It's the Year of the Palmtop Tiger and our blog kicks it off with a very special Philippine general election edition of The Goddess' Playlist! We're picking something from the 46g this time and choosing "Silent Majority" by Keyakizaka46, now known as Sakurazaka46.
Centered by Yurina Hirate and written by the legendary Yasushi Akimoto, the song was released on April 6, 2016 as the group's debut single. Meanwhile the choreography was done by Takehiro Ueno, and the music video for it was directed by Kazuma Ikeda and taken at the construction site near the Shibuya Station.
The single became number one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart with 261,580 copies sold, which was also the debut top spot for Keyaki. It was also on the number one spot on the Billboard Japan weekly chart and has spent 149 weeks in it, making the sixth to do so.
The song tells about people and their perspectives on politicos, blind fanaticism and allegiances to the latter, and being stand back and fight for an almost godforesaken country, which is very making obvious and suiting to our current situation that we're facing right now. The chorus is one of these parts that take the bullet because it realizes us that we shouldn't always agree on the things that can harm our sanity and well being as humans, including our rights and the right to have a normal life.
The first and second verse are calling out people who're swearing on and following the corrupt with the old "eye-to-eye, teeth-to-teeth" rule and becoming blind followers of said evil creatures, and a ruler who deceives the citizentry with lies.
I'm not gonna force you to like Japanese idol groups or JPop itself, but have an open mind, "Silent Majority" is also meaningful but powerful song so you have to listen even with the translated lyrics regardless of your stance. Yet, I do hope you'll realize about what kind of people are we and country it is if we pick the wrong, questionable side of people, then there'll be a lot of consequences and worse, these also will be our downfall.
What do you think about Keyaki's debut song? Comment down below, on my FB page or my Twitter @goddessyk13!
To continue my blog's fifth year, I will bring back The Goddess' Playlist, this time it's from MNL48, the Filipino sister group of the Japanese idol group AKB48, and the song will be "365 Araw ng Eroplanong Papel."
Originally as a coupling song for AKB48's 42nd single, Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby, the MNL48 version was first revealed during the March 2019 seitansai (birthday concert), followed by a 30-second teaser released on the group's official YouTube channel on April 4, 2019 and finally the official music video, produced by Plan C and directed by Carlo Francisco Manatad, was released on the following day, April 5, 2019.
The song was considered the most emotional and tearjerking of all five singles MNL had, being the last MV to feature all the first generation members, as well as the last single for Sayaka Awane, who announced her graduation in MNL48 Interactive Live due to her family moving permanently in Japan, and Quincy Santillan, who got suddenly left the group due to unfortunate circumstances. Currently, the MV is nominated for MYX Music Awards 2020 as the mellow music video of the year.
The song was centered by Sheki Arzaga, who also centered the first two singles "Aitakatta Gustong Makita" and "Pag-Ibig Fortune Cookie," and notable members who had been in the senbatsu such as Abby Trinidad, Sela Guia, Jem Caldejon, Brei Binuya, Coleen Trinidad, Awane, Kaede Ishiyama, Mari Iyog, Belle Delos Reyes and the also now-graduated Faith Santiago. 365 ANEP also marked the debut of Dana Brual and Dian Mercado as part of the main single senbatsu.
I really don't know how to put words on this, but the song and the MV gave me both goosebumps on my body and tears pouring in my eyes. Nevertheless, it has a beautiful translation, aesthetics and the inner nostalgic thoughts on how the group started. Very recommended for graduations, commemorated anniversaries and even in everyday life because it's a mellow-inspirational song, something we should be motivated and uplifted especially now we're facing an invisible enemy (and the other enemies in our surroundings).
