Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 411 Yukawa and Night God

An ordinary single in Japan usually has a title song (A-side song) and one or two C/W songs (B-side song). When promoting, in principle, only the title song will be promoted. This is the main song that is basically the only one for shooting the MV and recording the album.

The so-called double A single refers to the situation where the two songs in a single are both title songs.

Double A singles only exist in the case of double singles.

Double singles are sometimes divided into A side and B side, and the A side single is the main feature; if two of the double singles are the main feature, they are both A side singles, and it becomes a double A single.

Of course Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is in his fourth year of debut, understands this truth.

The reason why he was surprised was not because of the double A that Masaharu Fukuyama said, but because, in this way, his workload in the future would be even heavier!

That's why he, a salted fish who longed to stay at home, was surprised. . .

Although he has no new movies or TV series on his itinerary this year, there is only one "Hot Blood High School 2", which will start filming in the second half of the year.

However, even so, his first half of 2008 was very busy.

At the end of March, a solo album was released. Before he could catch his breath, he devoted himself to the preparation of the band's new album.

Because in June, the release of the band's third album is also on the agenda.

The collaborative single with Fukuyama Masaharu is just another adjustment during Kiyoshi Sakamoto's daily recording of THE SUN's new album. . .

The adjustment also includes titled programs and classes at Dongdae. . .

This made Kiyoshi Sakamoto so busy during this period that even Yui Aragaki was filming the new movie "Support Girl" and asked him to visit the set, but he didn't have time to go.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto is experiencing the busiest period since his debut four years ago.

So, when he heard Fukuyama Masaharu say that making this collaborative single into a double-A single, he even wanted to die.

Because, if the double A single contains two title songs at the same time, it is not just a change in the title, but also changes in the TIE-UP, MV shooting, song promotion selection, and even the cover.

After all, since the two capitals are the title songs, it is impossible to just give one of them the full treatment.

However, the workload in this way will inevitably increase.

Moreover, Kiyoshi Sakamoto couldn't directly say to Fukuyama Masaharu, "Teacher, please let me go, I've been super busy recently, and I don't want to shoot MVs anymore, and I don't want to do music promotions..."

That being said, the ending has already been decided.

He must have been educated by Masaharu Fukuyama!
What do you say, "As an artist, you have a lot of work, which is a good thing, which proves that you are popular!" "Having a job means that you have money, and you should be grateful instead of complaining!" Stern words.

This kind of words, under the bombardment of Masaharu Fukuyama and Uncle Ishida, Kiyoshi Sakamoto can already recite them. . .

He can't say, "I'm worth billions now, do I still care about this little money?"

This is completely inconsistent with his low-key before entering Sony.

Therefore, Sakamoto Kiyoshi could only cry without tears, showing an awkward but polite smile, nodding his head and saying, "Teacher is wise!"

As the saying goes, smiling on the face, MMP in the heart!

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After confirming that the two singles in the single are both title songs, the selection of C/W songs was also finalized very quickly.

Under the urging of Fukuyama Masaharu, Sakamoto Kiyoshi came up with a song "ぼくらのレットイットビー", and made up three songs for this single, which is also worthy of the fans. . .

After the song was finalized, the follow-up production also officially started.

First record the song, and then shoot the MV. . .

After two full weeks.

5 month 20 number.

Still the same place, the same place.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Masaharu Fukuyama gathered again in the recording studio of the Sony headquarters building.

The expressions on the faces of the two who had just sat down were clearly quite different.

It can be seen that Kiyoshi Sakamoto has been so busy in the past two weeks that his sleep time has been drastically reduced, and the dark circles under his eyes are lying mischievously. . .

In contrast, Fukuyama Masaharu looked completely refreshed.

This made Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who leaned his whole body on the soft sofa, ask a little enviously, "Teacher, are you free recently?!"

"Well, I'm very free." Masaharu Fukuyama replied while flipping through the newly released single CD repeatedly.

"That's great..." Kiyoshi Sakamoto couldn't help sighing.

In the past two weeks, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has been very busy.

The production of the cooperative single, the re-recording of the titled program, the preparation of the band's album, and the courses at Dongda University all made him sleep less than five hours a day.

Especially on the band album side, although the step of selecting songs is omitted, the band still needs a lot of time to practice new songs.

The song mode of the band's new album is still written by Kiyoshi Sakamoto, including five songs including the title song, while Masaki Ogawa and Masaki Chiba cover all the remaining ten songs.

