ELAIZA -- Catch Up SANTA

 

We've got KKP representative Kayo Grace Kyoku all gussied up for Christmas as she's traveling in a sleigh, so that does mean Christmas Eve is here. I'm under the assumption that Santa Claus is already making his way over Japan and much of the Pacific at this point while we here in the Eastern Standard Time zone are racing around for that last-minute shopping. Did my final forage in the supermarket earlier this morning.

Model/actress/singer Elaiza Ikeda（池田エライザ）was someone that I had first encountered earlier this year on the "Premium Talk" segment of NHK's "Asaichi"（あさイチ）show, and I found out that she has contributed some music to the Neo-City Pop field. At around the same time, I realized that ELAIZA had also released a single back in December 2022 just in time for the Yuletide titled "Catch Up SANTA". 

Feeling pretty soulful, Justin Reinstein and Mayu Wakisaka were behind the music while ELAIZA and Yui Mugino took care of the lyrics. The singer gets all sultry here and "Catch Up SANTA" sounds like something that Mariah Carey would cover, and apparently, the video director must like Chippendales.