Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 62

After washing his face in the toilet, Kiyoshi Sakamoto came out, but his eyes were a little red. In order not to let them find out, he made an excuse and left in a hurry.

Before saying goodbye to "Ogawa and Chiba's House", the three made an appointment to meet in the company's practice room tomorrow. At that time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto will come up with two songs, and the three will discuss whether these two songs can be added to the single Come.

The next day, the three of THE SUN band gathered in Sony's practice room.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi was the last one among the three.

In his words, "I live in Meguro District, you live in Minato District, so much closer than me, of course you arrived earlier than me."

Seeing Kiyoshi Sakamoto walking in slowly with a backpack on his back, Masaki Ogawa and Masaki Chiba first said hello, and then Masaki Ogawa asked in a very light tone, "Did you bring the song?"

"Bring it, have you brought any money?" Sakamoto Kiyoya deliberately played the feeling of a wave of drug dealers.

"Huh? What money do you bring? Aren't we dealing with gangsters now?" Ogawa GET arrived at Kiyoshi Sakamoto's spot and complained expressionlessly.

"Haha, it's just practicing acting." Kiyoshi Sakamoto was very happy, and Ogawa really felt his stalk.

"What are you talking about? Bringing money? Gangsters? Why can't I understand?" However, the mind of someone next to him was blank. . .

Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Makoto Ogawa ignored the guy whose brain couldn't keep up, and started chatting directly.Only Chiba Masaki was left anxious.

After chatting for a few words, Kiyoshi Sakamoto took out two sheet music from his backpack and handed them to Ogawa and the others.

"A song called "PLANET", which describes a planet revolving around the sun, wants to leave the sun and get out of orbit. It implies a kind of love that even though it doesn't want to let go, it still gives up in the end. It's an unrequited love song."

"This song is called "Clear Sky", and it describes a song that expresses emotions under a clear sky with a good mood."

After briefly introducing the characteristics of the two songs, Kiyoshi Sakamoto looked at the two people who were seriously feeling the charm of the songs, and waited for their opinions.

The two didn't speak quickly, they first exchanged the songs in their hands, and then continued to watch, singing softly from time to time.

After 10 minutes, the two of them finished watching.

Chiba Masaki was at Sony during this time, studying with the company's lyricist, and learned a lot, so he was the first to speak.

"I think this song "PLANET" is relatively speaking, among our current five songs, the quality is the highest. In terms of lyrics, it is also more suitable for our current style. Even if it is a tragic song of unrequited love, we just want to Convey a kind of, even if you give up unrequited love, give up the sun, there will still be new love on this planet, is this a positive attitude?"

"I think so too. "Clear Sky" is also good, but if "PLANET" is the title song, it is more attractive. The song is not too intense, it is very pleasant to the ear, and it is catchy." Xiao Chuan I really agree with Chiba Masaki's point of view.

"Is that so? Well, then make "PLANET" the title song?" Sakamoto Kiyoshi asked.

"Well, agree."

"Well, I agree too."

Both of them agree that "PLANET" composed by Kiyoshi Sakamoto, as the title song of the second single, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is naturally indispensable.

So, in the next few days, the three of THE SUN devoted themselves to the preparation and practice of the second single.

Among the three, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was the busiest one.

Because his second solo single was released on RB and the United States at the same time just ten days later, so while practicing with the band, he also had to shoot the cover of the single, as well as posters, and participated in some previews before the release of the single. thermal activity.

Fortunately, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has experienced a year of baptism in the entertainment industry, and many tricks prevented him from passing out on the shooting scene like he did when he first debuted.

However, during the warm-up event, when I heard that Kiyoshi Sakamoto was preparing to release his second solo single, many media and magazines paid close attention to it, but when they learned that this single was an English song, each The major media magazines all expressed overwhelmingly that they were not optimistic about this single.

In an interview with a music magazine, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was asked by a reporter, "Sakamoto Kiyosan, why did you choose English for the new single this time? Do you think it is no longer challenging for you to create Japanese songs? ? Also, will the English songs make the audience not understand the meaning of the song?"

Very sharp question!

But how much do you know that the current media magazines, Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who is not optimistic about his new song, still has a very charming smile, and kindly replied, "Of course not, this is my personal creative attempt. As a person who has been pursuing I'm a music creator with unlimited music. I never felt that I was a musician who could only create one style. Of course, I was not a person who could only create Japanese songs. Moreover, music is common. So, I don't think that my new song is an English song, which will hinder my communication with listeners and friends."

