Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who washed his face in the toilet and came out, was just a little red in his eyes, so in order not to let them find out, he made an excuse and left in a hurry.

Before saying goodbye to "Ogawa and Chiba House", the three of them made an appointment to meet in the company's practice room tomorrow, and when Sakamoto Kiyoshi came up with two songs, and the three of them discussed whether these two songs could be added to the single.

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

Kiyoshi Sakamoto is still the latest of the three.

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

Seeing Kiyoshi Sakamoto who was carrying a backpack and slowly walked in, Ogawa Shin and Chiba Masaki first said hello, and then, Ogawa Shin asked in a very light tone, "Song, did you bring it?"

"Bring it, did you bring any money?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto also deliberately played the feeling of a wave of drug dealer transactions.

"Huh, what kind of money are you bringing with you, aren't we trading in the gang now?" Ogawa GET complained expressionlessly when he arrived at Kiyoshi Sakamoto's point.

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

"What are you talking about?bring money?gangster?Why can't I understand?" However, someone next to me just had a blank mind...

Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Shin Ogawa ignored the guy who couldn't keep up with his brain, and chatted directly. Only Chiba Masaki was left in a hurry.

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

"The song is called "PLANET", which describes that as a planet orbiting the sun, it wants to leave the sun and get out of orbit, implying a kind of love that does not want to let go, but finally gives up, this is an unrequited love song. ”

This song is called "Clear Sky", which describes a song that expresses feelings in a good mood under a clear sky. ”

A brief introduction to the characteristics of the two songs, Kiyoshi Sakamoto looked at the two people who were seriously feeling the charm of the songs, waiting for their opinions.

The two did not speak quickly, first exchanged songs in their hands, and then continued to watch, and from time to time they sang softly.

Twenty minutes later, the two finished reading.

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 THAT THIS "PLANET" IS RELATIVELY SPEAKING, THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF OUR CURRENT FIVE SONGS, AND THE LYRICS ARE ALSO MORE SUITABLE FOR OUR CURRENT STYLE, EVEN IF IT IS A SAD SONG OF UNREQUITED LOVE, BUT DON'T WE JUST WANT TO CONVEY A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, EVEN IF WE GIVE UP UNREQUITED LOVE AND GIVE UP THE SUN, THERE IS STILL A NEW LOVE ON THIS PLANET, SUCH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE?"

"I think so too. "Clear Sky" is also good, but, sure enough, "PLANET" is the title song, it is more attractive, and the song is not too intense, it is very ear-catching, and catchy. Ogawa also agrees with Chiba Masaki's view.

"Well, then "PLANET" as the title song?" asked Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

"Well, agreed. ”

"Well, I agree. ”

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

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto is the busiest of the three.

Because his second single was released in RB and the United States at the same time just ten days later, he had to practice with the band while shooting the cover of the single, as well as the poster, and participate in some warm-up activities before the release of the single.

Fortunately, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has experienced a year of baptism in the entertainment industry, and many small tricks have prevented him from happening, like when he first debuted, fainting on the shooting site.

However, during the warm-up event, when I heard that Kiyoshi Sakamoto was preparing to release his second solo single, many media and magazines were very concerned, but when they learned that this single was an English song, all major media and magazines expressed their disapproval of this single one-sidedly.

In an interview with a music magazine, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was asked by a reporter, "Kiyoshi Sakamoto, why did you choose English for this new single? Do you think that it is no longer challenging for you to compose Japanese songs? Also, will English songs not be easy for listeners to understand?"

Very sharp question!

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who is not optimistic about his new songs in the media magazines now, still has a charming smile and replied kindly, "Of course not, this is my personal creative attempt, as a music creator who has been pursuing the infinite nature of music, I have never felt that I am a musician who can only create one style, and of course, I am not a person who can only write Japanese songs." Moreover, music is universal. Therefore, I don't think that my new song is an English song at all, which will hinder my communication with my listeners and friends. ”

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

Although in September last year, Hikaru Utada's first English album "EXODUS" recorded sales of 520,000 in the first week, becoming the highest-moving non-selected album of foreign music in history, and the final sales also exceeded one million.

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

Moreover, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also released his own single in the United States this time, just like Hikaru Utada, and what is even more crazy is that it will be released in RB and the United States at the same time!

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

As a newly popular debut in the second year, he hasn't gained a firm foothold in RB, and he actually wants to enter the American market so quickly, if it wasn't for Sony's operation problems, or Sakamoto Kiyoshi himself broke his head.

You know, Hikaru Utada sold a million English albums on RB, and in the United States, only 50,000 copies were sold.

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto, what about you? It's really courageous to break into the American market just by relying on the same song and two versions of an English song.

However, no matter how the outside world speculates and how not optimistic, within Sony, I have always been very confident in Kiyoshi Sakamoto's English single, because Sony's senior executives have seen Kiyoshi Sakamoto's amazing performance at the Westlife performance.

Sony executives believe that such a good song, coupled with the gradually enthusiastic social attention and topicality, coupled with the power of Sony Music's publicity and packaging, it is not impossible to push this English single by Kiyoshi Sakamoto to the topic of most concern to the people at once.

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

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

In RB, half a million sheets were suppressed!

In the United States, 50,000 were suppressed!

The release in the United States is just that Sony is testing whether Kiyoshi Sakamoto has the potential to enter the American market, and does not require him to be able to make a name for himself and test the water at once this time.

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

Among the opponents who released the album at the same time, there may be only Tsuyoshi Domoto from KinKi Kids, and the limited-time group "Toraji? Haiji", and the one that released a song at the same time, and it is also Orange Range, a subsidiary of Sony Records, these two are more threatening.

Sony's choice of this time period to release Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single was also deliberate.

According to the internal information received by Sony, from February to April, there were no top singers who were too powerful to release records, so Sakamoto Kiyoshi didn't need it, and those very awesome singers had a head-to-head confrontation.

This is a great opportunity!

In the busy schedule, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who has been rotating continuously, still recorded five songs of the band's second single as the lead singer of the SUN band before February 13th.

Why before the thirteenth?

Because on the 14th, at 8 p.m. on Monday, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is going to go on HEY3 and start his single promotion journey.

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

The host is the famous funny group DOWNTOWN.

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

The funny group DOWNTOWN, as a representative group of the third generation of RB comedics, the two debuted with comic performances, Matsumoto is famous for his whimsical brains and quick reactions, while Hamada cooperates with him with his calm spit reaction, debuted for more than 20 years, and has long been an RB national comedy group.

In the RB comedy world, the status is not much different from the tunnel duo, 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 in the three major music fans;And HEY3,It's a music program with a more funny conversation.,So,This time Sakamoto Kiyoshi can relax a little.。

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

Matsumoto and Masako Hamada!

Masako Hamada likes to hit the head of the guests, and Matsu himself can say everything, and the questions he asks are also more in-depth and private, and when ordinary artists go up, they are a little overwhelmed.

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