Joelle (non-Kajiura works)

I’ve realized that she’s sung quite a bit and I’ve seen some of her videos in the past. She also plays the violin if I recall correctly.

She’s the kind of vocalist in Joelle’s lane, having skill in singing both in English and in Japanese, and displaying that kind of expressive and fluid vocal register and dynamics’ movement.

Her voice is that mix of Disney, classical, pop, jazz, and classic Japanese sensibilities. She’s a bit further along career-wise than Joelle in some aspects though, from what I’ve heard.

I think the comparison helps to more of a sense of Joelle’s style and approach as a singer, though Joelle could be a bit more dramatic.
 
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https://open.spotify.com/track/0gp5D3qcl0u74WUEILRkOT?si=poiJLURZQhWdKl2FPEvI7A&context=spotify:album:3Eyw8aU1Fn25ctcjd3GnMq

A solo song by Joelle. I just realized I’m not familiar with her discography... 🫢 🫢

This song had a dance/electronic pop feel that reminded me of Perfume, the electronic pop dance group - juggernaut in JPop.
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She sang a few songs for Final Fantasy 13-2. Starting Over and Ruined Hometown are GOAT. Yeul's theme is a bit more usual Joelle (kinda melodramatic, in a good way). She should've sung the ending theme IMO. Her or Origa.
 
Lorde-Kowz said:
She sang a few songs for Final Fantasy 13-2. Starting Over and Ruined Hometown are GOAT. Yeul's theme is a bit more usual Joelle (kinda melodramatic, in a good way). She should've sung the ending theme IMO. Her or Origa.
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OK. A bunch of different names I have never heard - both the songs and the name "Origa".
 
 
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https://youtu.be/vW0EDuxNIsA?si=6EZN3LIcJUoJN5rz&t=1208
Joelle　ALVE EVENING JAZZ SELECTION　第１部

A quite young and cute Joelle (with short hair). Her voice is almost identical to how it is nowadays. Next-to-no change (except for more depth/warmth), so she's really maintained her voice over the years. 👌🏾

There were easy-listening jazz, traditional American pop ballads, and some faster-tempo jazz tracks.

I would like to have a collaboration live with Joelle, Kaori, and Miki Masuda together on stage, handling different standards and covers, doing solo, duet, and trio performances, with harmony sections. Miki and Kaori have both scatted to varying degrees, but I've not noticed Joelle displaying this particular skill, yet.
 
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Joelle (Singer)
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Prologue: Joelle 20th Anniversary Live〜Serenity〜

Band photo📷✨

photo by Tomohide Ono
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I love this color scheme on Joelle. Is she looking a little trimmer? 🫢
The other ladies in black (Hara Kanako) is one of my favorite online pianists - a lively, smiling performer. :dote:
 
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I love it! Gaku's always a hit with Joelle's voice.

Those high notes were sung in a breathy, whispery tone (kinda like Aoi Teshima's entire style) even though Joelle can also do them in proper classical-style head voice or in a reinforced mask-like tone. That's what we mean by a singer having colors and options. If you can only go breathy/disconnected to sing high notes then you really don't have those high notes, just the illusion of having them.

I wish Joelle can be releasing some of these covers more frequently. Maybe recording multiple covers when they have a session together and release them once a month or something.

Singing covers of non-copyrighted songs (old classics) is a great way to build content over time (that's what Keiko did on her Keiko's Room to increase her following on her channel). Joelle can do those old Japanese pop classics which have a jazzy feel, not the straight pop/enka-influenced ones Keiko tackled. Joelle can also do American songbook classics, which is something she's known for doing from her earlier solo days.

She isn't really a modern pop kinda singer (I wouldn't imagine her wanting to do KPop Demon Hunters covers or any modern OSTs), but I feel she can do classic anisong covers too, as long as there's no copyright risk. I know the American jazz/old pop standards are the usual repertoire for her concerts (and she often does them acoustically with Ninomiya-san) so there may be some overlap there, which is partly why I imagine she would want to reserve them for those shows, rather than doing those covers on her YouTube/socials.
 
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