Fortunately for Kiyoshi Sakamoto, as early as April, he started preparing for the band's album. By mid-May, most of the songs had been recorded, and even the MV of the title song had been filmed. .

There are only some fragmentary post-production left, as well as record pressing, pre-publicity, etc. The work before release has not been completed.

Therefore, he could have time to temporarily put aside the matter of the band's album, and turn his attention to the collaboration single with Masaharu Fukuyama.

After discussing with Sony's high-level executives, the purpose of this collaboration single is no longer simply to hit Universal and Kenji Kitano in the face. . .

Naoki Kitagawa, the head of Sony, believes that Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Masaharu Fukuyama's collaborative single can be used as a promotion for THE SUN's new album to carry out a wave of publicity bombing.

First, let the cooperation between the two warm up the band's new album and attract the public's attention, and then, in early June, release THE SUN's new album in one fell swoop.

In this way, the public will inevitably have great expectations for THE SUN's new album.

This strategy is also the visual bombing that Sony has been playing very smoothly.

When the singers under the banner were popular, they released singles and albums continuously, bombarding fans and fans, and finally achieved the effect of huge sales and popularity.

However, it was the first time Sakamoto Kiyoshi used such a trick.

Because, in the past, Sony didn't have to resort to such a big killer move. Sakamoto Kiyoshi and THE SUN could easily beat their opponents who released songs at the same time. Moreover, considering Sakamoto Kiyoshi's personal health problems, Sony never Never used this trick.

However, this year is a very important year for THE SUN, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, and even Sony.

Because, as long as THE SUN wins the Grand Prix again at the Year-End Record Awards, then THE SUN will become the first band in the history of the Japanese music scene to win the record awards three times in a row!

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto will also break the shackles of seniority and become the youngest music king in the world!
This is also a very important thing for Sony.

Therefore, Sony will do everything possible to make THE SUN, an album of great importance, a big hit.

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recording room.

"Has the single's release date been fixed?" Fukuyama Masaharu put the CD back on the table and asked Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

"Well, according to my uncle, it should be on the 25th, Sunday." Patted gently with the palm of his hand, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, with a tired face and a slightly sluggish face, cheered up and replied.

"Is there still five days left?"

There was no urgency on Masaharu Fukuyama's face.

"Well. Speaking of which, the name of our group should almost be finalized..." When Kiyoshi Sakamoto said this, he couldn't help but lean forward, as if to remind Fukuyama Masaharu, time is limited. . .

The sooner he gets this single done, the sooner he can get out of the current busy schedule.

"Oh, yes, there's also the name..." Masaharu Fukuyama's reaction told Kiyoshi Sakamoto that he must have forgotten about the name of the group. . .

With a little helplessness, Sakamoto Kiyoshi could only remind again, "The company said that it will package the single tomorrow, so..."

The subtext is, the name or something, we have to get it done today!

Hearing this, Fukuyama Masaharu gently pushed his own bangs to the sides, and said in a relaxed tone, "I still think Nagasaki boy is pretty good..."

"..."

Kiyoshi Sakamoto often feels very speechless about this teacher who is sometimes more foolish than himself.

It seems that don't look forward to it, Masaharu Fukuyama has come up with a good combination name.

"I've been thinking hard for a while, and I finally came up with a good name!" Kiyoshi Sakamoto ignored Fukuyama Masaharu's son "Nagasaki man", picked up the pen on the table, and wrote on a piece of paper. .

"What?" Fukuyama Masaharu's gaze followed Sakamoto Kiyoshi's pen to the paper.

"Yu... Chuan... and... Ye... God?" After reading each word, Masaharu Fukuyama looked at Kiyoshi Sakamoto thoughtfully, "Yukawa and Ya God?"

"Well, that's right." Kiyoshi Sakamoto said proudly.

In his opinion, this name is very creative and meaningful.

"Yu Chuan, I know what it means, it's nothing more than the role of "Yu Chuanxue" played by me..." Fukuyama Masaharu leaned back on the sofa, crossed his legs, and looked like a big boss, "As for "Ye Shen", it should be It refers to the name of the character he played in "Death Note", right?"

Thumbs up, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was a little happy, "That's right, it's the character "Yakamizuki"."

"Use the name of the characters in our film and television drama as the name of the group?" Masaharu Fukuyama smiled a little playfully, and then made the iconic action of "Yu Chuanxue".

The palms are open, like a half mask, blocking the lower half of his face, revealing only the pair of eyes that seem to see through everything, and speak the famous line.

"実に面白い!"

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(End of this chapter)