YUI was chosen to compose the opening and ending song for the upcoming Japanese movie Paradise Kiss, starring Keiko Kitagawa and Osamu Mukai. The movie is an adaptation of a manga by Ai Yazawa (the creator of NANA).

YUI ~ HELLO ~Paradise Kiss~

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Credit: source vid. steely@jpopsuki

HELLO ~Paradise Kiss~ is the opening song. YUI has really changed up her style with her in her last couple of music videos. I think back to To Mother, when it was a minor sensation that YUI was wearing a dress. In this video all the different outfits kind of make sense considering what the movie is about. I like the head band look (the one in the screenshot). But YUI with straight bangs (with the pony tail, where she’s wearing black) looks so weird to me .

You can hear a snippet of the ending song YOU in this trailer for the movie:

On March 9th YUI is releasing a new Live DVD titled Hotel Holidays in the Sun, which contains her concert at Budokan from November last year.

This is actually only her second live DVD that’s being released as a separate item. The rest have been included on the limited edition versions of her albums.

I’m looking forward to this DVD. I’ll buy it for sure. The retail price is 3990 yen.

Source: official site & sony music store

Update: now available for pre-order.

It’s My Life is one of YUI’s more upbeat and happy songs. It features the Japanese female ska band ORESKABAND (ore ska band).

YUI ~ It’s My Life

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I like this song, and I love seeing YUI smile. The wardrobe and styling is a bit different from what we’re used to seeing from YUI.

Last year YUI visited Sweden (unbeknownst to me at the time >_<). You can see footage from parts of her visit in the music video for Your Heaven. You'll see scenes from Stockholm and Gotland.

It’s a really nice song.

YUI ~ Your Heaven

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I recognize many scenes from Stockholm. I haven’t been to Gotland yet, but I have friends who grew up there.

From what I’ve heard, the lyrics to Your Heaven are inspired from YUI’s experience of the Swedish scenery .

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Here are the official wallpapers (1280×1024) for YUI’s new single It’s My Life/Your Heaven that comes out next week.

The music videos are coming up later. I’ll comment more then.

Like I wrote earlier, YUI has a new single coming out later this month called It’s My Life / Your Heaven. The preview of Your Heaven that I linked to was pulled by YouTube, so not many of you got to see it.

To make it up to you, and to hold you over until I post the PV, here’s YUI’s performance of Your Heaven from Music Station on Christmas eve.

YUI ~ Your Heaven Live@Music Station 20101224

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Credit: source vid. terahata@jpopsuki

I wanted to post this earlier, but there were some problems with the transcoding >_<.

By now these wallpapers are old, but they took so long to put them on the official site after the release that I forgot about them. They’re the official wallpapers for YUI’s last single Rain.

Something a little more current is that YUI is releasing a new single in January, which consists of the songs It’s My Life and Your Heaven. The latter was used in Sony’s Play You commercial. You can check it out in the YouTube clip below.

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Whenever I go on a road trip I bring YUI’s Daydreamer with me. It’s such a nice song (especially when you’re driving on the open road).

YUI ~ Daydreamer Live@3rd Tour 2008 oui

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This video is from YUI 3rd Tour 2008 “oui” ~I LOVED YESTERDAY~, which was included on the bonus DVD that came with the limited edition of her B-side collection album My Short Stories. The Japanese limited edition is out of print, but the Hong Kong version is still available. I recommend that album to anyone.

The Daydreamer track is included on the I Loved Yesterday album.

YUI does it again with her latest song Rain. She’s like an endless stream of talent.

YUI ~ Rain

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Credit: source vid. steely@jpopsuki

The music video is really nice too.

‘The rain turns to snow…

The official wallpapers for Holidays in the Sun are out!

(1280×1024)