Boukyou is a song by Mika Nakashima which was released digitally on 26th Jan .
Promo wise , Boukyou was used as the insert song to promote the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom .
Komuro Tetsuya wrote & composed Boukyou .
The last Mika song that was used to promote the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED anime series was her 9th single FIND THE WAY that was released in 2003 .
Boukyou is hauntingly beautiful the moment I 1st heard it & even if I don't know who created the song , I could tell this ballad has trademarks of Komuro Tetsuya stamped all over .
Knowing that it has been such a long time Mika has provided her song to be used to promote the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED anime series is unreal but it's better late than never for her to do this again .
FIND THE WAY to me always has been a very under-rated song & Boukyou is a fitting successor .
Mika's 48th single MISSION will be released on 13th March .
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CD Limited
CD + DVD / CD + Blu-ray
KinKi Kids released their 17th album P album on 13th Dec but Schrodinger is excluded from the release .
Composed by U-Key zone with lyrics written by Yamazaki Aoi , Schrodinger feels both new and nostalgic with its blend of pop and city pop elements .
4 B-sides in total are included in Schrodinger :
- Sekaijyu wo I LOVE YOU (CD Regular Version Track) ; written & composed by Domoto Tsuyoshi
- Kienai Torchlight (CD Regular Version Track)
- Midway of Life (CD Limited Version Track)
- Precious Life (CD + DVD & CD + Blu-ray Version Track)
Schrodinger is 1 of those songs that it's relatively easy to like on 1st listen which's what I had when I 1st heard it .
In a way Schrodinger reminds me of Secret Code but a lot more funkier and groovier . And for KinKi Kids to conclude 2023 with a single release like this , it's a really great way to go all out literally .
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CD + DVD A & CD + Blu-ray A
CD + DVD B & CD + Blu-ray B
NEWS released their 13th album NEWS EXPO last Aug .
The A-side was used to promote the Tokai TV x WOWOW co-produced drama Gifted starring member Masuda Takahisa .
Amemiya Rima drew the CD + DVD B & CD + Blu-ray B cover of Gifted , who also created the Gifted comic that the drama of the same name is based on .
A total of 5 B-sides are included in Gifted :
- ROOOTS ; written and composed by NEWS themselves
- Nettaiya (CD Only Track)
- Kofukuron (CD Only Track)
- Anti French Kiss (CD + DVD & CD + Blu-ray A Track)
- Jekyll to Hyde (CD + DVD & CD + Blu-ray B Track)
Reaching the landmark 30th single release milestone in the form of Gifted , NEWS definitely have came a long way .
Song wise , Gifted is very different from the usual music style NEWS is known for . In this case , Gifted is dark & gritty which fits the theme of the drama really well .
B-sides wise , ROOOTS is a snapshot of NEWS' 2 decades in the music business as the lyrics has a lot of callbacks to their past song releases which's Easter eggs loaded and for them to personally create the song themselves , that says a lot .
I look forward to see what NEWS will deliver this year in 2024 .