Miyavi is one of those performers who I just have an unconditional love for. His talents are amazing, and he’s a pretty amazing person, too. He often acts like he’s about 10 years younger than he is, and for some reason it’s not annoying with him, but incredibly endearing. While I’m okay with never meeting a lot of musicians I listen to, he’s one of the ones I really want to meet, because just being able to talk to him would be amazing to me. I could listen to him sing and play guitar all day, and his lyrics and blog entries alike have often made me smile.
When I first started listening to Miyavi, MYV Pops hadn’t yet been released. I fell in love with his indie albums and his first major album immediately. Today, most of my favourite songs of his are still from those albums, though he’s released some wonderful songs since then. But after “Kimi ni negai wo,” which was gorgeous, I found that I had trouble getting into a lot of his new releases. I’ve had mixed feelings about the neo visualizm style he’s been doing since the fall; some songs, like “Sakihokoru hana no you ni” and the covers of his own songs on 7 Samurai Sessions, were pretty nice, but others just didn’t do it for me.
But here we have it: his best release since Kimi ni negai wo.