For the 2021 edition of Carols Covered—Apple Music’s collection of Christmas standards updated by contemporary artists—Japanese composer Urakami Souki chose one of the most beloved Christmas songs in the canon, Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”. “I was—and still am—captivated by the charming undulations in the melody and his voice,” Urakami says. “I’d be lying if I said that there's a part I can identify with personally, but I do think there is a fundamental beauty in the scenes depicted in the lyrics of the song, since they're something all of us can relate to.”