Shiina Ringo returns
 

Yeah. This shocked me. Apparently, its official - new single in January, and new album in February - all from SOLO Ringo, no Tokyo Jihen stuff.

http://music.livedoor.com/article/detail-2896.html

http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/vmc/artist/domestic/ringo/

I know there was a Ringo thread..but I thought this deserved special attention, especially since some people that may not like Tokyo Jihen might not check that thread often.

Personally, I didn't think she could keep Tokyo Jihen going much longer - I see her as the kind of person that needs to control 100 percent of her music. She always said she'd never go back to her solo career, but I thought she'd change her mind after a while..

I hope you're not xxxx'n me. I pretty much just peed myself.

Hahaha, she probably got all PMS and fired everyone else in Tokyo Jihen. Good IMO, Tokyo Jihen sucks compared to her solo work.

Info in English from thetokyoincidents.com:
http://www.thetokyoincidents.com/arc...na_ring_s.html

All I can say is... I don't even know what to say.

"“Kono yo no kagiri” is the lead single from her new album which will be released on Wednesday, Feb. 21."

When I read that, my arm was shaking. New Shiina Ringo album? With a movie about the Yoshiwara pleasure district as its basis? Someone pinch me please, I think I'm dreaming.

Yay, solo Shiina!~ Comparing her solo stuff to Tokyo Jihen stuff, I prefer her solo stuff ^^!

Fantastic news, absolutely thrilled about it. =D

That was a real curveball, I wasn't expecting to see a solo Ringo work every again with all the success of Tokyo Jihen and how much she seemed to be happy with it. Wonderful piece of news, hopefully we'll see her incorporating the new styles she's tried with Tokyo Jihen and infusing it into her old solo styles.

Awesome to hear so.

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YAY! YAAAY! YYYAAAAYYYY!

Woohoo! This is good news indeed; I like Tokyo Jihen, but I want more solo Ringo, too :D

YAY! That's good news! Thanks for sharing. :)

Oh, wow. I liked Tokyo Jihen, but I've always loved Shiina Ringo's solo work. I'm really happy about this.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAY~ This is greaaat!!!

I was hoping she would come back to her solo stuff one day! :D

Alls I could do while I was at work is think of Ringo's new stuff. I'm so happy. Like seriously, god loves us!

Ditto.

And I'll just say OMFG again; a term I don't like to use, just in special cases like this one. Lord, let's just forget about Kyoiku and Adult: more Ringo solo work is on the way! I'm quite curious though if it'll be in the vein of KZK or more like (later) TJ work.

I don't know what to expect from her now. It's so hard to follow up KZK. She ended her career with one of the best albums of all time and now she is back. No matter what I'm sure I'll enjoy her new works because it's 100% Shiina Ringo. The song (which has a sample on the toshiba website) sounds Jazzy (and it's also subbed, "Jazz Ver?" so there may possibly be a more 'rock-pop' sounding version).

I'm in shock right now. This is probably the most wonderful news concerning Japanese music that I've heard all year. I like TJ's Kyoiku, but Otona was crap compared to the work that Shiina used to do solo. I eagerly await the return of her mind-boggling PVs and awesome songs.

Thanks for the news!

Her solo stuff is a million times better than what Tokyo Jihen've done ~_~

wow, that was certainly out of left field! i thought we'd never hear shiina ringo on her own again! this is great news! :D

Just cause it'll be bigger here.


OMG.

YES YES YES! I cannot wait! <3 Tokyo Jihen is good but I still much prefer her as a solo artist.

THANK GOD!

I do not like the Tokyo Jihen stuff at all. Hooray, Ringo is back! Now I'm just waiting for Chihiro Onitsuka...

I seriously hope she goes back to her KSK work. It's one of the best albums I've ever heard in my life (though it's still a very short life).

YEE HAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing beats Shiina Ringo. <3
The preview sounds amazing already. Reminds me of Mayonaka wa Jyunketsu. <333

i really like the jazzy tokyo jihen stuff, its just so different. otona was like.. the best album ever! but i love her solo stuff in a different way. she just seems so sophistocated in tokyo jihen compared to like.. really angry in her solo stuff. anyway, the new song is frickin awesome!!! sounds like she is fusing the tokyo jihen stuff with her old sound. im so happy about there being a new album :D:D totally gunna buy it!

^My thoughts exactly. I fall for Jihen, solely because of their jazz stuffs. <3