The Audrey Connection

Friends know of my obsession with actress Audrey Hepburn and her movies, especially the wonderful Breakfast at Tiffany's and it's bittersweet and moving theme song "Moon River",  and it was a treat to hear Hikaru covering the classic Henry Mancini song in her own warm and gentle way!

Hikaru looking particularly lovely here, BTW....

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'Tis The Season!!!!

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木曜日ytv「ten.]

ユキさんのウール紺スカートが柔らかくて形がきれい！

リンクル加工のトップスもカジュアルだけどちゃんとしてる！飽きのこないパターンですね！

A "Lost" Hikaru Nishida Album...Discovered at Last!

 While watching old Hikaru Nishida videos on some video channel (can't remember which one it was, maybe vevo or vimeo or something), I was surprised to see a PV for a song called "Promise Land" by an artist called "Panache" listed in the sidebar along with Hikaru's other videos.

The song and style was completely R&B, with a bunch of disco guys dancing in it, and even the woman singing didn't look all that familiar to me...But listened to the song, I was blown away as the VOICE was UNMISTAKABLY Hikaru's!!!

I had to watch it over and over- only then did I realize the heavy glammed up chick was indeed Hikaru herself under all that mascara and makeup, and I HAD to find out MORE!

reading up online, I found out that in 1996, Hikaru did a project for label AVEX RECORDS re-imagining herself as R&B singer "Panache"...not sure if this was meant to be a one off side project or a rebranding of her career for the English market, but be that as it may, the stint produced two singles and one album of music! I needed to GET this!

I saw that there were a few sellers who had the CD up for grabs, sadly they were all in Japan! At the time I did not know that ways of such proxy dealers as Suruguya (whom I do fantastic business with!) but my friend Groink regularly did Japan purchases for his Bowling magazines, and agreed to add the order to his next batch of goodies! Took a few months for his cart to fill, but in time I was finally able to get my hands on Hikaru's PANACHE CD, entitled "You'll Never Know"!

The album was six tracks, including the two singles, so I didn't need to hunt those down:

1 You'll Never Know

2 Needing You

3 Lookin' For The Promise Land

4 Don't You Worry

5 Wild Temptation

6 Lookin' For The Promise Land (Club Mix)

I have to admit, it's a very different style of music for Hikaru and a big shift from her professionally crafted pop tunes on Pony Canyon, but it's refreshing to hear new music from her after all this time, and the two singles are bangers!

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 日テレ「ひと目でわかる‼︎」

麦わら帽子の作り方、見分け方、本当に興味深く、職人技に脱帽！

まだまだ暑い日が続きますので、是非とも涼しく、そして日焼け対策もバッチリな麦わら帽子で暑い夏を乗り切ってくださいね〜！

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 From Hikaru's official Instagram Blog

hikaru_nishida.official

Hikaru is a Material Girl

Since the arrival of youtube you sure see some unusual things that you';d never have dreamed of before, such as this cute version of Hikaru doing Madonna's "Material Girl".

Yeah, seems like everyone was emulating Ms Ciccone back in the day, bet the crowd was more impressed with Hikaru's English than her singing prowess!

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暑かった🫠🫠🫠🔥🔥🔥

皆さま大丈夫でしたでしょうか？車の温度計、駐車してたら41℃表示されました！

テラス写真はマネージャーのススメで、たまには座りもいいのでは？😀ということで！

レースは最高に涼しくて快適でした🎐

Nishida Hikaru MV Hit Medley!!

 Youtube channel Dj RyoZi 80s 90s 00s Music uploaded this compilation of Hikaru's Hit MV's the other day, a nice sampling of the Queen's stuff!

来年デビュー35周年の西田ひかるのMVヒットメドレーです。

ぼくらのセディ

フィフティーン

ときめいて

めぐり♥あい

生きてるって素晴らしい

輝き!ください

涙 止まらない

きっと愛がある

人生変えちゃう夏かもね

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ひと目でわかる‼︎

超一流品・堺の包丁のロケに

亀梨和也さんとこがけんさんと行かせていただきました！

数々の工程、手作業の職人の技にただただ魅了されました。

写真一つ目の包丁は取材させて頂いた榎並刃物製作所の包丁。野菜が切るのが楽しくなるくらい、なんでもキレイに切れて、お料理上手になった気分を味わえる包丁。

2枚目の包丁はロケ中に購入したペティナイフ。朝の果物切りが快適に!

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先週5/26(木)の

ytv「ten.」

ユキ先生のレースのトップスが素敵すぎる！着心地も抜群〜

本日も読売テレビ「ten.」

生放送です！