I really like the new song, even the last part. Maybe its a little contrived, but I think Miliyah was being honest with it, it just kinda comes off that way.

Love this song!

I think it'll be in my top -recent- songs by her haha.

Shounen Shoujo is purely amazing, I love it! I listened to the previews and Higher and FASHION sound so good. I am definitely going to buy this :)

Shounen Shoujo is a great song, I'm glad Miliyah is changing things up a bit. Higher is also a good song, though not everything the preview promised. I can't wait to hear the whole single, this is a promising beginning for the next year.

The song is great. Her voice sounds especially amazing!

I actually wasn't interested in listening to the song till you guys kept talking about the "ending" so decided to give it a listen.

I was expecting some death metal or something from this ending, but it's just her singing with a choir? lol didn't really like the choir part but the very last few seconds is beautiful. I'm actually pleasantly surprised. Haven't followed her since HEAVEN lol.

^ I hate choirs with a passion. I would've preferred death metal :laugh

少年少女 official lyrics: http://www.uta-net.com/song/177045/

I really like the lyrics, so I translated them~

^ As always, thank you so much, tenshi! I love the lyrics so much.

Oh thank god the single version of Shonen Shoujo is different from the PV, lol. No chorus to be found!

^lol there is a chorus, no choir

I dont like the single version as much...the choir ending was so much more touching...I hoped for a better mix for that ending.

chorus
[kawr-uh s, kohr-]
noun, plural choruses.
1. Music. A group of persons singing in unison.
2. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) Such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers.

What I don't like are the robotic backing vocals at around 3:02. I don't really see what where they going after by using them.

^maybe we get a better album version like with ROMAN

I'm curious to try out her music. Where should I start?

^M BEST / HEAVEN

^ You could try her album Heaven. It's most people's favorite.

edit: you beat me to it :laugh

To be honest all of her albums are amazing, and it's impossible to know which album will click with you first the best, so I think the best thing to do when trying out any artist is to make sure you've listened to everything they've released (meaning you make sure you have all their albums and then randomly listen to any songs you can). I don't think this is such a big deal in this age seeing as getting Miliyah's albums shouldn't be difficult at all. (Beside, if you're really curious about her music, I don't think this should be such a problem.)

Basically if you're patient enough, you will definitely like almost anything Miliyah has put out by now. The way I do it is always get an artist's latest album and start from there, then build up until their first album. Or you could simply start with singles, or watch some PVs first to determine which single/album would be the best for you to try out. I think Miliyah is definitely worthy of giving her extensive tries and downloading most of her stuff. She writes her own music for the most part and her voice is unique and great compared to a lot of Jpop artists, as well as take note that most of her music is produced a lot better than a lot of other Jpop stuff (her albums sound good and got at least some of the dynamics left untouched).

While a lot of people might suggest HEAVEN, I personally disliked that album when I heard it a first few times, point being that everyone's tastes are different. And you probably know by now that the first album you try by any artist is likely to make a big first impression of them, and will have greater chances of ending up with being your favorite by that artist because it was after all your first encounter with their music.

All I'm saying is that, knowing Miliyah's discography extensively, there is literally no wrong album you can go with for a first try. So basically, have fun exploring! And if the first album you chose to try is the one you don't really like, don't give up just yet. You'll be really happy that you didn't in the end.

Sorry for the length.

^true. I suggest HEAVEN beacuse it had the song that were really easy to get into, despite songs like Silent Ocean. i would also have said Ring, but like all her albums uo to HEAVEN, it had some very weak songs which I still can't remember. LOVELAND also wanst her best effort in that sense to me.

Another way to get into her is, to create a playlist of a recent tour (M BEST, HEAVEN) and listen to that.

HEAVEN is her most flawless album. Has everything you could ever want out of a flawless Japanese album.