^ Thanks for telling us about the unreleased song. ;)

Just listened to the song "Invitation" and.....WOW!!!! :thud That song sounds freakin' amazing. It's definitely one of the best songs I've ever heard her sing to date. MiChi should make more songs that have that R&B/House/Dance vibe. :yes

Can someone please rip the song? I would be forever grateful. :D

Oh and for those interested, the song starts playing around the 58:00 mark. Go have a listen.

I'm trying to rip it...can't wait to hear the song

http://www.mediafire.com/?4i9z1778xo33o63

Here you go. Took me awhile to get it. Also, the beginning might be a little messed up (ending too...) because I edited it from an old audio program. ^^;

http://www.michiness.com/
didn't realize it until just now, but when they updated her site for the album a new video went up, wonder if we're getting a full new PV. hope so, whatever song the new part is from sounds great as well, hope it's THERAPY.


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"MadNesS Vol.3" got the PV, it begins airing 3.21 on MTV.

love it<3

Freaking amazing!! I am SO excited for the album!

I love that bad attitude of hers :hearts I hope there's more like that song

Light up and THERAPY :heart :heart :heart :heart

Thanks for sharing the rip!;) Much appreciated. Sorry for never thanking you sooner! I really love this song and wish she would release it on a single. :yes

^ No worries at all! I agree! I wish she would release it as a single.

If the album is out, how come nobody has uploaded it? Can someone upload it? (I'd like an iTunes Plus version specifically but for just listening to get first impressions 320KPBS is fine too)

^ psst, I posted the album at KMC, JPS, JPC, just step outside of this forum for one second and you'll find it. actually, just type the damn thing into google and guess what pops up now that it has been reuploaded everywhere.

^ Don't have an account in any area, don't do torrets (or whatever that crap was called)

but thanks for such a harsh, blunt reply. I'll go find it on my own later.

^ bestfiction@lj <3

http://www.j-mp3.info/2012/03/michi-therapy.html ;) no need for any account.

It says the service is not available in my country...lolwat

^ Same here :o...

EDIT: It is indeed at Bestfiction...click here.

hu what? :o that's weeeeird Oo try out bestfiction then :/

Thanks for the download link, I'll try it out :) Can't wait! I love me some MiChi. Hopefully an iTunes Plus version surfaces soon.

^ ordered the album if nobody does it until then, I will :)

I am SO happy they collab. I love these two. :heart

Finally...not a weird song..
i love the song!

I was in a really bad mood tonight.

Then I played Take It Easy!, Motto., and Find Your Way. I feel so much better now. MiChi's Therapy album is so...inspirational. I wish MiChi was much more successful. Her writing talents are just phenomenal.

:yes so true! it brightens my days recently, the album is surely very uplifting. Why doesn't she get promoted much anyway? Sony is wasting her talents! Her songwriting is creative - love the mixture of English and Japanese. been addicted to her songs for days now, on repeat in my playlist.

Hahaha...what madness is this?!

This song is really cute though ^_^

http://www.michiness.com/
site updated, her blog is now on the site as well. new song "STARTING OVER" will release digitally 4.24, a PV preview is up at the site, blocked outside of JP as usual though.

STARTING OVER PV
http://jpopsuki.tv/video/MiChi---STA...884189e0b21f90

The song is good, but not great. It's not insanely catchy like anything from Therapy., but it's hella beautiful.

STARTING OVER cover

http://i49.tinypic.com/1zqyib9.jpg

lol my girl still lookin' gorgeous as always; even if she be lookin' dorky. Keep it up MiChi!

Cute, I love it!

That cover is the best! :heart I NEED to hear this song soon

Hey guys. I was on T.O.M's official YouTube page and found his summer remix of YOU, I've never heard this before.



I thought it was funny he released this in October of last year though :laugh Anyway; it's so chill and beautiful. T.O.M best producer JPN tbh next to DAISHI DANCE.

Does anyone have Therapy. album translations? I want to read the translation for Motto... but there are no translations anywhere.

http://www.michiness.com/

new digital single "HEARTBEAT" 6.26 long preview at her site ^ LaVie CM tie up.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT! So beautiful!

HEARTBEAT sounds amazing! I hope there's another album on the way soon, already feels like it's been so long since THERAPY was released.

I upload her new digital single...love the song!

