Kayo Aiko's Sixth single...
was released on December 8, 2004. The title is 'traveller'. There is no c/w.
This was last of the once-a-week singles, and the song was featured as "Ongaku Senshi MUSIC FIGHTER's NAVI POWER PLAY" song for November. Somebody want to tell me what that's all about?
The PV is also the last of the 'hotel' videos, with Aiko playing a separate character in each PV. If you've been watching closely, you've noticed that every time one of the characters walks through the hotel lobby, there is a flock of camera people gathered in one spot, with flashbulbs going off at a frightening rate. Previously unseen was the person those cameramen were cornering. Enter 'Rock Star Aiko'.
Sure, she remembers all the 'little people' she knew before she got famous. But there's no time for that now. Gotta get to the makeup room, gotta sign autographs, gotta get to the video set where the three-piece band backs her up. And they're just a rockin' away, while Rock Star Aiko struts her stuff. And, of course, there's the obligatory closeup shots.
Not much to say about this otherwise, just a good straightforward rock song, and some good shots of Aiko with some lucky makeup-pro who paints her lips, lengthens her eyelashes, and makes her look like the doll that she is. At the end of the video, the on-screen producer yells, 'Katto!', which is Japanese for 'Cut!' and so it ends. And it's on to bigger and better things.
The video ends with Aiko blowing a kiss to the camera, which turns into a gold (CGI) heart. I wonder if that happens every time she does that?
[Original post date 2009-Feb-7]
