Joint (song)
"Joint" | ||||
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Geneon | ||||
Songwriter(s) | Mami Kawada | |||
Producer(s) | I've Sound | |||
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"Joint", stylized as "JOINT", is the fifth
Context
Two years prior, Mami Kawada had written the single "Hishoku no Sora" (2005), her second most successful single, title track of which was featured as the opening theme to the first season of the anime adaptation of the light novel series Shakugan no Shana. In 2007, Kawada was pleased to be asked once more to write theme music for the upcoming second season of the anime adaptation entitled Shakugan no Shana II.[2] Its story is focused around Yuji Sakai, an ordinary Japanese high school boy who inadvertently becomes involved in a perpetual war between forces of balance and imbalance in existence. In the process, he befriends the title character Shana, a female fighter for the balancing force, and one of his classmates named Kazumi Yoshida. During an interview, Kawada described Yuji as giving the impression of following behind Shana; however, during the second season, she described Yuji as giving off the same impression as Shana—the impression of walking together with Shana and actually providing her support during her battles.[3]
Earlier in the year, Kawada had released her fourth single "
Concept and creation
Mami Kawada choose the title "Joint" because that was the word that came strongly to her mind after completely reading the lyrics;
As a result of the love-triangle relationship between Yuji, Shana, and Kazumi in Shakugan no Shana II is still continuing, Kawada stated that her opinion of Kazumi has changed and the lyrics she wrote for the B-side "Triangle" is a testament to this. To Kawada, Kazumi changed from young girl who hid her feelings into someone more mature and strong who desired to openly declare her desire to fight for Yuji's love. She conveyed to the composer for "Triangle", Kazuya Takase, that she wanted the composition to be electronic music that combined the feelings of wanting comforting pain but also wanting to run free in resulting the trance-like feel of the song.[3]
Music video
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Reception
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It peak ranked 9th on Oricon's Weekly Albums Chart and remained on the chart for nineteen weeks making it Mami Kawada's highest-ranking and longest-lasting single.[4]
Track listing
- "Joint" – 4:01
- "Triangle" – 4:50
- "Joint (Instrumental)" – 4:01
- "Triangle (Instrumental)" – 4:48
References
- ^ Universal Studios. Archived from the originalon 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
- ^ a b c "Interview with Mami Kawada on the release of her 5th Single "JOINT"" (in Japanese). Famitsu. 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ a b c d "Joint" (in Japanese). Excite Japan. Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "JOINT Past Rankings" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2009-06-10.