It was a little over a decade ago when I posted Mariko Ide's（井手麻理子）final single from April 2001, "Ao no Tsuzuki" （蒼のつづき）which was a heartfelt pop ballad. Well, it's time to add onto her KKP file.
I discovered this earlier song by Ide not too long ago and it's quite the upbeat urban contemporary song. "Taiyo ni Dakarete" (Embraced by the Sun) was a coupling song with her March 1999 4th single "Seek~Sore ga Ai kamoshirenai kara"（〜Seek〜それが愛かもしれないから...Because That May be Love）, and along with the 70s funk feeling thanks to the addition of that cool flute, there's a nice dollop of jazz in there, too. Written by KINOPP and composed by Takahiro Watanabe（渡辺貴浩）, it's a smart and tight number and I especially like Ide's vocals. As I mentioned in "Ao no Tsuzuki", they remind me of the voices of UA and bird, and the way she enunciates those last lyrics in the last minute of "Taiyo ni Dakarete" really resonates.
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