ninohime | Biased review of Beautiful World

Hmm.. I just feel like an obligation to review their new album..
oh yess... our lovely New album from arashi! "Beautiful World"
It's indeed beautiful!
Here is my biased review haha XD

First of all
Rank of Solo
1. Nino - どこにでもある唄： I like so much! I mean really MUCH! The best solo he ever made (in my opinion). But I'm wondering why he used kanji 唄　for uta (song) and not using kanji 歌. Anyone can explain it to me? What's the different of this two kanjis?
2. Oh-chan - Hung up on ： Hmm... I like it, and there is Sho's voices too!! XD
3. Jun - Shake it! ： Okay, this is unexpected since I never like his solo. Mostly because of his voice of course.. But this time I try to ignore his voice. Well, I like it.. Such a catchy song!! XD
4. Sho - このままもっと： Most of my fellow fangirls really LOVE this song. Maybe because of the lyrics. But I'm soooo audio person and for me his solo is just so-so. I love him singing T.A.B.O.O or hip hop boogie type of songs.. (Well, this is my preferences)
5. Aiba - 「じゃなくて」　： Hmm.. the music is pretty fun.. But I don't know I never like his solo too. Just like Jun's.

The last album when I just listened to the album, my solo rank is 1. Ohno, 2. Sho 3. Nino and I didn't want to put Jun and Aiba's songs to my playlist. But after watching concert, it changed to 1. Ohno, Nino 2. Sho 3. Aiba 4. Jun.
Haha. So most probably solo rank for BW album will change too after concert. LOL

Rank of New Songs

1. まだ見ぬ世界へ： I hate this song at first! Seriously. But after a week listening to it. Suddenly it won't get out from my head. Now I really like it. (Lesson learned : Don't hate something or you'll be madly in love with it) Plus it has PV! <3 And I love the PV too! Madaminu becomes their PV that I watch more than 50 times after Lutas. LOL
2. 虹のカケラ ~no rain, no rainbow~ ： The music is very very very rich with so many different kind of instruments! there are fiddle and tin whistle (sound like the corrs songs haha), koto and wind chimes too!! I miss wind chimes.. I often played it when I was still in marching band.
3. Negai : I love the string and the part "夜空を見上げてる、君も僕も。。" Love it, love it!
4. Joy : I've already love this song when I watched gashuku. No words for this.. <3
5. Morning light : I like this kind of music a lot.. and I love ohno's "Wowow oh wow........" hahaha XD That is one reason why I keep listen to morning light LOL
6. 遠くまで　： This song also stuck on my head I dunno why. Such a nice song.. :3
7. Rock this ：　What a tricky opening right? LOL Not really like this song, but I like arashi rap part!!
8. Always ： Actually it has a nice chorus, but again because Jun opens this song, hmm... I can't say anything..

Yeah that's it. Again, this is biased review, and Jun ichibanners don't hate me, cause I rank "always" in last place just because his voice is the opening..
Haha..
I love BW and I still love BNMF too!!
So, how is your rank?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

It might just be my personal thought, but I think Nino used the kanji 唄　instead of 歌 because he always seems to have some kind of humble aspect in his lyrics. The title itself is very humble, meaning that the song is "nothing special", it's just something you could "find anywhere". The kanji 唄 to me seems like more of just a little song that you sing, like a lullaby or traditional song, whereas 歌 can be more of a big production, so 唄 seems more humble and simple to me. Even though the song has a big, grand feel to it, he's saying that it's really just a simple song that he wrote, but since it's about life which can be both very grand and very simple at the same time, I think he is contrasting the music with the title using the kanji 唄... that's my theory, haha ;^^ Maybe I think too much into Nino's songs, but they are always so deep in various ways~

... and for solos my list is...
1. Nino~!!!!!!!
2. Aiba
3. Leader
4. MatsuJun
5. Sho-chan

Of course Nino's is the best, lol (biased much?), then I LOVE Aiba's solo, it's so cute! I love the jazzy music and the lyrics are adorable. It just exudes Aiba all over the place too, lol ;^^
Oh-chan's solo I like because I want to see him dance it! His past few dances have been very calm (although also very sexy~!) so I want to see his 激しい dancing XD
Then I like MatsuJun's 'cause it's super catchy :D And Sho-chan... nnnn.... Sho-chan~~~!!! The title had me expecting another "sexy" song, so when it turned out to be a cheesy pop-y song it kind of threw me off... and then... he doesn't sing it very well... though I still think it's cute... I can't say that I actually like it yet. It's starting to grow on me though, so I think I just have to listen to it more.

And now my comment is way too long, so I will stop talking ;^^

wow.. thanks for the explanation.. yay! I learn a lot!
well, we know nino is a deep person, so I think it's okay to think it deeply too.. XD

AH!! maybe that's why I don't really like sho's solo!
Just like you said! I was expecting too much of sho's and when I finally heard it... hmmm... yes too cheesy for me.
Not that I hate it though.
Haha ^^

Yeah, his lyrics are always so deep, and you get to see a bit about how he thinks. He actually said that he wrote this song thinking about the victims of the earthquake... I almost cried reading that (it was in a magazine).

Yeah, the first time I heard Sho's song I was like "Ack! Soooo cheesy", but now it's growing on me, hehe. I kinda like it... but I also can't seem to get over that he doesn't sing it too well. He also mentioned that it was out of his usual range, and that's one reason he chose it 'cause he wanted to try... but... I don't think he succeeded... it's not that bad, but every now and then in the song it bugs me ;^^

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