春物語 -Harumonogatari
The song “春物語-Harumonogatari”, the collaboration between French singer Léa Yuna and Japanese singer-songwriter KOHEI, released on March 28th, 2025.
-Theme-
The theme of the new song is “the feeling of a woman who falls in love in spring where the cherry blossoms are in bloom”
It’s a song expressing the feeling in a refreshing and romantic way with the soft voice of Léa Yuna and the J-pop style sound of KOHEI.
-Production background-
① How the collaboration came about
【Léa Yuna】
When Kohei asked me to collaborate with him, I was immediately interested in his profile: he was a singer, a musician, performed live, and wrote his own songs. I was immediately impressed and felt so lucky that he wanted to work with me!
【KOHEI】
First, I found out about Léa on Instagram and I made an offer to her to collaborate with me.
The reason I made the offer was because her singing voice was wonderful, and that I was very moved by her beautiful Japanese.
She and her manager also accepted my offer very friendly.
I am very grateful for the opportunity to collaborate this time.
② Content of the song
【Léa Yuna】
I wanted a soft, happy song that would make you feel positive emotions. I'm a lover of love, so the choice of this theme was pretty obvious to me. I wanted to tell a beautiful love story, a meeting, and Kohei thought of cherry blossoms, so representative of Japan and a symbol of romance. I loved the idea!
【KOHEI】
First, when I heard that Léa really likes the cherry blossom season in Japan, we decided to make a song with cherry blossoms as the theme.
After that, she suggested a song with the image of “two people who met under a cherry blossom tree and fell in love”, and I thought that it would be perfect for her image, so I immediately agreed and started working on the music.
③ How the creation proceeded
【Léa Yuna】
Working with Kohei was so smooth and easy! We exchanged ideas by e-mail, and Kohei created the music bit by bit. He created the instrumental, the melody and the lyrics, and when I recorded my voice on it, I felt that this song was really ours, a wonderful creation that suited us well.
【KOHEI】
I think the work went very smoothly. We shared our ideas via email a few times at the beginning, and because we were able to clearly understand each other's intentions at that point, we were able to finish the simple sound sketches before starting the full-scale arrangement more quickly than we had expected. As a result, it was great that we were able to spend more time on the arrangement and checking each other's work than we had expected.
④ Highlights of this song
【Léa Yuna】
The melody is soft and positive, almost like the opening credits of a romance anime, and I love it! That's exactly the spirit I had in mind and wanted to convey in my music, and Kohei understood it perfectly.
【KOHEI】
After all, it's the wonderful singing voice and Japanese pronunciation of Léa, and the content of the song.
The song is about a woman who falls in love during the cherry blossom season, and I think her voice conveys that to the listeners.
And then there's the melody line.
I think it's a melody that perfectly matches her image, so please listen to it with that in mind.
In terms of arrangement, it makes the most of Léa's voice while also incorporating elements of pop music.
⑤ Key points
【Léa Yuna】
Kohei has written beautiful lyrics, full of love and sweetness. If I knew how to speak Japanese, this is exactly what I would have written haha! He managed to convey love at first sight from a woman's point of view, which wasn't easy for him, but I liked the lyrics from the start and I'm glad I was able to sing them.
【KOHEI】
This time, since Léa is going to sing in Japanese, we decided to use lyrics from a female perspective.
This was the most difficult part for me since all of my songs are mainly from a male perspective.
I was honestly relieved when Léa said she liked the lyrics I wrote.
Furthermore, in order not to do damage to the image of Léa, I tried to keep the arrangement fresh and chose the instruments and tones with care.
That being said, since it’s a collaboration, I tried to create something that would not lose KOHEI's color.
⑥Message to listeners
【Léa Yuna】
I can't wait to hear other people sing Harumonogatari, I'd like us all to sing this song together, so that Kohei will be proud of me. I'm so grateful to him for writing this song for me.
【KOHEI】At the concert, I hope that everyone will enjoy the spring story in this song, listening to Léa's voice and singing along with her if you can.