"Feel" is a J-pop

J-pop

, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

 song which lyrics are written by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi and Hitoshi Shimono; Koda & Shimono wrote the lyrics

Lyrics

Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...

 together while Shimono wrote the music and arranged the song. The song appears on Koda's 6th album

Album

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 Best: second session, and it is also the 6th single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 in the so-called 12 Single Collection. As with the other 11 singles in this collection, the cover

Cover art

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 of the single represents a stylized version of a traditional dress from a culture; this time it draws its inspiration from Spain and the costume of matador

Matador

A torero or toureiro is a bullfighter and the main performer in bullfighting, practised in Spain, Colombia, Portugal, Mexico, France and various other countries influenced by Spanish culture. In Spanish, the word torero describes any of the performers who actively participate in the bullfight...

s. Despite being limited

Special edition

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 to 50,000 copies, the song managed to become Koda's second #1 in the Japanese singles chart with only 39,110 copies sold. The song is a slow, mellow R&B

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

-influenced love song, and it is also the first Japanese Koda Kumi single to feature an entire chorus

Refrain

A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...

 in English (the first Koda's song feature an entire chorus in English was 24, from Secret). The rest of the song is in Japanese with a few more phrases in English.

Composition

The song is built up like a story Koda is telling to a lover of hers. In the beginning she is reminiscing about a meeting they had, and how she felt at the time that his Feelings for her were driving them apart. She then goes on to ponder on why she is Feeling scared when she reads an e-mail she has received from her boyfriend, and that she seems to be unable to express her Feelings for him. Then she makes a confession on how she understands that music can be a way of expressing her Feelings for her lover, that she wants him to Feel her heart and that they should dance together. Then she is back reminiscing about the day her boyfriend proposed to her, and how she felt that accepting his proposal was the perfect excuse to be together with him, although she might not have been ready for that kind of commitment. The song ends with her making a dishonest vow to her fiancée, telling him that from this day on they will be together.