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Kis-My-Ft2's latest single offering comes in 4 months+ since the release of their previous single Two as One .
Promo wise , Kis-My-Ft2 was used as the theme song for NTV's drama Inori no Karte : Kenshuui no Nazotoki Shinsatsukiroku starring member Tamamori Yuta .
Based on a novel by Chinen Mikito , Inori no Karte : Kenshuui no Nazotoki Shinsatsukiroku tells the story of Suwanori Ryota (played by Tamamori) , a medical intern who figures out various problems & secrets that his patients carry by reading their medical records .
Omoibana is described as a medium tempo ballad that nestles close to the heart of patients .
Tamamori commented , "I heard the song's demo while I was reading the script & expanding the image of the drama . I felt that both of our worldviews matched - that no matter how the last scene goes , I'm convinced that Omoibana will fit perfectly ."
Omoibana lyrically - "Even if the flowers bloom & scatter , the seeds return to earth and they will bloom again as the seasons change . So let's think about the happiness of our loved ones always & forever ."
A total of 3 B-sides are included in Kis-My-Ft2 :
- Rebirth Stage
Rebirth Stage was used as the ending theme song to promote the TV Tokyo drama Fuufu Enman Recipe ~Koukan Shinai? Hitoban Dake~ starring member Senga Kento
The song is described as an aggressive hip pop number & it has a video made
CD only version ::
- Tokyo-Kis
- You know what?
With the release of Omoibana , Kis-My-Ft2 reached the landmark 30th single release milestone before 2022 wraps up .
Just like last year , Kis-My-Ft2 also released 2 singles this year . It's interesting that both Two as One & Omoibana are mid tempo songs as it's not really Kis-My-Ft2's music style to release 2 back to back almost similiar sounding songs which's not really a bad thing .
Kis-My-Ft2 previously released studio albums on a yearly basis after they made their 2011 music debut . For them not to release a new studio album since 2020's To-y2 , it's unusual but it's something I do not mind because I feel that not all their studio albums are great .
And with 2022 coming to an end soon today , I'm quite certain Kis-My-Ft2 will release a new album in 2023 & it will be another landmark milestone again with it being their 10th album which I hope it will be something good to look forward to .
Promo wise , Ayakashi was chosen to promote NTV's dramas Reibai Tantei Jozuka Hisui & invert Jozuka Hisui Toujoshu .
I had no idea how to react to when I 1st heard Ayakashi as it sounded like nothing what Fukuyama has done before .
It's almost the same feeling I had with Keshin which was the 1st song I heard from Fukuyama .
Once I got pass that , Ayakashi is dark & mysterious sounding which fit the theme of both Reibai Tantei Jozuka Hisui & invert Jozuka Hisui Toujoshu dramas well .
Despite being in the music business for more than 30 years , it's surprising that Fukuyama Masaharu's music discography is not as extensive as others who have been active lesser , on par or longer than him .
But Fukuyama make up for things by focusing more on quality instead of quantity & Ayakashi is proof of that .
Composed & arranged by Komuro Tetsuya , MASK is described as a powerful message song . While the 2 recently teamed up to create 2020's Dreamed a Dream , this is the 1st time for Komuro to both composed & arranged an ayumi song in 12 years since 2010's crossroad .
Out of all the songs ayumi has released digitally since Ohia no Ki , MASK is actually my least favourite . I was surprised in a not very good way when I 1st heard MASK cos I felt it sounded so out dated & felt like a poor man cousin of crossroad .
Back in 2010 when ayumi released crossroad , it was & is still a good single song that aged considerably well . Unfortunately I can't say the same thing on MASK .
That said , ayumi's long awaited 18th studio album Remember you will be released next month in 25th Jan & MASK will be included in it as track 11 .
After releasing the smooth sounding STAY in Sept , JASMINE is back with another mid tempo no. .
Unlike STAY , Love Is Drug utilised a piano for its melody and the song gives me a very relaxing when I listened to it .
Hopefully JASMINE's next music release will be something upbeat as it would be a shame if she continue to release back to back mid tempo songs because she sound equally good belting out uptempo number just as well as ballads .