椎名林檎 (Shiina Ringo, also sometimes spelled "Sheena Ringo" or "Shéna Ringö")… Read Full Bio ↴椎名林檎 (Shiina Ringo, also sometimes spelled "Sheena Ringo" or "Shéna Ringö"), born November 25, 1978 in Saitama and raised in Fukuoka, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. Her family name is Shiina (椎名) and she chose to perform as Ringo instead of her birth name Yumiko (裕美子) because - as a shy child - her cheeks would blush red like an apple (the fruit being 'ringo' in Japanese).

After quitting school to enter a musical contest, Shiina was quickly signed to EMI, then promptly left Japan to avoid the trappings of contract work. After returning, she quickly released a series of singles and albums, all self-penned (a relative rarity for Japanese pop artists), and all meeting with great success on the Japanese charts. A hiatus to start a family followed, itself followed (after a divorce) by both a new album and a new side project, the band 東京事変. (Tokyo Jihen - or Tokyo Incidents)

After more success with the band, Shiina returned to a solo career in 2006 as the Music Director for the film 「さくらん」(Sakuran), quickly taking the number one slot on the Oricon charts with the album Heisei Fuuzoku released in tandem with a major soundtrack project. Following was a B-sides album which peaked quickly at the number one Oricon slot. In the years proceeding this, she spent most of her time dedicated to Tokyo Jihen occasionally revisiting her solo work.

Despite being involved in the main Japanese pop scene, Shiina has created a niche for herself based on a much wider musical range than most artists. Where most pop singers develop a basic sound based on contemporary pop aesthetics and throwaway lyrical matter, Shiina builds on a base of jazz, rock, Motown, and even French chanson equally well (the chanson works especially well with her trademark nasal delivery), infusing her projects with a very different aesthetic, and gaining a fan base separate from the core constituents of the Japanese pop apparatus.

Despite the release of album 三毒史 (trivisa-itihasa) in 2019, released after a myriad of singles being majorly included in aforementioned work. In 2020, Ringo and band Tokyo Jihen turned their backs to their past, doing a major reunion, with the drop of a few projects, such as sixth studio album 音楽.

Discography

Singles

幸福論 (Koufukuron)（1998）
歌舞伎町の女王（1998）
ここでキスして。 (Koko de kisu shite)（1999）
本能（1999）
幸福論（1999）
ギブス (Gibs)（2000）
罪と罰（2000）
真夜中は純潔（2001）
絶頂集（2000）
茎（STEM）～大名遊ビ編～（2003）
りんごのうた (Ringo no Uta)（2003）
この世の限り (Kono Yo no Kagiri) (2007） (With Saitou Neko and her brother Shiina Junpei)
ありあまる富 (Ariamaru Tomi)（2009）
カーネーション (Carnation)（2011）
自由へ道連 (Traveling Companion to Freedom) (2012)
いろはにほへと (Les Couleurs Chantent) (2013)
孤独のあかつき (The Solitude of Dawn) (2013)
NIPPON (2014)
至上の人生 (A Life Supreme) (2015)
最果てが見たい (2015)
長く短い祭 (2015)
神様、仏様 (2015)
ジユーダム (2016)
目抜き通り (2017)
獣ゆく細道 (2018)

Albums

無罪モラトリアム (Muzai Moratorium) (1999)
勝訴ストリップ (Shouso Strip)（2000)
加爾基精液栗ノ花（Karuki Za-men Kuri no Hana）(2003)
平成風俗 (Heisei Fuuzoku) (2007) (with Neiko Sato)
三文ゴシップ (Sanmon Gossip) (2009)
日出処 (Hi Izuru Tokoro) (2014)
三毒史 (trivisa-itihasa) (2019)

Covers Album

唄ひ手冥利～其ノ壱～ (Utaitemyori Sonoichi)（2002）
逆輸入～港湾局～ (Reimports Vol.1) (2014)
逆輸入〜航空局〜 (Reimport Vol.2 -Civil Bureau Aviation) (2017)

Compilations

私と放電 (Me & Electric Discharge) (2008) - (B-Sides)
ニュートンの林檎 (Apple of Universal Gravity) (2019) - (Overview)

Koko de Kiss Shite
椎名林檎 Lyrics

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I'll never be able to give up on you
So never say good bye and kiss me once again

あたしは絶対あなたの前じゃ
さめざめ泣いたりしないでしょ
これはつまり常に自分が
アナーキーなあなたに似合う為

現代のシド・ヴィシャスに
手錠かけられるのは只あたしだけ

行かないでね何処にだって
あたしと一緒じゃなきゃ厭よ
あなたしか見て無いのよ
今すぐに此処でキスして

違う制服の女子高生を
眼で追っているの知ってるのよ
斜め後ろ頭ら辺に
痛い程視線感じないかしら

そりゃあたしは綺麗とか
美人なタイプではないけれどこっち向いて

行かないでねどんな時も
あたしの思想を見抜いてよ
あなたの長い睫毛も
其の華奢で大きな手も全部

大好きなの何処にだって
あなた程のひとなんて居ないよ
あなたしか見て無いのよ
今すぐに此処でキスして

行かないでね何処にだって
あたしと一緒じゃなきゃ厭よ
あなたしか見て無いのよ
今すぐに此処でキスしてねぇ

I feel so nice 'cause you are with me now
It is certain I love you so much, baby

I'll never be able to give up on you
So never say good bye and kiss me once again

Overall Meaning

In the lyrics of the song "ここでキスして" by 椎名林檎, the singer expresses her undying love for the person she is singing to. She promises to never cry again in front of him/her, because that is what she believes will fit with the anarchic nature of her lover. She believes that she is the only one who will have handcuffs put on her by the Sid Vicious of modern times. The singer wants her lover to be with her all the time and never leave her. She is jealous of other girls and wants to be the only one to attract her lover’s attention. She is aware that he looks at other girls and even comments on this, but she wants him to look at her too. She thinks that he is the only one for her and expresses her love for him in the hope that he will kiss her right now.

The lyrics of the song show the singer's obsessive love for her partner, which can be either romantic or possessive. The song’s name itself means “kiss me here,” which is suggestive in itself. The lyrics’ use of Sid Vicious, an iconic figure in the punk rock scene, is a way to express the rebellious nature of her love. The line “I feel so nice 'cause you are with me now” conveys her happiness through her lover's presence. Overall, the song describes the singer's longing for her partner and the need for his love and attention.

Line by Line Meaning

あたしは絶対あなたの前じゃ
I will never cry in front of you

さめざめ泣いたりしないでしょ
I won't cry bitterly

これはつまり常に自分が
This means that always myself

アナーキーなあなたに似合う為
to be suited to your anarchist self

現代のシド・ヴィシャスに
Just being handcuffed like Sid Vicious of modern times

手錠かけられるのは只あたしだけ
It's only me who's put in handcuffs

行かないでね何処にだって
Don't go anywhere please

あたしと一緒じゃなきゃ厭よ
I hate being without you

あなたしか見て無いのよ
I'm only looking at you

今すぐに此処でキスして
Kiss me right here and right now

違う制服の女子高生を
I know you're checking out the high school girl in a different uniform