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Originally Posted by kotora
This song may be a bridge of Fantome and the new album.
She used to do that
DISTANCE -> FINAL DISTANCE -> DEEP RIVER
Fantôme -> 大空で抱きしめて -> ?????
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I think the DISTANCE > FINAL DISTANCE sequel was more accidental than made on purpose. She was already going to rerecord Distance as a ballad when Rena Yamashita was murdered so I think she chose FD as a single to pay homage to the girl.
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Originally Posted by orbitalaspect
Fantôme -> 大空で抱きしめて -> TALL MOUNTAIN (?)
She kind of did the same thing with Dareka no... after DEEP RIVER. But I don't know if it's because she has some residual feelings left after doing an album and just gets them out in a new single?
The first single for DISTANCE was Addicted To You, which was extremely similar to the R&B sound of First Love.
The first single for DEEP RIVER was FINAL DISTANCE, which, you're right that it did bridge DISTANCE and DR.
The first single for ULTRA BLUE was Dareka no..., which again bridged the styles of DEEP RIVER and ULTRA BLUE, which turned out to be a much more serious and mature project.
And then, of course, Flavor of Life's original mix (the not-ballad version) is extremely similar to the upbeat tracks on ULTRA BLUE, but definitely tipped off the sound of almost every track on HEART STATION.
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Actually, COLORS was the first single off ULTRA BLUE (even though, at first, COLORS was supposed to be included only on Singles Collection Vol. 1). And in her 10th Anniversary book, Hikki said For You was going to be the first single, but for some production issues, AtY was chosen instead.
So, in this sense, I don't think she was using "leftovers" from past albums, it was more of a coincidence of some sort...