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Yep and to be honest I had to look him up fff. Samesies for fellow "soundscape" contributor Colin Campsie who was part of the 80s British pop/new wave scene. It's always interesting to see these international collaborations happen. I'm happy to see artists who cut their teeth on making music with their own acts then pop up in the unlikeliest places as songwriters later on and get some coin out of it.EXCUSE ME!? As in the Dieter Bohlen from Modern Talking? This is wild. Also wild is the fact that y'all can't appreciate its genius and ousted it before Top40.
"Heroine" is very cute and the Namie comparison is only to its benefit. That middle 8 is hot.
Loving the pace @Crisp X, you're doing amazing, sweetie.
Well, this is certainly a take I've not expected to see and I do like the English album.
Back to our regular programming, I should've warned you a single was next...

2/2
Oto no shinai namida ga
Kono mune nagareru kedo
Kuyamazu ni fumi dasu yo
I'm sorry for your tenderness
Mata aeru made
Everlasting..

7.294
Jumping BoAs: (9.5) @askew ; (9) @M24, @RUNAWAY
Still BoAs: (4) @nanapop99 ; (5) @Crisp X
Crispy's Score: 5
5 voters: #49 (average: 7.3)
10 voters: #47 (average: 7.45)
15 voters: #49 (average: 7.3)
17 voters: #49 (average: 7.294)
10 voters: #47 (average: 7.45)
15 voters: #49 (average: 7.3)
17 voters: #49 (average: 7.294)
"Everlasting" is the 6th track from OUTGROW, BoA's fourth Japanese album, released on February 15, 2006. It was first released as the album's fourth single on January 18, 2006. It was used as the ending song for TV Asahi's program "The Power of Miracle Door TV", and as an OST for the Japanese and Korean dubbings of the movie "Oliver Twist". It peaked at #4 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts and at #5 on the Korean Weekly Top 20. It was written by BoA and Natsumi Watanabe, composed by Kazuhiro Hara and Misako Sakazume and arranged by Kazuhiro Hara and Hitoshi Harukawa.
So this is my lowest remaining score, with another slightly higher one we will get onto a little bit later. I'm not going to say a lot about this cut because I frankly have never gotten into it. I don't mind some balladry in theory, especially one that gives me anime vibes such as this one, but something's not clicking for me here.
She's done much better in that area, and I'd agree with the voter below who said this wasn't single worthy... but knowing it seems to have done quite well sales wise (I honestly don't know about the barometer of success in this context so please correct me if I'm way off nn), what do I really know?
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@nanapop99 (4) — "A boring and basic ballad. Definitely not single worthy. There's a part of the chorus that reminds me of that one High School Musical 2 song when Gabriella breaks up with Troy near the Country Club pool. Gotta Go My Own Way?" The way this is so specific fff
@Attis (6.5) — "C'mon anime balladry"
@evilsin (7) — "I still don't know why this doesn't click with me. Maybe it's a bit too big for me? Or maybe the awful Christmas-y undertones? Some melodies are also kinda cheesy, especially the end of the chorus. They put the mood down for me a lot."
@M24 (9) — "I'll admit I don't usually enjoy most of BoA's ballads, but even I have to give this one a high score. Even if the verses are a little boring, that chorus is excellent, and BoA delivers her vocals with the emotion required for a power ballad like this to be successful. I hope it reaches the top 20 at least!"
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