"Beautiful Things" (ウツクシキモノ, Utsukushiki Mono) is a song recorded by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai, released on February 4, 2012, by EMI Music Japan as a promotional single from her ninth studio album, Independent. Written by Ai with additional writing credits from producer Rykeyz and composer Redd Stylez, the song served as the closing theme song for Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King.
In October 2011, it was revealed that an unreleased song by Ai, titled "Beautiful Things" would serve as the closing theme song for Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King.[1][2] The song was Ai's first to be featured in a dark fantasy anime film and second in general to be featured in an anime, the first being her 2005 single "Crayon Beats" for Crayon Shin-chan.[1][3] In order to properly write the song, Ai read the Berserk manga. She stated she was skeptical in reading the manga at first, but by volume 4, she "fell in love with it".[2] While recording the song, Ai stated the song was the most challenging song she had recorded.[4]
Live performances and promotionedit
On January 19, 2012, Ai performed "Beautiful Things" at the completion event for the Berserk movie.[5]Kendo Kobayashi, who was the voice of the main character, Bazuso, appeared with Ai dressed in medieval attire at the event.[6][7] To further promote the song, Ai announced a karaoke event for the song on January 25, 2012, titled Sing Beautiful Things Championship. The winner of the event would be rewarded ¥100k and a chance to perform the song with Ai live at her Independent Tour 2012.[8] The winner of the challenge was Akane Kiyose.[9] Additionally with the Independent Tour 2012, Ai has performed the song at her The Best Tour (2016).[10]
^The RIAJ Digital Track Chart is a depreciated chart that ran from 2009 until early 2012 and tracked full-length cellphone downloads.
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^"ケンドーコバヤシ、AIの生歌に唸る!" [Howling live performance by Kendo Kobayashi, Ai] (in Japanese). CDJournal. January 20, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
^"AI、『ベルセルク 黄金時代篇I 覇王の卵』完成披露イベントで生歌披露～ケンドーコバヤシも「仕上げてきたなぁ」とコメント!!". PR Times. January 20, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^"ケンコバ、30キロの甲ちゅうに身を包み「拘束感が心地よい」 : 映画ニュース". Eiga (in Japanese). Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^"ケンコバ、重さ30kgの甲冑姿で「脱水症状」". Oricon News. October 5, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^"AI 「ウツクシキモノ」、この超難題曲の「歌ってみろ選手権」開催、挑戦者求ム！優勝者には「AIと一緒に歌える権」を進呈". PR Times. January 25, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
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^"AI、2016年開催の『THE BEST TOUR』日本武道館公演をYouTubeで全編期間限定公開 「ハピネス」や「Story」など28曲". Real Sound (in Japanese). March 24, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^"Adult Contemporary Airplay". Billboard (in Japanese). January 11, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
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April 11, 2024
beautiful, things, song, beautiful, things, ウツクシキモノ, utsukushiki, mono, song, recorded, japanese, american, singer, songwriter, released, february, 2012, music, japan, promotional, single, from, ninth, studio, album, independent, written, with, additional, wri. Beautiful Things ウツクシキモノ Utsukushiki Mono is a song recorded by Japanese American singer songwriter Ai released on February 4 2012 by EMI Music Japan as a promotional single from her ninth studio album Independent Written by Ai with additional writing credits from producer Rykeyz and composer Redd Stylez the song served as the closing theme song for Berserk The Golden Age Arc I The Egg of the King Beautiful Things Promotional single by Aifrom the album IndependentLanguageJapaneseEnglishReleasedFebruary 4 2012 2012 02 04 Recorded2011GenreOrchestralLength4 45LabelEMI MusicSongwriter s Ai UemuraRyan WilliamsonSean FentonProducer s RykeyzMusic video Beautiful Things on YouTube Contents 1 Background 2 Live