^ I checked out the clips as well. Hi no Tori is still my favourite out of those, she just performs it so beutifully, it's a really moving concert ender. She sounds great singing Gekkou too.
Hinagiku is out! Thoughts? My impression of both of the new songs is that they're like 4/5, good but not quite there. That's been a bit of a recurring problem for her in this current Victor era, as most of Syndrome suffered from the same thing. I think Hinagiku has a great melody, full of sadness, but the arrangement is a bit too static and doesn't really hit a climax, which holds the song back from being really striking and memorable. Twilight Dreams also has a great melody, it feels very bittersweet (which I'm always a sucker for) and unresolved in the best way, but again, the arrangement feels a bit overstuffed and static and leaves less of an impact. Chihiro's vocals and melodies are really good, just like they have been since 2016, but I think the arrangements need to get more dynamic and stripped down. I still think her best work from this era is the acoustic version of Ao no Hakobune, where the piano arrangement beautifully highlights Chihiro's vocals, brings space and gravity and makes the song perfectly dynamic. That song should set the example for her future direction.
My feelings on the live recordings are pretty much the same as when I listened to ENDLESS LESSON's audio: all of them are really good, with Last Melody and, even more so, X standing out for their great live arrangements and Hi no Tori for Chihiro's best vocal performance. They really picked the best songs to include on this single, because the DOROTHY trio and Hi no Tori seemed to be the absolute highlights of the tour.
In other news: Chihiro is all about concerts this year, as she's
doing two more concerts in December! This mini-tour is titled BEEKEEPER, and the concerts will take place in Tokyo's TOKYO DOME CITY HALL on December 11th and in Osaka's NHK Osaka Hall on December 19th.