"TSUKI" is the 39th single released by Amuro Namie. Both B-Sides were released as digital singles in October 2012. "TSUKI" was used as theme song for the movie Dakishimetai -Shinjitsu no Monogatari-, "Neonlight Lipstick" was used as a KOSE ESPRIQUE CM song, and "Ballerina" was used both as a GUCCI×Vogue Japan promo song and as a Recochoku CM song.
ABOUT NAMIE
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Amuro Namie (安室奈美恵) is a Japanese "Hip-Pop" (Hip-Hop / Pop) artist from Okinawa. She debuted in a eurobeat group called the SUPER MONKEYS comprised of her and her classmates from the Okinawa Actors' School in 1992 with the single Koi no Cute Beat / Mister U.S.A.. Amuro became the leader of the group, and found success after their cover of TRY ME ~Watashi wo Shinjite~, which peaked at #8. In 1996, Amuro switched to avex trax and debuted with the single Body Feels EXIT, with her first avex album selling over 3.3 million copies. Her biggest single, the ballad CAN YOU CELEBRATE?, was the top single of 1997. After marriage and personal tragedy, Amuro continued to adopt a more R&B/hip-hop based style of music. She has sold over 27,322,155 copies in Japan alone.
Best Albums:
[1998.01.28] 181920 #1 (1,689,530 copies)
[2002.03.13] LOVE ENHANCED♥ single collection #3 (305,040 copies)
[2004.03.31] 181920 & films #134 (1,992 copies)
[2008.07.30] BEST FICTION #1 (1,840,088 copies)
[2011.04.27] Checkmate! #1 484,336 (2011 #6 album of the year)
Singles:
[1995.10.25] Body Feels EXIT #3
[1995.12.04] Chase the Chance #1
[1996.03.13] Don't wanna cry #1
[1996.06.05] You're my sunshine #1
[1996.08.21] SWEET 19 BLUES #2
[1996.11.27] a walk in the park #1
[1997.02.19] CAN YOU CELEBRATE? #1
[1997.05.21] How to be a Girl #1
[1997.11.27] Dreaming I was dreaming #1
[1997.12.25] CAN YOU CELEBRATE? (re-release) #1
[1998.12.23] I HAVE NEVER SEEN #1
[1999.03.17] RESPECT the POWER OF LOVE #2
[1999.07.07] toi et moi #3
[1999.09.01] SOMETHING 'BOUT THE KISS #3
[2000.01.01] LOVE 2000 #4
[2000.07.12] NEVER END #2
[2000.10.04] PLEASE SMILE AGAIN #2
[2001.01.24] think of me / no more tears #7
[2001.08.08] Say the word #3
[2002.02.14] I WILL #7
[2002.09.11] Wishing On The Same Star #2
[2003.03.05] shine more #8
[2003.07.16] Put 'Em Up #7
[2003.10.16] SO CRAZY / Come #8
[2004.03.17] ALARM #11
[2004.07.22] ALL FOR YOU #6
[2004.10.14] GIRL TALK / the SPEED STAR #2
[2005.04.06] WANT ME, WANT ME #2
[2005.11.16] White Light / Violet Sauce #7
[2006.05.17] CAN'T SLEEP, CAN'T EAT, I'M SICK / Ningyo (人魚; Mermaid) #2
[2007.01.24] Baby Don't Cry #3
[2007.04.04] FUNKY TOWN #3
[2008.03.12] 60s 70s 80s #1
[2009.03.18] WILD / Dr. #1
[2010.07.28] Break It / Get Myself Back #3
[2011.07.27] NAKED / Fight Together / Tempest #2
[2011.12.07] Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! / Love Story #3
[2012.03.21] Go Round / YEAH-OH #4
[2013.03.06] Big Boys Cry / Beautiful #4
[2014.01.29] TSUKI
DVDs:
[2000.08.18] NAMIE AMURO TOUR "GENIUS 2000"
[2000.09.27] AMURO NAMIE FIRST ANNIVERSARY
[2000.09.27] Namie Amuro Concentration 20 Live in Tokyo Dome
[2000.09.27] 181920 films
[2001.03.07] filmography
[2002.03.13] 181920 films + filmography
[2002.12.11] BEST CLIPS
[2003.11.19] namie amuro tour 2001 break the rules (3,000 copies)
[2004.09.23] namie amuro SO CRAZY tour featuring BEST singles 2003-2004 #3 (67,000 copies)
[2006.03.15] Space of Hip-Pop -namie amuro tour 2005- #2 (82,000 copies)
[2007.02.21] namie amuro BEST tour "Live Style 2006" #1 (81,000 copies)
[2008.02.27] NAMIE AMURO PLAY TOUR 2007 #2 (128,000 copies)