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118171

wow, there is actually a physical single listed for MiChi. "Right About You" out 2013.09.04, 1 edition.

asdfkawekg; Woot! Please another B-side that sounds like Perfect World >_>

Go MiChi !!!!
Show you can still selling !!

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AICL-2580
up for order now.

temp. tracklist up at shops.

MiChi's Facebook page posted a different tracklist recently. Which is the right one?

①INdepeNdent GiRL?
②Saturday Night
③INdepeNdent GiRL? -remix-
④Saturday Night -extended version-

At least we can be certain the b-side is called Saturday Night, lol.

^ They just changed the title, this is now the official one. 仮 = temporary, so it's not always what they are going to go with in the end.

Album listed for 2013.10.02 release now, 2 editions.

Omg yes!

http://i.imgur.com/DfPkv6X.jpg

double a-side single now http://www.sonymusicshop.jp/m/item/i...=AICL000002580

Hot mess l0l

MiChi...oh MiChi...what are you thinking...

MiChi leaked Saturday Night on Youtube!



I really like it, this must be the disco-flavored track she's mentioned on her blog.

the song is ok...don't like the lyrics

The song is alright. It's definitely different but it doesn't have that "MiChi" charm idk lol but it's good.

It's fairly catchy, I like it.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjAxMTQzMzMy.html
INdependeNT GiRL? PV

so in LOVE with this song.

Album title and release date finally confirmed! EYES WIDE OPEN, coming out on October 2nd, 12 tracks! A teaser is on Youtube (and seems to try and jump out when entering her homepage), but as always, is not available outside Japan. MiChi's Facebook and official pages also have a new banner, looks cool. MiChi has finally started to turn into a flamingo.

cover

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/538...288898076n.jpg

promo
http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/38957321289527f6.jpg

teaser
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x14...83%BC_creation

Tracklist
1.MadNesS vol.4
2.STARTING OVER(album mix)
3.Saturday Night
4.Lighten the Fxxk Up
5.Nearly Maybe...
6.INdependeNt GiRL?
7.Just because
8.HEARTBEAT(album mix)
9.still missing you
10.Hello
11.Journey (feat. Jake Shimabukuro)
12.YOUR Life

DVD
1.STARTING OVER
2.INdependeNt GiRL?
3.Saturday Night

Lighten the Fuck Up LOL! I'm so excited for this album. Can't wait to get it!

Ah, thanks for the additional details and cover, Utena! And the teaser, I'm lovin' it, MadNesS vol.4 sounds like a great addition to the MadNesS series. :D

Great track titles, I love Lighten the Fxxk Up and Just because, lol. Great to see new mixes of STARTING OVER and HEARTBEAT, I hope they're good! This albums seems promising.

not as bad as her single cover...
good luck MiChi

I'm loving it so far. :D

Does that mean we're getting a real music video for Saturday Night soon? (not just the lyrics video?) I hope it's good coz the song's such a jam!

Ordered the album+DVD edition at CDJ. October is such a good month!

EYES WIDE OPEN leaked. MadNesS vol. 4 is SO GOOD! I was expecting a lot from it but it still hit a fucking homerun. :thud Might be my favorite MadNesS track! And I LOVE Lighten the Fxxk Up, such a great pop-rock jam. Nearly Maybe... is not the most memorable song, but I don't have a problem with it. I'm at Just because now, another very nice song! Damn, now I have furious need to get a real copy to myself. If only I could have pre-ordered. ;__;

EDIT: still missing you is a nice ballad, but doesn't beat motto (but what does?). Hello is such a nice song! Journey too. Damn I love this album. :heart

It's surprising to me that nobody in this topic is discussing the album. It's very well-done among this year of shitty releases in J-Pop.

I really like the flow of the album, and MiChi sounds great. I do miss the crazy party girl from UP TO YOU, but this more gentle caring girl in EYES WIDE OPEN works as well. It is somewhat disappointing knowing MiChi only worked on about 6 of the 12 songs present, in regards that she wrote all of UP TO YOU and 2/3's of THERAPY (although she is main producer of the entire thing). But it's nice to see her giving T.O.M a break (he only worked on two songs for this album).

My favorite tracks are Lighten the Fxxk Up, Nearly Maybe..., still missing you, Hello, and Journey. The only song I didn't like was INdependeNt GiRL?.

I'm definitely up for discussion about this album! I've been wondering how people have taken it, haven't seen much said about it anywhere.

