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Perfect Imperfection / Wonderful World

by Shihori

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Engeltone Besides the lovely chords and melody, and her captivating voice, the beautiful lyrics are something that adds even more sentiment to this song. A well produced track from a AAA artist...

Perfect imperfection will be on my speakers for a long long time from now on. Favorite track: Perfect Imperfection.
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km2814 I'm really digging/appreciating the songs on this release from Shihori, the following are my takes on the songs:
Perfect Imperfection is a balladesque song which days it's ok to be yourself in your own skin while both versions of Wonderful World are very charming songs with a hint of child like innocence about the world's love for you Favorite track: Perfect Imperfection.
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I got stuck in the memory I fear, I fear to get out Older scars run security to stat doomed What I’ve lost in my history They made my this far I never never wanna be ashamed of who I am Breathe in a rhythm Come back to yourself Listen to your cells Living on the Earth I’m a part of it and nothing lacks Every moment, every color Within me, all I discover Shadow and light, both together Living in harmony Who will be with you forever Isn’t that yourself (I’ll be with you forever) You should know You have the perfect imperfection Darkest night I’ve been going through Further, further to break out But I’m knowing, knowing Everything I need is in my heart Free From the doubt Come back to the state Nothing to be afraid Living on the Earth We’re the part of it and nothing lacks Every moment, every color Within me, all I discover Shadow and light, both together Living in harmony Who will be with you forever Isn’t that yourself (I’ll be with you forever) You should know You have the perfect imperfection
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I am the prayer that the lonely be saved Look up the big sky which would see your everything Even if you feel yourself so week and helpless I can find the light of your life Hope the world will be filled with love Anything is possible, if you keep believing The Earth is telling me to tell you “I love you” (This is a wonderful world) (This is a wonderful life) The Earth is telling me to tell you “I love you” I am the prayer that the lonely be saved Look up the big sky which would see your everything Even if you feel yourself so week and helpless I can find the light of your life Keep dreaming big and keep believing yourself This love to you

about

“Perfect Imperfection” is about overcoming tough experiences in the past, accepting who you really are by noticing yourself as the longest partner in your life and embracing all the different lives on Mother Earth, living in harmony together.

Inspired by her own experiences of having left-ear deafness, dwarfism and Asperger’s Syndrome, the lyrics of “Perfect Imperfection” drive home Shihori’s philosophy that no one is actually flawed and sometimes it’s our differences that can make us the most special.

She wasn't allowed to be herself in her childhood. She had to have plastic surgeries to make her left ear look normal, also she had to take growth hormone shot everyday for seven years. Those experiences got her wonder...

“Why do I have to change my shape to be the same as everyone looks?”
"What’s wrong if I look different from others?”
“I am not miserable!! I like how I was born!”

Eventually “Love who you are” became the core message of her music, Shihori has been singing this message in different songs to empower people.

When Shihori relocated to New York from Japan in 2018, she was amazed at how American people accept uniqueness and freedom.

Shihori speaks, "I really love that people often smile back to me and talk to me when I start dancing on the street or in the stores.
I didn’t know there is a place like this totally different world that allows you to be yourself.
Everybody looks so different. So many races, colors, cultures, fashion, ideas….. I am so happy to be surrounded by colorful people!!

But I got to know about the serious racism issue here. The more I know about the history, I feel more sad.
I love this colorful world and different beauties.
Now I wish to show respect and love to EVERY COLOR.
We only have ourselves to be with in this life, so everyone should be proud of themselves."

What matters if your skin color is white or black?
How can you tell what the skin color was when you become bones?
What matters more is what your SOUL looks like.

Another song, "Wonderful World" is collaborated with eri's Art love & peace Factory, a leather craft and illustration brand by artist, Eri.
Eri is working on a charity project titled "Happy Mask Project", through this coronavirus pandemic, to donate 100 of original hand-made masks to nursing homes and childcare workers.

Shihori wrote this song as a theme song for "Happy Mask Project", picked out her messages which she always impresses on her works as the lyrics.
This song also has another version sung by Eri.



"Perfect Imperfection" will be released on every digital platforms and streaming services on August 7th.

All the revenue on Bandcamp will be donated to the association for helping victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse.

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NY在住のシンガーソングライターしほり、最新作「Perfect Imperfection」と「Wonderful World」が、8月1日、世界デジタル配信リリースに先駆けてBandcampにて先行発売!

「そのままの君が好き」というメッセージを長年、形を変えて様々な楽曲で歌ってきたしほりが、アメリカ移住後の最新アップデートバージョンで放つ最新曲、「Perfect Imperfection」。

直訳すれば「完全な不完全さ」だが、「わびさび」の訳が「The sense of beauty in imperfection=不完全さに見出す美の感覚」であることを渡米後に知り、また彼女の両親は知らずにだったというが、偶然にも「しほり」という言葉自体が松尾芭蕉が提唱した「わびさび」を意味する俳句用語であることから、日本から世界に羽ばたくアーティストとして、「Perfect Imperfection」をテーマに楽曲を作ることを決意したというしほりが、国を変えての約一年半にわたる奮闘を通じて、コロナウィルスパンデミックの最中、ついに楽曲を完成させた。

生まれついて左耳に重度難聴と奇形を持ち、幼少時に2度の耳形成手術を経験。また、小人症の治療の為に成長ホルモンを7年間毎日のように打った経験に、さらには片耳の難聴とアスペルガー症候群の為に周囲に誤解されることが多く、自殺を考えるほどのいじめを受けるなど、多くの苦難を通じて、「自分らしく生きること」への果てなき渇望と探求が始まった。

日本では、出る杭打たれる同調圧力社会で、窒息しそうになっている多くのリスナーに勇気と感動を与えてきたしほりが、心機一転、自由の国アメリカでこの頃目の当たりにしたのは、そう、黒人差別問題だ。

「見た目が他人と違って何が悪いの?」
「肌の色なんか、灰になってしまえば皆同じ」
「全ての人が完璧に生まれてきた」

彼女はそう語る。


そう、我々は皆、この地球上で鮮やかなハーモニーを織りなす、不完全で完全な生き物なのだ。


障害や過去の傷を乗り越え、音楽を通じて愛と勇気のメッセージを送り続ける不屈のアーティスト、しほりが全ての人に贈る渾身のメッセージ。


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一方、「Wonderful World」は、アーティスト・エリによる革とイラストアートブランド、eri's Art love & peace factoryとのコラボ楽曲。

100枚のオリジナルハンドメイドマスクを老人ホームや保育関係者へ寄付する「ハッピーマスクプロジェクト」のテーマソングとして制作された。
eri's Artの作品では「LOVE & PEACE」をテーマに、愛に溢れたメッセージが刻印されているが、これらのメッセージをしほりが歌詞としてまとめ上げ、eri's Art作品の世界観そのままに、愛らしくもお伽話のようにシネマティックな楽曲となっている。

スペシャルボーナストラックとして、エリが歌唱したバージョンも収録!


※Bandcampでの全売上は、DV被害者・児童虐待被害者へのサポート機関へ寄付されます。

credits

released July 31, 2020

"Perfect Imperfection"
Lyrics, composition: Shihori
Music producer, mixing, mastering : Dibs

"Wonderful World"
Words: Eri / composition, arrangement : Shihori
Mixing: Akihiro Nishimura
Mastering: Oscar Zambrano

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Shihori New York, New York

Born in Japan with natural hearing loss in the left ear and perfect pitch in the right ear, Shihori has been top-notch singer songwriter in J-pop industry for over a decade, and recently relocated in New York.

Combining multiple genres like pop, rock, classical and jazz, Shihori's singing shakes audience's souls physically.
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