BENI - Konayuki

BENI - Konayuki

1) Konayuki
2) Konayuki instrumental

Konayuki is BENI's 17th single & it was released on 20th Nov .

BENI's latest single offering comes about 4 months + since the release of her 5th album Red & unlike her previous singles , there're no B-sides available in Konayuki .

Konayuki is a cover of rock band Remioromen's 8th single of the same name . For Remioromen's version , Konayuki was released on 16th Nov 2005 in which the song was used for the drama Ichi Rittoru no Namida as an insert no. .

I never heard the original version sung by Remioromen but from what I understand , their version is 1 of their most prominent songs in their discography & let alone considering it was used to promote Ichi Rittoru no Namida , it's saying a lot .

For BENI to cover Konayuki & sung it completely in English , it's a refreshing take on things as from her perspective , she took the non conventional route to cover songs & singing them from Japanese to English , same as what she has done for her 1st 2 cover albums .

And to me , I think her version of Konayuki is not bad , it's just that length wise it could have been shorter . In addition , I feel that certain parts of the song sound quite awkward to me but other than that , I do enjoy this upbeat Winter version of her rendition of Remioromen's Konayuki .

BENI's 3rd cover album COVERS 3 will be released next month on 18th Dec & her cover of Konayuki will be included in the album as track #1 .