#but in my defense: the lyrics were ALL kanji and even at my peak Japanese studying I couldn't read all that

[shikai-the-storyteller]

When I studied in Japan and my host sister dragged me to a karaoke bar with her and her friend, I promptly forgot every song I ever knew, so naturally I chose "Brightdown" by Tamaki Nami. (I got through exactly 1/3rd of the song before I realized what a poor choice it was).

To this day I still consider it one of the bravest (if not stupidest) things I’ve ever done.

#i talk #rewatching d.gm has awoken many buried memories including this one #ITS FINE ITS ALL FINE #I have never beefed it that hard singing a song before #but in my defense: the lyrics were ALL kanji and even at my peak Japanese studying I couldn't read all that #I did reclaim my honor and street cred later during that karaoke session though #because I CAN knock it out of the park singing ''Part of Your World'' from the little mermaid #Also every time I sing ''Forget You'' I get super into it and act things out #and my host sister and her friend LOVED that #they both took out their phones to record that and ''Part of Your World'' because they were so impressed #and I was like ''hell yeah please don't let them remember I beefed it singing the other song'' #lmao #anyways #I have another meeting in 2 minutes but I just remembered this and wanted to share #I only knew the short version of ''Brightdown'' that was really my downfall #if it hadn't been for that I could've BS'ed my way through it #''Part of Your World'' is one of the only songs within my vocal range I can actually do #so that's always my fallback song though I rarely ever actually sing it at karaoke #Brightdown is....very much not within my vocal range lmao #ALSO IF YOU LOOK UP BRIGHTDOWN BIG VOLUME WARNING #I should mention that #storytime with shikai