1) Keiko Yorichika (頼近恵子), better known by her stage name MEG (メグ), born October 3, 1980 in Chiyoda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, fashion designer, and model. Initially an indies musician when she debuted in 2001, MEG became a prominent artist with her fashion label CAROLINA GLASER and her musical collaborations with Japanese electronic producer Yasutaka Nakata (中田ヤスタカ) of capsule, with whom she first collaborated with in 2006.
MEG's first introduction to music was through the piano, which she has played since childhood. At the age of 20, she auditioned for an indie record company, BURGER INN RECORDS, singing "It's Gonna Rain!," and passed. She made her indie debut on November 28, 2001 with 傘としずく ("Kaza to Shizuku"), known as simply meg. This was also around the time MEG started modeling for magazines like CUTIE and Non-no.
On July 10, 2002 MEG made her major label debut with the single スキャンティ ブルース ("scanty blues"), produced by Okamura Yasuyuki, on the label DREAMMACHINE (a label on Warner Music Japan). Her second single was a double a-side; one track was the cover song イケナイコトカイ ("Ikenai Koto Kai"), and it was coupled with her indie song "Kasa to Shizuku." However, it is rumored that Okamura quit producing MEG after this single due to her attitude. But this didn't hinder MEG as she released two more singles (光露 ("Kouro") and "GROOVE TUBE") along with her debut major album, room girl.
In July of 2004, MEG created a clothing line for the store klein mart TOKYO called cheryl. There was only one release in 2004, the single "STEREO04" which was released instead by the indie label LSN Records. Developing her brand took most of her time in 2005 as it was quieter with music releases.
In January of 2006, she began to go by MEG, and in February she changed the name of her clothing line from cheryl to Carolina Glaser by cheryl. MEG then released two singles, "ROCKSTAR" and "DAWN," along with her second album Dithyrambos, all through SHAMPOO NINE RECORDS (her own indie label). A remix on Dithyrambos marks her first work with 中田ヤスタカ (Nakata Yasutaka).
In early 2007, Hiroshi Nakamura (i-dep) collaborated with and produced MEG's first mini album, aquaberry. This was released through AZ tribe (on RAINBOW ENTERTAINMENT). Her ninth single, 甘い贅沢 ("Amai Zeitaku"), was released through SHAMPOO NINE RECORDS on May 30 and was the first to be produced by Nakata Yasutaka. Her second single "OK" was her second major debut single after being signed to Universal Music Japan. The release of the album BEAM two months later was her first album to be produced by Nakata. In 2008, she released "MAGIC" and "HEART," which were included a short six months later on her fourth album, STEP.
MEG has also collaborated with Hadouken! on her single, "FREAK," and released her fifth album, BEAUTIFUL. She released another mini album, Journey, on August 26, 2009, which was produced by The Shanghai Restoration Project. MEG released her seventh full-length album, Maverick, on June 23, 2010 featuring the single "SECRET ADVENTURE" (the b-side "GRAY" would become an a-side as it was also featured on MAVERICK).
In July 2010, MEG would inform fans through her blog that she would be leaving Universal Music Japan and traveling to Paris for a break. She then released a double a-side single "PASSPORT/PARIS" on August 25, 2010 and a best album BEST FLIGHT on September 29, 2010, which would be her final release through Universal Japan. The Terminal A version of the album, which was limited, came with a t-shirt made by MEG and a DVD that includes the music videos for "PARIS" and "SECRET ADVENTURE," while Terminal B comes with a bonus CD containing acoustic arrangements of five songs and eight remixes.
In 2011, MEG returned to Warner Music via the newly launched Unborde Records and starting June 20, she began releasing monthly digital singles exclusively through the French iTunes store.
In 2012, MEG signed to Starchild Records (a label on King Records, now defunct) and released 2 albums: LA JAPONAISE, which features all of her singles released for the French iTunes store, WEAR I AM, that features the singles TRAP (a collaboration with Yasuyuki Okamura), and other collaborations with many artists, such as Yasuharu Konishi, Taku Takahashi from m-flo, and many more.
In 2013, MEG released CONTINUE, which has an RPG concept.
Her most recent activity in music was in 2020, with STAY WITH ME starring MEG, a collaboration with RAM RIDER.
Although she is now focused on her cosmetic brands "baw" and "ply", she is now signed with King Records' Evil Line Records, after the dissolution of Starchild. She's also under the Asobi System company.
2) Meg (Maria Di Donna) is a singer from Naples, Italy who has released six albums since 1994. She was a member of the group 99 Posse.
3) Meg is an American freestyle/dance singer, she released one album titled "Lover Girl" in 1991. Four singles were taken from it, and later, another song, titled "The Music", was released on its own.
