Music Review: Fairies - HEY HEY ~Light Me Up~

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Release Date: February 28, 2018

Tracklist:

1. HEY HEY ~Light Me Up~
2. MAMACITA

Total Runtime: 00:07:26

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Fm yokohama 84.7 Q&A with FAKY (Translation)

If you guys haven't heard yet, FAKY has launched their own radio program about a month ago. It is called "#realFAKY" where you can ask your own fan questions and it's aired on Fm yokohama on Monday midnight. I noticed they had a Q&A on Fm yokohama's page so I decided to translate it.

Q; Special skills?
Anna: Making sweets.
Lil' Fang: Singing.
Mikako: Being able to sleep anywhere basically.
Akina: Dance, music composition.

Q: What music did you buy for the first time? (Record, CD, download, etc.)
Anna: Spice Girls "Spice"
Lil' Fang: Shunsuke Kiyokiba "Tengoku wa Mattekureru"
Mikako: AAA
Akina: One Direction

Q: Which artist do you have the most of their songs on your phone?
Anna: Sam Smith
Lil' Fang: BIGBANG
Mikako: Shota Shimizu
Akina: Shawn Mendes

Q: What's your favorite song among them?
Anna: Nirvana
Lil' Fang: IF YOU
Mikako: The Day
Akina: Never Be Alone

Q: What's your favorite masterpiece film?
Anna: The Pursuit of Happiness
Lil' Fang: Meet Joe Black
Mikako: Leon
Akina: Moana

Q: What is your favorite book?
Anna: Silence by Shusaku Endo
Lil' Fang: Sweet Tofu in Hong Kong
Mikako: Frog and Toad are Friends (Picture book)
Akina: The Fault In Our Stars

Q: Do you cook? Let us know if you have a good menu.
Anna: I often bake confectionery. Cheesecake or cookie  ♪
Lil' Fang: Because I'm living alone, I'll cook to the extent where it doesn't get annoying.
Mikako: I like Japanese food although I make pretty basic Japanese dishes.
Akina: I can make taco rice!

Q: If you were born again, what gender would you be? and for what reason?
Anna: A woman because I want to be myself even if I was reborn.
Lil' Fang: A man! I want to know the feelings and thoughts that women do not have.
Mikako: A woman, I like the lady feel itself.
Akina: A woman, I'm happy to be a woman.

Q: When do you relax the most?
Anna: Spending time with my family and dog.
Lil' Fang: Sleeping at home only, also when making candy.
Mikako: It's the moment when I go to bed.
Akina: It's while sleeping.

Q: What's an irreplaceable thing in life?
Anna: Family
Lil' Fang: Purpose and a healthy body.
Mikako: Important people
Akina: Family

Q: Where would you like to live, a country other than Japan? And for what reason?
Anna: In America! I would like to work as a Hollywood actress.
Lil' Fang: London! I like fashion and I also like the cloudiness.
Mikako: It's Paris, I love the streets of Paris.
Akina: America because of it's open space and air.

Q: What's a recommended spot in the Kanagawa area?
Anna: Chinatown, after all, a lot of delicious things can be eaten there.
Lil' Fang: Yokohama Cosmo World!
Mikako: Yokohama Chinatown.
Akina: Yokohama Chinatown.

Q: What are your favorite hobbies at the moment?
Anna: Writing with a G pen.
Lil' Fang: Watching animations and reading manga.
Mikako: Looking at Instagrams of various people.
Akina: Going to Starbucks!

Q: What kind of competition would you like to do for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games?
Anna: Horse riding
Lil' Fang: 4 x 100 meter relay with FAKY! lol
Mikako: Basketball
Akina: Basketball

Let me know if you guys like interview/Q&A translations and I can do more of them in the future. I'm currently working on translation a light novel for the future.

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[Album Review] FAKY - "Unwrapped" + Autographed Poster Giveaway

Unwrapped is the third mini album released by FAKY but their first physical release. It will be released in three editions: a CD version, a CD+DVD version, and a CD limited version that is sold only at live events. The mu-mo version includes a signed poster from FAKY as a first press/external bonus. This mini album also marks their major debut which is very exciting!

The one I'll be reviewing is the iTunes version since it came out a week earlier than the CD release (I bought the CD/CD+DVD too). It comes with a total of 6 tracks plus one bonus remix track.

Keep Out
The song that everyone has been waiting for is now finally released in it's full version. This song was used for the "FAKY is Back" teasers. What I like the most about this song is that everyone is singing at a more higher note. The instrumentals is what makes this song so catchy, especially in the chorus.

Candy
Probably FAKY's most popular song so far, Candy is an up and popping song with amazing dance moves. Their singing is full of confidence in this track and with Lil' Fang's high and long notes to top it off in the bridge of the song.

Are You OK?
This was an instant favorite when I heard it on the Candy EP. They way it was sung had a tropical vibe to it, I loved the high notes in the chorus and edm beat as it makes you feel like dancing.

Surrender
Surrender has a very 2000s pop feel with a touch of EDM as well. I'm going to be honest it's one of my least favorite track from them along with You but it has it's catchy parts here and there.

Bad Things
Probably my favorite new track from them! It's a song I could probably see someone like Fifth Harmony sing. This is probably one of their more western sounding tracks due to the type of instrumentals this has as well as how the song is sung with a lot of English. Either way, it's a song I'll be jamming to for a while.

Someday We'll Know
I love songs that have a light instrumentals such as this because you can really focus on the amazing vocals, especially FAKY's. The chorus has an uplifting beat even though track it may seem sad during the rest of the song.

Candy (Maria Remix)
I love how they were able to change a very pop and high energy song into a heartfelt song that gave me goosebumps! The song doesn't really have a large beat drop which I like because the original song was already poppy so to have a somewhat slow version of candy was nice to listen to.

Please support FAKY by buying the mini album either on iTunes or on CDJapan. CD version/CD+DVD version

Now to the giveaway, since I bought both versions of Unwrapped on mu-mo shop, I'll be getting two autographed posters so I thought I would give one away! This is a United States only giveaway, I would love to have had it an international giveaway but I'm already spending a lot to ship FAKY's Fan Book to Japan. Everything is down below.

Faky Mini Album "Unwrapped" Autographed Poster Giveaway

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[MV & Album Review] E-girls - "E.G. Crazy"

E.G. Crazy is the fourth album released by E-girls. It was released in five editions: a 2CD+3DVD edition that comes in a special package with a photo booklet, a 2CD+3Blu-ray edition that comes in a special package with a photo booklet, a 2CD+DVD edition, a 2CD+Blu-ray edition, and a 2CD edition.

This album came with a whopping 24 tracks, 12 for E.G. Pop and 12 for E.G. Cool. I won't give a review to the entire album because most of the songs are older, from previous singles that I have listened to many times. I'll only review the songs that are from the album only.

Apparently this song is a sequel to "Go! Go! Let's Go!," which was also about fashion. I love the MV set it's one of my favorite in awhile, it's super colorful and they have mini rooms on the wall which is pretty cool. Now for the song itself, I can't really explain what type of EDM it is but it's one of their great light pop EDM songs. So the lyrics are about depressing Monday to the weekends full of plans, the song sings about the 7 days of an office lady.



This is one of the more fun and catchy song as well to sing to, It was featured in the All Day Long Lady music video as a Harajuku fashion show. This was a fast tempo song and I think Ami, Aya, and Reina's voice worked well with the song because of their more higher pitched singing in terms of Ami and Reina. Overall, a solid E.G. Pop single.



Compared to most of the songs in this album, this has a more retro feel to it. This is of their most catchy song yet, it's a great song for a disco party. I love Ami voice in this song, it really goes together with the instrumentals. Although this is on the E.G. Pop side of the album it sounds more like an E.G. Cool song.



This one is a 90s, early 2000s like song, something that Amuro Namie would have rocked. Everyone's voice worked really well in this style, it's similar to Flower's "Lucky 7" because Reina's high notes are amazing in both songs. I feel like Ami's adlibs/high notes didn't really fit well because she's more high pitched while the song style was more mature sounding.

I hope you loved all the songs like I did. If you want to listen to the full version, the whole album is available on Spotify.

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