Timestamps: 0:00 Setup & Intro 2:56 Nan-Nan 14:50 Mo-Eh-Wa 24:23 YASASHISA 34:35 Kiri Ga Naikara 42:03 Tsumi No Kaori 49:10 Cho Si Noccha Te 58:50 Tokuninai 1:06:47 Shinunoga E-Wa 1:17:15 Kazeyo 1:26:28 SAYONARA BABY 1:35:01 Kaerou 1:45:45 Conclusion Hope you guys enjoy the stream and support this channel!
Love your listenthru and review of this. It's especially nice when it's from someone who knows their stuff because you catch all the subtler stuff and I get to learn so much from that. :) Like, your review was 2 hours long but it just flew by for me. Also, you seem pretty exhilarated at the end there. I've seen Kaze and his music have the same effect on a lot of musicians and industry professionals who's listened to them. ;) Anyway, here are answers to some of the questions you asked as well as some observations and suggestions: -Afaik, most if not all of the backing vocals and harmonies are him. -Production, arrangement and mixing are done by another crazy talented youngish guy called Yaffle (who's also playing keyboard for him as part of his backing band for his current tour that's going on) -Kaze actually started out as a cover artiste on TH-cam first before turning professional. His earliest covers available for viewing and listening are from way back in 2010 (when he was 12) and he was strictly a pianist until mid-2017 when he started uploading vocal+piano covers instead. Looking through his channel, you'll be taken on a journey where viewers can actually chart his progress (and growth from lil' boy to young man). It's pretty amazing stuff. He actually has two full album covers released as well, each released as a bonus CD to the first press limited edition of an album. -Your interpretation of the NaN-NaNw is spot on. :D MOH-EE-WA you were on track at first then sorta went somewhere else but if that's what it sounds like to you, then it isn't wrong either. :) -NaN-NaNw, MOH-EE-WA, Yasashisa, Kiriganaikara and Kaerou each have explanations given by the guy himself on his channel. And in English, too. So you might wanna check those out if you're really curious about the meaning he intended for those songs. I mean, no one can explain it better than the creator himself so if he's put them out there, and made it international-fan friendly at that, would be best to just hear it straight from him. -Choshinochatte is Japanese lol. And you didn't listen right until the very end of it. You paused it right before the very last bit and then skipped to the next track :'( -The horns and brass section in TnK was a deliberate decision on the Yaffle's (the producer) part that Kaze thought was a good idea as well because of the factors you named. -Shinunoga sounds like it's about obsessive romantic love, but it's actually pretty in-line with his other songs because he's actually singing about not wanting to lose sight of the better version of himself that he's always trying to get closer to being. - I love Kazeyo. It's my fave after MOH-EE-WA and Yasashisa. - Sayonara Baby has a live version you can experience on his channel. It's not about a person though, it's about his hometown that he's lived in all his life until he left for Tokyo at 21-22. So it's a little bit sad but mostly hopeful. He has done a bunch of Taylor Swift covers. My fave is his interpretation of Wildest Dreams. The most popular is his jazzy rendition of Shake It Off (which was also released in his first cover album). Also, I don't think the sound of his albums are overproduced. It's actually a very well-balanced production (overproduced in my books are a lot of the western pop stuff we hear these days) and I think it's important for Kaze to have such a polished sound in his studio albums within his discography because 1) there are some very interesting sounds in there that you can only get in the studio recorded version of his songs, and 2) it also creates a nice contrast when we hear him live because we just get floored by the fact that he's one of those artistes whose live performances actually manage to surpass their studio recorded sound. So, I love both kinds of sound from him. He's the kind of artiste who also needs to release a live album (preferably with half of it being acoustic performances) so people can listen to him in different environments and enjoy what each has to offer. Fujii Kaze is one of the most sublime musician I've ever had the fortune to discover and I'm super excited for what other things his immense depth and talent will give birth to from here on out. P/s: If you like what little you've heard of Kaze's acoustic stuff, you should check out his Nissan Stadium Free Live. It's basically an hour's worth of him singing with a grand piano in a vast empty stadium that was streamed on TH-cam about a year and a half back. Oh and I'd recommend listening back to the couple of tracks you haven't fave'd as well at some point because they might just surprise you after a couple more listens.
