Aimyon -- Hikarimono（ひかりもの）

 

First off, according to Jisho.org, the term hikarimono has at least a couple of meanings:

1. a luminous body (e.g. shooting star)

2. sliced fish with the silver skin left on (e.g. sardine, horse mackerel, shad, etc. for sushi)

The two different definitions might explain why singer-songwriter Aimyon's（あいみょん）song "Hikarimono" has been labeled on her own YouTube channel as "Raw Like Sushi". A track from her 2nd full album "Shunkanteki Sixth Sense"（瞬間的シックスセンス...Instantaneous Sixth Sense） from February 2019, the J-Wiki writeup on "Hikarimono" describes the tenderhearted ballad as a personal song for Aimyon herself as to how she was able to get through the bad times during her career. Basically, it's to not sweat the small stuff and just plug on ahead. Written and composed by Aimyon, an interview through Ongaku Natalie via J-Wiki revealed that when those strings first introduced "Hikarimono", she was on the verge of tears. 

"Shunkanteki Sixth Sense" also has the track "Marigold"（マリーゴールド）which was the first Aimyon article that I wrote up back in 2018 before her first appearance on NHK's "Kohaku Utagassen". The album hit No. 2 on the Oricon weeklies and ended up as the 19th-ranked album of the year. She'll be making her 4th appearance on the New Year's Eve special in less than a week, although it won't be to perform "Hikarimono".