For starters here's the lyrics:
Tumingin sa langit ng umaga
Sa araw kung tawagin ay ngayon
Umaasang malalagpasan nang may ngiti
Tahimik na hinihiling
Kung minsan pumapatak ang ulan
Ngunit luha ay umaapaw
Mga araw na 'di umaayon sa 'ting plano
Bukas, pagsisipagan ko
Pangarap na 'king inaasam
May isa pang ako na malaya
Nagagawa lahat aking ninanais
Ito ang aking hangarin
Buhay ay eroplanong papel
Dala ang pangarap, ito'y lumilipad
Kasabay ng pag-ihip ng hangin
Patuloy sa pagsulong
Sa halip, 'di alintana ang layo Kung sa'n 'to naglakbay
At kung saan man mapadpad
Ito ang mas higit na mahalaga
Tibok ng puso ang gabay, 365 araw
Pagkataong makita ang bituin
O gabing halos walang makita
Kahit nawawalan man ng pag-asa
Nakahanap ng sandigan
Sa iyong pinagdadaanan
Umasa kang hindi ka nag-iisa
'Di mo lang napansin ang kabutihan
Ng mga tao sa paligid
Buhay ay eroplanong papel
Dala ang pag-ibig, ito'y lumilipad
Magtiwala sa sarili at ika'y humayo
Lahat, titingala sa'yo
'Di man bihasa sa mga darating
Bigla kong namalayan, ako'y namayagpag na
Mabigyan ng lakas ng loob at pag-asa
Tayo'y magsama't magsaya, 365 araw
Buhay ay eroplanong papel
Dala ang pangarap, ito'y lumilipad
Kasabay ng pag-ihip ng hangin
Patuloy sa pagsulong
Sa halip, 'di alintana ang layo
Kung sa'n 'to naglakbay
At kung saan man mapadpad
Ito ang mas higit na mahalaga
Tibok ng puso ang gabay, 365 araw
Sige, lumipad ka
Subukang lumipad
Sige, lumipad ka
Subukang lumipad
Sige, lumipad ka
Subukang lumipad
That's for another edition of The Goddess' Playlist! Comment here or on my FB page or my Twitter @goddessyk13. And please don't forget to vote 365 ANEP on the MYX official website.
Regular Edition CD cover of Rei Yasuda's eighth studio single Message. The titular track is used as the first ending song of the Ace Attorney anime, known as Gyakuten Saiban ~Sono "Shinjitsu" Igi Ari!~ in Japan.
NOTE: This post is made to mark the first anniversary of this blog.
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"OBJECTION!"
That's the first thing come into my mind when a rookie defense attorney named Phoenix Wright (Ryuichi Naruhodo) pointed his middle finger that strikes like a typhoon at a respondent's legal counsel inside a Japanese courtroom with an American-styled twist. He is accompanied with a cutie gal in spiritual outfit named Maya Fey (Mayoi Ayasato), the sister of the late Mia Fey (Chihiro Ayasato), and yet the two are worked together to solve any incident before the Judge. That gesture is also used by Feenie's childhood friend and rival Miles Edgeworth (Reiji Mitsurugi) and among others in one of the popular game series of all time, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, known in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban.
The anime version has just come out almost two months ago and expected to end by this September.
Who's Rei Yasuda?
Rei Yasuda, real named Rachel Rhodes, is a singer and model of Japanese and Caucasian descent. Born on April 15, 1993 (gosh dang it, she's just turned 23 this year!) in North Carolina, US but move to Japan when Rhodes was just 3 years old. At 10, she was inspired to become a singer after hearing her mom listening to a song of Utada Hikaru. She is fluent in both Japanese and English. Rhodes then became of the Genki Rockets as a model and vocalist, under the name of Fumi, until she went to a solo career in 2013 with "Best of My Love," the ending song for the anime Space Battleship Yamato 2199. She is currently signed under Sony Music Japan (of which Marvelous, Inc. and SME Records being the child sub-recording companies) and served as an exclusive model for the Nylon Japan magazine.
And who the hell could've been remembered the Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei second ending song that is "Mirror"? Actually, the anime itself marked my introduction to Rhodes *ahem, ahem* Yasuda, I mean (or whatever I can call her those) to the otaku playlist world in 2014.
Message
Fast forward to two years later, the Rei Yasuda that I know is actually include for the Ace Attorney anime, wow! :O
Anyhow, her eighth studio single "Message" is used as the AA anime's first ending song and released on May 18, 2016, while the TV sized one is first release on April 13 of the same year, as Rhodes' fourth digital single. It has two editions: the regular CD and digital singles (which includes the TV size version of the song), and the limited editions.
