Kanon Wakeshima

Kanon Wakeshima (分島 花音 Wakeshima Kanon, born June 28, 1988) is a Japanese singer and cellist. Originally produced by musician and fashion designer Mana, Wakeshima debuted under the DefStar Records label on May 28, 2008 with the single "Still Doll", the ending theme for the anime adaptation of the manga series Vampire Knight. She also provided the voice for a maid that appears in the eighth episode of the series. Wakeshima's second single "Suna no Oshiro", released on November 12, 2008, was used as the ending theme for the series' second season (subtitled Guilty).

She was nominated for a Best Newcomer award for 2008 in the fourth annual Shōjo Beat Music Awards, nominees of which are determined by surveying "record companies, music journalists, music experts, and music fans".

Life and career

Early life

At the age of three, she began learning cello, marking her entry into the world of music. In junior high school she formed her own ensemble group. At the age of fifteen, she transited from her former classical ensembles into playing in the baroque section. Appearing in a variety of recitals and concerts throughout her school years, she began writing her own music and combining singing with her cello playing at the age of sixteen. As she transited from junior high school to high school, she began writing her own music and singing. She gave her first vocal performances during a high school festival.

Still Doll

"Still Doll" is the debut single from singer and cellist Kanon Wakeshima. The song was used as the ending theme for the anime adaptation of the manga series Vampire Knight. The single peaked at #33 on the Oricon singles chart.

Track listing

Personnel

  • Kanon Wakeshima – Vocals, Cello, Piano, Lyrics
  • Mana – Production
  • References

  • ディスコグラフィ (in Japanese). Sony Music Online. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  • "Still Doll, Kanon Wakeshima" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Still Real

    by: Fat Joe

    It's so depressing, uh..
    Be the realest shit I ever wrote (Money and cars bitches)
    Shit Is Real Part 2.. (drugs) modern day.. (society yaknow?)
    See what it's like to walk in my shoes
    It ain't all fun and games (ya heard?)
    Yo yo
    I'm sick and tired of stressin, every days a different lesson
    I'm free-fallin tryna leave this deep depression
    My son Joey still slow, my moms got cancer in her throat
    My big brother sniffin dope
    Lemme know how many motherfucker wanna be just like me
    Screamed at and treated like shit by your wifey
    This hot bitch be sweatin the coke cash
    My baby mother think I grow dough out my ass
    It's like, how much fight I got left in me?
    Niggaz won't be happy till they bring the fuckin death of me
    But you never see Joe look weak or flow off beat
    and Charlie sees the board in four more weeks
    You gotta walk where I walked
    Bang where I bang
    Slang where I hang
    To get where I'm going to
    Stay where I stay
    Blaze who I blazed
    Pay dues how I payed
    To get where I'm going to
    Uh, yo, the South Bronx, nine years later
    Ain't nuttin changed, niggaz still playa haters
    T.S. the best that's done it, forever live and never front it
    Reminisce of when I used to hold heat and tell niggaz "run it"
    Now we flooded with jewels, hundreds of dudes
    Crowd the Coliseum to hear they favorite tunes
    Then at the time of our prime we caught a sick one
    The angels came down, took my twin Big Pun
    Shit were unbalanced throughout the whole world
    All I could do was try to provide for his seeds and his old girl
    Hope your listenin, tell Ton' that we still missin him
    I'm like a prisoner in jail with no visitors
    Yeah, uh, aiyyo the third verse is dedicated to you
    Even though you switched teams, I'm praying for you
    We used to stay up all night countin dollar for dollar
    You was my son's godfather, where the fuck is your honor?
    Can't even rap the shit we did together
    You'd probably have me shackled locked down doin bids forever
    You broke the first code
    I'd like to twist ya wifey till it roasts gold
    Snitch nigga, turned state to sold ya soul
    How could a nigga that was clappin in the streets
    start yappin to the deez, like what I rightly should believe?
    Like ever verse is a charge, for every hurt there's a scar
    I never once tried to hurt cha'll
    I'm just tryna do me, sell a few CD's
    Buy land in Miami and cop a new B come on!
    Motherfuckers think it's sweet
    Think a nigga got money and a nigga don't feel pain
    You ain't never feel my pain
    You don't know what the fuck I'm goin through
    Niggaz lookin at me like, "He got it made"
    Like I ain't lose Pun, my grandfather a week later
    My aunt a month later
    Like my fuckin sister ain't in a coma right now!
    You motherfuckers don't know pain!
    Let's get one thing clear; money'll never buy you happiness




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