Once you've decided on the two title tracks of the album, the rest is much easier.

There are still eight new songs, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto also passed two days, and selected them from his own creation in the past two years, as well as the collaborative songs composed by Shin Ogawa and lyrics by Masaki Chiba.

By the time of March 12th, the album selection work was over.

However, after selecting the songs on the album, they still have to be arranged, just like "Bud" was adapted into a rock style, and "Sakura" was adapted into a solo version.

However, this time there is no need for Kiyoshi Sakamoto to come by himself.

As long as they hand over the score of the song to Director Yamada and say their request, Yuichi Yamada will help them contact the arranger teacher, complete the arrangement of the song perfectly, and then send it to Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

If they don't think it's going to work, keep changing it until they approve of it.

This is Sony's attitude towards Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the others: You can do it casually, if you lack a little resource, count me as losing!

Besides, even if the arrangers can't change the song very well, then it's OK to let the three of them go directly to Sakamoto Kiyoshi himself.

After all, the arranging ability of the three Sakamoto Kiyoshi has also grown a lot in the past two years, especially Chiba Masaki, who has learned a lot about making music under Yasushi Akimoto, and it is time to see the results of his learning.

And all along, whether it is Kiyoshi Sakamoto or the single of the SUN band, the arrangement work is done by Kiyoshi Sakamoto and Shin Ogawa.

Why didn't they continue to let them arrange the music themselves this time?

There are two reasons for this.

One is that this is an album, and there are too many songs in it, and the time is relatively tight, so they didn't let them arrange the music themselves, after all, they still have a lot of things to do, such as shooting MVs, shooting album covers, etc...

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's first solo album was also operated in this way last time, so this time the band's album is also preparing to operate in this way.

Second, how to say, no matter how powerful the three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi are, it is impossible to do everything.

What do the teachers who have been arrangers at Sony think for a long time?

Therefore, in order to maintain a good relationship with Sony's arrangers, Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the others decided to contract the arrangement of the entire album to Sony's arrangers.

This is still Director Yamada after a vague reminder.,Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the three of them know.,It turns out,It's not a very good thing to be sharp.。。。

This also made Sakamoto Kiyoshi think of a very important thing, that is, "shoot the first bird!"

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt how wise his decision to take a vacation for a while after the album was.

Not for anything else, just to keep yourself from being in the limelight.

Not just inside the company, but more outside the company.

Because, in the past two years, Sakamoto Kiyoshi has hardly been the focus of public attention for a moment, he always stands on the most shining stage, accepting the prying eyes, temptations, and scrutinies from various forces.

Every single that debuted has sold more than one million, and it has never fallen off the hot search list for a year, and the songs always surround the ears of the people...

This is actually not a good thing for Sakamoto Kiyoshi.

Because, this will only make him a thorn in the side of some other forces.

In the entertainment industry, who doesn't think that after becoming famous, they can earn a lot of yen and gain fame and fortune.

In the final analysis, the cake in the entertainment industry is so big, if the piece that Sakamoto Kiyoshi eats is too big, it will definitely make those who can eat the cake feel red-eyed, so at this time, whether to grab the cake of other people who are about the same age as himself, or to grab the big cake that Sakamoto Kiyoshi is holding in his hand, which will be better?

This, in fact, the answer has already come out.

However, why hasn't the cake in Sakamoto's hands been snatched away by those forces?

That's because, behind Kiyoshi Sakamoto, standing is, Sony Records!

There is another reason, that is, the cake in Sakamoto Kiyoshi's hand is not big enough for the major eye-catching forces to dare to risk facing Sony to snatch it.

Therefore, so far, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's acting career has been smooth.

However, hidden beneath the calm surface of the water is an undercurrent surging.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto also suddenly thought of this, so he was glad that he asked the company for a holiday.

After all, according to the stormy upward momentum of him and the SUN band, if this continues, those forces will definitely be tempted to stop their upward momentum, and by the way, they will snatch their share of the cake.

Because, the more popular Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN are, the bigger the cake will be, and the cake shared by those forces will only slowly become smaller.

You know, the cake is a big bill of 10,000 yuan!!

Marx said, "If capital has 50 percent profits, it will take risks, if it has 100 percent profits, it will dare to trample on all the laws of the world, and if it has 300 percent profits, it will dare to commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged."

