Padparadscha

"Kimi no Orphée (Orphée for you)" is a Japanese singer/poet, Ari's (Ant), solo project expressing real life-events and stories through her songs, illustrations, and videos.

Her EP "Then the Curtains Open" was released at the end of 2020 and charted well internationally. She has also expanded her activities as a voice trainer in the audition program "BMSG Audition 2021 - THE FIRST", hosted by Japan's popular artist SKY-HI, where she became the talk of the town with her strict but loving guidance as "Teacher Ari".

"Padparadscha", her first new song in six months, is set in a summer evening scene and challenges the sensual expressions that exist within her; a part of her that she has kept to herself until now. The song is about a relationship between two people who will never get together but seek each other's bodies on a night when they are alone together. After crying, the usual nightscape appears to come to life more clearly. It's a song about the passing of sad but beautiful summer days.

The title "Padparadscha" derives from the color of padparadscha sapphires, which are said to be fantastic gemstones. The contrast between the blue of the ordinary sapphire and the pink-orange of the padparadscha sapphire represents the characters' differences and interactions. In Sinhalese, "Padparadscha" also means "lotus flower" or "lotus bud", and an image of a pure lotus blossoming into a bewitching flower is superimposed.