By 2003, Suga Shikao had spent over half a decade redefining the boundaries of mainstream Japanese music. While the dominant charts were filled with glossy electronic pop and visual kei rock, Suga injected raw, American-inspired funk, rhythm and blues, and folk into the Tokyo music scene.
While famously written by Suga for the mega-idol group SMAP, his own solo versions of this track bring a mature, bittersweet weight that only the original author could provide. The Nostalgia of the "RAR" and Digital Archive Culture
If you are searching for this album in digital formats, it is readily available through legal digital music stores and streaming platforms.