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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)
I bought the 12 inch single for Bela Lugosi’s Dead at Fred’s records in St. John’s, Newfoundland in the eighties and it remained a treasured item in my collection until it was lost, left behind, stolen, loaned out, whatever. I accepted that that item was lost to time and likely irreplaceable. Hence my utter shock to see that I will once again hear this evocative masterwork on vinyl along with an extra three tracks. I recall Boys was included on the B-side of that long list single. Thank you! skritti