Wonderful World

[Machine Translation] ASKA released a new album after 3 years since "Breath of Bless" (March 2020). 43 years of ASKA's music career and 35 years as a solo artist, this new album is the culmination of his music career. The album opens with the dynamic worldview of "In the Sun and the Dust" (newly arranged), which shocked the music media with its live image on a TV music program (broadcasted on September 11). Newly produced songs such as "What kind of face should I smile with", "Sotodate", "That's all there is", "Kimi", and "Whose sky" prove ASKA's continuous challenge in music. The CD singles include "Smile and Walk" (July 2021), which contains ASKA's message for the times, "Now is the time," and "PRIDE" (October 2021), which he recorded with the intention of "expressing the maturity of the music by singing it as I am now. The album includes "PRIDE" (October 2021) and others. The new album also includes "Boku no wonderful world", "Myself", and "Shiawase no kiiroi fufun" (September 2020), which were selected from the songs that were released for distribution. The new album tells the story of ASKA's long creative activities, which he continued to pursue to the utmost limit, as well as the transition of the global pandemic that began in 2020. Wonderful world" is finally born, showing the trajectory of ASKA's music with an eye on the times and a new future!

『Breath of Bless』(2020年3月)以来、約3年振りのNew Albumリリース。ASKA・音楽活動43年間&ソロ35周年の集大成となる新アルバムが完成。TV音楽番組(9月11日放送)のライブ映像が音楽メディアに衝撃を与えた「太陽と埃の中で」(新アレンジ)によるダイナミックな世界観がアルバム冒頭を飾る。新制作の「どんな顔で笑えばいい」「だからって」「それだけさ」「君」「誰の空」がASKAの音楽に対する絶え間ない挑戦の姿を証明する。シングルCD作品からは、"今だからこそ"というASKAの時代に対するメッセージが込められた「笑って歩こうよ」(2021年7月)、"今の自分が歌うことによって楽曲の成熟を表現できるのではないか"という意思のもとNEWレコーディングに挑んだ「PRIDE」(2021年10月)他を収録。そして配信発表作から「僕のwonderful world」「自分じゃないか」「幸せの黄色い風船」(2020年9月)を選曲。新アルバムは、2020年から始まった世界的規模のパンデミックの変遷とともに、極限まで追及し続けたASKAの長い創作活動を物語る。時代を見据えたASKAの音楽の軌跡と新しい未来を示す『Wonderful world』がついに誕生!