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21

from Spells by Elmo Aoyama

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Elmo Aoyama returns with new track '21', out next Friday July 31. It's the second single from her debut EP 'Spells', due August 26 via Dinosaur City Records and Geertruida.

"21 is about a friendship long lost and slightly salvaged since. I watched the rise and deepening of their troubles and was concerned for their inevitable fall. At the time the only solution seemed to be for them to remove themselves from their situation, to leave and heal." Aoyama says of the song. "Regardless of their situation, people often go through similar problems. The reaction to these problems is a matter of context and perception."

While the theme of the song may sound sombre, the production is confident and uplifting. Resonant electronic drums underpin fluorescent synths and Elmo Aoyama's sweet pop vocals, which tell the same story from two different perspectives (one in English, the other in Japanese).

lyrics

21 days 二十歳になったら (when I turned 20)

21 ways 何かが変わった (something changed)

21 cries to say you’re lonely 孤独の叫びが二十回も鳴った (the bell of loneliness rang twenty times)

21 names 二十名と (with twenty people)

And their 21 games 勝負をして ( I battled)

When you’re 21 and in the city 都会にて二十歳の時 (when I was 20 in the city)


あなたの汗を浴びた手 (my hand drenched in your sweat)

忘れずにここに持ち込んで (bring it here without forget)


ねぇ (hey) are you ok

あんた大丈夫?(are you ok?) I mean really ok

I see the look in your eyes and it’s pure crazy 瞳の中の火が消えてるぞ (the flame in your eyes has gone out)

You need to get away 明らかに (clearly)

Go on a holiday ここは (this)

Pack your bags and leave before it’s too late お前の居場所じゃねんだよ (is not your place to be)


出てけよ (get out)

お前の居場所じゃねんだよ (it’s not your place to be)


If you don’t go now you’ll blow it

Your face will weather and show it

If you don’t go now you’ll blow it

Your space will glitter and glow rich


Your enemy is not time to go

It’s transparency on a black film roll

Your barity ain’t got no control

Beware of he who already knows


あなたの汗を浴びた手 (my hand drenched in your sweat)

忘れずにここに持ち込んで (bring it here without forget)

僕はたったの思い出 (I am just a memory)

君は覚えてるはず (you should still remember)


If you don’t go now you’ll blow it

Your face will weather and show it

If you don’t go now you’ll blow it

Your space will glitter and glow rich

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from Spells, track released July 23, 2020

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