[2009.09.09] namie amuro BEST FICTION TOUR 2008-2009 #1 (286,000 copies)
[2010.12.15] namie amuro PAST<FUTURE tour 2010 (184,000 copies)
[2011.12.21] namie amuro LIVE STYLE 2011 (100,000 copies)
[2013.02.27] namie amuro 5 Major Domes Tour 2012 ~20th Anniversary Best~ (namie amuro 5大ドームTOUR 2012 ~20th Anniversary Best~)
Compilations & other:
[1996.07.17] avex dance net '96 in VELFARRE (Chase the Chance)
[1996.10.09] avex DANCE Vol. 3 (Chase the Chance)
[1996.10.31] Amuro Namie & m.c.A・T - Thunder Party
[1997.01.01] YOU ARE THE ONE (as part of the TK Family)
[1998.08.05] avex 10th Anniversary Presents "Jyuunen Hyakumagari ~J-POP HIT TRACKS~" (Body Feels EXIT)
[2001.02.24] Revelation - Lugia OST (toi et moi)
[2001.12.27] Amuro Namie & VERBAL - lovin' it
[2002.01.23] VARIOUS ARTISTS FEATURING song+nation (lovin' it)
[2002.03.06] song+nation 2 trance (lovin' it (tatsumaki remix))
[2003.09.18] ZEEBRA - TOKYO'S FINEST (After Party feat. Amuro Namie)
[2004.09.08] Best of Inu Yasha Seifu Meigetsu - Inu Yasha Theme Zenshu 2 (Come, Four Seasons)
[2005.03.24] JHETT aka YAKKO for AQUARIUS - JHETT (Do or Die feat.Amuro Namie'')
[2006.02.15] ZEEBRA - The New Beginning (Do What U Gotta Do feat. AI, Amuro Namie & Mummy-D)
[2007.03.28] m-flo - COSMICOLOR (Luvotomy' - m-flo loves Amuro Namie)
[2008.05.28] DOUBLE - THE BEST COLLABORATIONS (#1 BLACK DIAMOND)
[2009.04.29] ravex - trax (#2 ROCK U feat.Amuro Namie)
[2009.09.02] DJ Caroline D'Amore - J-Girls' Celebrity Mix (#1 What a Feeling [J-GIRLS' CELEBRITY MIX VER.])
[2011.03.16] VERBAL - VISIONAIR (#2 BLACK OUT feat. Lil Wayne & Amuro Namie)
[2011.10.05] DOUBLE - WOMAN (#14 Black diamond ~TinyVoice Electr!ck Remix)
[2012.01.11] .LOVE tender (#9 ALL FOR YOU)
[2012.03.07] Dramatic Tunes (Disc 2 #1 Baby Don't Cry)
[2012.10.17] MILLION ~BEST OF 90's J-POP~ BLUE (#1 CAN YOU CELEBRATE?)
[2013.06.12] TLC - Waterfalls (20th Anniversary Version)
[2013.06.19] TLC - TLC 20 ~20th Anniversary Hits~ (#1 Watterfalls / TLC with Namie Amuro)
[2013.09.25] Komuro Tetsuya - DEBF EDM 2013 SUMMER (#8 You're my sunshine (2013 SUMMER))
Filmography:
Drama
Ichigo hakusho (TV Asahi, 1993)
Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (Fuji TV, 1994)
Watashi, mikata desu (TBS, 1995)
Station (NTV, 1995)
湘南リバプール学院 (Fuji TV, 1995)
Films
That's Cunning! Shijo Saidan no Sakusen (1996)
Gakko II: The Learning Circle (aka: A Class To Remember 2) (1996) (Cameo)
Theme Songs:
Anime
"Toi et Moi" - ending theme for Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (1999)
"Come / So Crazy" - 7th ending theme song for InuYasha (2003)
"Four Seasons" - theme song for InuYasha 3rd movie (2003)
"Fight Together" - 14th opening for One Piece (2011)
Drama
"Chase The Chance" — theme song for The Chef (NTV, 1995)
"Can You Celebrate?" — theme song for Virgin Road (Fuji TV, 1997)
"I Have Never Seen" — theme song for Yonigeya Honpo (NTV, 1999)
"All for You" — theme song for Kimi ga omoi de ni Naru Mae ni (Fuji TV, 2004)
"Baby Don't Cry" — theme song for Himitsu no Hanazono (KTV, 2007)
"Sexy Girl" — theme song for Otome no Punch (NHK, 2008)
"The Meaning of us" — theme song for "Onnatachi wa Nido Asabu" (BeeTV , 2010)
OMG totally in love with the Sweet mag cover and the inside pics are gorgeous!
jiarongisme
11th January 2014 08:41 AM
It's REALLY similar to Ayu's Love songs booklet I feel :laugh
She looks great though! :yes
marty
11th January 2014 02:35 PM
^
Yeeeep, I just thought the same thing. But they're just amazing shoots for a magazine, so who cares, lol.
