"Netsuai Hakkakuchū" | |
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Promotional single by Ringo Sheena and Yasutaka Nakata | |
from the album Ukina | |
Released | November 13, 2013 |
Format | Digital download |
Recorded | 2013 |
Genre | Electropop, dubstep |
Length | 3:29 |
Label | EMI Records Japan |
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"Netsuai Hakkakuchū" (熱愛発覚中, "Detecting Love"), also known by its French title "J'ai trouvé l'amour" (meaning "I Have Found Love" in English) is a song by Japanese musician Ringo Sheena. It was her first collaboration with electronic producer and Capsule member Yasutaka Nakata, and was released as a single to promote her collaboration compilation album Ukina.
Ukina was a project released as a part of Ringo Sheena's 15th anniversary celebrations. It featured past collaborations with musicians released between 1998 and 2013. "Netsuai Hakkakuchū" was one of two unpublished songs, the other being "It Was You," a ballad written by American songwriter Burt Bacharach.
The song was written entirely by Shiina, and was then given to Yasutaka Nakata to arrange. Nakata productions for artists such as Ami Suzuki, Perfume or Kyary Pamyu Pamyu generally feature Nakata writing lyrics and music as well. However, Nakata had worked as a co-writer in the past, on singer Meg's albums between 2007 and 2010.
On November 13, both "Netsuai Hakkakuchū" and "It Was You" were released on iTunes as digital singles. On November 15, Sheena performed "Netsuai Hakkakuchū" live at Music Station. Yasutaka-produced group Perfume also appeared on the episode. Sheena performed the song at her Tōtaikai series of concerts in November 2013, which later had a DVD release in March 2014.
A music video was produced for the song, which was directed by her partner Yuichi Kodama. A short version of the music video for "Netsuai Hakkakuchū" was uploaded in early November 2013, and reached 100,000 views in three days. The full version was released in full on November 13, 2013.
The music video features Sheena playing two characters: Rinnko (RINN子) and Linnko (LINN子), members of a fictional idol group called Rinrin (凜凜). Linnko wears a black leather mini-dress while she attacks the men. The video also features dance scenes with both Rinnko and Linnko, alongside dance crew Idevian Crew members Mineko Saito, Nagisa Sugao, Ai Kaneko and Tomoko Yoda. It was Sheena's first time attempting dance and action scenes.