What mood are you in today? At Dumpling Box we are “On fire”!, some studies mention that our brains have the incredible ability to make it so that by repeating a song incessantly, we are able to maintain our mood, therefore to maintain ours it is essential to have a Playlist that becomes the soundtrack of our own movie! For those days when our energy overflows and we see ourselves capable of achieving anything, King & Prince has an incredible selection of songs full of good vibes, that invite you to laugh and immerse yourself in your youthful memories! Do you want to know what are we talking about? Stay with us and let’s enjoy together the voices of our beloved duo!
3…2…1… pressing play now! the first listening is “Shiawase ga yoku niau hito” (幸せがよく似合うひと) with lyrics and composition by Kazuya Kaneki and arrangements by Ryo Eguchi, can be found on King & Prince‘s 3rd studio album, “Re:Sense“. It’s a song that makes good use of instruments such as piano and acoustic guitar to provide that crazy feeling that makes it stand out from the songs in the first half of the album and that’s perhaps why it was one of the songs selected for this playlist! You only need to pay attention to the first few notes to feel the colourful undercurrent of its distinctive melody tinginging whatever stage you find yourself in.
The next song to make its way through these varied musical pieces, it is included in their 4th studio album “Made In” is “A little happiness“. Although it is not a song with lyrics completely in English, as we mentioned in previous Weekly Kinpuri posts, which we could find in other songs in the group’s discography, it does not lose any of the feeling it tries to convey. With lyrics by miwaflower, composition by Susumu Kawaguchi and Fredrik “Figge” Boström (Swedish music artist) and arrangements by Tomoki Ishizuka, get ready to sing: “A Little Happy in My Life Oh yeah, A Little Happy in Your Life…. Yeah“
A perfect song to accompany us throughout the day is undoubtedly “Odoru You ni Jinsei wo” (踊るように人生を). Which became the 2nd title track of their 9th single “Lovin’ you / Odoru You ni Jinsei wo“. Taking care of the lyrics MUTEKI DEAD SNAKE, who shares the composition part with Keisuke Koyama, who is also in charge of the arrangements, and finally the orchestral arrangements, which keeps the classical musical rhythm throughout the hole work in the hands of Yoichi Murata.
The song’s lyrics draw on these feelings we all face at some point when starting a new stage in life such as starting a new course or getting a job for the first time. Although we may be a little scared, the excitement of not knowing what the future holds is what King & Prince encourage us to treasure. Let’s give our best day by day by dancing to this positive song!
The expressión “Ai wo tsutaemashou” (愛を伝えましょう), which translates as “We will convey our love” or “Let’s express our love” in Japanese, is also the title of one of the songs to be highlighted in this list. Often used in the context of “expressing affection” or “feelings” for someone, or as a sentiment that is conveyed through music or other art forms, isn’t it a perfect expression to express the admiration that Tiaras feel for Kinpuri?
We can also liven up our day by listening “&LOVE” (read: “and love”), the lead song from their 2nd studio album “L&” (read: “Land”). The lyricist is Kenichi Sakamuro, who is accompanied by Louise Frick Sveen as composer. In addition, the arrangements are by Taku Yoshioka and Yoichi Murata as brass arranger.
If there is one thing that stands out in this enjoyable song, it is the combination of wind instruments and drums that join the hand claps as a melodic base. In addition, this song also has a deep symbolic meaning due to the relationship the members have with Kenichi Sakumuro, who has been providing them with songs since the pre-but debut era of the group.
Baby baby! Let’s do it!
Baby baby! Just do it!
Baby baby! Are you ready?
Baby, we can make it happy!
To close this melodic exposition through the happiness, we find “Irodori” (彩り), the 2nd title track of their 11th single “TSUKIYOMI/Irodori”. Written by Yui Kimura and composed by Giz’Mo (from Jam9), Eunsol (1008) and Gou Ishikuro. The latter two were joined by Ikuta Machine for the musical arrangements.
While we have been exploring the feeling of happiness this time, now this song give to us a touch of romantic balladry that hardly goes unnoticed, setting it apart from the other, perhaps lighter, less sentimentally charged songs. “Irodori” sings about the memories we share with a loved one and those feelings that sometimes become difficult to express.
This song was also the theme song for the TV Asahi drama “Boyfriend Calling!” (Avaible in Netflix Japan, Amazon Prime Japan and TELASA), starring Kaito Takahashi.
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