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4 augustus 2021

Queen of Kabuki-Cho

 

 

Shiina Ringo is one of the best pop artists of Japan. She’s a great performer, has a very powerful voice and she is a genius song writer.

The song above, Kabukicho no Jo, is already 23 years old, it’s Shiina’s second single, she was 19 years old in 1998. But I’m posting it here because singer/rapper Daoko covered it for her album Charm Point in 2017, which I discovered only recently and like very much. Here is Daoko’s version of Kabukicho no Jo, I think it has more breathing space than Shiina’s version, it’s more playful.

It’s actually because of Daoko’s rendition that I listened to Shiina’s original more closely, and only then realised what an amazing song it is, written by just a 19 year old! And the video is pretty nifty too. The song is about Kabuki-Cho, the red light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The title means ‘Queen of Kabuki-Cho’. (PB)


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