[miwa] The 5th Thread ~ The 5th Year ~ Road to 5th Anniversary

[Yoake]

Wow That's a surprise. I would never thought that miwa would have a unnatural colour hairstyle one day. I like the CD+DVD cover. The CD edition doesn't look good at all. She looks like a doll or a robot with a wig or something like that.

Edit: Preview


I don't like it.

[adantatu2]

Definetly she looks better with longer hair, lol.

[Yoake]

I suppose this new song'll be on the best album :

miwa To Provide Music For Drama Series "Signal: Choki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sosahan"

miwa To Provide Music For Drama Series

miwa will be providing an insert song for the Fuji TV series "Signal: Choki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sosahan".

The singer's new song is titled "Unchained Love". A release date for it has not been determined at this time.

"The song's message is one that says 'I am thinking of you even when we're not close or have any ties'. The song was written from a mature woman's point of view to match the drama's world view," miwa said.

"Signal: Choki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sosahan" began airing on April 10.
Shared by: Aysohmay

source: http://www.jpopasia.com/feed/23895/m...jiken-sosahan/

[Kacku]

Complete tracklist for Update:

CD:
1. アップデート (Update)
2. 3つの約束 (Mittsu no Yakusoku)
3. Live Fast Die Young
4. アップデート (Instrumental)
5. 3つの約束 (Instrumental)
6. Live Fast Die Young (Instrumental)

DVD:
1.アップデート　Music Video
2.アップデート　Music Video Making-of

Anime Edition DVD:
1. アップデート　僕のヒーローアカデミア (Boku no Hero Academia) Ending Non-Credit Movie

Ugh, Update does not sound good, I hope the b-side is better.

[Ryusei]

live fast die young is already out too

[Yoake]

It seems that this new single will be mainly bad to me. One song I don't like, One song that is listenable but forgettable and I don't dare to have high hope for the first b-side.

[adantatu2]

miwa has been like this for a couple of years now.
Her 2 first albums were amazing, now her releases are forgettable. T_T

[Bigtop]

Her new single hasn't come out yet, yet miwa has just announced that she's going release a best album - "miwa THE BEST" - this coming July?

http://www.miwa-web.com/info/archive/?493884
https://natalie.mu/music/news/278885
https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2109902/full/

[Yoake]

As expected the single isn't my thing. Mittsu no Yakusoku has a nice verse but the chorus is kinda boring to me.

I hope the best album'll mark the end of that era and miwa'll bring us a new fresh sound after.

[adantatu2]

Originally Posted by Yoake

As expected the single isn't my thing. Mittsu no Yakusoku has a nice verse but the chorus is kinda boring to me.

I hope the best album'll mark the end of that era and miwa'll bring us a new fresh sound after.

She started with amazing releases the first 2-3 years. Then idk what happened.

[mellody]

Originally Posted by adantatu2

She started with amazing releases the first 2-3 years. Then idk what happened.

She went downhill most likely because of the idol persona.

There were some news about her style as singer-songwriter doesn't appear as a real singer-songwriter, instead, she came out with more idol-like personality. Her collaboration with Momoiro Clover Z maybe has something to do with this, but I'm not sure either.

Also, she's always with NAOKI-T as the arranger since her debut, maybe it's the reason but then again, she always composes her songs by herself so it's her fault as well.

She should switch to another producer or change the music director, perhaps.

Regarding Best Album, well... I'm not sure it will end well for her for this release, since best album is always related to beginning of an end, somehow. Also, miwa clips Vol. 2 will be released along with the best album, what a fraud. I'm waiting for years after buying the Vol. 1 but she's releasing it like... few years late, gurl.

Also also also, she's actually hang out with Sakaguchi Kentaro a lot ever since the movie was released (100kaime no Koi something), and now she's in yet another work for Sakaguchi Kentaro drama, well.. I'm not surprised if they are (or will be) in a relationship.

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by Bigtop

Her new single hasn't come out yet, yet miwa has just announced that she's going release a best album - "miwa THE BEST" - this coming July?

http://www.miwa-web.com/info/archive/?493884
https://natalie.mu/music/news/278885
https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2109902/full/

Okay, I do have some more details. (Rest assured the first photo from the announcement aren't the covers - these below are the covers!)

Two CDs, plus DVD/BD (yes, there's a BD!) will feature miwa clips vol.2 - another round of miwa music video compilations!

miwa THE BEST is scheduled to release 11 July 2018. They've also opened up a special site!


Special limited edition (2CD+BD, plus LP-sized jacket and a T-shirt!)
Pre-order on CDJapan (limit one per customer)


Limited edition (2CD+DVD)
Pre-order on CDJapan


Regular edition (2CD only)
Pre-order on CDJapan

Tracklisting

DISC1

1. don't cry anymore
2. リトルガール
3. chAngE
4. オトシモノ
5. 春になったら
6. 441
7. FRiDAY-MA-MAGiC
8. 片想い
9. ヒカリヘ
10. ホイッスル〜君と過ごした日々〜
11. ミラクル
12. Faraway
13. Kiss you
14. Faith

DISC2

1. 君に出会えたから
2. 希望の環（WA）
3. 月食〜winter moon〜
4. fighting-φ-girls
5. 360°
6. 夜空。feat.ハジ→
7. ストレスフリー
8. あなたがここにいて抱きしめることができるなら
9. Princess
10. シャンランラン
11. 結-ゆい-
12. シャイニー
13. We are the light
14. アップデート
15. Unchained Love
16. アコースティックストーリー
17. めぐろ川 -original ver.-

DISC3 "miwa clips vol.2" (BD/DVD)

1. ヒカリヘ
2. ミラクル
3. Delight
4. Faraway
5. Faith
6. キットカナウ
7. 希望の環（WA）
8. fighting-φ-girls
9. あなたがここにいて抱きしめることができるなら
10. We are the light

Wow, ten more miwa MVs coming to Blu-ray. Can't wait to see it in pure 1080p instead of HDTV-rips (from SSTV, M-ON!).

