Kimiko Takeguchi - "Loneliness" (Live from Shiba Park) 

I know, this is crazy

Pretty crazy

Crazy krazy

crazy? i was crazy once

​@ldhystknkt yeah that other one was just a Nisemono(tm)

Great finale of the arc

​@@Karaoke-Bear this video was in my recommendations and I know nothing about the significance, what's going on here?

@@Dave_Chrome I Dont know if you've checked out the channel in the time after commenting this but I'll summarize it to the best of my ability. This song is from an album called "Nisemono" with the album and subsequent music focusing on young artists being overworked to the point of missing out on their youth. The album's storyline (shown through the music videos on this channel) can basically be rundown to 3 major points. 1, An up and coming japanese music artist Kimiko Tageuchi (the person singing on this video) reaches a breaking point right before singing at a live performance and ends up quitting (she was gonna sing this song here). 2, Her manager finds a replacement for her as quickly as she can before the performance starts, choosing to make the ghostwriter of the song perform (Ginger Root, the actual music artist this channel is run by) instead of her, the performance goes really well and he ends up gaining his own fame and notoriety. And 3, Ginger Root slowly realizing he too doesnt want to deal with the stress of the entertainment industry and understanding why Kimiko left in the first place. The reason people are acting so surprised in this comment section is because this song is the one she quit before singing. It should also be noted, this is my understanding of it and I might be incorrect in these statements as this info was gathered by my personal perception of the plot. If anyone else finds any inaccuracies in my comment, please feel free to correct me!

Can someone please explain me who ist Kimiko Takeguchi for Ginger Root? Or why is this girl portraiting her.

@@Engels_99she’s meant to be the new idol in the Nisemono story. Last minute she doesn’t want to perform from the stress of the music industry. Ginger root performs instead and becomes an overnight sensation. I don’t know why ginger root chose her specifically but that’s the story.

Lmfao

it's the other way around for me, i love ginger root but have no idea who this girl is. i am 110% here for it tho

​@@HamburgerAmyIt was a joke haha

@@HamburgerAmy woooosh

​@@HamburgerAmyKimiko who?

Jamerica or ameripan?

Alternate reality Hawaii

dam@@cyber_nuggets8302

It effectively is. It's a reference to citypop, popular in the 70s and 80s in Japan, and it exists more or less due to the influence of American capitalism and excess. Hence the nostalgia of being lost in a city full of lights and nobody to talk to.

In fact American 80 S song , more popular than the Japan " city pop"😮

The stanky bass does go insane

The only thing that is missing is her "fans" sitting in the background while clapping their hands in sync with the song

She sounds a little similar to Momoko Kikuchi or Necry Talkie, y'know the baby-sounding voice

代わって！ってならなかったのね笑

Ginger Root is one of my top favourite 3 musical genres ever.

I didnt realize that until you said it. But while listening to the song I was like "This has ginger root cozy vibes actually."

Same: Ginger Root, Grizzly Bear, David Bowie

It's not really a group though is it? It's Cameron Lew who does everything, and then he has some touring members. Kinda like Tame Impala.

@@meisrerboot Yeah I just wanted to be respectful to the other group members that tour with Cameron. Matt and Dylan.

It's not even an album! It was just an EP and the dude created a whole cinematic and musical universe around it. The amount of time and effort Cam put on this project was crazy.

Can someone pls explain the story to me 😅 I have no idea what’s going on

​@@bean6725Nisemono basically means fraud or smth like that. The story is that ginger root worked alongside Japanese city pop star Kimiko who one day decided to quit. With Kimiko missing her agent needed someone to perform the hit song Loneliness from her new project and she quickly pointed at ginger root. He became an instant sensation, making soda commercials and such. The stress although got to him too and he decided to run away as well. Kimiko seeing all the publicity ginger root got instead of her got jealous (?) and decided to return. I think that's pretty much it, if I remember correctly, go check out the other music videos, they're really well produced.

@@bean6725basically, it tells the story of an idol singer named kimiko who runs away from the industry, and her album producer (ginger root) is forced to do the vocals for the project instead. but he experiences the same stardom, pressure, and brutal natures of the industry firsthand that made kimiko run away from it in the first place

@@bean6725just go into his channel and go through the upload he been posted this year and that it really

thanks mann

"The story of "NISEMONO" that started by chance has come to a successful conclusion with Kiko's song "Loneliness". It's really great... There couldn't be a better ending, right? Cameron and the rest of the members and staff have shown us the best story. Thank you♪ I'm looking forward to the new work, but for now, I want to immerse myself in the afterglow of the conclusion of "NISEMONO". Thank you."

どゆこと？

@@user-cz5ke7jp6p 今から40年ほど前の曲（設定）なのでSpotifyなんてものはないからアップロードしないよ，みたいな(概要欄，要参考)

I hunger for more manager content.

The "yukiko okada" stare

I'm not sure if it's really an alternate timeline - it's possible she performed it before she stormed off the set, since that apparently was supposed to be the US debut. Her hating this song actually makes her decision to quit make more sense.

​@@supermansdaddy7019 The description states that this video was ripped from an alternate timeline, though 😮

@@SolidKirby I blame my description usually being collapsed. :V

Dang bro got the ginger root lore

Same😂

Mines at the 3rd place of the Top Artist on Spotify Wrapped