Enjoyed a lot your reaction from vocal, instruments and lyrics aspects. Regret for missing the chance to join this on real time. Looking forward to your reaction to his second album Love All Serve All.
I had not expected such complete review of every song on the album. Wow, it was informative and enjoyable, and the time went by so fast. Thank you for your work. I would look toward to your upcoming reviews.
Wow! I never thought I would finish your 2 hr reaction/review to HEHN album. It's all worth it and thank you for giving your honest view on this album. More power to your channel! P.S. i believe Fujii Kaze did all the piano sounds to all of his album😊
so glad you reviewed this album! I first became obsessed with Shinunoga E-Wa live performance, listened to other songs and the rest is history. He has so much depth in his songs, musically and in his lyricism. I am not really knowledgeable about the technicalities, but so glad you can share it with us. Hope you can also review his second album "Love All Serve All". In the name of his albums (Help Ever Hurt Never and Love All Serve All), his authenticity can already be seen.
I have checked this earlier but have not listened to your precise comments properly till today. I very much enjoyed and appreciate your review of Fujikaze songs. Very professional point of views, with love!? to Fujikaze. Pls come visit Japan!! ASAP. Love from Tokyo, JP.
@@spiderhandspnzThanks for your reply, Spinderhands-san😊I am very happy(^▽^)/ I wonder why you feel that way? Your professional comments with warm and calm way of speaking is very pleasant to listen to. xxx from Chie
@@spiderhandspnz Mt. Fuji!! You seem like you like things that relate to the word "Fuji"!! Joking aside, If you come to Japan some day, I will come with you to climb Mt. Fuji lol. Pls take care and I look forward to your reactions to Japanese musician including Fujikaze. I like Ringo Shiina (Tokyo Jihen) too.
Thank you so much for reacting to this! This album is my fav of last year and will stick with me for a while! Just to let you know, Fujii's last name "kaze" means "the wind" in Japanese, I guess that's also why the "wind" is called upon in some of his ending songs as a finale. ❤
Great review! I enjoyed it... time goes by very quickly. Btw, his name "Kaze" literally means "Wind" in english. 😊 I hope you can also review his second album, "Love All Serve All" soon.
Hello... I enjoyed your review. Higher Lover, written, arranged, and directed by Fujii Kaze, and performed by MISA, another singer. Please tell me what you think of it. He play piano and directed the Harlem Gospel Choir. Damn by Kaze if upbeat and fun. What do you think?
I'd like to, but I don't usually songs unless it's either during fan-request livestreams, or through patreon.com/spiderhandspnz. So if you wanna get this song reviewed / along with any others, go through any of those two ways :D cheers!
![[Vowel]물고기는 물에서 살아야 해🐟🤣Fish have to live in the water #funny](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3G9MH063Cx4/mqdefault.jpg)
Timestamps:
0:00 Setup & Intro
2:56 Nan-Nan
14:50 Mo-Eh-Wa
24:23 YASASHISA
34:35 Kiri Ga Naikara
42:03 Tsumi No Kaori
49:10 Cho Si Noccha Te
58:50 Tokuninai
1:06:47 Shinunoga E-Wa
1:17:15 Kazeyo
1:26:28 SAYONARA BABY
1:35:01 Kaerou
1:45:45 Conclusion
Hope you guys enjoy the stream and support this channel!
Thanks so much :D
Doing good work down here
T hank you to react Fujii Kaze! Please listen to his second album Love All Serve All ,too.
Please do reaction to Fujii Kaze’s latest single “workin’ hard” ❤ you will be addicted with this song ❣️
Great review.
Hope you will review another Fujii Kaze's album, "LOVE ALL SERVE ALL", someday!
Love your listenthru and review of this. It's especially nice when it's from someone who knows their stuff because you catch all the subtler stuff and I get to learn so much from that. :) Like, your review was 2 hours long but it just flew by for me.
Also, you seem pretty exhilarated at the end there. I've seen Kaze and his music have the same effect on a lot of musicians and industry professionals who's listened to them. ;)
Anyway, here are answers to some of the questions you asked as well as some observations and suggestions:
-Afaik, most if not all of the backing vocals and harmonies are him.
-Production, arrangement and mixing are done by another crazy talented youngish guy called Yaffle (who's also playing keyboard for him as part of his backing band for his current tour that's going on)
-Kaze actually started out as a cover artiste on TH-cam first before turning professional. His earliest covers available for viewing and listening are from way back in 2010 (when he was 12) and he was strictly a pianist until mid-2017 when he started uploading vocal+piano covers instead. Looking through his channel, you'll be taken on a journey where viewers can actually chart his progress (and growth from lil' boy to young man). It's pretty amazing stuff. He actually has two full album covers released as well, each released as a bonus CD to the first press limited edition of an album.
-Your interpretation of the NaN-NaNw is spot on. :D MOH-EE-WA you were on track at first then sorta went somewhere else but if that's what it sounds like to you, then it isn't wrong either. :)
-NaN-NaNw, MOH-EE-WA, Yasashisa, Kiriganaikara and Kaerou each have explanations given by the guy himself on his channel. And in English, too. So you might wanna check those out if you're really curious about the meaning he intended for those songs. I mean, no one can explain it better than the creator himself so if he's put them out there, and made it international-fan friendly at that, would be best to just hear it straight from him.
-Choshinochatte is Japanese lol. And you didn't listen right until the very end of it. You paused it right before the very last bit and then skipped to the next track :'(
-The horns and brass section in TnK was a deliberate decision on the Yaffle's (the producer) part that Kaze thought was a good idea as well because of the factors you named.
-Shinunoga sounds like it's about obsessive romantic love, but it's actually pretty in-line with his other songs because he's actually singing about not wanting to lose sight of the better version of himself that he's always trying to get closer to being.
- I love Kazeyo. It's my fave after MOH-EE-WA and Yasashisa.
- Sayonara Baby has a live version you can experience on his channel. It's not about a person though, it's about his hometown that he's lived in all his life until he left for Tokyo at 21-22. So it's a little bit sad but mostly hopeful.
He has done a bunch of Taylor Swift covers. My fave is his interpretation of Wildest Dreams. The most popular is his jazzy rendition of Shake It Off (which was also released in his first cover album).
Also, I don't think the sound of his albums are overproduced. It's actually a very well-balanced production (overproduced in my books are a lot of the western pop stuff we hear these days) and I think it's important for Kaze to have such a polished sound in his studio albums within his discography because 1) there are some very interesting sounds in there that you can only get in the studio recorded version of his songs, and 2) it also creates a nice contrast when we hear him live because we just get floored by the fact that he's one of those artistes whose live performances actually manage to surpass their studio recorded sound.
So, I love both kinds of sound from him. He's the kind of artiste who also needs to release a live album (preferably with half of it being acoustic performances) so people can listen to him in different environments and enjoy what each has to offer.
Fujii Kaze is one of the most sublime musician I've ever had the fortune to discover and I'm super excited for what other things his immense depth and talent will give birth to from here on out.
P/s: If you like what little you've heard of Kaze's acoustic stuff, you should check out his Nissan Stadium Free Live. It's basically an hour's worth of him singing with a grand piano in a vast empty stadium that was streamed on TH-cam about a year and a half back.
Oh and I'd recommend listening back to the couple of tracks you haven't fave'd as well at some point because they might just surprise you after a couple more listens.