Any thoughts?

Spoiler:

At least she doesn't have to compete with KAT-TUN's new album "CAST" on the following week (18 July), because if miwa had to compete with them, even if it was a best album, she would be screwed for a #1 Oricon run because she would be competing with a Johnny's artist, and you know what happens when anyone competes with certain Johnny's artists such as KAT-TUN...

(However, she's competing with Daichi Miura and 2PM's Junho (though mini-album, but still), so I'm not putting high hopes on miwa getting #1 with this, which is unfortunate, but oh well.)

Personal thoughts: But I'm kind of at odds of purchasing this. My interested version is the BD version, but it's quite pricey at $70-$75, depending on the fluctuating USD-to-JPY exchange rate, and that doesn't even include the shipping (and I intend to use DHL express shipping, which is costly enough, but I'd use that for such expensive releases like this). Also, I've already got a Leo Ieiri single (scheduled to release on August 1st) on preorder as well, so I may be facing a bit of a budget crunch. It's a little bit risky considering I have yet to buy an actual miwa CD (although it was close in 2015 when I wanted to order the "ONENESS" album until I changed my mind) and that would put me into buying more miwa CDs (because my mind says that once I buy a new CD from an artist, then I'm going to buy future CDs from that artist), which would be costly considering I've already gotten enough artists on my CD buying list (okay, actually Rina Katahira pulled out of Sony Music Artists and Pony Canyon just recently, so I'm not sure if I want to replace Rina Katahira with miwa at the moment). As I mentioned before, I'm in a bit of a budget crunch, but I'm trying to get a job, though, so this could change; however, I'm also aiming to buy some new computer parts as well since I still have the same computer...from the time miwa debuted to the J-pop world back in 2010. And I'm expecting to spend $1500 on new computer parts if I want to upgrade my computer to my specifications, including shipping and tax!

[Bigtop]

miwa misses out of the top ten... (>_<)

#10 - 9,404
#11 (miwa) - 9,242

And based on the initial picture they've given to us regarding miwa's best album...if that's the actual cover, that could be a big turn-off for me.

[Bigtop]

^ Idol persona??? What??? I'm surprised when I heard about this the first time! That...sounds odd. I don't think miwa and idol persona mixes very well for me!

[mellody]

I forgot the source, but it's taken from short news clip and a short article back in 2016. Maybe Nico Nico? Not sure. (Perhaps Girl's Channel or something like that)

miwa gets criticized in general for being more like an 'idol' instead of a singer-songwriter. She was asked about her upcoming birthday plans and she said, 'take a bath.' Her male fans went crazy online going 'so cute!!!' 'a bath huh~~~' People are annoyed because they think she's appealing to her male fans like an idol would. She also uses a 'cutesy' fake talking voice when she speaks, a lot of the comments say she uses it to appeal to male fans.

Then again it's not confirmed or so, but as far as I remember, she got many female audiences, which clearly can be seen during her concerts. I haven't catch up to her recent ones though, maybe more male fans now? I have no idea.

[adantatu2]

Because I've been watching Boku no Hero Academy, Update (the ending) doesn't seem to be that bad, lol.

[Yoake]

^I'm watching it too but I always skip the ending

I only follow miwa's music so I can't really judge her behaviour. If she slip in an idol role, I would say that princess single is what gets closer of an idol persona.

[Yoake]

Unchained Love is out some days ago. Did you listen to it?
I have a mixed feeling about this song. I was pleasantly surprised until the chorus. The deepness of the beginning made me shiver. This song has a good arrangement. Some parts are very unexpected for miwa (violon, "water sound". But the melody(vocal) of the chorus is soooo generic that it drags my enthusiasm down a bit.

[Kacku]

Originally Posted by Yoake

Unchained Love is out some days ago. Did you listen to it?
I have a mixed feeling about this song. I was pleasantly surprised until the chorus. The deepness of the beginning made me shiver. This song has a good arrangement. Some parts are very unexpected for miwa (violon, "water sound". But the melody(vocal) of the chorus is soooo generic that it drags my enthusiasm down a bit.

Couldn't have said it better. The arrangement is fabulous, but the chorus melody drags the song from great to just good.

Thanks for sharing the link, mellody, I hadn't been able to download the song when I tried to find it a few days ago.

[mellody]

I didn't know about the song and straight out to Google already and what a surprise, it's on Spotify! But still can't play it tho, you know country restriction.

Anyway, this is something fresh her! I like the intro, but as the song is progressing, I also have mixed feelings about it. Most likely because I never expect she did something like this after so many lackluster songs, but it's actually not bad after all.

But it has the same problem, most of her songs are no longer catchy at all.

The song is below by the way.

Spoiler: