The music video provides the variety and sense of build that the song just doesn’t have. ![]() ![]() It starts at one level and then just stays there right until the end. “Pink Blood” just doesn’t feel like it’s really going anywhere, or has a sense of where it wants to go. “One Last Kiss” was simple, but it was direct and executed well. “Pink Blood” was always going to have a tough time following up “One Last Kiss”, which was an instantly likeable song, a surprise, and featured great production from start to finish. “Pink Blood” doesn’t really have that, and as a result I find my concentration completely veering off from the song when I’m playing it. But even as nebulous as “Bōkyaku” felt, there was still a structure and subtle things in the production that kept you placed throughout the song. Fantôme had a couple, “Bōkyaku” being the most notable one. Hikaru has done these (what I am now referring to as) water types of songs before. But the execution feels off to me, because the song just feels like it’s meandering. ![]() Something which just flows without these clear divisions of VERSE. But I get the sense that Hikaru wanted the song to feel almost like water. You’re about to get a trash analogy, but I’m going with this because Hikaru seems to be living for water lately and is getting money from Suntory. What Nariaki brings to the table is a vibe, but I needed more than just that here. Hikaru Utada's now frequent collaborator Nariaki Obukuro is credited as a co-producer and co-arranger on this song, but his touch doesn’t bring to the table what A.G Cook's did for “One Last Kiss” - who elevated what otherwise would have wound up as another instance of a song sounding basic in the worst ways and lacking. When I listen to “Pink Blood”, it just sounds like it’s very clearly missing things. I just need a song to feel whole, fully considered and complete. I don’t need every song to sound lush like an “Anata” or a "Nijikan Dake no Vacance". This is how I felt about “Time”, and I share the same thoughts about “Pink Blood”.įolk have often misunderstood me when I’ve cited Hikaru’s ‘My first GarageBand song’ approach to some of her music. I have mentioned in other reviews of Hikaru Utada’s music that basic production, or just a flat out lack of production and consideration of arrangements hurts some of her songs. The vocal arrangements? Where are they? "Pink Blood" is asting along, but going nowhere. Hikaru’s vocals don’t switch up in any way. The same beat we heard in those 30 seconds is what we hear for a full 4 minutes.and that's it. And it’s pretty disappointing that after hearing the song in snippet form in To Your Eternity trailers for 2 months, the full thing doesn’t give much more. “Pink Blood” feels like a song where nothing is really happening. But you’re just sat there like ‘Okay, so what now?’. By comparison “Pink Blood” feels like a visit from a friend who isn’t great at conversation and doesn’t give you much. “One Last Kiss” felt like it was taking you on a journey, which contextually would be fitting for those who had been following the Evangelion films that Hikaru Utada’s music has been soundtracking for over a decade. First off, it felt like a visit from an old friend you haven't seen in a while so much about them feels comfortable and familiar, but there’s a sense of newness too. ![]() “One Last Kiss” ticked a lot of boxes which I wasn’t expecting it to. Then the full song released and I ended up adoring it, and there was all this amazing shit that took place throughout the song. After all, I wasn’t overly keen on “One Last Kiss” when I first heard a smidgen of it in the Evangelion trailer. When I first heard the snippet of “Pink Blood” I was hardly excited, but I knew better than to judge a song based on a snippet.
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