Crystal Kay is out here as a YouTube gworl and has already given us two videos, and she’s SANGING’ in both of them. I don't understand Japanese, and this video has no captions. But both videos are a case of more show and less tell. In one video we get a peek at Crystal doing a soundcheck for one of her Crystal Xmas 2021 ~I Sing ~ gigs. And in another video, Crystal hits up karaoke to sing a couple of songs; something hers, something Disney, and something from her cover album.
It’s nice to see something from Crystal’s live show, not years after it happened. Especially given the likelihood of it ever being released in any form is low. But hopefully this channel will be where we’ll start to get professionally shot videos of Crystal’s gigs and performances. Because it's not like a bitch is ever gonna do a national stadium tour again. And she barely sells albums, so there’s no chance of DVD releases of anything unless it’s packaged with a limited edition of an album; which is why a deluxe edition of I Sing should have been released in January to include additional covers of songs Crystal had performed on The Masked Signer Japan, and one of her Xmas gigs. But nope. That exposure. Wasted. The iron. Blazing hot and unstruck. Girl. Fire the whole management and marketing team.
Crystal covering “A Whole New World” feels like shots fired, as Jasmine's latest album features a cover of it and it’s...we're not gonna talk about it today. And Kumi Koda also covered the song quite some time ago, with one of the OG vocalists, Peabo Bryson, and she...we're not gonna talk about this today neither.
It's a shame that we didn't get full covers of all of what Crystal sang, but I hope we will eventually get full length covers and performances. Lots of YouTube trends come and go. But song covers will forever be popular on YouTube. Crystal’s channel is still DIY, which is fine. But it'd be cool if she got herself a little live studio setup and a guitarist to give us a live performance now and then. It would be really cool if Crystal used this to give performances of covers that she’d done long ago and are lost to Japan's hesitance to digitally archive shit, or songs she’d only sung part of. So, I’m talking a full live performance of Hikaru Utada’s “Deep River” and another performance of Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature” AND a full performance of Hikaru Utada’s “Can You Keep a Secret?”. Crystal uploading any video to do with Michael Jackson or Hikaru Utada would bang on YouTube and cast a wide net of viewers. Especially now with Janet Jackson’s Lifetime documentary and The Weeknd’s Dawn FM having people talking about MJ, and Hikaru Utada’s album release having people talk about them. And who knows. If Crystal’s net casts wide enough, then maybe it’ll catch the attention of NPR and we can get a CK Tiny Desk.
Obviously Crystal's channel shouldn’t just chase trends and formulas. But that’s also the name of the game when it comes to original content on YouTube and working with the algorithm.
Having spoken NUMEROUS TIMES about Crystal doing an album of self covers, it’s still something that I want from her. I cannot see Universal releasing a CK best album album given that so few of the songs that she’s released since parting ways with Sony have made any commercial impact. Although this doesn’t stop other hoes from releasing Best albums. An album of self covers would be a nice way to honour Crystal’s back catalog, remind everybody of the classics that she was responsible for, and also give Crystal a chance to take songs that maybe she wasn’t a fan of (such as “Koi ni Ochitara”) and flip it in something more to her taste.
But props to CK and her team for giving us content. I wasn’t expecting for there to be two videos up this soon. Crystal’s also added some playlists with her music and other interviews and shit she’s done lately. So the channel is coming together. We just need to see the music, the official social media accounts and a new header, ’cos that shit at the moment is bare and it’s ugly. Crystal if you need me to just-
I’m here boo.
🎧 CK Playlists: This is Crystal Kay | Crystal Kay: Ballads
📀 CK Special Editions: Euphoria, a Crystal Kay dance album | Sparkle, a Crystal Kay Christmas album
💿 CK album reviews: I Sing | For You | Vivid | Shine | Spin the Music | Call Me Miss... | All Yours | Color Change! | 4Real | Crystal Style | Almost Seventeen | 637 -Always & Forever- | C.L.L. ~Crystal Lover Light
It's a shame that we didn't get full covers of all of what Crystal sang, but I hope we will eventually get full length covers and performances. Lots of YouTube trends come and go. But song covers will forever be popular on YouTube. Crystal’s channel is still DIY, which is fine. But it'd be cool if she got herself a little live studio setup and a guitarist to give us a live performance now and then. It would be really cool if Crystal used this to give performances of covers that she’d done long ago and are lost to Japan's hesitance to digitally archive shit, or songs she’d only sung part of. So, I’m talking a full live performance of Hikaru Utada’s “Deep River” and another performance of Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature” AND a full performance of Hikaru Utada’s “Can You Keep a Secret?”. Crystal uploading any video to do with Michael Jackson or Hikaru Utada would bang on YouTube and cast a wide net of viewers. Especially now with Janet Jackson’s Lifetime documentary and The Weeknd’s Dawn FM having people talking about MJ, and Hikaru Utada’s album release having people talk about them. And who knows. If Crystal’s net casts wide enough, then maybe it’ll catch the attention of NPR and we can get a CK Tiny Desk.
Obviously Crystal's channel shouldn’t just chase trends and formulas. But that’s also the name of the game when it comes to original content on YouTube and working with the algorithm.
Having spoken NUMEROUS TIMES about Crystal doing an album of self covers, it’s still something that I want from her. I cannot see Universal releasing a CK best album album given that so few of the songs that she’s released since parting ways with Sony have made any commercial impact. Although this doesn’t stop other hoes from releasing Best albums. An album of self covers would be a nice way to honour Crystal’s back catalog, remind everybody of the classics that she was responsible for, and also give Crystal a chance to take songs that maybe she wasn’t a fan of (such as “Koi ni Ochitara”) and flip it in something more to her taste.
But props to CK and her team for giving us content. I wasn’t expecting for there to be two videos up this soon. Crystal’s also added some playlists with her music and other interviews and shit she’s done lately. So the channel is coming together. We just need to see the music, the official social media accounts and a new header, ’cos that shit at the moment is bare and it’s ugly. Crystal if you need me to just-
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| クリケイで〜す by Crystal Kay | Slight tweaks by yours truly |
🎧 CK Playlists: This is Crystal Kay | Crystal Kay: Ballads
📀 CK Special Editions: Euphoria, a Crystal Kay dance album | Sparkle, a Crystal Kay Christmas album
💿 CK album reviews: I Sing | For You | Vivid | Shine | Spin the Music | Call Me Miss... | All Yours | Color Change! | 4Real | Crystal Style | Almost Seventeen | 637 -Always & Forever- | C.L.L. ~Crystal Lover Light
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