4) Kobayashi Megumi (小林恵), also known by the stage name meg, is a Japanese jazz artist. She previously had a career as an actress in the 1990s, and released several pop singles and an album under her full name. She debuted professionally as a jazz performer in April 2006 with a cover of "Where I Want To Be", and released three studio albums between 2007 and 2009.
Puzzle
Meg Lyrics
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Lenta cammino testa per aria
Ad ogni pezzo la sua posizione
È una mattina straordinaria
Aria
Sottile
Limpida
Come una doccia sensoriale
Dal porto la nave a se' mi chiama
Voce sensuale come una sirena
Magnete sonoro da non ascoltare
Non posso partire non devo scappare
No no no
Ma…ma come?!
Non avevi detto…
Che tutto era tornato a posto?!
Magico
Momento
Estatico
Frantumato da una distrazione
Sensoriale
Dall'alto il golfo a forma di cuore
Ammiro rapita la mia città natale
Qui il paradosso è cosa normale
Le vene e le arterie stanno per scoppiare
Maria…
Capisci?
Smettila!
Riprenditi…!
Cerca di essere razionale!
Non posso!
Ci provo ma…
Mi gira la testa!
Ho i brividi a palla!
E' assurda la bellezza
Di questo folle posto…
Meridionale…!
Magico vortice
Claustrofobico
Lisergico
Incomprensibile
Sentire
Bipolare
Contemporaneamente io vorrei
Partire e restare!
Dev'esserci sotto una mia
Disfunzione sensoriale!
Ed ecco che il puzzle…
Si riscomponeeeeee!!!!
In "Puzzle," Meg describes a morning walk where the puzzle pieces of her life slowly begin to fit back into place. She walks with her head in the clouds, feeling fresh and clear like a sensory shower. She hears the call of a ship from the port, a sensual voice like a siren, and it's tempting her to leave everything behind. However, she remembers that everything was supposed to be okay again and wonders why it's not. She tries to be rational and calm down but the beauty of her hometown, the southern coastal city, keeps blowing her mind. She feels trapped in a magical vortex that she can't quite comprehend, and she wants to both leave and stay.
The song beautifully focuses on Meg's inner turmoil, which is mirrored in the sensory descriptions of her walk. This sensory approach provides an ethereal ambiance to the lyrics, giving it a timeless, mysterious quality.
Line by Line Meaning
Pian piano il puzzle si ricompone
Slowly the puzzle pieces come together
Lenta cammino testa per aria
Slow walk, head in the clouds
Ad ogni pezzo la sua posizione
Each piece has its place
È una mattina straordinaria
It's an extraordinary morning
Aria
Sottile
Limpida
Fresca
Come una doccia sensoriale
Air, thin, clear, fresh, like a sensory shower
Dal porto la nave a se' mi chiama
From the port the ship calls me
Voce sensuale come una sirena
Sensual voice like a siren
Magnete sonoro da non ascoltare
A sound magnet not to be listened to
Non posso partire non devo scappare
I can't leave, I must not run away
No no no
Ma...ma come?!
Non avevi detto...
Che tutto era tornato a posto?!
No no no, but...but how?! Didn't you say...that everything was fine?!
Magico
Momento
Estatico
Frantumato da una distrazione
Sensoriale
Magical, static moment shattered by a sensory distraction
Dall'alto il golfo a forma di cuore
From above, the heart-shaped gulf
Ammiro rapita la mia città natale
I admire my hometown captivated
Qui il paradosso è cosa normale
Here paradox is normal
Le vene e le arterie stanno per scoppiare
The veins and arteries are about to burst
Maria
capisci?
Smettila!
Riprenditi...!
Cerca di essere razionale!
Maria, do you understand? Stop it! Get yourself together...! Try to be rational!
Non posso!
Ci provo ma...
mi gira la testa!
Ho i brividi a palla!
E' assurda la bellezza
Di questo folle posto...
Meridionale!
I can't! I try but...my head is spinning! I have chills all over! Beauty of this crazy place...Southern!
Magico vortice
Claustrofobico
Lisergico
Incomprensibile
Sentire
Bipolare
Contemporaneamente io vorrei
Partire e restare!
Dev'esserci sotto una mia
Disfunzione sensoriale!
Ed ecco che il puzzle...
Si riscomponeeeeee!!!!
Magical vortex, claustrophobic, psychedelic, incomprehensible, bipolar feeling. At the same time I want to leave and stay! There must be some sensory dysfunction of mine! And here the puzzle...comes together!!!!!
Contributed by Joshua L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.