performances and promotion 3 Charts 4 Credits and personnel 5 Release history 6 Notes 7 ReferencesBackground editIn October 2011 it was revealed that an unreleased song by Ai titled Beautiful Things would serve as the closing theme song for Berserk The Golden Age Arc I The Egg of the King 1 2 The song was Ai s first to be featured in a dark fantasy anime film and second in general to be featured in an anime the first being her 2005 single Crayon Beats for Crayon Shin chan 1 3 In order to properly write the song Ai read the Berserk manga She stated she was skeptical in reading the manga at first but by volume 4 she fell in love with it 2 While recording the song Ai stated the song was the most challenging song she had recorded 4 Live performances and promotion editOn January 19 2012 Ai performed Beautiful Things at the completion event for the Berserk movie 5 Kendo Kobayashi who was the voice of the main character Bazuso appeared with Ai dressed in medieval attire at the event 6 7 To further promote the song Ai announced a karaoke event for the song on January 25 2012 titled Sing Beautiful Things Championship The winner of the event would be rewarded 100k and a chance to perform the song with Ai live at her Independent Tour 2012 8 The winner of the challenge was Akane Kiyose 9 Additionally with the Independent Tour 2012 Ai has performed the song at her The Best Tour 2016 10 Charts editChart performance for Beautiful Things Chart 2012 PeakpositionJapan Adult Contemporary Airplay Billboard Japan 11 67Digital Track Chart RIAJ a 12 46Japan Hot Airplay Billboard Japan 13 83Credits and personnel editCredits adapted from Tidal 14 Ai Uemura vocals songwriter Ryan RyKeyz Williamson producer composer programming Sean Redd Stylez Fenton composerRelease history editRelease history and formats for Beautiful Things Region Date Format Label Ref Japan January 2012 Radio airplay EMI Music Japan 15 February 4 2012 Digital downloadstreaming 2 Notes edit The RIAJ Digital Track Chart is a depreciated chart that ran from 2009 until early 2012 and tracked full length cellphone downloads References edit a b ベルセルク 覇王の卵I 黄金時代篇 エンディングテーマはAI Barks in Japanese October 28 2011 Retrieved January 13 2022 a b c AI 劇場版 ベルセルク エンディングテーマを書き下ろし Music Natalie in Japanese Retrieved January 13 2022 Ai Commercial Tieups CDJournal CDJournal in Japanese Archived from the original on June 6 2015 Retrieved January 13 2022 ケンドーコバヤシ AIの生歌に唸る Howling live performance by Kendo Kobayashi Ai in Japanese CDJournal January 20 2012 Retrieved August 16 2012 AI ベルセルク 黄金時代篇I 覇王の卵 完成披露イベントで生歌披露 ケンドーコバヤシも 仕上げてきたなぁ とコメント PR Times January 20 2012 Retrieved January 13 2022 ケンコバ 30キロの甲ちゅうに身を包み 拘束感が心地よい 映画ニュース Eiga in Japanese Retrieved January 13 2022 ケンコバ 重さ30kgの甲冑姿で 脱水症状 Oricon News October 5 2016 Retrieved January 13 2022 AI ウツクシキモノ この超難題曲の 歌ってみろ選手権 開催 挑戦者求ム 優勝者には AIと一緒に歌える権 を進呈 PR Times January 25 2012 Retrieved January 13 2022 AI ウツクシキモノ 歌ってみろ選手権 でファンの歌唱を絶賛 Barks in Japanese March 22 2012 Retrieved January 13 2022 AI 2016年開催の THE BEST TOUR 日本武道館公演をYouTubeで全編期間限定公開 ハピネス や Story など28曲 Real Sound in Japanese March 24 2020 Retrieved January 13 2022 Adult Contemporary Airplay Billboard in Japanese January 11 2012 Retrieved October 9 2014 レコード協会調べ 2012年01月25日 2012年01月31日 略称 レコ協チャート 着うたフル R Record Association report 2012 01 25 2012 01 31 lt abb Reco kyō Chart Chaku uta Full gt in Japanese Recording Industry Association of Japan February 3 2012 Archived from the original on October 9 2014 Retrieved October 9 2014 Hot Top Airplay Billboard in Japanese January 11 2012 Archived from the original on October 15 2014 Retrieved October 9 2014 Independent Credits AI Tidal Archived from the original on August 31 2021 Retrieved August 31 2021 Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart 2012 01 11 Billboard Japan Archived from the original on October 15 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beautiful Things Ai song amp oldid 1207931217, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