I agree this is one of the best J-pop albums released this year; it's not saying too much, since I think 2013 hasn't been too good albums-wise. Anyway, I think EYES WIDE OPEN is a very strong album - it doesn't have a single song I dislike, though some tracks are very skippable (... well, actually just make me feel this way INdependeNt GiRL? and YOUR Life, so not bad at all). Most songs are dead catchy, MiChi sounds great and relaxed, brings a bit of playfulness to many songs. I like the album's shift in sound towards being more acoustic, brings a little something new to MiChi's discography (I wouldn't have minded another disco song though, LOVE Saturday Night).

However, I think the material on this album isn't quite as strong as on the previous ones. The songs and production are a lot more simple than on her past releases - nothing wrong with going more simple, but listening and comparing the new material to songs like, say, THERAPY or Perfect World, I can't help thinking that MiChi can do more, she can go deeper. EYES WIDE OPEN isn't one-dimensional, per say, but, compared to her previous albums, I don't think I'll have as many discoveries and new things to find when I go back to it and listen with fresh ears.

On a side-note: do you think this album is more... I don't want to say self-centered, but that's the only word I can think of. :D I mean, it sounds to me that this album has most of the songs sung from me-perspective, probably telling about MiChi's thoughts and feelings, whereas on THERAPY, most of the songs were addressed to somebody, it sounded more like MiChi was talking to the listener (actually, looking at THERAPY's tracklist, this seems to come through even in song names: Light up, Take it easy, Find your way,). Not critisising this, just something that has popped into my mind when listening, must be my English major creeping through...

Tl;dr, I really like this album! I really need to add it to my collection, thank god it's Christmas soon. Also, my favorite (new) tracks are exactly the same as yours, with MadNesS 4 added (love the random Italian and flamingo crooning or whatever that crazy sound is), which naturally proves that these are unquestionably the best songs of the album. ;)

I still havent heard most tracks in full as Ive had SO MUCH other more important stuff to buy and I can't find a download of it either. :(

I definitely agree with you in regards that this album has literally no tracks that are skippable. They're all listenable; even the more boring tracks are good. But I also do wish she made another underground club song or something...MiChi is really depriving us of this.

I DEFINITELY AGREE!! I was listening to this album again for the 50th time in my car and realized that the production is much, much simpler than THERAPY (and of course UP TO YOU). THERAPY's first six tracks had a LOT going on in them; while for EYES WIDE OPEN it was much smoother and relaxing and simple. I don't mind it, of course.

Hmm can you elaborate a bit more? But I understand where you're coming from. UP TO YOU and THERAPY had a lot more songs that were catered to us believing in ourselves and reaching for our dreams, while this album seems like it was more of MiChi opening up her eyes to the world and telling us her true feelings.

Wow, now I kind of understand her album titles.
UP TO YOU = Self-explanatory. Life is what we make of it.
THERAPY = MiChi's therapeutic session that she wants to share with us.
EYES WIDE OPEN = MiChi opening her eyes to the world.

Of course, just my interpretations.

I hope you can get it soon! I waited two weeks for my copy to arrive and I was ecstatic to see it in my mailbox. Honestly, all the volumes of MadNesS have been great (although I do rank vol.1 near the bottom).

http://jmp3up.info/?mp3=16738 Try some of these? :)

My thoughts exactly! I may not care for all the tracks as much, but they're still so well made that I'll gladly listen to them when the album rolls to that point (unless I'm REALLY in a hurry to hear a particular song). This seems to be a thing all her albums share; I don't skip a single track even on UP TO YOU, my least favorite MiChi album.

I'm also starting to hunger for another underground-style song. I originally got into MiChi thanks to her uplifting "therapy" songs, but I've come to like her grittier songs too: Shibuya de Punch is one of my overall favorites and recently I've discovered JUMP ON IT. :heart

You got my thought perfectly! (Though it was really badly worded, need to avoid trying to post too deep thoughts after a tiring day.) I actually went back and took a very close look at every album's tracklist and the lyrics of each song and made a VERY rough divide between 'me-songs' (where MiChi sings about her thoughts and feelings) and 'you-songs' (where the song has a message for the listener) on each album. Based on this, I think EYES WIDE OPEN was the album with easily the most me-songs; I think Lighten the Fxxk Up and YOUR Life are pretty much the only songs aimed right at the listener. THERAPY, I think, is on the other end of the spectrum, with more than half of the songs addressed to the listener and speaking of the themes you mentioned.