Lady~Deviance
11th January 2014 03:06 PM
More information on 'TSUKI'.
「TSUKI」 Lyrics: TIGER Composition: ZETTON, FAST LANE
ZETTON has composed songs for w-inds, GENERATIONS (EXILE TRIBE), JUJU, Miliyah Kato, Kuroki Meisa, Kana Nishino, Miho Fukuhara, Super Junior K.R.Y. and many others.
FAST LANE has composed many tracks for Kana Nishino. They also have composed songs for Miho Fukuhara, Yuka Masaki, GENERATIONS (EXILE TRIBE), and many others.
Both composers primarily produce R&B tracks with the occasional pop/r&b track here and there.
brener
11th January 2014 07:22 PM
thanks for sharing ^^ so it's a classical japanese ballad, no foreign stuff attached to it ^^
NintendoHTF1242
11th January 2014 07:27 PM
Was listening to TSUKI again the other day and realized I really, really, really love that song ugh Namie plz
Irish_Ayu_Fan
11th January 2014 08:29 PM
Only started listening to TSUKI and it's such a good song! Hope she gets big sales :)
Delicious n Bold
11th January 2014 08:37 PM
Namie's love songs?
:O
Sign me up
I'll eat it up like movie popcorn (mmmmmmmm)
CoriKaru
11th January 2014 09:49 PM
She looks like Anna Tsuchiya in that first inside picture.
toniayu
11th January 2014 10:02 PM
Maybe one of her most beautiful shots ever! I Wish they would use this kind of pictures for her CDs releases
pimenta
13th January 2014 05:50 PM
I'm starting to feel like it's redundant to say that Namie looks good in a shoot, because she always looks good... I feel like I'm repeating myself every time I see a new pic of her lol
安室奈美恵
LIVE DVD&Blu-ray「namie amuro FEEL tour 2013 」
2014.2.26 on sale
<収録内容>
※DVD・Blu-ray共通
1. Alive
2. Hands On Me
3. Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!
4. Hot Girls
5. YEAH-OH
6. Poison
7. Ballerina
8. Rainbow
9. Go Round
10. make it happen
11. La La La
12. Let Me Let You Go
13. Wonder Woman
14. Damage
15. Higher
16. In The Spotlight (TOKYO)
17. ONLY YOU
18. Love Story
19. Supernatural Love
20. Big Boys Cry
21. Stardust In My Eyes
22. UNUSUAL
23. Neonlight Lipstick
24. Let’ s Go
25. Heaven
26. Fight Together
27. Can You Feel This Love
28. Contrail
-BONUS TRACK-
Contrail~500th LIVE Anniversary Celebration Movie at Yoyogi -20131207-
And they didn't think that dress through either. Once they realized you could see the silhouette of her legs beneath that dress at the end with all that light they switched straight solely to waist shots. lol.
BlackSilence
15th January 2014 12:48 AM
i absolutelly love it, it's so Tempest-esque, just even better! ♥
^ The lighting alone makes it ten times better than Tempest lol.
lol it's like Tempest leveled up quite a few times xD
Ayu_desu
15th January 2014 04:44 AM
ahh same director from Neonlight Lipstick PV. No wonder they both look similar not that it's a bad thing! The far away shot of her with the green scenery in the background alone makes the whole PV - it's beautiful.
Benikari47
15th January 2014 08:00 AM
The PV is absolutely beautiful, it's like the love child of Tempest and Never End :luv2 The preview surely didn't do it any justice, i was about to say how dry i found it lol. But the full thing is definitely stunning! I think this single is going to do really well, TSUKI could be what Love Story was to the Uncontrolled era :)
Can't wait to receive it in the mail <3
Surreal17
15th January 2014 09:42 AM
She looks stunning :)...and the pv is really beautiful, simple but beautiful..I love the springish light...it makes me feel nostalgic somehow. One of her best pvs in my opinion.
jeffycue
15th January 2014 09:51 AM
XD she looks fat to me during the far wide shots in winter background. on the other hand, the summer background makes her a goddess.
inspire_rmx
15th January 2014 03:16 PM
OMG I love the song and the MTV sooo much! This gal can do no wrong at all!!
SKYia
15th January 2014 06:00 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by brener
(Post 3056302)
just what it needed to be, simple & clean..
it's so clean there's hardly anything to watch
Quote:
Originally Posted by Benikari47
(Post 3056348)
The PV is absolutely beautiful, it's like the love child of Tempest and Never End
PV wise it felt more like a child of Ayu's Missing
She looks pretty but her charm or look somehow don't work for me so it seems bland and a bit like 'when is something going to happen? oh wait, she's japanese so no plot again' but for someone who likes looking at her this may be a bless
~kashifaita~
15th January 2014 06:11 PM
Ughh Namie why must you be so beautiful *____*.
