| 词条 | Free & Easy (Ayumi Hamasaki song) | ||||||||||||||||
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| name = Free & Easy | cover = Free&easy.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Ayumi Hamasaki | album = Rainbow | released = April 24, 2002 | format = JPN CD Single United States Digital Single | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|symphonic rock}} | length = 22:43 | label = Avex Trax | writer = Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics) CREA + DAI (music) | producer = Max Matsuura | prev_title = Daybreak | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = H | next_year = 2002 }} "Free & Easy" is a song written by Ayumi Hamasaki and Dai Nagao for Hamasaki's album Rainbow. The song, the first single from Rainbow and Hamasaki's 26th total, was released in Japan on April 24, 2002. The single was released with a photobook, Hamasaki Republic; the book, the song's booklet, and the song's music video depict Hamasaki as a "21st century Joan of Arc". Background and composition{{Listen|filename = AH_Free and Easy.ogg |title = "Free & Easy" |description = A 28-second sample of "Free & Easy", featuring Hamasaki's aggressive vocals. |pos = left }} With Rainbow, Hamasaki took a creative turn, incorporating English verses to the songs, and producing most songs on her own, under the pen-name CREA. "Free & Easy" was written by Hamasaki and produced by CREA along with DAI. In the director notes for Rainbow, Hamasaki explained that the song was inspired by an actual magazine photo shoot with Free & Easy magazine. The lyrics speak of self-empowerment and freedom.[1] Hamasaki explained:
The song opens with an eastern flute, and Hamasaki sings the verses with a light and airy vocal. As the song progresses, she starts singing with an aggressive tone over a horn accompanied melody.[2] You can also recognize a certain similarity between the title "No Amen" from "The Messenger- Story of Joan of Arc" soundtrack in the beginning. Track listing
Music videoThe music video features Hamasaki who plays Joan Of Arc. First she is seen in prison and later a woman opens her prison door and takes her away. Then Hamasaki is seen tied up in a red room getting burned, though no fire is apparent. Later, at the end of the video, people holding her corpse are shown. Chart positionsOricon Sales Chart (Japan)
References1. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/en/special/rainbow/index2.html | title=Ayumi Hamasaki's director's notes on Rainbow | publisher= Avex Marketing Inc.| accessdate=March 30, 2011}} 2. ^Allmusic External links
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