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“Marigold” meaning

Aimyon · 2018 · 🇯🇵 Tokyo · Level A2

Aimyon's 2018 summer love song: a straw hat, summer clouds, and marigolds. Gentle and clear.

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What the song is about

“Marigold” (マリーゴールド, 2018) is Aimyon's warm, nostalgic love song. It's summer: the clouds are tall, someone she loves wears a straw hat, and her feelings bloom like marigolds. She wants to hold them close and never let the moment end.

Aimyon, a singer-songwriter from Hyōgo, broke through with this song; it became one of the most-streamed Japanese songs of the late 2010s and a summer staple.

Her voice is soft and the guitar simple, so every word is clear. The vocabulary of summer and love — straw hat, summer, clouds, to hold — makes it a lovely A2 song.

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Level A2 · Slow, warm, clear

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