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Old 17th March 2014, 10:11 AM
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LATEST NEWS: COLLABORATION WITH KEN HIRAI [GROTESQUE]
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Release Date: 2014.04.02
Original Title: グロテスク
Lyrics translation:
Spoiler:
Cold stares stab me as I flatter those above me
Sweat drips down my back. Someone said “I hate you”

I try to praise that girl’s sickly-sweet voice as cute
I hate my laugh to death. Someone said “I hate you”

We can’t survive unless we paint black the beauty of living true to ourselves

Are you able to be happy for him? Don’t you want what she has?
Could it be you’re special? It’s me, why don’t you kill me?

I’m grotesque, can you love me? To be honest, you want to cry, don’t you?
Do you hold my pass for living today? It’s me, why don’t you kill me?

When I type ‘su’, my phone suggests the word ‘suimasen’
A heartless fingertip apology. Someone said “I hate you”

The bluer the sky, the softer the wind
The louder my sighs sound. Someone said “I hate you”

You say you’re living true to yourself but your eyes are lifeless

Do you like his unhappiness? Can you tell her what you really think?
Aren’t you sneering inside? It’s me, why don’t you kill me?

I’m grotesque, can you love me? To be honest, you’re happy, aren’t you?
Do you hold my pass for living tomorrow? It’s me, why don’t you kill me?

Come on, dig up my secrets and expose me

Are you able to be happy for him? Don’t you want what she has?
Could it be you’re special? It’s me, why don’t you kill me?

You’re grotesque, can you love yourself? To be honest, you want to cry, don’t you?
Do you hold my pass for living today? It’s me, why don’t you kill me?

(translation by tenshi no hane)



ABOUT NAMIE
Spoiler:
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.


DISCOGRAPHY & CHARTS
Spoiler:
Studio Albums:
[1996.07.22] SWEET 19 BLUES #1 (3,359,450 copies)
[1997.07.24] Concentration 20 #1 (1,929,860 copies)
[2000.01.26] GENIUS 2000 #1 (802,740 copies)
[2000.12.20] break the rules #2 (334,520 copies)
[2003.12.10] STYLE #4 (221,874 copies)
[2005.07.13] Queen of Hip-Pop #2 (455,428 copies)
[2007.06.27] PLAY #1 (540,952 copies)
[2009.12.16] PAST < FUTURE #1 (575,501 copies)
[2012.06.27] Uncontrolled #1 (538,714 copies)
[2013.07.10] FEEL #1 (382,684 copies)

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
[2014.04.02] グロテスク (Ken Hirai feat. Namie Amuro)

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~)
[2014.02.26] namie amuro FEEL TOUR 2013

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)


LINKS

Previous thread
Official website
Official facebook
Official youtube
Namie News Network
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Old 17th March 2014, 10:14 AM
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GROTESQUE Full Song:
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I translated GROTESQUE:
Spoiler:
Cold stares stab me as I flatter those above me
Sweat drips down my back. Someone said “I hate you”

I try to praise that girl’s sickly-sweet voice as cute
I hate my laugh to death. Someone said “I hate you”

We can’t survive unless we paint black the beauty of living true to ourselves

Are you able to be happy for him? Don’t you want what she has?
Could it be you’re special? It’s me, why don’t you kill me?

I’m grotesque, can you love me? To be honest, you want to cry, don’t you?
Do you hold my pass for living today? It’s me, why don’t you kill me?

When I type ‘su’, my phone suggests the word ‘suimasen’
A heartless fingertip apology. Someone said “I hate you”

The bluer the sky, the softer the wind
The louder my sighs sound. Someone said “I hate you”

You say you’re living true to yourself but your eyes are lifeless

Do you like his unhappiness? Can you tell her what you really think?
Aren’t you sneering inside? It’s me, why don’t you kill me?

I’m grotesque, can you love me? To be honest, you’re happy, aren’t you?
Do you hold my pass for living tomorrow? It’s me, why don’t you kill me?

Come on, dig up my secrets and expose me

Are you able to be happy for him? Don’t you want what she has?
Could it be you’re special? It’s me, why don’t you kill me?

You’re grotesque, can you love yourself? To be honest, you want to cry, don’t you?
Do you hold my pass for living today? It’s me, why don’t you kill me?



I love Grotesque I don't mind his voice and the lyrics are great. Ken Hirai wrote them himself, btw.
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Old 17th March 2014, 11:26 AM
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Grotesque sounds really great.
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It's ok. His vocals are terrible, but the song itself isnt bad
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Old 17th March 2014, 12:03 PM
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omg I actually love this. The lyrics. omg. WHY, I DIDN'T WANT TO LIKE THIS LOL.
JAM HI THAR. someone has a download link?
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Old 17th March 2014, 04:04 PM
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the song is awesome! totally love it. I really hope namie next album songs will be this genre. Very Past Future and Checkmate era ish
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I'm quite surprised everyone hate Ken Hirai's vocal I think he really have a nice voice but it doesn't fit namie's really well to be honest. Definitely a nice try though
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Old 17th March 2014, 05:13 PM
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I don't like this guy's voice, it's the kind of voice I'd probably call 'gay' but I won't (don't want to offend anyone), unfortunately it's the only way I can describe it, like a very poor fanmade cover, Namie is ok, the song is ok, withough the guy it would be quite good, hopefully Namie performs it love, alone, someday.
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^I know what you mean he indeed sounds effeminate, which is very funny because he looks so manly in the cover
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The song is good, but I really don't like his vocals, so weak... I hope Namie will sing it on her next tour, it'll be nicer if she sings by herself, even if it's his song...
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I don't get why you guys hate on Ken Hirai, he's great. Anyway, I like the song.
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If we're going to hate on his girl voice, let's hate on Namie's man voice. "god" knows I have.
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That aside, how's her music? Is it good?
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Ugh, I want to wait the release date to listen to this, like always.
So, I'm suffering, as always.
I HAVE TO STOP WITH THIS FIXATION OF MINE TO RESPECT RELEASE DATES.
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I love his voice
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If we're going to hate on his girl voice, let's hate on Namie's man voice. "god" knows I have.
Yeah but her deep voice sounds great IMO, thats why she don't need Yamapi to sing UNUSUAL with her
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i love the song...its so catchy!!! it will be one of my fav song

i think his voice is unique, he is the king in Japan...

the song uploaded to Namie official facebook, i rip it..and convert it to mp3, you can download it here...(medium quality)
https://www.mediafire.com/?u62za24gue2l4mw
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Old 18th March 2014, 08:33 AM
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^ thanks!
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Thank you ayugame! <3
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i love the song...its so catchy!!! it will be one of my fav song

i think his voice is unique, he is the king in Japan...

the song uploaded to Namie official facebook, i rip it..and convert it to mp3, you can download it here...(medium quality)
https://www.mediafire.com/?u62za24gue2l4mw
LOL It'd not her official fb. You really think they would uploaded the full song her official page?

Anyways thanks for the link
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^oh...sorry..i don't know..LOL..i thought its official...
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