Comments on 'Twinkle' Preview

I awoke to a shock that Alan Luo did a collaboration with Koda Kumi. Not that I'm anything less than thrilled. Out of all people, it seemed kind of random, although their musical styles would mesh well.

But this song is in English T_T

I'm glad that Koda Kumi is improving in her English skills. I was disappointed that she couldn't sing her own English version of Real Emotion/1000 Words for the game, but I've heard her unofficial versions and SquareEnix would have been out of their minds to use it (I think the word "lackluster" was used). But since then, A Whole New World showed great improvements in just her general pronunciation.

This song doesn't sound too bad (seriously couldn't be worse than Mika Nakashima's attempt at Amazing Grace), but it leaves me wondering what's up with "clap". Koda Kumi somehow managed to traverse "soaring, tumbling, free wheeling" but not the word "clap"

It seems to ruin a lot of songs for me. Namie Amuro's "No" would be perfect, saving the fact that I hear the word "crap" like 80 times in that song.

Boo. Otherwise, sounds like a reasonably good song. Can't wait for the CD.

[Edit://] The video features the Japanese version of the song and is incredibly entertaining to watch. Very anime.