For the past four months I've been desperately trying to grow out my hair. Unfortunately, it isn't really progressing very much. I blame it on how much I dye my hair, even though I don't often dye it outrageous colours. I wish I could do unnatural colours more often, but my school is balls and won't let me. So it's mostly just red/brown/purple-ish sorts of colours. At the end of last year I did bleach my hair and dye it bright purple though, but because my hair colour was so dark prior to that, I had to bleach it about three times. I also did a sort of two-tone with my hair a couple of months ago, so I bleached half of my hair. That one didn't go as light blonde as I wanted, as the purple I used had stained my hair sort of pink, so it was more like a peach colour on one side and black on the other. Anyway, I think this is what is stopping my hair from growing very much; it's all dead. It sucks, cause before I started dying my hair, my hair always grew really quickly, but now it just doesn't. And I don't want to get the dead ends cut off, because hairdressers don't understand the term 'trim'. NEVER EVER EVER ask a hairdresser for a trim. They'll cut half your fucking hair off. I've been to countless hairdressers in my life, and am yet to find one who understands what I mean by trim. My hair is all black now, but my roots are coming through, and my fringe is getting lighter, so I really want to dye it again. Maybe purple-black or blue-black. We'll see.
"Cucumbers are fuzzy." I was going to make this the title of this post, but out of fear of immediate misconception, I decided against it. I still think it's fairly amusing though, considering I was actually talking about kiwifruit...
I was thinking about what to write for this post. I had ideas coming and going. Then I saw a comment about Kanon Wakeshima, so I decided I'd share my thoughts on her. Let me just say this straight up. I absolutely, completely and utterly adore her. She has the voice of an angel and her skills as a cellist are freaking boss. Plus, she's beautiful, has adorable lolita fashion, and she is an amazing artist. I'll admit it without hesitation, as a straight girl, she's totally my ladycrush. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu can also fall into this category, though... Anyway. So what this is all about, is the difference between her two albums, and I 'll apologise in advance because we all know that I suck at explaining music. My review of SuG's Lollipop Kingdom will tell you that much. So, again, just to make things clear from the beginning, my favourite album of hers is Shinshoku Dolce, but this feeling is definitely NOT influenced by the fact that Mana was the producer. I started listen to Kanon before I even knew Mana had been her producer, and I listened to both albums at the same time, so for me that bias didn't exist (not that I actually would be biased, I'm only a fan of Mana for his amazing fashion //brickedbyfangirls). But people saying that her second album was a 'train wreck' and that without Mana she has nothing, makes me kind of annoyed. Just because it has a different sound and style, doesn't automatically make it crap. It makes her a diverse musician, someone with the capability to learn and grow, to experiment with change, which is an admirable quality. Also, without Mana, she still has her beautiful voice, and she still has her twenty-odd years of cello training. I don't know about you, but I certainly wouldn't call that nothing. Yes, maybe she isn't as good or experienced at composing songs as Mana, but she has only been alive for about half the time that he has, and in the music business for much, much less. She's young, yes, but she will learn, and I believe she has already learnt a lot. I think Lolitawork Libretto is a fantastic album, and shows off her skills in all aspects. My favourite on the album is Celmisia, which is an absolutely breathtaking song. I may be wrong, but my personal thought on Lolitawork Libretto is that, this is the kind of music that Kanon herself wants to make. With Mana as her producer, there would have been pressure to fit with his style. Please don't misunderstand, I'm not saying that Mana is some kind of tyrant who forced her to do it, because if she didn't want to make music like that then she clearly wouldn't have. I just believe that with Mana, that was the look and sound that they were going for. But with Lolitawork, where it's mostly self composed, I think Kanon had the freedom to experiment and try new sounds. It's an expression of her solo identity. It's her. But like I said at the beginning, Shinshoku Dolce is my favourite album. I think Kanon can pull of both styles beautifully, and she can do it with or without Mana.
And as for KanonxKanon, well, I hate to say it but that's where my love for her goes on hiatus. KanonxKanon, IN MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION, WHICH I AM, AS A HUMAN BEING, ALLOWED TO HAVE, has ruined her, musically and otherwise. It in no way showcases her amazing talent, the music is average at best, and I eagerly await the day when that project is put aside and she goes back to being a solo artist. //endrant
Wow, that ended up being way longer than I intended. And I didn't even provide a very strong arguement. Oh well, I got my thoughts down, that's all that matters. It's a good thing nobody reads my blog anyway, otherwise I may get attacked by some vicious Mana/An Cafe fans. Eeep.
NP - Skip Turn Step by Kanon Wakeshima (Fitting, no? xD)
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