Wish the dress and hair were different lol but <3.
Surreal17
15th January 2014 06:54 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SKYia
(Post 3056426)
it's so clean there's hardly anything to watch
PV wise it felt more like a child of Ayu's Missing
She looks pretty but her charm or look somehow don't work for me so it seems bland and a bit like 'when is something going to happen? oh wait, she's japanese so no plot again' but for someone who likes looking at her this may be a bless
Didn't think about this but it kinda makes sense :yes
AyuHamasaki01
15th January 2014 07:20 PM
Beautiful PV. It's so simple and beautiful, Namie looks stunning.
I want that dress :heart
BlackSilence
15th January 2014 08:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SKYia
(Post 3056426)
it's so clean there's hardly anything to watch
PV wise it felt more like a child of Ayu's Missing
She looks pretty but her charm or look somehow don't work for me so it seems bland and a bit like 'when is something going to happen? oh wait, she's japanese so no plot again' but for someone who likes looking at her this may be a bless
Namie rarrelly as plots in her PVs.... it's usually dance stuff or things like this one. I'm actually totally happy, because it's visually beautiful. when you have suff like that you don't need plot. lol
marty
15th January 2014 08:56 PM
Beautiful PV! A little bit monotonous, but too pretty to complain, lol. Namie is stunning and the scenery and lighting are faboulos.
Heavenly
15th January 2014 09:01 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by artcika
(Post 3056451)
Namie rarrelly as plots in her PVs.... it's usually dance stuff or things like this one. I'm actually totally happy, because it's visually beautiful. when you have suff like that you don't need plot. lol
When I watched this stunnig PV, I immediately thinked "This video should please to artcika. It's so simply beautiful, and has the same atmosphere/climax/pureness as her covers, with great sceneries".
pommy48
15th January 2014 09:35 PM
I didn't like it at first because it felt so static, but the shots are just so beautiful! :luv2
Not everyone has to get pushed out a car to be a meaningful PV :yes
:laugh
emi♡
15th January 2014 11:27 PM
who needs plots when you have such production win.
Even the song seemed better. I like the instrumental.
inspire_rmx
16th January 2014 03:04 AM
I second this! the production and everything is pure amazing!
Quote:
Originally Posted by emi♡
(Post 3056484)
who needs plots when you have such production win.
Even the song seemed better. I like the instrumental.
tenshi no hane
16th January 2014 07:11 AM
Actually, the PV does have a plot.
According to barks.jp, the plot/theme is the 'rebirth of life' (from an ice world to a green world). And it was shot in Iceland in late 2013.
AyuGAME
16th January 2014 07:46 AM
^wow..iceland!
Surreal17
16th January 2014 08:31 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by tenshi no hane
(Post 3056529)
Actually, the PV does have a plot.
According to barks.jp, the plot/theme is the 'rebirth of life' (from an ice world to a green world). And it was shot in Iceland in late 2013.
really??? cool!
ayu_ready?
16th January 2014 09:16 AM
The PV is simple and beautiful ;)
NintendoHTF1242
16th January 2014 09:38 AM
Wait. So you're telling me that this video was shot on location in Iceland and not behind some green-screen? Packing my bags a.s.a.p.
brener
16th January 2014 01:13 PM
The beauty is in the subtlety of the video, and go to Iceland to record it actually made it even more beautiful. If it was a love story video it would be so.... corny >>'
AyuWorld
16th January 2014 01:14 PM
i know yeah this vid is beautiful but just one thing for me,no matter how hard i try i cant get into Namie and the song when i see her shallow expression in this PV, this is my problem with Namie always. not saying that im a fan of an over dramatic scene *cough* lol
Heavenly
16th January 2014 06:37 PM
She were in Iceland ?
That's the main difference between her and Ayu...
Nobody knew that Namie was on a trip to Europe and BAM! We learn that she shot a PV in one of the most epic european country.
She surprises us so much ^^
Linoa62
16th January 2014 06:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by tenshi no hane
(Post 3056529)
Actually, the PV does have a plot.
According to barks.jp, the plot/theme is the 'rebirth of life' (from an ice world to a green world). And it was shot in Iceland in late 2013.
Are you sure about this? It seemed to me that the article was saying that they just used pics of Iceland for the PV.
And in the making she's not in Iceland at all but in front of a blue screen:
pommy48
16th January 2014 07:38 PM
^ at baidu, they have screen caps of the director posting the shooting in Iceland