Bonnie Pink
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Bonnie Pink (born 16 April, 1973 in Kyoto, Japan, real name Asada Kaori (浅田香織)) is a Japanese singer. She moved to New York in 1998 and speaks English. She writes and composes all her songs, and plays guitar and piano.
Bonnie Pink debuted in 1995 with her single, Orange, under her real name, Asada Kaori. Her first album, Blue Jam, was released that same year under the Pony Canyon record label. She described it as “mixture of bitter honey, blues music, momentary silence, irresistible madness, teardrops, sourgrapes, hopeful bombs, big big love, and a few green apples” in the jacket. It introduced her unique style of music that has been defined as an off-beat mix between Jazz, Blues, Pop, and Rock.The next year she met Tore Johansson, Swedish producer for the Cardigans, who became her good friend and produced much of her work. She wrote her third album, Evil and Flowers (1998), while in isolation in the Swedish countryside. She hoped to find inspiration there, but became depressed. She put her feelings of frustration into the songs.
On her fourth album, Let Go, she worked with Mitchell Froom, New York producer of Elvis Costello, Chibo Matt, and Suzanne Vega. He gave her co-production credit for the album because he was so impressed with her. Her fifth album, Just a Girl, came out in 2001. The next year she collaborated with other artists and released re*Pink, a remix album. Present came in 2003 and Even So in 2004.
The name Bonnie Pink has a debatable origin. The popular belief is that Bonnie derives from the story of Bonnie and Clyde and the color of her hair was pink during her first few years as a performer. However, Miss Asada has made several references on interviews and in her lyrics that she does not want to be a 'good girl'. That might indicate that the name comes from a character of a Martin Amis book, a prostitute of the same name, Bonnie Pink.
Discography
Albums
- Blue Jam (9/21/95)
- Heaven's Kitchen (5/16/97)
- Evil & Flowers (4/17/98)
- Bonnie's Kitchen 1 and 2 (compilations) (12/17/99)
- Let Go (4/5/00)
- Just a Girl (10/24/01)
- re*PINK BONNIE PINK REMIXES (2/27/02)
- Present (2/19/03)
- Pink in Red Live DVD / Live Album (8/6/03)
- Even So (5/12/04)
Singles
- ORENJI- 10/20/95
- Surprise!- 4/19/96
- We've gotta find a way back to love Limited Vinyl- 6/28/96
- Do You Crash?- 9/20/96
- Heaven's Kitchen- 4/18/97
- Heaven's Kitchen Limited Picture Vinyl- 4/18/97
- It's gonna rain!- 6/18/97
- Lie Lie Lie Limited Clear Vinyl- 10/3/97
- Forget Me Not- 3/4/98
- Kingyo- 5/20/98
- e.p. Limited Picture Vinyl- 5/20/98
- Inu to Tsuki Limited Picture Vinyl- 10/21/98
- Inu to Tsuki- 10/21/98
- Daisy- 10/16/99
- You Are Blue, So Am I- 3/1/00
- Fish 12inch Limited Vinyl- 4/5/00
- Kako to Genjitsu- 6/7/00
- Sleeping Child Remix*1 12inch Limited Vinyl- 7/12/00
- Sleeping Child Remix*2 12inch Limited Vinyl- 7/12/00
- Sleeping Child- 7/12/00
- Take Me In- 2/7/01
- Thinking of You- 5/9/01
- Nemurenai Yoru- 8/21/01
- Tonight,the Night- 1/22/03
- Private Laughter- 1/21/04
- Last Kiss- 4/7/04
Various Artists
- SXSW2005 Japan - 2/15/05
DVD
- B.P.V. VOL.1 (2/20/02)
- B.P.V. VOL.2 (2/26/03)
External Links
- BONNIE PINK official web site (http://www.bonniepink.jp/)
- Nippop Profile | Bonnie Pink (http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-99/artist_name-bonnie_pink/)ja:BONNIE PINK