Westside Whimsy / Jhené Aiko (2026)

“Westside” というのは、西海岸、カリフォルニアのことです。
ロスで生まれ育った彼女のカリフォルニアへの想いが入っているアルバムで、カリフォルニアの文化、サーフィン文化に影響を受けた曲もあります。
“Beach Boy” や “Unicorn” なんかはそれで、“Golden Coast” では火事になった海岸を唄っています。彼女の家は山火事で焼けたのです。

曲調は相変わらず抑揚が抑えられていて静かです。
オーガニックでありつつ、静かにシンセも効いています。
伸びやかな歌声に癒されます。
僕にとってはヒーリング・ミュージックです。

“I got Asahi and Sake in my body” ってどういう意味なんでしょう？
日本ルーツのことなんでしょうかね。
そういえば “Nami's Haiku” という曲もあります。母の愛を歌った曲で、17音の繰り返しだそうです。575には聞こえないけど。

1. Wild Cat(s)
• Written by Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo, Brian Warfield, Julian-Quan Viet Le, Maclean Robinson
• Produced by Fisticuffs, Le
• Megan Shung : strings
• Owen Clapp : bass
2. Ghost
• Written by Chilombo, Le, Robinson, Warfield
• Produced by Fisticuffs, Le
• Megan Shung : strings
3. Break
• Chilombo, Le, Robinson, Warfield
• Produced by Le
• Brian Warfield : trumpet
4. Love Bomb (with Ab-Soul)
• Written by Chilombo, Le, Robinson, Warfield, Herbert Anthony Stevens IV
• Produced by Fisticuffs, Le
• Maclean Robinson : programming
5. Ceiling (Freestyle)
• Written by Chilombo, Amaire Johnson, Roman Mironchenko
• Produced by Johnson Swam
• Amaire Johnson : programming, drum kit
• Swam : keyboard
6. Nothing Nice to Say
• Written by Chilombo, Le, Robinson, Warfield
• Produced by Fisticuffs, Le
7. He Belongs
• Written by Chilombo, Le, Robinson, Warfield
• Produced by Fisticuffs, Le
• Julian-Quan Viet Le : flute
8. Like, Whatever (featuring Tyga)
• Written by Chilombo, Le, Robinson, Warfield, Micheal Ray Stevenson
• Produced by Fisticuffs Le
9. You
• Written by Chilombo, Le, Robinson, Warfield
• Produced by Fisticuffs Le
10. Don't Be That Guy
• Written by Chilombo, Darius Logan, Dominique Logan, Corparal, Mike Jay
• Produced by Jesse "Corparal" Wilson
• Blaq Tuxedo : vocal production, programming, bass, keyboard
• Erik Hammer : guitar
• Jesse "Corparal" Wilson : programming, bass, keyboard
11. Lullaby
• Written by Chilombo, Le, Robinson, Warfield
• Produced by Fisticuffs, Le
12. Neighbors (featuring Larry June)
• Written by Chilombo, Le, Leonard Eugene Hendricks III, Matthew Dean Burdette
• Produced by Le
• Brian Warfield : trombone 
13. Mine
• Written by Chilombo, Jahron Anthony Brathwaite, Matthew Samuels
• Produced by Boi-1da, PartyNextDoor
• Boi-1da : programming
14. So Good (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
• Written by Chilombo, Jahaan Sweet, Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Spears, Matthew "MTech" Bernard, Ration "Scott Bridgeway" Akers Jr.
• Produced by Sweet, MTech, Scott Bridgeway, Sounwave
• Jahaan Sweet : bass, keyboard
• Matthew "MTech" Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sounwave : programming
15. Beach Boy
• Written by Chilombo, Le, Robinson, Warfield
• Produced by Fisticuffs, Le
16. Unicorn
• Written by Chilombo, Le, Robinson, Warfield
• Produced by Fisticuffs, Le
17. I Don't Mind
• Written by Chilombo, Hendricks, Le, Robinson, Warfield, Dexter Wansel, Theodore Life
• Produced by Fisticuffs, Le
• Robert "Bubby" Lewis : bass
18. Nami's Haiku
• Written by Chilombo, Le
• Produced by Le
19. A Living Light
• Written by Chilombo, Le, Robinson, Warfield
• Produced by Fisticuffs, Le
• Jonah Levine, Luke Kennedy Aiono, Victor San Pedro : guitar
20. Golden Coast (featuring Ohma)
• Written by Chilombo, Robinson, Warfield, Hailey Niswanger, Mia Garcia
• Produced by Fisticuffs Ohma
• Hailey Niswanger : flute
• Mia Garcia : guitar

• Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo, Ketrina "Taz" Askew : executive production
• Brian Warfield : programming, keyboard
• David Otis : saxophone
• Julian-Quan Viet Le : programming, keyboard

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