MALICE MIZER is a legendary Japanese visual-kei rock band that existed from August 1992 to December 2001.
On this website, you can find a full release database of MALICE MIZER and the bands related to them.
On these specific pages, you’ll find a discography listing the main audio releases.
MALICE MIZER’s 2nd single, containing one main song, ‘ma chérie～愛しい君へ～’, one bonus piano composition, ‘regret’, and the instrumental of the first song.
It released at the time of the inauguration of the fan club “ma chérie” to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the new MALICE MIZER with Gackt.
The main song was already performed live during Tetsu’s time with the band, and the lyrics were orginally written by him. But because Gackt was now the vocalist, the lyrics were rewritten by him, while the music was rearranged and refined.
Both the main song and the piano piece did not appear on any other releases in MALICE MIZER’s main audio discography, but both songs did appear in the videography, as live videos. Also, the main song appeared in the ‘best of’ compilation album ‘La meilleur selection de MALICE MIZER’ in 2006.
The main song, ‘ma chérie～愛しい君へ～’ is the only MALICE MIZER song where there are recordings available of all three vocalists singing the song; Tetsu’s live versions in 1994 as bootleg (unofficial) recordings, Gackt’s version on this CD and on a live DVD, and Klaha’s live version on the “Société de Parenté” VHS.
This is also their final self-produced release before getting signed to a major record label. It’s beyond impressive what they were able to do as an independent band, but the impressive sales of this single showed that it was about time that MALICE MIZER got the budget and funding of a major label…
‘Ma chérie’ is French for ‘My darling’.
Title: ma chérie～愛しい君へ～
Romanised: ma chérie ~Itoshii Kimi e~
Type: Single
Release Date: 1996/10/10
Price: 2500JPY
Catalog Number: M:N-004
Label: Midi:Nette
CD is placed inside of a sturdy, yellow, book-style case with plenty of full-colour photographs of the all band members.
| Tr.: | Title: | Romanised: | Duration: | Music by: | Lyrics by: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | ma chérie～愛しい君へ～ | ma chérie ~Itoshii Kimi e~ | 5:24 | Mana | MALICE MIZER |
| 02 | regret | 4:39 | Gackt | ||
| 03 | ma chérie～愛しい君へ～ (Instrumental) | ma chérie ~Itoshii Kimi e~ (Instrumental) | 5:02 | Mana |
