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Chapter 325 "At midnight"

Without a little bit of defense, the audience who filled the East Egg received a surprise from Kiyoshi Sakamoto before THE SUN band's [-]rd anniversary concert was about to end.

Under the gaze of more than 5 people, THE SUN announced the title song of their upcoming second album, "クロノスタシス"!
There is no prelude to the song "クロノスタシス", just Kiyoshi Sakamoto waving his fingers, strumming a few strings on the guitar, and then singing into the microphone.

"I bought a 350ml can of juice at a convenience store"

"Walking with you at night, the hour hand points to zero"

"Know Chronostasis?"

"You said you didn't know"

"It's just being able to see the clock stop turning"

"This phenomenon"

The brisk drum beats, combined with Kiyoshi Sakamoto's lazy and psychedelic voice, as well as the naughty electric guitar and bass, all made the audience feel their ears move suddenly when they heard the previous section.

Compared with the title song of TNE SUN's last album "THE SUN", "Lei", the style of this song "クロノスタシス" is more inclined to the rock style, which is more suitable for the positioning of THE SUN band.

rock.

The right BPM and the perfect ensemble of the band all fully interpret this psychedelic rock song.

The audience swayed gently, and with the red light sticks in their hands, they followed the rhythm and enjoyed this rock song that was very suitable for listening to at night.

Among the more than 5 people, there was one person who didn't sway along with him, but covered his mouth and looked in surprise at Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was playing the guitar and singing with a smile on the stage.

That person was the one who reminded Sakamoto Kiyoshi of this song, that is, the person who walks with Sakamoto Kiyoshi at night in the song.

Yui Aragaki!

Rena Nonen, Tomohisa Yamashita, and Masami Nagasawa all stood up and swayed gently to the music.

However, only Yui Aragaki sat in his seat, his thoughts drifting into the distance. . .

"The lyrics..."

"Could it be what happened that night?!"

Convenience Store, Juice, Chronostasis. . .

These familiar lyrics made Yui Aragaki's pupils gradually dilate, and his surprise was beyond words.

It was as if the memory of that day became extremely clear all of a sudden.

She thought of a possibility.

Although a bit shy, it is a possibility with great possibility.

"This song, could it be that Lord Qing wrote it for me?!"

It's no wonder that Yui Aragaki thought of this, after all, everything in the lyrics is almost exactly the same as the scene that day.

. . . . . .

Let Aragaki Yui be off the stage, thinking wildly, Sakamoto Kiyoshi performed happily on the stage.

Because, after this song is over, the concert is over, and he can go home and rest.

During this period of time, he was simply exhausted. . .

Beginning in March, two films have been filmed in a row. After filming, they immediately devoted themselves to the preparation of the new album and concert.

For more than four months, he was like a spinning top, never stopping.

Especially in the past month, in order to be in time for the concert, all kinds of matters for the new album have been settled.

The three of THE SUN are very busy.

Recording, MV shooting, these two items alone took a lot of time.

Compared with Masaki Ogawa and Masaki Chiba, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is the decision maker of the band, has to discuss and confirm with the distribution department and publicity department about the release of the new album.

Fortunately, the Sony family has a big business, enough people, and the highest level of support, so this new album was completed before the concert.

Just the day before the concert, THE SUN's second album "Zero in the Morning" was released!

At that time, after watching the album in a brand new package several times, Yuichi Yamada, who really didn't understand, was also very curious and asked Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

"Sakamoto-kun, the name of the album, why is it called "Zero in the Morning"? Is there any special meaning?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the name on the album cover with his finger, motioning for Kiyoshi Sakamoto to clear up his confusion.

On the album cover, the background is an empty street, and a dim street lamp casts a warm light on the whole street.

This photo of the street in the early morning occupies the entire cover, and on the lower right side of the photo, the Japanese version of the album name, "Zero o'clock in the morning", and the singer's name, THE SUN are printed.

Speaking of the cover of the album, this photo was taken by Kiyoshi Sakamoto on a street near his home in the early hours of the morning.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto felt that this photo and the title of the album, as well as the theme of the album's title song, were extremely consistent.

Hearing Yamada Yuichi's doubts, Sakamoto Kiyoshi also explained with a proud face.

"Of course, two!" He held up two fingers, "One, because of the title song of the album."

"In the song "クロノスタシス", there is such a line of lyrics, "Walking with you at night, the hour hand points to zero", in order to fit the theme, it highlights the presence of the title song."

