Back in the spring, I mentioned music unit Tokimeki Records and one of their singers Hikari（ひかり）as they did a lovely cover of the City Pop classic "Mayonaka no Door ~ Stay With Me" （真夜中のドアー）back in 2021. I'm hoping that the original singer, Miki Matsubara（松原みき）, was looking down at them with nodding approval.
Looking at their discography on J-Wiki, Tokimeki Records, Hikari and a lot of the other singers under their umbrella have covered many Japanese pop songs from previous decades. However this time, I would like to highlight an original song that was released by them in August 2022 called "Sweet Escape". A mid-tempo funky tune sung breathily by Hikari and backed up by a rhythm section as if they were supporting good ol' Tatsuro Yamashita（山下達郎）back in the day, it sounds like a really nice drive into Tokyo on one of the major expressways. An escape for a night of fun in the metropolis is sweet, indeed.
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