私はkazeくんの歌詞にやられたけど、外国のひとにもうけていて、嬉しいです。彼のライブもとてもいいよ。😊紹介ありがとう from okayama in japan Kazetarian
Really enjoyed seeing you react to my favorite artist.
風は曲の意味を英語で解説している。
MVミュージックビデオはかっこよすぎて♥♥♥♥一目惚れした。何なんWはニューヨークで撮影。レコード会社の力の入れようが違う。天才なのだ！
Enjoying this video so much. Very informative. Great review.
good I love this video
I enjoyed your reaction.He started piano when he was 3 years old.His father wanted him to be pianist.
Enjoyed a lot your reaction from vocal, instruments and lyrics aspects. Regret for missing the chance to join this on real time. Looking forward to your reaction to his second album Love All Serve All.
👏👏👏👏👏
Those last 3 songs were so good
I had not expected such complete review of every song on the album. Wow, it was informative and enjoyable, and the time went by so fast. Thank you for your work. I would look toward to your upcoming reviews.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the review! Have a great day :)
Love all serve all plssss
Wow! I never thought I would finish your 2 hr reaction/review to HEHN album. It's all worth it and thank you for giving your honest view on this album. More power to your channel!
P.S. i believe Fujii Kaze did all the piano sounds to all of his album😊
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Great review
Thank you!
so glad you reviewed this album! I first became obsessed with Shinunoga E-Wa live performance, listened to other songs and the rest is history. He has so much depth in his songs, musically and in his lyricism. I am not really knowledgeable about the technicalities, but so glad you can share it with us. Hope you can also review his second album "Love All Serve All". In the name of his albums (Help Ever Hurt Never and Love All Serve All), his authenticity can already be seen.
Thanks for the feedback. We'll probably do the next album in 2024.
I have checked this earlier but have not listened to your precise comments properly till today. I very much enjoyed and appreciate your review of Fujikaze songs. Very professional point of views, with love!? to Fujikaze. Pls come visit Japan!! ASAP. Love from Tokyo, JP.
Thanks Chie! Feedback is much appreciated. I often feel like I'm talking into the void during these reviews, so glad to hear that you enjoyed it :D
** I WOULD LOVE TO VISIT JAPAN. Apparently, when I go there, one of the things I need to do is climb Mt Fuji. It sounds terrifying.
@@spiderhandspnzThanks for your reply, Spinderhands-san😊I am very happy(^▽^)/
I wonder why you feel that way? Your professional comments with warm and calm way of speaking is very pleasant to listen to. xxx from Chie
@@spiderhandspnz Mt. Fuji!! You seem like you like things that relate to the word "Fuji"!! Joking aside, If you come to Japan some day, I will come with you to climb Mt. Fuji lol. Pls take care and I look forward to your reactions to Japanese musician including Fujikaze. I like Ringo Shiina (Tokyo Jihen) too.
Thank you so much for reacting to this! This album is my fav of last year and will stick with me for a while!
Just to let you know, Fujii's last name "kaze" means "the wind" in Japanese, I guess that's also why the "wind" is called upon in some of his ending songs as a finale. ❤
Thank you, this makes a lot of sense 😊
Great review! I enjoyed it... time goes by very quickly. Btw, his name "Kaze" literally means "Wind" in english. 😊
I hope you can also review his second album, "Love All Serve All" soon.
I am keen to, it'll probably be next year though (as I tend to do 1 album per artist per year)
Hello... I enjoyed your review. Higher Lover, written, arranged, and directed by Fujii Kaze, and performed by MISA, another singer. Please tell me what you think of it. He play piano and directed the Harlem Gospel Choir. Damn by Kaze if upbeat and fun. What do you think?
I'd like to, but I don't usually songs unless it's either during fan-request livestreams, or through patreon.com/spiderhandspnz.
So if you wanna get this song reviewed / along with any others, go through any of those two ways :D cheers!
So glad you reviewed this. This album was a constant companion of mine during the lockdown.
I'm glad that you had that, to help you get through it 👍
And the love all serve all album reaction?