drowning in nino feelings

[the_calen]

HEY, LJ. It’s been eight months and I’m only posting here because twitter cannot handle the essay I am about to write about Japanese pop music. What’s up.

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[sweet_mofo]

ngl i already had niji and niji2 playing on their own mini playlist (HAS BEEN PLAYING FOR THE LAST 4 HRS TYVM). BUT I TOTALLY CLICKED YOUR YT LINKS FOR THE FULL EXPERIENCE OKAY (NINO GLASSES FTMFW

[sweet_mofo]

also, forgot to lol at the truth that is nino's "nasally warble". oh nino~ it sure does work for him, though.... lol

[the_calen]

HERE WE GO.

Re: coy girl in Niji. That is me, even at this age. I cannot give or receive compliments, never mind straightforwardly admit, to myself or another, that I like someone. It is like pulling teeth. Anyway, yes, Niji's lyrics are painfully sweet and innocent and optimistic, but I was trying to say that stylistically it's much simpler song, written by a much younger musician

[sweet_mofo]

THE GROWTH REALLY WAS INCREDIBLE. so it may be that nino is a closet storyteller, but it kinda makes you wonder just exactly what gave him this idea to... er, evolve the storyline? can i even use "evolve" that way? it feels wrong. whatever.

and gdi i cannot un-see the character death now. i do not like it. imho it takes away some of the realism. we all know that rl means that, more often than not, there is no happily ever after. not to say that it isnt impossible, but to me it is always that gut-wrenching, heart-squeezing sadness that makes a song good.

I... am just going to pretend he never said that, and go back to pining, lonely boy who isn't yet okay
agreed. because that un-okayness is what pulls everything together, and this 9 minute mini-'verse nino has created would have fallen flat. you're right too about the lack of concrete details. my mind is aflutter with all the possibilities... CHARACTER DEATH *NOT* BEING ONE OF THEM.

I'm sure my English teachers would be thrilled to know that their lessons have been put to such

[slvrstarlight17]

I don't understaaaaaaand. ;_;

[the_calen]

What do you not understand, the part that's in Japanese/badly translated, or the part where I care so much about insubstantial foreign pop?