I stan for your interpretations!! I've actually been wondering about the third album's title and what meaning could be behind it; it wasn't nearly obvious as the previous ones. I couldn't come up with any kind of conclusion myself, but your idea makes SO much sense! In the intro track, she's had her eyes opened and is wondering about her place in the world and on the rest of the album, she's opening her eyes yet more, observing all these things in her life and telling of them to the listener.

I hope so too! I've been listening to this album a lot from my iPod and computer and it would be really nice to be able to pop the actual CD into my silly old radio and blast it around the house. Besides, I'm dying to see the booklet: THERAPY's had some gorgeous pictures and judging by the cover, EWO should at least have some colorful pics to look at!

I agree about MadNesS vol. 1 not being among the very best: it's certainly a nice and quirky song, but it's so damn short and feels like it ends abruptly, I just can't get immersed into it like I can with vol. 3 and 4.

Btw, having flipped through the booklets of MiChi's first two albums again... I really wish someone with great Japanese skills would bless us with their knowledge and translate MiChi's notes in the booklet. I'd love to know what she's saying about Shibuya de Punch and the album overall!

@Kacku Arigatou!! :heart

How come UP TO YOU is your least favorite album? I personally thought that the album was flawless minus One of a Kind lol

Shibuya de Punch is gorgeous. Have you heard her song, "Surrender" from the "MiChi MadNesS" album? That one is great. I wanna order that album sometime in the future from CD Japan to complete my MiChi collection.

I'm glad we could agree! It just occurred to me after reading your interpretations (: So thank you lol!

Ugh I wish I could find translations for THERAPY and EYES WIDE OPEN. Nobody is translating the lyrics and it's killing me. I really want to see what Find Your Way is about.

Also; not to spoil anything, but you get your money's worth with the EYES WIDE OPEN booklet :) It's great being able to discuss MiChi's flawless-ness with another fan as passionate as I am. I love, love, LOVE MiChi.

It's just math: UP TO YOU has more songs I don't care for that much than the other two albums. I'm really meh about HEy GirL, Something Missing, One of a Kind and UP TO YOU and though I like YOU, it's totally overshadowed by all of her other ballads.

Might be explained by the fact that I fell for MiChi's lighter, positive songs and THERAPY (which I think is her most flawless album, lol) first. Those are closer to my usual music taste than the party-girl underground-ish songs UP TO YOU has more.

However, I've started to come around to the whole album recently: ChaNge the WoRLd also used to be on my meh-list, but one day I suddenly heard the song's genius and I've come to love it. I've also discovered the amazingness of Why oh Why and WoNDeRLaND? and I really like and appreciate them, even though they haven't become new favorites.

Oh yes I have! Surrender is just a wonderful song, it's such a gem on MiChi MadNesS. I hope you can get the album soon! I don't care for that album much myself, but I can sympathize with wanting to complete the series lol.

I agree, so many lyrics I want to know better. I also want to know Find Your Way's message better and All about the Girls is another song I'm really curious about. I'm suprised no one has taken the challenge, I would've thought MiChi had at least enough fans to have one or two who can do both English and Japanese.

That's great to hear! I love when albums have good booklets and visuals, it makes the album experience so much better and really makes having the physical CD and booklet feel worth the trouble. :D

And thank you! :heart It's also great for me to be able to discuss all these things about MiChi with someone, usually there aren't that many chances to do it and I rarely get to meet someone so passionate and interested! I'm kind of a late addition to MiChi's fandom, since I only discovered her some time after THERAPY, but she's become one of my favorites and a really important artist to me. Songs like YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!, PROMiSE and motto. drive stress and anxiety away like nothing else and other songs like THERAPY, Shibuya de Punch and Perfect World just take me to places, it's amazing. Her positivity is so refreshing, it makes her a lovely artist to follow.

I became a fan right as she released KiSS KiSS xxx. That song is still one of my top-favorites. And I so agree with you on MiChi's positively through her music and lyrics. I always listen to her when I'm feeling down because she always brings me right back up! THERAPY does exactly as the album title suggests, it provides therapy (:

I received my recent CDJapan order today, and EYES WIDE OPEN was one of the items included. So happy to finally have it in my collection! :heart It's so pretty! I got the CD+DVD version, not sure if it was the best decision since the music videos are kinda... reeeeally cheap, to put it nicely. But on the other hand, it comes in a nice slipcase with a re-sealable plastic pouch, which is the greatest thing (it will remain pretty for years to come, yay!).

