It was about a couple of years ago in the spring of 2022 when I posted about singer-songwriter TOMOO's "Ginger" and noted that her presence and music reminded me a bit of fellow chanteuse aiko from a couple of decades back. Well, since then, I'm happy to say that she's gained her own J-Wiki profile and a lot more singles. She now has seven singles from her indies period between 2019 and 2022 and eight major singles up to last month. TOMOO also has three mini-albums and a full album "TWO MOON" from last year.
The piano pop is still there but this time, it's in the form of something more sweeping and inspiring (and less aiko) via her 5th major single "Yoake no Kimi e" (To You, At Dawn). Released in June 2023, it was used as the theme song for the live-action movie version of the original coming-of-age manga "Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia"（君は放課後インソムニア...Insomniacs After School） which came out in the same month. I thought that there was also something rather AOR in there, too, but maybe that was because the sailing scenes in the official music video above reminded me of Christopher Cross' "Sailing". 😀
Ironically, the Spring 2023 anime version of "Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia" actually had aiko providing the opening theme song.
Her video is sure interesting! She got a bit of a retro feel to it somehow, some interesting gear, and boats too!
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