SAYONARA Baby / Koishiteru was Miliyah Kato’s 13th single. It was released on September 24, 2008 and reached no. 9 on the Oricon Weekly Charts with sold 11,862 copies sold. In all this single has sold over 25,499+ copies.

Tracks:
1. SAYONARA Baby
2. Koishiteru
3. PERFECT PITCH
4. SAYONARA Baby (Instrumental)

Review:
At this point I’ve decided to back track a bit. I don’t feel like reviewing another album, and it seems like this year’s winter singles are done, except for one really major one, but that’s not till later next week. And since I love the title track so much and since I’ve already done the last single why not review the first and second from the album?

Besides being lazy I COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY ADORE SAYONARA Baby. That’s probably the main reason for my reviewing this song. And since I love it so much it’ll be rather detailed. So this song is pretty much the most infectious song I’ve ever heard. It’s Miliyah so it’s R&B that does involve a tone of synth, but to some degree it sounds almost like a dance song with all the beats, claps, and again the synth. Her vocals sound incredible with the semi-fast music, and there’s even some power. Yeah but it’s pretty sweet, just all the beats and underlying synth, it’s a mind-blowing combination.

As for Koishiteru, I’m honestly not too sure about this song. This song is more of an up-beat R&B song, that sounds a bit too cheery. It also samples the song I Love Your Smile by Shanice. I just couldn’t get over the woodwind section, it was obnoxious.

PERFECT PITCH is a bit more tolerable, especially with all the strings. It’s a decent R&B song, it doesn’t go too fast, it keeps at a nice pace. But after a while it does sound rather bland. But the beats are nice, and her vocals were pretty good.

Final Thoughts: Greatest song ever! If you listen to one song this year, particularly one that’s R&B and synth oriented, then listen to this song, and by this I mean SAYONARA Baby. The beats are crazy and the sound is phenomenal, it’s almost a dance song, that’s how infectious it is. That being said, it’s safe to say that you can skip the other tracks since this outshines them both. Yeah the single could have been better, but in this case the one track makes up for the others, it’s just that damn good. An infectious and memorable way to kick off the Ring Era.

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WHY was Miliyah Kato’s 16th single. It was released on November 11, 2009 and reached no. 10 on the Oricon Weekly Charts with 15,189 copies sold. Destiny was used as the theme song for the Japanese release of the movie New Moon.

Tracks:
1. WHY
2. Destiny
3. You don’t know me
4. WHY (Instrumental)

Review:
Again for some reason I just LOVE Miliyah. She’s yet again released another strong single. The title track WHY is just beyond words, but I’ll describe them to you in words anyway. Initially the music sounds very sad and dreary, in part because of the guitar riffs, but then it picks up a bit. Finally at the chorus there’s an explosion of power and music. At that point it’s and epic rock ballad, lots of emotion and vocal power, and I love how it’s just really catchy. Destiny on the other hand is an R&B ballad. I’m not too sure whether or not it’ll fit in with New Moon, but it does sound amazing. Like most ballads it does feature the piano as the signature instrument, but it also features some R&B beats, and some underlying synth beats. Again the chorus is the best part of the song, namely due to the beats, the synth, and the music. Her vocals sound a lot stronger as a whole, and there’s a lot more emotion. Oh and one of the most important things is that the melody is incredible. It’s a win-win situation. And the B-Side You don’t know me is just….bleh. It’s a mid-tempo ballad with some minor beats, it’s a lot slower, and not nearly as epic as Destiny, which is the main reason why I don’t like it all that much. And she overuses English, it makes it boring and repetitive.

Final Thoughts: ZOMG MILIYAH, where have you been hiding???? This single is pretty much straight genius if you ask me. It’s got some great ballads, both Rock and R&B which utilize both classical and modern elements. The songs as a whole are amazing, the B-Side could have been better but all and all it’s fantastic. The thing that I’d have to say that I love the most were the synth beats, and naturally the melodies. The arrangement was great and the producers are geniuses. It’s just as good, if not better than, Love Forever. She’ll be set if she can release more songs like these.

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