The profit-seeking nature of a businessman is terrible...

Artists who have created 15 billion economic benefits in two years are a sweet spot for any brokerage firm in the entertainment industry.

No, Kiyoshi Sakamoto can be called a "humanoid cash cow".

However, considering that it is impossible for Kiyoshi Sakamoto to leave Sony, if this "humanoid cash cow" can't be put in his hands, he can only be destroyed.

Therefore, in order to prevent these "hungry wolves" from continuing to stare at Kiyoshi Sakamoto, it is also necessary to let out part of the cake and calm the uncontrollable hearts of other forces in the entertainment industry.

Now that Sonny has eaten meat, why should he leave some soup for them to share? . .

Otherwise, it would not be impossible for those forces to unite and face Sony.

This is also the conclusion that Naoki Kitagawa came to after careful consideration.

Therefore, he pushed the boat along the river and agreed to Sakamoto Kiyoshi's request for a holiday.

And Sakamoto Kiyoshi also thought of this, and realized that he has always been like a person walking on a tightrope, although he can see the scenery that others can't see, but if he is not careful, there is a danger of falling from the sky.

"It seems that the timing of my holiday is just right... ”

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The first album of THE SUN is in full swing.

The arrangement did not take time to prepare the album, because Sony sent a lineup of more than ten arrangers for this album, so the arrangement was announced to be completed after only three days of such a large effort.

And after watching the song score after the arrangement, the three of them were also very satisfied with the high degree of completion of the arrangement.

Once the arrangement is complete, the next step is to start recording.

According to the album release plan formulated by the company for THE SUN, the release time of the album has been decided.

April 6th!

It's March 15th, and there are 21 days left until the day of release!

Moreover, the album has to leave a week to suppress the records and sell them.

In fact, there are only 14 days left for them.

And they have to complete the recording, shooting the music video, shooting the album cover and other album work within two weeks.

Among them, the most important is of course the recording of the record.

Sixteen songs, in addition to the six songs that have already been recorded, have been released, in fact, there are ten songs that the three need to enter the studio to record.

So, the "showdown" between THE SUN and the recording studio is staged again!

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On March 16th, the recording officially began.

Because Kiyoshi Sakamoto went to make a movie some time ago, the whole band hasn't practiced together for a long time, so the recording situation at the beginning was not optimistic.

It took two days to record a song.

THIS IS ALREADY VERY SLOW FOR THE SUN.

However, after a few days of high-intensity running-in practice, the tacit understanding of the three soon came back again.

In the following week, Kiyoshi Sakamoto recorded the remaining nine songs of the album at an unprecedented speed!

At this speed, it is basically a record for half a day, and a song is recorded.

In such a short period of time, the powerful energy that the three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi burst out also made the musicians within Sony look sideways.

Recording, nine days, done!

After the recording, the trio rushed to the location of the music video and the studio where the album cover was filmed.

March is the time when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

As one of Tokyo's most famous cherry blossom viewing spots, Tokyo's Ueno Park is home to a spectacular number of cherry blossoms that bloom every year.

But because there were too many people, Sony also specially discussed with the park and chartered the venue for three hours to shoot the MV.

When the park saw that it was the SUN band, they readily agreed.

As a result, the MV for "Cherry Blossoms" was filmed in Tokyo's Ueno Park, under the blooming of cherry blossoms, the three members of the band stood under the cherry blossom trees and performed the song.

The MV shooting of the song "Lei" chose to use tear-jerking stories and flashback memory-like band performances to piece together a MV with a strong story.

"Lei" is a story MV, and "Sakura" is a performance MV, so this two-pronged approach will be a visual feast for fans of THE SUN.

The MV was filmed in two days and was completed!

Shoot the album cover, take a day, and you're done!

In the last two days, the overall style of the album, the costumes for the songs, and the publicity plan were discussed.

It took two weeks, the preparation of the album was basically completed, and all that remained was to send the recorded record samples to the record factory for CD pressing, as well as the distribution of the CD after shipment.

However, before that, the three received a not-so-good, even bad, piece of news.

On March 22nd, Genesys' rookie group, KAT-TUN, officially debuted!

The first single, "REAL FACE", sold 754,000 copies in the first week alone!!

The showdown is here again!

SONY VS DENNIS, THE SUN VS KAT-TUN!!