatever...I don't know where she fits right now. The reason why her popularity shot up was because of the guitarissimo album that was #1...but not without the earthquake and tsunami back in 2011 that really shuffled a lot of album releases (including AKB48's, which had to delay further to June instead of April). If it wasn't for that, miwa wouldn't be #1 - and the entire world wouldn't be in a position like this... Also, not to forget, miwa was left out of the Kouhaku last year (2017). |
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I thought her post-guitarissimo era is the highest peak of her career, but soon after that, no more. Like I said before, her fanbase is actually relatively small, despite that full audience in Budoukan and any of her tour. To me, she's not evolving anymore after Delight, even Delight itself is a carbon copy of Hikari e, which sounds like a lazy attempt. Compared to another singer-songwriter, she's stuck so much to the point she's not evolving anymore. Another reason is that because the CD sales are declining as well. I don't know if her digital release sells well. |
Maybe she is stressed and she doesn't know what do to after all these years.
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I'm just so not into miwa that I came across her new digital single without knowing she had something on the stove. What surprise me isn't the song (because I haven't listened to it yet) but her haircut! She looks so mature and different. I wonder if title is different from her recent work.
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Girl better gives something nice after that haircut, kinda reminds me to YUI when she cut her hair short and release GLORIA, a great song.
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If she follows YUI steps, I'll be dead, hahhaha. Meet a guy, date that guy, get pregnant by that guy, get married with that guy, announce a hiatus, return to music with a band.
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Title is a pretty nice song, for me it's up there with Live Fast Die Young in the "perfectly enjoyable but not that memorable" tier. I well and truly hate that it's called "Title" though. :dead2
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(I don't know if my view of YUI's career is very popular. :laugh) --- By the way, I don't remember this being mentioned earlier, but miwa's new best album is available on Spotify! It's nice to have her singles available for streaming this way. Also, the new song on the album, Acoustic Story, is a really good pop song, one of her best songs in a while! The title is sooo misleading though, that song has never seen anything acoustic in its life. :laugh |
I think I need to hear the new stuff, I didn't even remember she has a new song inside the best album.
I kinda want to see her newest acoustic lives. |
I would say that miwa's career is based on YUI's since the beginning but her cute era.But if Sony is managing her career from her songs to her hairstyle that's excessive. Even if I know there are able to do that. To me that's how they're killing her creativity. Just for sales.
Title is good but I agree with Kacku not memorable. I like the intro a lot though. I barely remember Acoustic Story. I know that I didn't dislike it but I can't remember its melody. What I would like is just 1 song that blow me. She released too many songs that are just ok. |
Well, it's kinda obvious that her career is based on YUI, but sadly, as she said during her collaboration live, people are comparing them a lot, being overshadowed etc.
Just listened to Title but yeah, still an okay-ish song for me. At this point, her 3 first singles are still considered her best song to date for me. Even Little girl (that time I'm not really fond of that song) sounds better than any of her recent singles, at least for me. Something unique like FRiDAY-MA-MAGiC will also nice. I don't know what's the cause of this, but is she still working with NAOKI-T as arranger or co-composing? If yes, perhaps that's the problem. |
To me it's Sony the problem. She isn't the first artist under that label who suffered from that because they're all about money. I'm always desperate about this because they have the nose to find great artists but they destroyed their originality and creativity when they have some success to keep their sales or increase them.
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I'm not sure if it's Sony fault though. Marketing-wise, it may be right, but creative control is more to the management of the singers themselves. Then again, miwa is a singer-songwriter, which means she should have a creative decision about her music, but she just stay in her comfort zone, that's what I thought.
Aimer is under Sony (SME), but I think she has one of the best management teams. She's somehow a singer-songwriter as well because she penned some of her lyrics by herself (not sure about music), but I believe she has this creative decision about where her music is going. Just look at her release from the first album until her best albums, she's somehow challenged herself in every release and she did it well. She works with many composers too. While miwa is still working with the same co-composer and arranger over and over again. The same thing happened to ayu, she doesn't work with Yuta Nakano all the time to give some refreshments. |
Wow many months without a post. miwa will release her new single "Reboot" on August 14. More details here https://www.tokyohive.com/article/20...ngle-in-a-year
I was expecting some kind of marriage news honestly, lol. |
I think that most of us lost interest. I'm not really enjoying her music nowadays. She released A Red Ray with SUGIZO last month. The song is slightly different from her discography but nothing memorable.
