Aili was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Both parents were born in Yokosuka, and she has a Spanish Portuguese-based paternal grandfather, which makes her one quarter Spanish and three quarters Japanese. She spent much of her childhood in San Diego with her parents, which exposed her to many different international musical cultures. Her father was a well known drummer and was quite famous. Aili studied classical piano at the age of thee, and later on took up the alto saxophone. She is also a professional trained ballet dancer.
AILI is a multi talented superstar. She is a No. 1 producer, arranger, composer and lyricist. She has been writing and composing for many popular Japanese music starts, such as Jamosa, Tohoshinki, Aoyama Thelma, SoulJa, and Goto Maki. she broke into the music industry with her debut album "Future", which included the very popular collaboration song with VERBAL (m-flo) called "Memories Again", a re-written version of EXILE's "Lovers Again", which has been downloaded more than 7 millions times on Chakuuta. AILI sang three songs on her debut album, and produced every track. The remaining songs featured guest singers, which included May J., EMO MARIA, SATOMI, twenty4-7, mihimaru GT, ISHIKAWA MARIE, Dream, Sowelu, Baby M and KEN THE 390.
"Future" was released on the 8th of December, 2010, with chakuuta rankings in the top 7 on the daily chart of 10/27 with a total of 4,924 downloads. During the release of her first album, AILI had her work featured in the latest commercial for "Samantha Thavasa × GLAMOROUS" which co-stars fashion models Iwahori Seri, Michibata Jessica and Hiraka Risa. The backing track for the commercial is entitled Shiny! Shiny! and is part of her collaborative series "AILI thanx to..." and the song includes vocals by R&B singer May J.
She lists the following as her favourite producers and musicians:
Rodney Jerkins / Dr. Dre / OutKast / Baby Face / Dallas Austin / Erykah Badu / Aaliyah / Bone Thugs n' Harmony / Cypress Hill / Wyclif Jean / Bob Marley / PINK FLOYD / The Beatles / Erick Clapton / The Eagles / 坂本龍一 / Monkey Majik
- 言葉にできないLove song (AILI thanx to EMI MARIA)
- Shiny! Shiny! (AILI thanx to MAY J.)
- You're my problem (AILI thanx to twentry4-7)
- One story (AILI thanx to May J. & KEN THE 390)
- Time and You (AILI thanx to SATOMI')
+ digital booklet - Pre-Future
Track List:
01. Memories Again / AILI ft. VERBAL(m-flo)
02. Shiny! Shiny! / AILI thanx to May J.
03. 言葉にできない Love song / AILI thanx to EMI MARIA
04. Interlude ~Three Quarter Asian~
05. One story / AILI thanx to May J. & KEN THE 390
06. Time and You / AILI thanx to SATOMI’
07. You’ re my problem / AILI thanx to twenty4-7
08. wish / AILI thanx to 石川マリー
09. Feeling… -2010 ver.- / AILI
10. Clever Lady / AILI thanx to hiroko(mihimaru GT)
11. Wanna go / AILI thanx to JAMOSA
12. RHYTHM / AILI thnax to 藤井リナ
13. Interlude ~blue sky~
14. Get my way / AILI thanx to Dream
15. Brand new day / AILI thanx to Sowelu
16. 海の見える街 / AILI thanx to Baby M
17. blue sky ‒tributed to the boy- / AILI(ボーナストラック)
1. Miss You/ AILI × DJ KAORI ft. ICONIQ
2. feel the love/ AILI ft. WISE
3. This L.U.V./ AILI ft. Warren G
4. Run away
5. Interlude -7days-
6. Fantastic
7. 言葉より大切なもの
8. been so long 〜m-flo TRIBUTE〜
9. Outroduction -moon light-
10. [Bonus Track] This L.U.V. -English ver.-/ AILI ft. Warren G
11. [Bonus Track] Memories Again/ AILI ft. VERBAL(m-flo)
Huge thanks to SURREAL_RAINBOW for helping me with the thread!!
Earth_maiden
9th August 2011 03:45 PM
I've never made a thread before so I hope it looks okay!! :thud
NintendoHTF1242
9th August 2011 05:22 PM
There's technically this thread already. Maybe you can ask a mod to combine these together?
koumori
9th August 2011 05:44 PM
Oh she's pretty~ I might check out her latest album.
Earth_maiden
9th August 2011 05:53 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242
(Post 2732377)
There's technically this thread already. Maybe you can ask a mod to combine these together?
Yes, we know, a few people in there asked if that thread could be closed and a new one created, so I took the initiative and made one with a lot more info in the first post. :yes
NintendoHTF1242
9th August 2011 05:57 PM
Oh alright! I didn't notice that. Sorry xD
I've been kind of interested in her. But the tagging for her debut album is such a mess.
Earth_maiden
9th August 2011 06:07 PM
No worries! I've been kind of obsessed with AILI since I first heard her FUTURE album, which is why I wanted to make the thread. :D
And you're right, the tagging is atrocious. I've been contemplating ripping my own CD copy, if only I knew how to do a decent job of it. :thud
Which reminds me, I need to add in her rental only single of "Memoirs Again". Should I upload it here? The mega mix is definitely worth a listen. :yes
EDIT: Turns out I don't need to, found a thread with the upload here:
I just love all of my singer songwriters, and AILI is just, greatness~
Everyone follow her on twitter!
omg I still have to listen to Vivid :thud so many things to do...
Queen Bee
19th August 2011 12:43 AM
^VIVID is SO good! I think Run away has to be the best track on there in my opinion! All the songs are great though!
SURREAL__RAINBOW
19th August 2011 05:12 PM
I'm waiting for my copy :P
Hopefully it arrives by next week :(
Earth_maiden
23rd August 2011 01:50 PM
I'm holding out until I get my physical copy, but I feel like I might crack soon! I've heard such good things about the album too, so I'm even more excited!:luv2
PoetGirl
23rd August 2011 09:34 PM
I heard VIVID today and its awsome. Love at first listen I must say.
Earth_maiden
5th September 2011 05:10 PM
I FINALLY received my copy of VIVID a few days ago. Australia Post were holding it at my local PO, but never sent me a notification, so I had no idea it was sitting there for 9 days. :shakehead
I tried to scan the pics in the booklet, but the ONLY one that turned out semi decent was this one:
Can anyone clean up the lines? I have no idea how to do it myself. :innocent And please don't upload it anywhere without permission. Thank you. ^_^
chlstyle
6th September 2011 03:21 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Earth_maiden
(Post 2750201)
I FINALLY received my copy of VIVID a few days ago. Australia Post were holding it at my local PO, but never sent me a notification, so I had no idea it was sitting there for 9 days. :shakehead
I tried to scan the pics in the booklet, but the ONLY one that turned out semi decent was this one: