Mai Kuraki 38th DVD Single Strong Heart ～from Mai Kuraki Premium Live One for all, All for one～
MAI KURAKI
I didn't have much time to post but I believe you all know about this already. I mentioned it several times but now we got a real announcement so here I go: Mai Kuraki is releasing another single the next month, it features the theme song of "HUNTER～Sono Onna Tachi, Shoukin Kasegi～", a new Japanese drama. The theme song is named Strong Heart. This is a DVD Single and also to date the 38th Single of Mai-K.
Strong Heart
Artist: Mai Kuraki
Release date: 2011.11.23
EDIT 10/28: DVD Single added
Limited Edition (DVD + 2CD)
Price: ￥1,365 (~12.50€)
Tracklist: 3 tracks
01. Strong Heart [ HUNTER～Sono Onna Tachi, Shoukin Kasegi～ ]
[ x ] Lyrics: Mai Kuraki, GIORGIO 13
[ x ] Compositor: GIORGIO CANCEMI
[ x ] Arrangement: GIORGIO CANCEMI
02. Kimi no Koe
[ x ] Lyrics: Mai Kuraki, GIORGIO 13
[ x ] Compositor: GIORGIO CANCEMI
[ x ] Arrangement: GIORGIO CANCEMI
03. Strong Heart -Instrumental-
DVD: 2 tracks from Mai Kuraki Premium One for all, All for one
01. Strong Heart
02. always
Bonus CD: Doushite Suki Nana Darou ～winter ver.～ NERDHEAD feat. Mai.K
Benefits:
[ x ] Original Visual Sticker
[ x ] Original Visual Cellphone Wallpaper QR Code to Download
First Press bonus: A4 Size Clear File
Regular Edition (DVD + CD)
Price: ￥1,050 (~9.60€)
Tracklist: 3 tracks
01. Strong Heart [ HUNTER～Sono Onna Tachi, Shoukin Kasegi～ ]
02. Kimi no Koe
03. Strong Heart -Instrumental-
DVD: 2 tracks from Mai Kuraki Premium One for all, All for one
01. Strong Heart
02. always
First Press bonus: A4 Size Clear File
Fanclub Edition (DVD + 2CD)
Price: ￥1,500 (~13.70€)
Tracklist: 3 tracks
01. Strong Heart [ HUNTER～Sono Onna Tachi, Shoukin Kasegi～ ]
02. Kimi no Koe
03. Strong Heart -Instrumental-
DVD: 2 tracks from Mai Kuraki Premium One for all, All for one
01. Strong Heart
02. always
Bonus CD: Doushite Suki Nana Darou ～winter ver.～ NERDHEAD feat. Mai.K
Benefits:
[ x ] Mai Kuraki Autographed Messages
[ x ] Analog Record LP Disk Size Package (30.30x30.30cm)
[ x ] MAI KURAKI ORIGINAL Cellphone Wallpaper QR Code to Download
HUNTER～Sono Onna Tachi, Shoukin Kasegi～ Opening
Mai Kuraki - Strong Heart
Click to viewMai Kuraki - Strong Heart (TV Size)
So what do you think of it? :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD I'm so very amazed lately, Mai-K exceeded my expectations in too many ways. Whether "Your Best Friend" or "Strong Heart", I feel so very very satisfied. GIORGIO CANCEMI did a great job on both single, hope it will do more songs for Mai-K >wwwwwwwwww<
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Strong Heart (TV Size)
Lyrics: Mai Kuraki
Let’s go
Stand up… Stand up…
Stand up… Stand up...
"Itsumademo aishiteru"tte kimi ga kureta kotoba
mune no naka ni ima mou zutto hibiteruyo kienai mama
motto tsuyoku tsuyoku ireru tomottetanoni
konnanimo yowakatta jibun ga irunante
Kimi no koto wa wasure takara
I can be more strong hitori demo
I know I gotta go! go!
makenaide aruite yuku Strong Woman
Stand up… Stand up…
Stand up… Stand up...
EDIT 11.19: I posted Mai-K's live performance for "Strong Heart' at our music here ♥ Lyrics are now up \(^o^)/
Mai Kuraki our music - Strong Heart
Mai Kuraki Music Fair - Strong Heart
Strong Heart
Lyrics: Mai Kuraki
Don’t wanna cry kimi no seide
Mou nakitakunaiya kore ijou wa
kono namida wo saigo ni shiyoutte
kimi takara I'm here to say good-bye
STAND UP…
"Itsumademo aishiteru"tte kimi ga kureta kotoba
mune no naka ni ima mou zutto hibiteruyo kienai mama
motto tsuyoku tsuyoku ireru tomottetanoni
konnanimo yowakatta jibun ga irunante
Kimi no koto wa wasure takara
I can be more strong hitori demo
jibun ni uso tsuitemade kimi to itakunai kara
kimi ni I said good-bye kinou wa mou furi mukanai
I know I gotta go! go!
makenaide aruite yuku Strong Woman
Don’t wanna cry kimi no seide
mou nakitakunaiya kono mune ni ima
tsuyokugattedemo egao deiyoutte
dekimetakara I’m here to say good-bye
Bye-bye…
I’m here to say baibai…
Kono yoru ga aketanara hitori mata aruki dasou
mune no naka no kanashimi kara nukedase nakunaru mae ni
mou sukoshi dake tsuyoku nareta nara ii noni
itsudatte watashi no sutairu dare ni mou ubaenaiyo
Kimi no koto wa wasure takara
I can be more strong hitori demo
jibun ni uso tsuitemade kimi to itakunai kara
kimi ni I said good-bye kinou wa mou furi mukanai
I know I gotta go! go!
makenaide aruiteyuku Strong woman
Kimi ni koishite yowakunatta doushitenano my love’s so hard
kujikete bakariitemo NO
I gotta stand up Strong Woman
STAND UP…
Your Best Friend & HAPPY HAPPY HALLOWEEN LIVE 2010
Artist: Mai Kuraki
Release date: 2011.10.19
EDIT 10/26: Adjusted numbers, weekly chart added
ORICON CHART
x ~> 6 ~> 8 ~> 9 ~> 11 ~> 4 ~> 9 ~> 12 - Kuraki Mai - 7558 + 3036 + 1441 + 1089 + 2662 + 1219 + 474 = 17,479 copies
(click the peaks to see)
**6 --- *17,479 *17,479 *1 Your Best Friend 倉木麻衣
*5 **7,164 **7,164 倉木麻衣 「HAPPY HAPPY HALLOWEEN LIVE
It started ok, more than "Mou Ichido" and little by little it eventually decreased to reach about 1k. Then out of the sudden, the sold copies boosted x1,5 :DDDD And NORTHERN did nothing on this, only Avex cheats on the numbers >_> Anyhow... indeed they used magic to boost the sales but how????
Mai-K held a charity concert at Nippon Budokan which can contain up to 14k people. However that's not the only thing that made the sales boost consequently, the live performance was streaming in many platforms such as Youtube, USTREAM, Nico Nico Douga, etc. The effects were very positive because the DVD HAPPY HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2011 went up to top #2. It seems the after concert day sales went lower once again, let's hope that "Everything's All Right"!!!
Also this week Mai-K is in competition with big bands such as BUMP OF CHICKEN, Acid Black Cherry, CNBLUE, KARA, etc., and not to mention Arc~en~ciel by a gap of only a week so it's not surprising if Mai-K didn't charted higher. To be honest with you, I'm very surprised she has picked this date to release the single, it might due to the charity concert now that I think about it. Well at the very least, Mai-K will definitely chart in the Top 10 thus keeping the record of having all her singles in the Top 10 \(//∇//)\\(//∇//)\
Mai Kuraki Premium Live One for all, All for one
Concert date: 2011.10.22
Set List:
Opening BGM: Voice of Safest Place
01. Stand Up
02. Everything's All Right
03. NEVER GONNA GIVE UP
04. happy days
05. Secret of my heart [ Meitantei Conan ED ]
06. Your Best Friend [ Meitantei Conan ED ]
07. key to my heart [ Tales of Destiny 2 OP ]
Video BGM: Love one another
Orchestra on Stage
08. Mou Ichido
09. Can't forget your love
Special Guest: Alex Riu
10. Brave your heart feat. Alex Riu
11. Anata ga Iru Kara
12. Ashita e Kakeru Hashi
[ End Streaming ]
13. Time after time ~Hana Mau Machi de~ [ Meitantei Conan Movie Theme ]
14. Reach for the sky
Wish me mell
BGM: LOVE SICK
15. Kimochi Kitto Tsunagaruyo (TBD)
Wish me mell
16. step by step
Special Guest: NERDHEAD
17. Doushite Suki Nan Darou feat. Mai.K
18. Kotoba ni Dekinai Hodo Suki na no ni feat Mai.K
19. FUTURE KISS
20. Growing of my heart [ Meitantei Conan OP ]
21. touch Me!
22. Ichibyo Goto ni Love for you [ Meitantei Conan OP ]
23. anywhere
24. BE WITH U
Encore
25. Love, Day After Tomorrow
26. Strong Heart
27. chance for you
28. always [ Meitantan Conan ED / Movie Theme ]
Ending
Source: sunflowerlife
I was prepared to record the whole concert. Thing is Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! on regular channel was premiered yesterday at 11am and the streaming of One for all, All for one was also starting at 11a.m.. To boot, I had an appointment at 12am for my closing bank. It was really stressing me because I thought I wouldn't have enough room in my computer to record it entirely. Bro installed a software so I could record my screen during the streaming but the final file would end up very big. Anyway I started the recording at 1:58am.
I watched it from Youtube, I'm not familiar with the other platforms and I wasn't certain the other ones would be also region free or not. Rather than wondering, I prefered to go with something I know it'd work despite the quality ^^; I was patiently waiting, it's a first for me to watch a live streaming. It was so exciting especially since that's Mai-K, my favorite artist EVER (>w< )/~~♥ waaaaaaaaaaaah even now I can't believe I was watching it. ABSOLUTE BLISS♥♥♥ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
30min before the concert, they were streaming some PVs, I don't remember well the order but I think to have watched: Mou Ichido, 1000 Mankai no Kiss, Drive me crazy, Beautiful, Your Best Friend and Mou Ichido again. Correct me if I'm wrong. And then the stage appeared. The concert hasn't started yet, I wait just a few minutes before the light went off to leave room for the concert and Mai Kuraki. The song that was played on the background was "Voice of Safest Place", the "Voice" version of Safest Place from the album version of DIAMOND WAVE (Safest Place is from DIAMOND WAVE single). But there's something I can't stop wondering now, did Mai-K sing the few lyrics of the song like it was with HHHL2010. Mai-K didn't appear yet so it was hard to tell.
The first song that was performed was Stand Up and once she appeared, the whole acclaimed her, it was very impressive <3 Mai-K's live performance rarely starts with Stand Up now that I think about it but I heard that in the past COUNTDOWN, PUZZLE was the opening song *__* Then comes Everything's All Right and NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP, she didn't perform the entire song, it was a short version. We couldn't hear well fans' shouts, I think they might have connected the sound from Mai-K and the band higher than the whole stage. The song that came just after surprised me, I never would have thought she'd perform it: happy days. I reaaaaaaaaally love this one, it was also a short version so it was a bit different from it usual. Secret of my heart was performed entirely considering it's one of the fans' favorite songs (it's actually my fav song ♥). The last part of Secret of my heart changes a bit too, it sounds like the version she uses for the TV live performances. Usually it would "Forever, forever, forever...", it was "Oh Secret... Secret of my heart..." kind of like the original one <(^o^<)
There comes the presentation, Mai-K eventually discuss about the fans that came here with friends, family... The next song was Your Best Friend, if you have read the lyrics, it indeed refers to this :) I didn't expect to see Your Best Friend this early but I guess it was a good idea because see the sales went well the day after ♥ The live version of Your Best Friend was simply amazing, it was the live performance I was waiting the most for One for all, All for one. Knowing I could listen to it before my appointment starts makes my day~~ The instruments used by the band especially the drum makes the song sound so lovely. I knew it, Your Best Friend really is an amazing song, in my opinion it's the best song she has sung for the past years <3333 The following song was key to my heart, the song that introduced me to Mai-K back then ^/////^ It was also shorten but now she has been performing it in live lately, it often sounds like this ^_^
Never would have imagined what follows this, it was more spectacular than ever... At the beginning it was just some sounds coming from the stage. Those weren't from Mai-K's band but still I didn't expect to see a whole orchestra uwaaaaaaaah!! It was amazing, I was so very impressed to see them on stage that I almost forgot my appointment haha. The first song that was performed by both Mai-K and the orchestra was... Mou Ichido, the single that came before Your Best Friend (*＾∇＾*). The orchestra didn't perform Mou Ichido from the start, they performed a small piece of classics before mixing it with Mou Ichido. Therefore I didn't recognize it at first. Next songs were also mixed with classics, making them sound very beautiful. Can't forget your love is a song that it's supposed to be performed with orchestra to begin with but it especially looks amazing here!
After this very one, I got to go to my appointment, it was during Brave your heart, a collaboration song for a Taiwanese drama if I'm not mistaken. Mai-K eventually introduced to the drama with a video and then the special guest arrived: Alex Riu which whom they performed Brave Heart. Alex Riu seems to speak Japanese fluenty, Mai-K mentioned it. Brave your heart is entirely in Japanese so Alex Riu indeed sung in Japanese. I really like this song /////// Anata ga Iru Kara was performed for the first time in a concert. This song is distributed through iTunes, the funds coming from this will be tranfered to charity so is this concert. I have a very great liking for this orchestra version ♥＼(^o^) Ashita e Kakeru Hashi is the last song we were allowed to watch before they cut the streaming unfortunately but it was already very nice of them to let us have such a great moment with Mai-K. Not to mention it was free-region so anyone could watch it in LIVE!!!
Now if you look at the other songs that were performed, I especially want to listen to Time after time, Kimochi Kitto Tsunagaruyo (never heard of it before?????), Doushite Suki Nan Darou, Kotoba ni Dekinai Hodo Suki na no ni and of course............ Strong Heart <3333333333333 It might have been best if she left Strong Heart for the streaming as well so people would be very interested in it once it will be released the next month. At the least, the 14k fans were able to listen to it :)
Now regarding the whole set, surprisingly PUZZLE and Revive weren't performed!!! That sure is stunning me, I mean whenever fans are talking about Mai-K, they are now always refering to this "perfect" single. Mai-K seems to be very bond to Growing of my heart and Ichibyo Goto ni Love for you, isn't she? ^o^ Growing of my heart might be the new Feel fine! for live performances. However I'm very sad 1000 Mankai no Kiss wasn't performed at all *sniff* I mean it was also released this year and no one has ever heard Mai-K sing it in live whether at TV or on concert. And I really like the song, more than Mou Ichido, FUTURE KISS. Oh another song that would have loved to see: Tomorrow is the last Time ^^; I love this one very much ♥♥♥
Really I want a DVD of this so much ヾ(´･ω･｀)
I will try to upload the concert on my journal like I did with some in the past. But beware, considering it goes beyond copyright infringement, I might post them in a back post or on the private tumblr I was refering to in my previous posts. I will let you know anyway. This video was recorded by someone, if you're used to JPSK, you will eventually be able to DL it. I will leave you to this...
(btw I have already recorded all the songs to mp3 haha, I just love them so very very much >//////<)
To date the HAPPY HAPPY HALLOWEEN LIVE 2009 is located here, the Best Party there and the final BEST Live Tour over there. That's it everyone!
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倉木麻衣 38th SINGLE『Strong Heart』11/23リリース決定!!! *new
倉木麻衣の38枚目のシングル『Strong Heart』を、11月23日にリリースすることが決定しました！
シングル2ヶ月連続リリースの第2弾となる今作は、自分を信じて歩む芯の強さと、繊細な女性の気持ちを描いたミディアム・アップチューン☆
ドラマ「HUNTER ～その女たち、賞金稼ぎ～」の主題歌としても10月11日から放送がスタートしていますので、是非チェックして下さいね♪
そして!!!10/19発売シングル『Your Best Friend』との連動応募抽選特典も決定!!!
倉木麻衣の激レア未発表音源を抽選で500名様にプレゼント☆
更に!!応募者全員にオリジナル携帯待受画像もプレゼント♪
更には!!!先着予約・購入特典も決定!!!
対象店舗で『Strong Heart』をご予約・ご購入頂いた方に先着で「MAI KURAKI オリジナルクリアファイル」をプレゼント!!!
こちらも是非チェックして下さいね♪
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＜先着予約・購入特典＞
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初回限定盤
通常盤
【収録曲】
- Strong Heart
（関西テレビ・フジテレビ系 火曜よる１０時ドラマ「HUNTER ～その女たち、賞金稼ぎ～」主題歌）
作詞：MAI KURAKI, GIORGIO 13
作曲：GIORGIO CANCEMI
編曲：GIORGIO CANCEMI - キミノコエ
作詞：MAI KURAKI, GIORGIO 13
作曲：GIORGIO CANCEMI
編曲：GIORGIO CANCEMI - Strong Heart -Instrumental-
＜初回限定盤＞
仕様：CD ＋ Bonus DISC
特典：Bonus DISC：「どうして好きなんだろう ～winter ver.～」 NERDHEAD feat. Mai.K
※Bonus DISCはCDです。DVDではございません。
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品番：VNCM-6025
価格：￥1,365(tax in)
＜通常盤＞
仕様：CD
品番：VNCM-6026
価格：￥1,050(tax in)
数量限定！期間限定！
ここでしか手に入らないFC&Musing盤がリリース決定!!!
倉木麻衣直筆メッセージ入り！のオリジナルパッケージに、限定特典が満載!!
ジャケット写真もFC&Musing盤オリジナル!!!
店頭では絶対に手に入らないこの商品、是非ゲットして下さいね☆
会員様へのFC&Musing盤申込案内用紙の発送は、10月21日（金）を予定しております。
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倉木麻衣直筆メッセージ入り！
アナログ・レコードLP盤サイズパッケージ（縦30.3cm × 横30.3cm × 厚さ0.3cm）
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倉木麻衣 DVD SINGLE『Strong Heart ～from Mai Kuraki Premium Live One for all, All for one～』11/23リリースのお知らせ *new
11月23日に発売を予定しておりました38th SINGLE『Strong Heart』ですが、DVD SINGLE『Strong
Heart ～from Mai Kuraki Premium Live One for all, All for
one～」としてリリースさせて頂くこととなりました。
今回DVDとしてお届けすることとなりました「Strong
Heart」は、10月22日に日本武道館で行われた東日本大震災復興支援チャリティーライブ"Mai Kuraki Premium Live One
for all, All for one～”のライブ映像となります。
今回のチャリティーライブには倉木麻衣自身、並々ならぬ信念を持ってライブに挑み、そんな倉木麻衣の熱い思いとオーディエンスとが生み出した熱気あるライ
ブは、最新作「Strong
Heart」の持つ世界観をより強く伝えており、急遽ではありますが、映像をメインとした作品としてのリリースを決定致しました。
そして、同ライブでもう一つ倉木麻衣自身が伝えたいメッセージでもあり、全出演者とオーディエンスが一つになった「always」も収録しております。
微力ではありますが、継続的な復興支援と少しでも早い復興への助力となれば幸いです。
※本作品の売上金の一部を、東日本大震災復興支援金として寄付させて頂きます。
☆2ヶ月連続リリース記念特典☆
【収録曲】
- Strong Heart
- always