<h1>Wearing a kimono and playing the guitar, only the Apple Queen dared to do so</h1>
I wonder if you remember that at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Japan showed a "Tokyo Eight Minutes" intertwined with high technology and two dimensions? These eight minutes of BGM are magical rock music, accompanied by a strong personal style, but also let the world know the music director behind the scenes, read a bit of a difficult name - Shiina Lin.
The original name of the shimaki was Yumiko Shinobi, and hayashi was her stage name. Born in the late 1970s, Shiina Hayashi caught up with the vigorous student movement, coupled with the vigorous development of heavy metal music, and rebellion extended to her bones.
Lin Means "apple" in Japanese, so she also got a kind name - apple queen. Apple's voice is sometimes gentle, sometimes ghostly, and more often accompanied by a hoarse roar.
In the famous song "The Queen of Kabukicho", she transforms into a wine escort in Shinjuku, telling the bitterness and unwillingness under the glamorous appearance-
"The only thing I can sell as a woman is myself, and I only lose everything when I need compassion".
With a gorgeous soundtrack, the protagonist, who is revered as the queen of Kabukicho (Shinjuku's red light district), indulges in vanity and lust, but the lyrics reveal emptiness and despair.
The desire and hypocrisy of human nature are vividly displayed in her songs, posing a posture of "not surprising and endless", forming a unique personal aesthetic. Strange Chinese characters often appear in the lyrics, and some people describe it as "more difficult than Chinese teaching materials", which shows her literary style.
In terms of arrangement, Shiina Hayashi is good at pushing the song to the climax and then taking a sharp turn in an instant, just like the ups and downs of life. Although her works often refer to death, she is very positive and tries to reflect on the preciousness of life through death.
Many people's impression of Shiina Hayashibana is stuck in the lead singer of the band "Tokyo Incident". That's because in 2003, she teamed up with several talented musicians she had worked with to form a group that shocked the Japanese music scene, the Tokyo Incident.
The band's debut album, Education, took only 4 days to record all 17 songs. The cover is a red paper crane, which the band wants fans to focus on the music, and the paper crane also represents good wishes.
The band released a total of 6 albums: "Education", "Adult", "Entertainment", "Sports", "Big Discovery", "Color Bars", "Color Bars", which are combined like a wonderful TV channel.
It's just that there is always an end to the TV show, the song is finally separated, and the Tokyo Incident was announced to be dissolved in 2012, which makes fans feel regretful. This period of time undoubtedly had a major impact on Lin's music. After flying solo, her creative talent is still undiminished, and the theme song of last year's popular Japanese drama "Quartet" - "The Law of Adults" is from her hand.
"I thought that if I could thoroughly endorse the textbook, I could choose the right and wrong." However, living as such a script, I cannot cope with unexpected situations. ”
We grew up according to textbooks, but we found that there are many things that books can't solve. To become an adult is to bear the secret, and it is not easy for the song to belong to the adult.
It is difficult to simply define which category it belongs to in the music of The Name Officia. Under the melody rich in Japanese J-pop, the rock spirit and jazz of the underground Rokcer are interspersed, and the classical cultivation of piano and ballet adds an elegant temperament to her music.
Wearing a kimono and holding an electric guitar is the shape of the Apple Queen who often appears on stage. She has a masterful transition between Eastern and Western elements, and her strong vocal control and explosive power make her musical style "always imitated and never surpassed".
(Cover of the fifth solo album "Sunrise")
The background of sunrise country, Mt. Fuji and ukiyo-e reflects the Western faces of Hollywood.
Shiina Hayashita's composition is full of electronic "noise". If I use a picture to describe it, I think it is the unrestrained flowers under the lens of the real flowers of the river, showing their gorgeous beauty in large areas.
In fact, she did work as a music producer in the 2007 film "Evil Girl Hanakai" directed by Shikazu Kawakawa, and won several music awards such as the Asian Film Awards.
She has a vote of celebrity fans in the circle, and even Kaji Yuki Utada Hikaru is her big relative and friend. (Click on the text to learn about Hikaru Utada)
Shiina Hayashina sang "二時間だけのカンバス" with her on Kumako's album Fantome and appeared rarely in PV. And Kumamitsu has also sung her "Maru", which is different from the strong emotions of Shiina Hayashita, and Hikaru Utada's interpretation of this song seems to change from Marlboro to mint smoke, which has a more feminine taste. The two people support each other in the music world, and they are also sympathetic to each other.
At the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Shiina Hayashina served as the music director of "Eight Minutes in Tokyo", and her music traveled from Japan to the world. At the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, she will continue to serve as music director, promoting the charm of Japan through music.
Let's wait and see the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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