"There is one more thing, I want to talk about our THE SUN habit of releasing new songs."

"Uh? What do you mean?" Yamada Yuichi continued to ask.

"THE SUN, and me, since our debut, when we released new singles and albums, we always released them on Sony's official website at midnight in the early morning..."

"So, I thought, the name "Zero in the Morning" is quite suitable, so I decided to use this name as the name of the new album..."

"So that's how it is..." Yamada Yuichi suddenly realized.

That's one of the fun things about this band's album.

It is worth mentioning that this new album contains fifteen new songs.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto released five of them. Except for the title song "Cronostashisu", the remaining four are all his own original works; Done.

Masaki Ogawa is in charge of composition and arrangement, and Masaki Chiba is in charge of lyrics.

For this kind of joint creation, the two have long been accustomed to it.

The tacit understanding between the two is gradually growing, and the works they create are getting better and better.

In particular, Masaki Chiba, after studying with Yasushi Akimoto for a long time, has made great progress in writing lyrics. Without the help of lyricists from Kiyoka Sakamoto, he basically completed it independently, leaving the lyrics for ten songs of different styles.

At the meeting to discuss the album matters, Masaki Chiba was teased by Kiyoshi Sakamoto because of such progress.

"Yo yo, our Chiba-kun, you're amazing, awesome! I thought you were being called "Chiba-kun" all day long by the girls of AKB, and you couldn't find your way... "

"I don't even know how to write lyrics..."

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's ridicule also made everyone in the conference room laugh out loud, and even Ogawa really raised the corners of his mouth.Chiba Masaki sat there embarrassedly, scratching his head in embarrassment. . .

There is no way, it is.

Originally, Sony asked Sakamoto Kiyoshi to go to AKS to monitor Akimoto Yasushi’s operation of AKB. However, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was too busy. After a year, he didn’t visit AKB many times, let alone stay in AKB’s theater .

This caused Sony a bit of a headache.

And just in time, Chiba Masaki, who was studying lyrics with Akimoto Yasushi, appeared in front of the Sony executives.

In this way, Chiba Masaki replaced Sakamoto Kiyoshi's duties and assumed the responsibility of Sony's supervisor in AKS.

Although Chiba Masaki does not have any public identity in AKS, but AKS headed by Yasushi Akimoto knows that he is the spokesperson of Sony.

Therefore, he stayed with AKS every day. If he hadn't studied with Akimoto Yasushi, or interacted with AKB's girls, he would have lived a happy life.

Even so, Chiba Masaki was not obsessed with beauty, but still worked hard to learn the knowledge of music creation and production from Akimoto Yasushi, a master lyricist.

. . . . . .

Closer to home, back to the concert scene.

The song "Cronostasis" soon came to an end in Kiyoshi Sakamoto's last guitar solo. . .

This also means that the entire concert is about to come to an end.

Standing on the stage with the guitar on his back, Kiyoshi Sakamoto took out the microphone from the rocker, walked to the front of the stage, and began to promote the new album.

"Minasang!"

"After more than a year, our band THE SUN is about to release a new album!"

"Our new album will be announced on Sony's official website at midnight on the 23rd, which is tomorrow's midnight."

"And this song "クロノスタシス" is the title song in the album, so please support me a lot!!!"

Hearing Kiyoshi Sakamoto's calm face promoting, however, the more than 5 people at the scene were not calm, and they all made various surprised sounds.

"Well, that's all about the new album, and tonight's concert is over!" Kiyoshi Sakamoto continued without hesitation, "Goodbye, Mina-san!"

While waving their hands, the three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi walked backstage, but only three handsome figures remained behind amidst the reluctant voices of the audience. . .

The time points to [-]:[-], so far, THE SUN's [-]rd anniversary concert, the only one concert, such a concert with constant surprises, has come to an end. . .

However, this is not the end, just the beginning.

The surprise appearance of Coldplay and "sister" Izumi Sakai, as well as the release of the title song of THE SUN's new album, will focus the attention of the entire music world on this concert.

It is conceivable that tomorrow's entertainment headlines and the covers of newspapers and magazines will definitely be dominated by this surprise concert.

. . .

On July 7, the pointer pointed to zero in the morning.

With a "swish", information about a new album appeared on the cover of the homepage of Sony Music's official website.

The name of this album is called. . .

"Zero o'clock in the morning"!
(End of this chapter)