As Reboot will be used as the theme song of a drama my expectations aren't high. :/ |
I think we can expect a soft ballad :(
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^Wrong guess.
Finally Reboot is a pop-rock song. I feel like we're back in 2010 with this song. I'm waiting the full track to have a proper view but it surprised me. Especially the bridge after the introduction. The arrangement is surprisingly good. The covers are out : http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Reboot_(miwa) They give me a eighties vibe with the plain background. Immediately I thought about Seiko Matsuda's covers when I saw them. I know the look is different but there is a little something... |
^ Also, did I realize that SMEJ is starting to take out its geoblocks for newer videos July 2019 onwards (including this above, aside from certain existing ones such as some Nogizaka46, Yoneshi Kenzu, and more lately Aimer)? It's a bit long overdue.
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^Personally, I never got any problem to watch Aimer's video on her official YT channel. Regarding miwa's new video it might me because she attended Japan Expo in Paris. So they understood finally that it'll be profitable to open her videos to oversea fans?
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Wow, Reboot actually sounds good! First time in a while that I'm excited for a miwa release.
Speaking of geoblocking, it seems it has been lifted a little with streaming as well. Most of miwa's discography (all of her albums aside from the ballad collection and several singles) are available on Spotify. The release years are often wrong and more than half of the singles are missing, but it's still something. :laugh |
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Streamable mirror if you missed the 24-hour window, because at the time of this posting, you only have less than twelve hours remaining to see the full MV on YouTube (but with no geoblocks!)
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I'm glad to be wrong with my guess.
Her looks and the song are very good. It reminds me YUI again :D |
Holy mother of God, Reboot is something fresh and surprising! I thought she's dead forever :laugh
The PV is available worldwide though and soon it will reach 1 million views. Did Sony fire someone else and got a change of heart? Good news anyway. Speaking of YUI, I personally thought Reboot has the same energy with It's all too much. |
You're totally right !!
Damn, I haven't heard YUI's music in years |
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She is seriously taking YUI steps, lol. Seriously I hope she can be happy with her husband and child.
After her pregnancy I wonder if she is going to take part in a band too. |
I hope miwa's marriage doesn't go like how YUI went.
For the time being, congratulations miwa and Kosuke Hagino! |
He is not the prettiest, but he has a damn fine body.
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^So true, his face is very scary, but his body is pretty nice. And he is four years younger than miwa.
miwa is so petite (1.49m) and he is so tall (1.77 m), I don't want to imagine that scene of both... you know :/ |
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miwa did a collaboration with SUGIZO (lead guitarist of Luna Sea) and I didn't know about this info before, but the song is an ending theme to Mobile Suit Gundam THE ORIGIN: Zenya Akai Suisei. It's on Spotify as well.
Never know about this before but, I like the song! I hope she keeps going with good release in the future. She will also release another new single Storyteller/Teenage Dream on December 25h. One of them is the opening song for Boruto. Teenage Dream is also on Spotify now, but... uh, meh. |
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It's not just Ayu and Nishino Kana that are making headlines for giving birth...as expected, miwa just gave birth to a new child as well!
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Great, as much as I'm happy with her... the news didn't reveal the gender. Is it a boy or a girl?
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Congratz miwa-san !!!
The song is good. I prefer miwa's rock-ish songs than her bubbly and generic ones. |
It's been over ten years since miwa debuted. Sorry for taking a couple of months, don't know why the lack of activity, but then again, so does miwa (remember she's married!).
So miwa's official website got updated, plus since the last time this thread got updated:
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^Yep, I read on tokyohive that all of her videos are now available on YouTube, yay !!!
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^ Even Arama! Japan picked it up as well.
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