Anyway, I reiterate: blasting MadNesS vol. 4, Saturday Night, and Lighten the Fxxk Up from the radio and singing along at full power is the best thing!

New single All I Know announced for July 16th release! The song will air tonight on Japanese radio, I hope someone, somewhere, somehow can record and upload it.

ah glad to know that she still releasing new stuff...she need to re-invent..

Re-invent? I disagree. She has a unique sound that works perfectly for her, and I think she can still make amazing songs based on that. I'm open to her experimenting with new things (which is what she has been doing for a good while: the disco-banger Saturday night, funky INdependeNt GiRL?, and acoustic ballads motto. and Nearly Maybe... clearly stand out in her discography, especially compared to her more electronic-influenced early works), but I don't want her to throw away what works.

EDIT: Damn, couldn't catch a stream because of traveling. :< I hope the song will pop up soon. Sony uploaded a little blurb about the song, describing it as a number with a "UK rock taste" from MiChi's roots. Apparently the song is composed by Yoichiro Nomura, the guitarist of MiChi's live crew, and the lyrics are done by MiChi and (not sure if I'm reading this right) Ishiwatari Junji.

I saw the news on her Instagram! So excited!

I agree, that she need to keep her style, because it's so unique
but still she is working and lets face it that her latest release is not doing well on sales or on the chart...if she want to continue singing and releasing music, she needs money, and money come from sales. So she need to combine her style and public style to make her song more appealing.

I get where you're coming from. T.O.M was her main producer when she first started out and their chemistry was breathtaking. Unfortunately, she doesn't have him produce for her as much nowadays. I wouldn't mind if they got together and made another club-banger though. Maybe for the next album :)

Yeah, her sales are definitely not doing well. However, I'm not sure if taking on a more mainstream sound would help with that: it's not like her current style is too weird or different for the general public, and a change too big has the risk of alienating some of her existing fanbase. Combining her own style with a more mainstream sound (whatever that is nowadays in Japan... idol pop? EDM?), as you said, could help her situation, but I think what she needs more is some exposure. Looking at her sales, she wasn't doing too bad back in the UP TO YOU era when she had more tie-ups, but her sales and tie-ups have both started vanishing ever since, and just from following her on social media, I get the impression that she doesn't do a lot of stuff that would get her much public attention. I don't know what the solution to her sales troubles might be, but I hope she can find it while continuing to create amazing music!

Seconded! My body is always ready for another MaD club banger!

^you got the point...

I'm missing her Promise era...that was her peak...

Cover!

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/...65241645_n.jpg

Love it, so colours. ♥

This is apparently a digital-only release again.

so nice ♥

LOVE IT ♡ Different and even better than I expected!

It's boring lol. I like the note she hits in the first stanza of each verse though. Very pretty.

Not bad, but not great. I kinda zoned out halfway through the song and started doing other things like surfing tumblr.

i like it...

echoing what others have said~ but I like the feel of the song. And the cover is pleasant. Her voice is always so nice to listen to.


It's probably best they're only releasing it digitally tbh. Artists like her aren't selling at all. It's just such a shame.

According to her Instagram, it looks like she's attending an art school in New York at the moment.

NY ? So, sayonara Japanese music ?

^You think she's done making japanese music because she's taking art classes in New York?

Her career is probably just on hiatus.

she was in NY between album 2 and 3 and 3 and 4
she is staying there for cretaivity a certain time. I think we will get another digital single in the next 3-4 months

^OK, thanks for the info !

HOLY SHIT! I wish MiChi would go back to T.O.M MadNesS.

MiChi is releasing a new song this week!! I hesitate to call this a comeback because so far there's no indication that it will lead to more music and this seems to be an indie release, but it's still so nice to get anything new from her!

The new song is called Paralyzed and it's a collaboration with Kat McDowell. The release date is May 21st. Here's the cover:

https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...ae&oe=5EE85209

You can hear a little teaser of the song here. They will also do a livestream on Facebook and Instagram, "talking about how they met, how the song came about, mental health awareness, and life in Tokyo and LA!"

MiChi also mentioned that she'd be uploading more content on her Youtube channel in the future. Also, this is old news by now, but for anyone interested, you can go to MiChi's official website and enter your e-mail address to download her acoustic cover of Cyndi Lauper's True Colors. :)

What a nice surprise!