Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri

"Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri/Kamisama, Hotokesama" (Japanese: 長く短い祭／神様、仏様, "No verão, as noites / God, nor Buddha")[note 1] is Ringo Sheena's 15th single and her 2nd double A-side single. It was released on 31 July 2015 by Universal Music Japan.

"Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri/Kamisama, Hotokesama"
Single by Ringo Sheena
from the album Sandokushi
ReleasedAugust 5, 2015 (2015-08-05)
Recorded2015
Length7:48
LabelVirgin Records
Songwriter(s)Ringo Sheena
Producer(s)Uni Inoue
Ringo Sheena singles chronology
"Saihate ga Mitai"
(2015)		 "Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri/Kamisama, Hotokesama"
(2015)

Background and development

"Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri" was used in advertisements for Coca-Cola Japan's 2015 summer campaign. "Kamisama, Hotokesama" was used as an TV commercial jingle for the au smartphone "isai vivid" manufactured by LG Electronics, in which Sheena also stars in the commercial.[2]

A picture of the Nebuta Matsuri was used for the album artwork of the single.[3]

Sheena sings two duets in both songs with two of her close male musician friends: Ryosuke Nagaoka, also known as Ukigumo (former member of Tokyo Jihen) in "Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri" and Shutoku Mukai for "Kamisama, Hotokesama".[4]

Music video

Both videos for "Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri" and "Kamisama, Hotokesama" are directed by Yuichi Kodama.[5] The video of "Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri" is inspired by the song theme "the summer of woman’s life". The first video shows an impatient heroine interspersed with scenes of Sheena and Ukigumo singing a duet together. The session musicians who played the song at the recording session there also appear on the "Kamisama, Hotokesama" video, where they play as spectres of the "Hyakki Yagyō".[6]

Both music videos were released in full on 31 July 2015 at Ringo Sheena's YouTube channel.[6][7]

Track listing

All music is composed by Ringo Sheena.

CD single
No.TitleLyricsArranger(s)Length
1."Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri"Ringo SheenaRingo Sheena
Yoichi Murata (wind instruments)		4:09
2."Kamisama, Hotokesama"Ringo Sheena
Shutoku Mukai		Ringo Sheena
Yoichi Murata (wind instruments)		3:39
Total length:7:48

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the singles's liner notes.[8]

Notes
  1. "Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri" has a Portuguese title in Western languages, but it literally means "long and short festival" in English.[1]

References
  1. "Yakuza Developers Tease New Project and Update on New Mainline "Shin Yakuza" Game". TWINFINITE. 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  2. "椎名林檎のニューシングル『長く短い祭／神様、仏様』発売中！" (in Japanese). SR 猫柳本線. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  3. "大型CMタイアップ2タイトルの両A面シングル発売決定！ ジャケット・アートワーク＆ニュービジュアル公開！" (in Japanese). ユニバーサル ミュージック. 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  4. "椎名林檎の新シングルに浮雲、向井秀徳ら参加、11会場巡るホールツアーも" (in Japanese). CINRA.NET. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  5. "ONE OK ROCK、林檎、星野、セカオワ、Perfumeら『MTV VMAJ』にノミネート" (in Japanese). RO69. 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  6. "椎名林檎「長く短い祭」「神様、仏様」MVを同時公開" (in Japanese). 音楽ナタリー. 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  7. "椎名林檎『長く短い祭/神様、仏様』本日8/5リリース 両曲のMVを公開" (in Japanese). Billboard JAPAN. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  8. Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri/Kamisama, Hotokesama (Media notes) (in Japanese). Ringo Sheena. Tokyo, Japan: EMI R. 2015.CS1 maint: others (link)
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