In the video for “Me My Ghost,” as in the song itself, Mieko Shimizu haunts the koto loop and luminous and subtle synth line attempting to communicate with the ghosts outside her window. The image glitches and warps slightly with Mieko’s face floating in the dark in triple form at times, in silver party mask at others, in others, the face blown out in black and white. In her words, Mieko is trying to soothe the fears and trying to comprehend the anxieties of those aforementioned ghosts reminiscent of a kinder, gentler version of the plot to the 2001 ghost movie classic Kairo. The delicate, spare melody and textured rhythms weave together with Mieko’s all but whispered vocals in an organically ritualistic and inviting fashion that might actually calm disturbed spirits but also reconcile the unsettled parts of Shimizu’s own consciousness. The single is part of Mieko’s forthcoming 2020 album I Bloom and if “Me My Ghost” is any indication, the record will take us on a dark but necessary journey toward personal illumination and transcendence.
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