Trip Trip

Trip Trip
Studio album by
Kokia
ReleasedJanuary 9, 2002 (2002-01-09) (Asia)[1]
January 23, 2002 (2002-01-23) (Japan)
Recorded2001
GenreJ-pop, folk
Length1:03:37
LabelVictor Entertainment
ProducerKokia
Kokia chronology
Songbird
(1999) 		Trip Trip
(2002) 		Remember Me
(2003)
Singles from Trip Trip
  1. "Tomoni"
    Released: May 23, 2001
  2. "Say Hi!!"
    Released: August 22, 2001
  3. "Tenshi"
    Released: November 21, 2001
  4. "Ningen tte Sonna Mono ne"
    Released: January 23, 2002

Trip Trip (stylised as trip trip) is Kokia's second album, released in January 2002.[1][2] It was her first album released with Victor Entertainment, and her only released under Gai Records management (though Kokia worked with both companies for her collaborations with Ryuichi Kawamura on his ЯKS album, Kanata Made, in 2000).[2][3] Unlike Songbird, the album was self-produced.[4]

The opening track, "Chōwa Oto," was later re-arranged and used as the opening theme song for the animated film Origin: Spirits of the Past in 2006. It was released as the second A-side on the single "Ai no Melody/Chōwa Oto (With Reflection)" (愛のメロディー／調和　ｏｔｏ～ｗｉｔｈ　ｒｅｆｌｅｃｔｉｏｎ～, Melody of Love/Harmony, Sound (With Reflection)),[5] and also features on her greatest hits album Pearl: The Best Collection in this re-arranged version.[6] No other songs from the album featured due to licensing issues with Gai Records.[4]

"A Gift" was used in European commercials for Subaru in 2002.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Trip Trip (Overseas Version)" (in English and Chinese). Yesasia. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  2. ^ a b "KOKIA｜trip trip｜@Victor Entertainment" (in Japanese). Victor Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  3. ^ "ЯＫ Ｓ｜彼方まで｜@Victor Entertainment" (in Japanese). Victor Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  4. ^ a b "Private Interview with KOKIA". JaME World. 2008-05-20. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  5. ^ "KOKIA｜愛のメロディー／調和 oto ～with reflection～ ＜初回盤＞｜@Victor Entertainment" (in Japanese). Victor Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  6. ^ "KOKIA｜pearl ～The Best Collection～｜@Victor Entertainment" (in Japanese). Victor Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kokiaofficial was invoked but never defined (see the help page).