通算3作目。本場仕込みのパワフルなソウル・シンガーというイメージが強いが、今回は歌い込みすぎず繊細な印象が主だ。デビュー曲“Make The Change”の続編にあたるという開放感のあるミディアム・アップ“Borderless”が象徴するように、キャロリン・マラカイや松田博之ら盟友たちによる進化系ネオ・ソウル～フューチャー・ソウルによって、彼女が本来持つメロウで艶やかな魅力を浮き彫りにした意欲作だ。
[English Translation]
Nao Yoshioka’s third release reveals her delicate side with a moderate touch as opposed to her image of a powerful on-the-spot-trained authentic soul singer. As you can hear on the open medium up-tempo "Borderless," a sequel of her debut song "Make The Change," this is an ambitious album that makes her innate, mellow, classy charm stand out in relief, contrasted with progressive neo and future soul by her fellow writers/composers including Hiroyuki Matsuda and Carolyn Malachi.
