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.
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.
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
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.
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。
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.
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