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The 207th Thread - Take a Walk in the Summer of '21
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It's flying-get-day for the Summer of '21 single!
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/aU7c5J.jpg Pic thanks to KK93 on Twitter https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/q04oL5.jpg Pic thanks to @s_chan_LiSAkko on Twitter https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/VbWDSn.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/cGl6Rw.jpg The three digital single covers are included as jacket size cards in the single. ------------------------------------ Kuu's skincare brand Hemmy K. is now officially available on amazon! Looks like it's doing well. https://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1094155 Btw. the Hemmy K. staff shared on Insta where the name is coming from. It's derived from the name of the first queen of Japan, Himiko, who reigned over the first Japanese state Yamatai from the Yayoi till the Kofun time period. |
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The cover and tittle of the single are not the best, but the packaging makes it look good. Never saw anything like that.
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the back would have been a better cover.
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I just got it! the cd it's inside the LP type package! that's so hot!
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to be free is a very summery and quiet song, like a summer evening.
The verses are great! Composer is T-SK, lyrics by Kuu. T-SK did OMG as well e.g. So all three songs of this single are written by Japanese. (ok, WBO had an international team, but the main composer is Japanese with Atsushi Shimada ) |
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to be free is my favorite song from this project, can't wait for the mv tomorrow. ♥ |
Pretty much every picture from this project would be a better cover than the actual one.
I'm waiting for the PV to listen to the new song, which seems to be just a beauty shot and I don't mind. |
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The song is cute, but it kinda goes nowhere? It sounds like a demo that is missing the final part, it's just: verse 1, chorus, verse 2, repeat chorus. The lyrics are very nice tho.
As for the composers, this is the complete list: T-SK, ADAM YARON, Imad Eljattari, Luigi Nabuurs, Pascal Oorts. Overall SUMMER OF '21 (argh, what an awful name...) is a solid single, but of all of her summer singles it's one of the weakest. 4 hot wave = 4 TIMES > FREAKY > Gossip Candy = 3 SPLASH > HOTEL > Summer Trip > MOON = SUMMER OF '21. Eh Yo / Summer Time / DO ME would be a better summer single. As for that matter even XXKK / Lucky Star / puff would be a better single. |
Overall I agree with Kaled about the song, feels like something is missing. The video is okay, not bad but not great either, but I'm glad they shot it.
Now I'll be looking forward to that new video with the dance routine, wonder if a OMG ~episode II~ is coming up |
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So I wonder how much the others actually did. I'd love to get OMG II with a proper dance routine and a video. Or another Is This Trap?, T-SK wrote that song as well. |
T-SK most likely reworked the original demo and produced the final song considering he's the only one from UFCreators there, but it's hard to know. I like most of his work, overall we got a lot of good songs with him involved, XXX, SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA, OMG, DO ME, IS THIS TRAP and so on. It's a pity that to be free is missing something extra imo.
One thing good is that the song is very clear, I saw someone comparing this to No One and I still can't enjoy that song from how weirdly noisy it is. |
Yes, it's hard to tell, but I think if it's demos Kuu bought and reworked, the original record company of the composers/producers is listed in the credits (just like with covers).
Here's a quick example with SHUTOUT/ Livin' La Vida what I mean: Spoiler:
"Original" songs (non-demo) written for and with Kuu don't have that. All T-SK songs are among that. UFC has a couple of Swedish writers in their team, so might be they also write together with non-UFC composers as freelancers. DO ME e.g. was written by T-SK and Hiromi (both UFC) and a third person. And there are Swedish and Nordic composer teams writing for the Asian market/ Asian artists only. And yes, if it wasn't clear already, he is one of my favourites, too! :laugh |
To Be Free debuts at #7 on Recochoku daily chart and #19 on Line streaming daily chart.
Nice to see the song doing well! |
Amazon Music Japan promoting to be free in Shibuya
https://twitter.com/KODAKUMINET/stat...98621585219584 |
Does anyone have the instrumentals of We'll Be OK, DBDB & to be free?
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To be free is is one of the very few songs I love from her in the past 10 years. HUSH is the only other one that stands out in my mind (maybe 1-2 more if I really think on it but nothing top of mind for me).
This song is super chill and yet feels complete. It’s the kind of song you put on to relax, sit down, have a drink, watch the sun. It’s cleansing. |
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