The Sprial: From "Em Đi" To "Long Lanh" To “XE ĐẠP” To Mika Nakashima To Utada?

Wednesday, July 02, 2025

Was on Instagram and this came up on my feed.

Which is incredible. So naturally it led me to this.


If that didn't take your breath away it begs the question of if you have a beating heart.

And then this...


But I didn't read the fine print and I distinctly knew the melody. 

Mika Nakashima remake with new lyrics?

Genius.

And since I then needed a Mika Nakashima fix,

the universe led me to this other song on The First Take.


How in the world did I miss that? 

Timeless. Her voice, the performance. 

Are you kidding me?

We should all just be thankful we can give witness.

And ss luck would have it there was video on the side from last month...


There's no one like Utada. 

She's everything. 

Literally just everything.

And this just keeps adding to her mythology.