The official Rei Yasuda/Rachel Rhodes thread

[Kacku]

The album is out! Will listen soon, I'm super excited, this is easily my most expected album of the year so far.

EDIT: No disappointments to be found here. None of the new tracks quite reach the level of Best of my Love or Brand New Day for me, but they are all good. Regret is a standout among them, it's a really different song for her and sooo good. The file I downloaded didn't have Heavenly Star though, I'm still looking forward to that.

[Kacku]

Will debuts at #8 on Oricon! A much better position than any of her singles had, I hope she can keep it up.

EDIT: #15 -> #15 -> #12 -> #12 -> #16 -> #26, ranking at #15 on the weekly charts with 4228 copies sold.

[Kacku]

Will has been released on iTunes worldwide! I think this is great, not only for allowing people to purchase the album easily and cheaply, but it might also be a sign that Sony Japan is opening up to the world a little more and maybe music from their various artists will be more available to global fans in the future. Anyway, I hope this is useful for some people.

[Kaiouforever]

Agreed! It's a very good album.

[danielquasar]

I don't know if this is far-fetched to say but I get an Utada feeling from her. Which is probably what caused me to gravitate so easily towards her music.

I apologize if this has been mentioned already in the thread, I haven't read it yet but I just wanted to come in and say!

I started with Mirror during the end credits of The Irregular at Magic High School.

[kiseki89]

So sad
I bought the album in Japan and placed in my backpack on the flight home. Now I regretted not cushioning it with some clothes- there's a crack on the case. Sob. Hopefully the cd is fine.. Ripping it now to my phone

[Kacku]

^Aww, sorry to hear that. Hopefully the album still plays normally, then you can at least transfer everything into a new case, money not completely wasted. Have you heard the album yet?

Originally Posted by danielquasar

I don't know if this is far-fetched to say but I get an Utada feeling from her. Which is probably what caused me to gravitate so easily towards her music.

I apologize if this has been mentioned already in the thread, I haven't read it yet but I just wanted to come in and say!

I started with Mirror during the end credits of The Irregular at Magic High School.

That's an unexpected observation! What about her gives you an Utada feeling, if you don't mind me asking?

[Kacku]

New single! Release date February 25th! The title is 恋詩 (Koiuta). In a very strange and unexpected move, it's an Ikimonogakari cover... and not even one of their huge hit singles, just an album track from NEWTRAL. Preview:

[Utena]

it sounds very fitting for her voice, I like it so far but yeah, unexpected move indeed

[Kacku]

She's looking fabulous in the promo pic. I hope we get some good b-sides as well.

[Diva_br]

New single: Tweedia
2015.07.15

SECL-1729 (Regular Edition) ¥1,260
SECL-1730~1 (Limited Edition) ¥1,700

CD Tracklist
Tweedia + 3 tracks

DVD Tracklist
Tweedia Video Clip

The title track was used as the theme song for the film Pokemon The Movie XY Kourin no Choumajin Hoopa.

[Surreal17]

I discovered her few months ago with Koi uta and i really liked her Voice. I Read All good comments about her, maybe i ll check some New songs.

[Kacku]

^You need to listen to her album, it's a really really really good pop album, one of the best things to come out of Japan last year imo!

And omg new single with Pokémon tie-up why am I only finding out now?? Title track + 3 songs sounds really promising, I'm just hoping for some forget-me-not/Delight/I&U-level b-sides. Thanks for the info Diva br!

[Diva_br]

^You're welcome

I think one of the tracks will be a "tv size"... And... I want some Forget Me not too!!

[AyuGAME]

ohh..that's cute

[adantatu2]

She looks a bit like Miranda Cosgroove of iCarly.

[Kacku]

Cover!



And huge size under the spoiler:

Spoiler:

[Surreal17]

She looks cute
What is the meaning of "Tweedia"?

[Kacku]

Google tells me tweedia is a genus of flower that symbolizes "hearts that believe in each other" and "blissful love" in the language of the flowers. Explains all the flowers on the cover!

[Surreal17]

Finally an interesting recent jpop title. Those flowers are beautiful.
I.ve started listening to the album in the order of the singles release and I have mixed opinions. Just listened to the first two singles so its too early to judge. But the thing is that I really like her vocals. Reminds me a bit of Ailee's.