And speaking of which, I have to take this special Royal Playlist post for the blog's first year of existence and in lieu with the cliffhanger yet miracle win of Madam Maria Leonor "Leni" G. Robredo as the 14th Vice President of the Philippines, the very first hailed from the Bicol region and the fourth lawyer VP of its Fifth Republic. This also sums her own triumph against a Marcos which took 30 years after the historic People Power Revolution. To be honest, Rhodes' "Message" is very suitable for VP Leni to lead the beloved Pearl of the Orient - with or without a cabinet post - in her own might.
Back to AA, if you see the TV sized ED featuring Maya Fey, then you might just get related to the song as we're about to sing to the tune of Rei Yasuda's "Message."
LYRICS
Japanese Romaji
Nayami nagara tsukutta "message"
Shin'ya ni totsuzen anata ate ni okutta
Tokidoki demo ii watashi ga itsumo
Soba ni iru koto omoidashite, to
Tarikirenakute mo koukai bakari demo Tameiki tsuki nagara demo susumou to suru Anata ga moshimo mirai shinjiru
FOREWORD:The following post was made towelcome the second seasonof the Akagami no Shirayuki-himeanime.
Welcome toThe Duchess' Royal Playlist for the year 2016!
This time I will tackle about one of the best anime songs of 2015 and it's from Sorata Akizuki's Akagami no Shirayuki-hime entitled "Kizuna ni Nosete (Placed in Bonds)" by eyelis*, the same group behind the opening song of Hayate no Gotoku! Can't Take My Eyes Off You, the ending songs of The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc OVA, and the first and fourth ending songs of the Zettai Karen Children anime spinoff that is The Unlimited - Kyousuke Hyoubu.
The first-ever single in more than two years and the overall fourth single for the unit, was released on Quezon City Day and Manuel L. Quezon's birth anniversary day, August 19, 2015, under Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Japan (aka the group's new recording label since the past year following their swap from Geneon Universal Entertainment) and as I mentioned earlier, "Kizuna ni Nosete" was used as the ending song for the Akagami no Shirayuki-hime anime first season. It was followed by a fifth overall one, "Page ~Kimi ni Tsuzuru Monogatari~," the latter becomes the ending song of the Akagami anime sequel, is set to release this February 3 in two different editions under the same record label. Let us retouch the first fateful meeting between our friendly red-haired royal pharmacist-slash-future princess of the Clarines Kingdom Shirayuki (it's just around the corner lol) and our kind-hearted, quite clumsy yet brave white-haired prince Zen Wistalia with eyelis' "Kizuna ni Nosete."
KIZUNA NI NOSETE (絆にのせて, Kizuna ni Nosete, lit. Placed in Bonds)
Written by: Satomi Kawasaki
Composed and arranged by: Takeshi Masuda
Performed by: eyelis
Romaji
Hibiite kono sekai ni onaji omoi no kodou Futari wa egaite yukeru
Atataka na hizashi egao sakasetara Ashioto nasane nagara susumou Yasashisa ni furete hirogaru mirai wa Ano toki nozonde kimeta michi
Mamoritai hito ga iru to tsuyoku chikaeru nara Hanareteite mo chikara ni kawatteku
Shinjite mune ni idaku hitamuki na jounetsu wa Kagayaku shirube ni naru yo Hibiite kono sekai ni onaji omoi no kodou Futari wa egaite yukeru
Ikutsu mo no mayoi dousureba ii no? Kaze fuku basho de kurikaeshite
Tachidomaru toki mo aseru kimochi sae Subete o tsutsunde kureta kara
Kikoeru yo namae o yobu tashika na sono goe ga Kakegae no nai yuuki o kureta ne
Negai wa donna toki mo kienai akari ni naru Tomezu ni omoi tsudzukete Jibun no hane o hiroge tobitatsu tori no yukue Sora e to maiagaru you ni
Shinjite mune ni idaku hitamuki na jounetsu wa Kagayaku shirube ni naru yo Hibiite kono sekai ni onaji omoi no kodou Futari wa egaite yukeru
Tsunaida kizuna ni nosete
English Translation
Resound louder The beats of our united feelings, Two of us would go to paint all around this world
Warm sunshine has made your smile bloomed While syncing the sound of our footsteps, Let's move forward This vast future touched by your kindness, is the decided same path I was longing that time
If you desperately pledge to protect your beloved one Even though have been apart, distance would also be your own strength
Believe on, to those earnest passions that you hold in heart and they'd be your shining guidance Resound louder The beats of our united feelings, Two of us would go to paint all around this world
Many times I ever hesitate What should I do? Keep repeating the same, in this place where wind blows
Whenever I stopped in my way, even these impatient feelings You've warped all of them for me
I could hear You were calling my name That certain voice of yours It's truly giving me an irreplaceable courage
Forever, hopes would always be a light that never goes out Never hold back, Keep on feelings Spread out your own wings Reach the destination where birds fly away as if soar up to the sky
Believe on, to those earnest passions that you hold in heart and they'd be your shining guidance Resound louder The beats of our united feelings, Two of us would go to paint all around this world
Entrust to our connected bonds
TV Size Version
Full Audio Version (with lyrics)
* - composed of Satomi Kawasaki on vocals and keyboards, Takeshi Masuda on guitars and Wataru Maeguchi on strings. The group first started in 2012 under the label Smile Company and signed into Geneon Universal Entertainment from the same year, then moved to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Japan in 2015.
For the second Xmas special of The Duchess' Royal Playlist,I have an anime Xmas song this time from Go! Princess Pretty Cure entitled "Joyful! Pretty Cure Christmas" by the Princess Pretty Cures. The song was part of the Go! Princess Pretty Cure Vocal Album 2: ~For My Dream~, which was released just last November 11 under Marvelous,Inc. and of course, used as an insert song for the current Pretty Cure season's episode 45 which aired last Sunday in Japan. And... Have ya sick of usual Christmas songs heard in the streets all over again? Well, here's the newest caroling to hit our shores!
Performed by: Princess Pretty Cures starring Yu Shimamura, Masumi Asano, Hibiku Yamamura and Miyuki Sawashiro
Romaji
Kurisumasu(Hey!)Kurisumasu(Hey!)
Merī merī kurisumasu Mominoki ni egao kazari tsukete Kyandoru ni yume wo tomoshita nara Chikyū no hate kara Santa mo tonakai mo Yattekite odoridasu yo [Haruka/Minami] Dokidoki yūki kane wo narashi [Kirara/Towa] Sekaijū ni happī hibikasete (Hey!)
Joifuru☆karafuru kurisumasu! Suteki ni tanoshiku genki yoku! Joifuru☆karafuru kurisumasu! Seinaru kono hi Kokoro tsunagi rabu&pīsu
Kēki ni konazatō mabusu yō ni Kono machi ni yuki ga furidasu koro Hanauta kyaroru ga atsumari dai gasshō Pātī wa moriagaru yo [Kirara/Towa] Wakuwaku kibō no hoshi ga hikaru [Haruka/Minami] Sekaijū no rakkī mamorimashou (Hey!)
Joifuru☆karafuru kurisumasu! Shiawase min'na ni purezento! Joifuru☆karafuru kurisumasu! Seinaru kono hi Kiseki okose Purikyua
Joifuru☆karafuru kurisumasu! Suteki ni tanoshiku genki yoku! Joifuru☆karafuru kurisumasu! Seinaru kono hi Kokoro tsunagi rabu&pīsu
Decorating the fir tree with a smile Lighting the candles for our dreams As Santa and his reindeer will come from the end of the Earth So let's begin to dance As our hearts pound we ring the bell with courage It echoed happily all over the world (Hey!)
Joyful☆Colorful Christmas It'll be amazing, fun and energizing! Joyful☆Colorful Christmas On this holy day Our hearts connect with Love&Peace
Sprinkling powered sugar on the cake As snow begins to fall around the town The choir has gathered to sing their carols As the party swells The shining stars of hope get excited So let's protect the whole world with luck (Hey!)
Joyful☆Colorful Christmas Everyone is happy with their presents Joyful☆Colorful Christmas On this holy day Awaken the miracle Pretty Cure
Joyful☆Colorful Christmas It'll be amazing, fun and energizing! Joyful☆Colorful Christmas On this holy day Our hearts connect with Love&Peace
If you're currently watching the anime Hibike! Euphonium, you might get noticed that after recapping the previous episode then you'll see the show's logo moving as well as you can see the interior of the Kitauji High School's Music Club, the serious face of its main heroine Kumiko Oumae (voiced by seiyuu Tomoyo Kurosawa) and the OP sequence progression from the three other main gals like Hazuki Kato, Sapphire Kawashima and Reina Kousaka to a performance of the Kitauji High Ensemble in unison then showing Kumiko's eyes got sparkling followed by the external of the school and the silhouettes of the cast at the end of the sequence. Speaking of which, I am talking about one of my only 3 favorites (the other two are Show by Rock!! and Nisekoi 2) for this year's spring anime lineups as well as one of the most popular anime songs of 2015 and of all time that is "DREAM SOLISTER" by TRUE.
Official CD covers for "DREAM SOLISTER," the regular (above) and the anime (below) editions| Lantis
The song was written by Miho Karasawa, with the composition and arrangements by Yusuke Kato. It was released last April 22, 2015 under the record label Lantis. The regular edition contains two discs (the audio CD and the DVD) which in disc 1 includes the full-length audio version of the song, "SAKURA CONCERT," "Swag!!" and the instrumental version of "DREAM SOLISTER." Disc 2 includes the official MV* of the song as well as the making of that video behind the scenes. The anime edition on the other hand, was adding the TV sized version of the song used for Hibike!
If you want to sing out loud to this song, here are the romaji lyrics in full and TV size versions:
Romaji (Full):
Kanaetai koto ga afureteru kara Tachidomatteru hima nante nai yo ne Mune ni himeta akogare wo full volume de todokeyou Ikou crescendo no mukou e
Tsumazuitemo ii hamidashitemo ii Kimi no neiro wo bokutachi wa matteiru
Hibike umaretate no yume tsumekonde Ooki na sora e ima tabidatou Hirake egao wo mikata ni tsukete Hanasanai akirametakunai Genkai sae mo hanekaesu yuuki de DREAM SOLISTER Bukiyou de sunao janai tokoro mo Ganbariya no kimi no kosei dakara Sugao no mama de mou ichido omoi o kanadetemiyou Yume no takuto wa jiyuujizai
Hitori ja dasenai oto ga aru koto Kidzuita kara mayowazu sing hijikeyou yo kagayake swing Sorezore no kokoro kasaneaeba ima hajimaru Seishun no prelude
Todoke sekai wo makikomu hodo atsuku Owaru koto no nai asu wo egakou Hitotsu futatsu to fueteku melody Oide yo koko made oide Tanoshimanakucha madamada fortissimo DREAM SOLISTER
We gotta swing, we gonna make you swing We gotta swing, so ever free
(repeat)
Marude itszuragaki mitai na melody Rikutsu janainda ongaku shiyou
Hibike umaretate no yume tsumekonde Ooki na sora e ima tabidatou Hirake egao wo mikata ni tsukete Hanasanai akirametakunai Genkai saemo hanekaesu yuuki de DREAM SOLISTER
Hitotsu futatsu to fueteku Oide yo koko made oide Tanoshimanakucha madamada fortissimo DREAM SOLISTER
La la la la la, kimi no koe kikasetehoshii yo La la la la la, owaranai ongaku wa tsudzuiteyuku
Romaji (TV Size):
Kanaetai koto ga afureteru kara
Tachidomatteru hima nante nai yo ne Mune ni himeta akogare wo full volume de todokeyou Ikou crescendo no mukou e Tsumazuitemo ii hamidashitemo ii Kimi no neiro wo bokutachi wa matteiru Hibike umaretate no yume tsumekonde Ooki na sora e ima tabidatou Hirake egao wo mikata ni tsukete Hanasanai akirametakunai Genkai sae mo hanekaesu yuuki de DREAM SOLISTER
To purchase, it's still out via online shopping or buy (if living or visit in Japan) at record outlets. Or rather, digital download via this site: http://funime.forunesia.com/2015/04/dream-solister-true-hibike-euphonium-op.html
Well, this is my first post for "The Duchess' Royal Playlist." So next time, I'll be do the same thing again so feel free to get comments. But for now, let's enjoy the serenity music from the Hibike! Euphonium anime by leaving a line from Kumiko had said at the end of each episode:
