I recently came upon a lovely song by 柳井 愛子, more commonly known as Aiko to those familiar to the JPOP scene...
Her 24th single entitled KissHug was released on the 23rd of July this year. If you have watched 花より男子ファイナル(Hana Yori Dango Final), you would have heard her wonderful piece as it was used as an insert song.
Here is the Promotional Video (PV) for KissHug, enjoy...
Lyrics - Credits to blackrabbit2999
友達だなんて一度も思った事はなかった
あなたに出逢ったその日から
変わってしまったのもあるけど
変わらない事の方が
あなたもあたしも多いよ
本当に小さくなるまで見ていた
あなたが好きだったの
今も今も…
また年を重ねてきっと思い出す
あなたの影 あたしの言葉
You Love You Love…
あなたの傍にずっと居たい
壊れても仕方ない程に熱い
あなたの影 あたしは想う
You Love You Love…
本当に小さくなるまで見ていた
あなたが好きだったの
今も今も…
また年を重ねてきっと思い出す
あなたの影 あたしの言葉
泣き顔怒った顔突然唇に触れた唇も
傍にいると誓った証
You Love You Love…
You Love You Love…
I Love…
Tomodachi da nante ichi do mo omotta koto ha nakatta
Anata ni deatta sono hi kara
Kawatte shimatta no mo aru kedo
Kawara nai koto no hou ga
Anata mo atashi mo ooi yo
Hontouni chiisaku naru made mi te I ta
Anata ga suki datta no
Ima mo ima mo...
Mata toshi o kasane te kitto omoidasu
Anata no kage atashi no kotoba
You Love You Love...
Anata no soba ni zutto I tai
Koware te mo shikata nai hodo ni atsui
Anata no kage atashi ha omou
You Love You Love...
Mata toshi o kasane te kitto omoidasu
Anata no kage atashi no kotoba
Nakigao okotta kao totsuzen kuchibiru ni fure ta kuchibiru mo
Soba ni iru to chikatta akashi
You Love You Love...
I Love...
I have never once thought of you as a friend
Ever since the day that I met you
Some things have changed
But for me and you
There is much more that hasn’t changed at all
Until your figure grew really small
I loved you
I still do, I still do…
As the years go by I’ll surely remember
Your shadow, my words
You Love, You Love…
I want to be with you forever
It’s so hot it doesn’t matter if we break apart
Your shadow, I long for it
You Love, You Love…
As the years go by I’ll surely remember
Your shadow, my words
A crying face, an angry face, suddenly lips touched lips
Proof that we vowed to be together
You Love, You Love…
You Love, You Love…
I love…
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Apparently she wrote the entire song... Amazing right?!? Even though I do not know Japanese, I just love listening to it over and over again... Despite not understanding a single word she is singing...
This IS the Power of Music... You may, like me, be residing in small Singapore, but you can still enjoy JPOP even though you do not know how to speak the language and it is because of the efforts Singers like Aiko who spend hours and hours training to bring across the meaning of the song to listeners like you and me. With that, I salute and support her among many other the other singers I adore. 愛子, がんばって!!!
The lyrics of the song, I guess would touch the hearts of many in love or those waiting for love. To me, it shows the many happier times of a relationship - the time where you realised he/she no longer took the place of "a friend" in your heart, the time where both of you made known your feelings of one another, wanting to see the other, the wish of being able to be together forever, and as pen-ed by Aiko, あなたが好きだったの
I too was touched by the song, so touched that I keep listening to the song over and over again… Thinking about how it would be like to be able to “be” like the song… Being able to find someone who would make me yearn to see, someone who would make me happy when I see him, and sad when I do not, someone who would make me shed tears of joy and sadness, someone who would vow to be with me forever… Who wouldn’t right?? It’s every girl’s dream to find someone like that, right???
With that, I hope that you like the song and may your loved one be able to give you plenty of KissHug.
Labels: aiko yanai, jpop, kisshug, pv, song