174. Go with the flow
Regarding this, of course, it was already in the preparation of Shinichi Iwahashi.
It is a strategy to avoid its own shortcomings and hand over the right to compose words to Chisato Moritaka himself under the banner of believing in the powerful faction.
I've never seen a lyricist by Mori Taka, and of course it's impossible to be naΓ―ve enough to think that she can be absolutely qualified for the role of lyricist, so letting her compose lyrics was originally a deliberate trick.
Now, her lyrics have been rejected, and the powerful line has also been abandoned under the analysis of Shinichi Iwahashi. Warner Vanguard listened to Shinichi Iwahashi's idea and decided that he would plan the next transformation of Chisato Moritaka.
So, everything moves on to the next step.
Shinichi Iwahashi took the opportunity to bring it up and asked the lyricist of the idol song to write the lyrics for Chisato Moritaka's new single.
The reason for him to move out is very legitimate.,Originally, it was another matter to let Mori Takasato be a powerful activity.,Now that you're going to start planning to transform into an idol.,As the best sign of the wind is the change of the production team.γ
For example, if lyricist Goro Matsui and composer Goto Jitoshi are partnered, the public will know 100% that this is an idol song, because both are well-known songwriters in the industry who have maintained long-term cooperation with idols.
And now, the production rights have been given to GENZO, and the composer used is not a well-known idol song composer, so it is natural to ask a famous artist to fill in the lyrics for Chisato Moritaka by considering that there should be a sign of transformation, and secondly, to use a well-known lyricist to increase the topic.
After going around the circle, the ball was kicked to Warner Pioneer by Shinichi Iwahashi again.
It's not that he doesn't want to provide lyrics to Chisato Moridaka, but inviting a famous artist is the best option in this situation.
Now, the transformation plan proposed by Shinichi Iwahashi has been accepted by Warner Pioneer, and the request to hire a famous lyricist has become a part of the transformation plan, and Warner Pioneer not only has to cooperate, but also cooperates very actively.
This may seem like a lot of work, but even if you get the production rights, whether it's planning or lyrics, after you make it here, you have to nod through the record company and agree to pay the money for the famous lyrics before you can proceed - he took Seiichiro Kuribayashi's song and gave it to Chisato Moritaka to sing, and Warner Pioneer also had to pay the royalties for the tunes to GENZO, and this royalty was divided into 70% to GENZO and 30% to Seiichiro Kuribayashi.
Because of this, I had to dig a small pit first, and then bring Warner Pioneer into the pit.
Warner Pioneer agreed to buy the famous lyricist's work, and after that, Shinichi Iwahashi took the lead in deciding who the lyricist should invite.
The title song has been finalized, and it is the one that Shin Iwahashi named Seiichiro Kuribayashi tailored for Chisato Moritaka.
In the current era, it is the time when the disco trend is booming, and Akemi Ishii's cover of "CHA-CHA-CHA" can turn over Nakamori Musou and Yoko Oginome, who has been salted fish for several years, turned over in one fell swoop with "DancingHero".
The trend of the times is irreversible, and this trend of the times has also invisibly renewed the life of idols in the downhill state, and disco elements can be seen everywhere in the songs of idols.
Shinichi Iwahashi didn't plan to go against the tide either, and this song, tailored for Chisato Moritaka, with disco/funk elements, just caters to the current market trend.
In terms of the choice of lyricists, he has already made a calculation.
ALTHOUGH GENZO DOES NOT HAVE A LYRICIST OF HIS OWN, HE DOES KNOW A READY-MADE LYRICIST FOR IDOL SONGS. That's right, it's the chubby young man Yasu Akimoto who is not very serious.
To say that he is not very serious, in fact, it is limited to the kitten club.
This gentleman provided a lot of magical lyrics to the kitten club, such as "Banana's Tears", "Elephant's Fanci" and the like, just by looking at the name, you know that he is not a chubby young man without a story.
However, the show "Dusk Meow" itself is not so serious, and the meow in the name comes from the scandal of Tomoko Takabe, a member of the γγγΉ group, mentioned earlier.
The man who claimed to be Tomoko Takabe's boyfriend sold a photo of Tomoko Takabe smoking in sage mode to a magazine. However, at that time, Tomoko Takabe was only 16 years old, and because there were rules for self-discipline in the industry, it was not possible to write about minors in this way or that when publishing articles in magazines.
But if such a big news is not published and rotten in your hands, it is simply not a human thing.
So, the witty magazine coined the word "meow", describing the situation in the photo as "a friendly meow after a little meow smokes a cigarette", so the word meow itself carries the meaning of a minor in one way or another.
The chubby young man planned "Dusk Meow" with Fuji TV, and put Meow Meow into the title, which itself is to tell the public that this show is not so serious, so it is logical that the famous song "Don't Covet Other People's Sailor Suits" will appear later.
However, outside of the kitten club, Yasu Akimoto still wrote a lot of serious lyrics.
He became a lyricist when he provided lyrics for the veteran band THEALFEE, and later became a lyricist when he wrote "DramaticRain" for Junichi Inagaki (DramaticRain).
In addition, he also confessed for orthodox idols such as Momoko Kikuchi and Kyoko Koizumi, and his activities were very wide.
Kyoko Koizumi's famous song "γͺγγ¦γ£γγ£γ¦γ’γ€γγ«" (because it is an idol) came from him, and this lyric describes idols vividly, which can be called a masterpiece since the birth of the idol profession.
The relationship that I cultivated with Yasusu Akimoto playing all night with Roppongi in Ginza didn't work at the time, but now it finally comes in handy.
I had a relationship in private, and I didn't go through the record company to ask him to help with the lyrics, but I contacted him directly.
When I met Yasu Akimoto in 1986, at that time, the kitten club swept the industry, and Yasushi Akimoto, as an upstart in the industry, was full of spirit, and it was the time when all aspects of the industry were at their peak.
Just one year has passed, with the "Dusk Meow" program cut in half, the kitten club announced its disbandment, and his career masterpiece was declared a failure, Yasu Akimoto suddenly felt a little confused, as if he had come to a low point in his life.
Of course, with Yasushi Akimoto's fame, status, money, and talent, even if the Kitten Club is disbanded, he will not really fall into the trough because of this, and he still enjoys prestige as a lyricist, scriptwriter, and writer.
However, this feeling of falling into the trough does not refer to these things on an ordinary level, but with the death of the proud kitten club, Akimoto Yasushi feels that his inspiration and career have reached a bottleneck.
The kitten club is a brilliant idea that I haven't had in the past, and I can't think of anything that will surpass it for some time to come. And the huge wealth and fame that the kitten club brought him were also something that other identities could not bring him.