Ai Otsuka – Kingyo Hanabi July 12, 2008

 

Track Listing

1. Kingyo Hanabi
2. Coco Natsu Vacation
3. Kingyo Hanabi (Instrumental)
4. Coco Natsu Vacation (Instrumental)

1. Kingyo Hanabi

How refreshing to hear this song.  It’s a nice and smooth sung by yours truly, Ai Otsuka.  I’ve said this so many times, but, Ai is the queen of ballads.  It does create a feeling of like being in water, with the water droplets and hollow instrumentation minus the piano.  Ai in this song does show concern of her voice, because I notice sometimes she gets kind of nasally in her sound.  But her emotions stick out very well here.  The frantic ending was a surprise but it leads back to the sweet finishing sounds.  LOVE THIS SONG.

2. Coco Natsu Vacation

Hehehe, like a mood swinger this Caribbean influenced track is a surprise.  Ai’s voice is filtered to make it sound like she’s underwater which was a tad strange.  In the background you hear waves crashing upon a shore which was understandable.  The chorus adds in a steel drum, DAMN she’ll surprise anyone with this track.  It’s too catchy, I get so entranced in this song that I start putting my hands in the air LOL.  Anyway, an awesome B-side.

 

 

OMG Ai, this single is probably the best released so far.  Kingyo Hanabi was the beautiful ballad of the single and made me think of my loved one.  On the other hand Coco Natsu Vacation made me jus wanna go to the beach and sway to the great song.  It’s sad that Coco Natsu Vacation doesn’t make it on “LOVE JAM”.