This is just one of the many interviews Kiyoshi Sakamoto did before the release of the single, but it can be seen that newspapers and magazines now feel that Kiyoshi Sakamoto will stumble this time.

Although in September last year, Hikaru Utada's first English album "EXODUS" achieved a sales volume of 52 in the first week, making it the highest-selling foreign music non-compilation album in history, and the final sales volume also exceeded one million.

But that is Utada Hikaru, one of the four major singers, whose popularity has always been very high. Although Kiyoshi Sakamoto has gained attention, topicality, and super popularity since his debut, his foundation is still relatively shallow, and the music audience is still It's not as good as Hikaru Utada, who has debuted for seven years.

Moreover, Sakamoto Kiyoshi also released his own single in the United States this time, just like Utada Hikaru. What's even more crazy is that it was released in RB's two places in the United States at the same time!

In the eyes of many media magazines and newspapers, this is simply courting death.

As someone who has just become popular in the second year of his debut, he has not yet gained a firm foothold in RB, but he is thinking of entering the US market so soon. If it is not a problem with Sony's operation, it is Sakamoto Kiyoshi who broke his head.

You know, Utada Hikaru sold millions of English albums in RB, but only sold [-] copies in the United States.

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto, what about you?Just relying on the same song and two versions of English songs, it is really courageous to break into the American market.

However, no matter how the outside world speculates, why is it not optimistic, inside Sony, they have always been very confident about Sakamoto Kiyoshi's English single, because Sony executives have seen Sakamoto Kiyoshi performing at the westlife performance, That stunning performance.

Sony executives believe that such a good song, coupled with the increasing social attention and topicality, coupled with the power of Sony Music's promotion and packaging, would like to give this English single by Kiyoshi Sakamoto a look. It is not impossible for Zitui to become a topic of most concern to the people.

As long as the attention is high, sales will soar naturally.

Thinking of this, Sony stepped up the suppression of singles. The number of CDs suppressed this time is the largest since Kiyoshi Sakamoto's debut.

In RB, 50 copies were suppressed!

In the United States, [-] copies were suppressed!

The release in the United States is just Sony testing whether Kiyoshi Sakamoto has the potential to enter the American market. He is not required to make a name for himself this time, just to test the waters.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi's main battlefield is still in RB. . .

Among the opponents who released records at the same time, there may be only Domoto Tsuyoshi from KinKi Kids, and Kokubun Taichi from TOKIO, the limited-time group "Toraji? Haiji", and the song released at the same time, and it is also Orange Range under Sony Records , these two are more threatening.

Sony chose to release Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single at this time period, which is also after careful consideration.

According to the internal information received by Sony, during the period from February to April, there were no top singers who were too powerful to release records, so Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't need to go head-to-head with those awesome singers.

this is a good chance!

In the busy schedule, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was constantly spinning, was the lead singer of THE SUN band before February NO.13, and finished recording five songs of the band's second single.

Why is it before NO.13?

Because on NO.14, at eight o'clock on Monday night, Kiyoshi Sakamoto will be on HEY3 to start his single promotion tour.

HEY! HEY! HEY!, also known as HEY3, has been a very popular music talk show since RB Fuji TV broadcast in 1994.

The host is the famous comedy group DOWNTOWN.

HEY3, which can be said to be one of the signature programs of Fuji TV, is also one of the three major music groups. The guests who come up are all the most popular artists and singers at the moment.

Comedy group DOWNTOWN, as the representative group of the third generation of RB comedians, the two made their debut with their talents. Matsumoto is famous for his unconstrained imagination and quick response, while Hamada cooperated with him with his calm complaints and made his debut. For more than [-] years, it has long been the RB national comedy group.

In the RB funny world, the status and tunnel duo are not much different, second only to BIG3.

And this time, being able to appear on HEY3 as a solo singer proves how popular Kiyoshi Sakamoto is now.

But this time it’s not like when I was in MS, so restrained. MS is a more formal music program among the three major music programs; while HEY3 is a music program with a lot of funny talk, so this time Kiyoshi Sakamoto It's time to relax a little bit.

But this does not mean that Kiyoshi Sakamoto can breathe a sigh of relief, because the host of this show is DOWNTOWN.

Matsumoto Honshi and Hamada Masamori!
Masakori Hamada likes to slap guests on the head, but Matsumoto himself can say everything, and the questions he asks are relatively in-depth and private. When ordinary artists go up, they are a little overwhelmed.

The above is Ishida's old fritters, HEY3 for Kiyoshi Sakamoto's popular science.

(End of this chapter)