Without the slightest precaution, the audience that filled the East Egg received a surprise from Kiyoshi Sakamoto before the end of the third anniversary concert of the band THE SUN's debut.

Under the watchful eyes of more than 50,000 people, THE SUN announced the title song of the upcoming second album, "クロノスタシス"!

The song "クロノスタシス",There's no prelude to it.,It's just that Sakamoto Kiyoshi waved his fingers.,After a few strums on the guitar strings.,Towards the microphone.,Singing.。

"At a convenience store, I bought a 350ml jar of juice"

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

"Do you know Chronostasis?"

"You said you didn't know"

"I can see the hour hand stop turning"

"Oh this phenomenon"

The brisk drum beat, combined with Kiyoshi Sakamoto's lazy and psychedelic voice, as well as the mischievous electric guitar and bass, all made the audience who had just heard the previous paragraph feel their ears suddenly move.

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

Rock.

The right BPM, as well as the perfect ensemble of the band, all bring this psychedelic rock song to the fullest.

The audience is gently swaying, and the red glow sticks in their hands, with the rhythm, enjoy this rock song that is very suitable for listening to at night.

And among the more than 50,000 people, there was one person who did not sway with him, but covered his mouth and looked at Kiyoshi Sakamoto on the stage with a surprised face, who was playing the guitar and smiling and singing.

That person is the one who reminds Kiyoshi Sakamoto of this song, that is, the person in the song who walks through the night with Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

Yui Aragaki!

The surrounding Nengnian Rena, Yamashita Tomohisa, and Nagasawa Masami all stood up and swayed gently along with the music.

However, only Yui Aragaki sat in her seat, and her thoughts drifted into the distance...

"The lyrics ... ”

"Could it be what happened that night?!"

Convenience store, juice, Chronostasis...

These familiar lyrics made Aragaki Yui's pupils gradually dilate, and the surprise was overflowing.

It was as if the memory of that day suddenly became extremely clear.

She thought of a possibility.

It's a little shy, but it's a possibility.

"This song, is it written to me by Qingjun?!"

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

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Letting Aragaki Yui fall under the stage, thinking wildly, Kiyoshi Sakamoto performed very happily on the stage.

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

During this time, he was simply tired enough...

Since March, two films have been filmed in a row, and after the shooting, I immediately devoted myself to preparing for the new album and concert.

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

Especially in the past month, in order to catch up with the concert, I have done all kinds of things about the new album.

THE SUN TRIO IS VERY BUSY.

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

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

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

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

At that time, after watching the album several times with the newly packaged album, Yuichi Yamada, who really couldn't understand it, was also very curious and asked Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

"Sakamoto-kun, why is the name of the album called "Zero in the Morning"?

As he spoke, he pointed his finger at the name on the album cover and motioned for Kiyoshi Sakamoto to clear his mind.

On the album cover, in the background is an empty street, and a dim street lamp spreads the whole street with a warm light.

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 in the Morning", and the singer's name, THE SUN, are printed.

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

Kiyoshi Sakamoto feels that the theme of this photo and the name of the album and the title song of the album are extremely consistent.

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

"Of course, two!" he held up two fingers, "one, because of the album's title song." ”

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

"ONE MORE, IT'S ABOUT OUR HABIT OF RELEASING NEW SONGS AT THE SUN. ”

"Uh, what do you mean?" asked Yuichi Yamada.

"THE SUN, and me, since their debut, when they release new singles and albums, they are all released on time at 0:00 in the morning, on Sony's official website. ”

"So,I thought,The name "Zero in the Morning",Huh,It's quite appropriate.,So I decided to use this name as the name of the new album.。。。 ”

"I see... Yuichi Yamada suddenly realized.

This is also one of the interesting facts about this band's album.

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

Sakamoto cleared out five of them, except for the title song "クロノスタシス", the remaining four are his personal originals, and the remaining ten songs are all written by the other two people in the band, Ogawa Shin and Chiba Masaki.

Makoto Ogawa was in charge of composing and arranging, and Masaki Chiba was in charge of writing the 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, Chiba Masaki, after studying with Yasusu Akimoto for a long time, has made great progress in lyrics, and without the help of Kiyoshi Sakamoto and the company's lyricists, he basically completed it independently, leaving the lyrics of ten songs of different styles.

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

"Yo yo yo, our Chiba-kun.,It's amazing.,Awesome!I thought you were called "Chiba-kun" by the AKB girls all day long.,Can't find the north.。。。 ”

"I can't even compose lyrics... ”

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's ridicule also made the entire conference room laugh, and even the corners of Ogawa Zhen's mouth rose. And Chiba Masaki sat there embarrassed, scratching his head with a shy and embarrassed face...

There is no way, it is so.

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

This gave Sony a bit of a headache.

And it just so happened that Chiba Masaki, who was learning lyrics with Yasu Akimoto, appeared in front of Sony's top management.

In this way, Chiba Masaki took the place of Kiyoshi Sakamoto and assumed the responsibility of Sony's watchdog in AKS.

Although Chiba Masaki does not have any obvious identity in AKS, AKS, led by Yasusu Akimoto, knows that he is the spokesperson of Sony.

Therefore, he stayed at AKS every day, and if he hadn't studied with Yasuya Akimoto, or if he hadn't interacted with the AKB girls or something, he would have lived a good life.

Despite this, Masaki Chiba did not indulge in beauty, but worked hard to absorb the knowledge of music creation and production from Yasuya Akimoto, a lyricist.

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Let's get back to the concert.

A song "クロノスタシス",Soon in Sakamoto Kiyoshi's last guitar solo,The curtain came to an end.。。。

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

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was still standing on the stage with a guitar on his back, pulled out the microphone from the shaker and walked to the front of the stage to start promoting the new album.

"Mina-san!"

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

"Our new album will be announced on Sony's official website at 0:00 a.m. on the 23rd, which is tomorrow at 0:00 a.m. ”

"And this song "クロノスタシス" is the title song of the album, so, please support !!"

Hearing Sakamoto Kiyoshi's face calmly promoting, however, the more than 50,000 people at the scene were not calm, and they all made all kinds of surprised voices.

"Well, that's all for the new album, so what about tonight's concert, that's it!" Kiyoshi Sakamoto continued without hesitation, "Goodbye, Mina-san!"

While waving his hand, the three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi who walked to the backstage only left three handsome figures in the reluctant voices of the audience. . .

The time points to 9:20, so far, THE SUN's third anniversary concert, the only 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, newspaper and magazine covers, will definitely be occupied by this concert full of surprises.

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On July 23, the hands pointed to midnight.

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

The name of this album is called...

"Zero in the morning"!