momentum (song)
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| “Momentum” | |||||
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| Song by Ayumi Hamasaki | |||||
| Album | Secret | ||||
| Released | 2006 | ||||
| Recorded | 2006 | ||||
| Genre | J-pop | ||||
| Length | 4:12 | ||||
| Label | avex trax | ||||
| Writer | Ayumi Hamasaki, Tetsuya Yukumi | ||||
| Producer | Max Matsuura | ||||
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"Momentum" is an album track on Ayumi Hamasaki's eighth studio album Secret, released November 29, 2006. "momentum" was arranged by HΛL, was one of 4 tracks composed by Tetsuya Yukumi, and like all of the tracks on the album, was written by Hamasaki.[1]
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[edit] Overview
The arrangement and composition of the song is reminscent of some of Hamasaki's earlier works and has been compared by many to her hit single M, while others have disputed that the comparison is unfounded.
While the music video for the song leads non-Japanese speakers to believe the song is about Hamasaki's estranged relationship with her now deceased father, the lyrics of the song seem to tell of a girl who believes the last miracle of her life was loving her ex-lover. Now she stands out in the cold, in the snow, waiting for the day when they'll be together again. She holds on tightly to the thought of him coming back, as if it had never been proven hopeless because was her very first miracle was being able to meet him in the first place.
[edit] Music Video
The PV for "momentum" first aired on MTV on November 28, 2006 and was directed by Takahide Ishii (石井貴英 Ishii Takahide?) who had previously directed both the PV's for the Startin' / Born To Be... double A-side single.[2]
The video begins with an aerial shot of what looks to be a small European town, covered in snow. A lamp flickers on and it begins snowing lightly. Hamasaki is standing outside by a lamp post, in the snow, clearly upset, while three children stand by and watch. Throughout the video, various families are shown, looking out in the cold and then closing their doors, all the while Hamasaki remains by the lamp post. In a separate scene, Hamasaki kneels in a room surrounded by numerous blue candles of varying sizes and shades and one larger yellow one. She reaches into the yellow candle, grasping the flame between her fingers and carries it to the only unlit candle and lights it. Finally, in the original scene, an older man steps out of his house with flowers in his hand and approaches a snowy grave as Hamasaki looks on with tears running down her face. The grave is at the base of the lamp post she was last standing at, but this time, she is not there. Placing the flowers on the grave, he stands up and looks behind him, where Hamasaki can be seen, but as he turns to face her, she turns into snow and falls apart. It can be interpreted that Hamasaki waited there for her ex-lover until she perished, and that the ex-lover in old age regrets her death while remembering the young Hamasaki who perished. Like many of Hamasaki's previous videos, this video uses an all non-Asian extras. Although Hamasaki's extras are normally foreigners, this video is unique in that the cast is not distinctly white.
[edit] Personnel
- Words - Ayumi Hamasaki
- Music - Tetsuya Yukumi
- Arrangement - HΛL
- Programming - HΛL (Toshiharu Umesaki, Takehito Shimizu)
- Additional Programming - Mayuko Maruyama, Masahiro
- Guitar - Takehito Shimizu
- Strings Arrangement - Norio Nakagawa
- Strings - BLOOD HONEY (Mai, Tsubasa)
- Mixing - Koji Morimoto
[edit] References
- ^ Yahoo! Music Japan. Hamasaki Ayumi - Secret. Retrieved on November 29, 2006.
- ^ SPACE SHOWER. Hamasaki Ayumi. Retrieved on November 29, 2006.
