Only found out about this song and its singer in the last several weeks. However, she's got a lovely and refreshing voice to go with the breezy arrangement so let's take a look.
There's not a lot of information on singer-songwriter Kumiko Yanagida（柳田久美子） via J-Wiki and it's rather incomplete considering that although this song "Crazy Baby" was released as a single in 2020, her J-Wiki profile only goes as far as 2007 in terms of her albums and singles while her contributions to compilations take things to the mid-2010s. Her website no longer exists and her blog entries finished in 2016.
In any case, as mentioned above, Yanagida has created a nice tune in "Crazy Baby" with guitar and synths that don't sound too over-the-top. In fact, I'd say that it goes more for the indies pop sound. The Iwate Prefecture-born singer did start out as an indies artist in 2001 before going major in 2004. But apparently, once her contract to Toy's Factory finished in 2007, she went back to the indies route. As of this time, she's released nine singles and four full albums.
I wouldn't have thought that 2020 would be a good year for music but it seems like even with the threat of COVID-19 artist were still able to find inspiration for crafting their music.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly looks like artists were able to find workarounds despite a global pandemic. I found one such phenomenon in which musicians and singers were able to collaborate on covers though they were all isolated.
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