Zhu Zi sat next to Tomohisa Yamashita.

"Zhu Zijun, what have you been busy with lately?" Yamashita Tomohisa asked a difficult question.

"I'm not busy with anything, it's just about idol groups. The TV series filmed by Yamashita-kun and Ishihara Fat is quite interesting. Zhu Zi said with a smile.

"Zhu Zijun has seen it?"

"I haven't seen it."

Tomohisa Yamashita couldn't help but laugh.

"Then Zhu Zijun should say it's very good-looking."

"I'm mainly going to do an internship at Yamashita-kun first, and when I meet Ishihara-san, I'll be able to answer her question." Zhu Zi said with a smile.

"Hahaha, I know Zhu Zijun's character. Sesame sauce said that you are heavy on color and light on friends, I didn't believe it at first. Believe it now? Tomohisa Yamashita said with a smile.

Zhu Zi shrugged his shoulders and looked indifferent.

The three of them talked a lot, and it was the first time that Chi Xiren and Zhu Zi had met, and they seemed a little introverted.

Zhu Zi and Tomohisa Yamashita chatted very happily.

………………

Before I knew it, the time came in March, and AKB48 handed 43 chapters of the single was released.

The release of this single was first revealed at the 5th AKB48 Red and White Confrontation Song Contest held on December 15, 2015. At the end of the concert, the production company announced that it would release the 43rd single whose name had not been released at the time on March 9 of the following year, and in addition to releasing the list of 16 members who participated in the single recording, four high-profile former members who had served as AKB48 singles were unexpectedly played at the end of the list, including Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima, Tomomi Itano, and Mariko Shinoda. and five people, including Minami Takahashi, the former general director of the 48 Group, who will officially graduate and leave the group on April 8 after the release of the single, and the live reaction video when they are temporarily invited by the staff to participate in the recording of the new single. As a result, a total of 21 of the 17 active members and 4 former members participated in the recording of the group's 10th anniversary commemorative single.

Later, on January 24, 2016, on the final day of the "AKB48 Family Relive Time Best Tracks 100 2016" concert held at Tokyo Dome City Hall, the title of the new song was announced for the first time, and the decision was made to have HKT48 member Sakira Miyawaki as the center of the new song alone, and the first live performance was performed.

The music video for the new song and the accompanying album cover design were announced on February 12, and it was directed by Minoru Ninagawa, a well-known cinematographer and director who previously directed the MV for AKB48's blockbuster single "Infinite Replay". After the release of the single, on March 11, former members such as Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima, Tomomi Itano, and Mariko Shinoda also participated in the live broadcast of TV Asahi's music program "Music Station" with the current members, and sang the single live.

In addition to AKB48's 10th anniversary single, "You Are Melody" also inherits the tradition of releasing new songs from sister groups with B-side songs every year, starting from the 29th single "Forever Stress". However, unlike the previous year's "Green Flash", the Type A version no longer includes the AKB48 version of the B-side song sung by all members of the AKB48 group, but directly includes SKE48's new songs, and as a substitute, this single includes the first original song "Max Toki No. 315" by the newly formed sister group NGT48 in the Type D version.

As is the usual practice for AKB48 singles, this single album was released in multiple versions in one piece, with a total of six versions of Type A, Type B, Type C, Type D, Type E and the theatrical version containing not all the same tracks. In addition to the theatrical version, the other five editions were released separately from the original limited edition, which was only released at the beginning of the release, and the regular edition, which will continue to be released later, with two versions with different bonus items and cover photos, so there are a total of 11 releases with different contents.

With over 1.238 million copies sold in its first week, the single topped the Oricon Singles Chart and was AKB48's 30th consecutive number one single.

"You Are the Melody" selection list.

Center: Sakura Miyawaki

Team A: Anna Iriyama, Yona Kojima, Haruka Shimazaki, Minami Takahashi, Yui Yokoyama

Team K: Erika Ikuta, Mion Mukaichi

Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi (also NGT48 Team NIII), Rena Kato, Yuria Kisaki, Mayu Watanabe

SKE48 Team S: Rina Matsui

NMB48 Team N: Aya Yamamoto (also AKB48 Team K)

HKT48 Team H: Refers to Rino Hara

HKT48 Team KIV: Sakura Miyawaki (also AKB48 Team A)

NGT48 Team NIII: Siei Kitahara

SNH48 Team SII: Sae Miyazawa (also serves as SKE48 Team S)

Graduates: Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Mariko Shinoda, Atsuko Maeda

"Make noise", which is included in the Type C version, is a song sung by HKT48 this time, written by Yasu Akimoto, composed by Daisuke Toyama, who has composed songs such as "Kangaroo in December" and "Adult Train" for the AKB48 Group, and arranged by Yu Sasaki, which is the first dance music style work launched by HKT48 since its establishment.

In terms of the members who participated in the song recording and music music video performance, "Make noise" is only one of the many B-side songs included in the new single, but it is a lineup called "HKT48 Audition" that is close to HKT48's own single. The center position of this song is that veteran member Rino Shihara, who is also the manager of HKT48 theater, and although he has twice won the AKB48 group-wide single championship and served as the center of AKB48's singles, he has always played a supporting role in HKT48's songs, and has never served as the center of the song. As for the two sides of it, they are the center of this single, Sakura Miyawaki, and Haruka Kodama who once served as the center of the HKT48 single. ：

Team H: Chihiro Anai, Mahahiro Ui, Yui Shinshina, Haruka Kodama (also AKB48 Team K), Riko Sakaguchi, Rino Shihara, Meiru Tajima, Mihisa Tanaka, Nanako Matsuoka, Nako Yabuki (also working as AKB48 Team B)

Team KIV: Aika Tada, Rina Kumazawa, Mizakura Asaga (also AKB48 Team 4), Sakura Miyawaki (also AKB48 Team A), Biwei Motomura, Madoka Mori

"Max Toki No. 315", which is included in the Type D version, is the song sung by NGT48, the latest sister group of the 48 Group and based in Niigata City, a major city in the Hokuriku region. Since NGT48 only made its official debut on August 21, 2015, and has not released its own single before this single, "Max Toki No. 315" became the group's first original work and the first song to have an exclusive music video since the group's formation. This song was written by Yasu Akimoto, and Kazuya Matsumoto, who had composed the song "Unrequited Love is Better Than Memories" for NMB48, served as the composer and arranger. The music video for the new song was shot on location in Niigata City, and the outdoor snow scene sets off the image of the snow country in the Hokuriku region. Max Toki No. 315 in the title of the song is an actual train service that departs from Tokyo Station to Niigata Station at 10:16 a.m. every day on the Joetsu Shinkansen operated by JR East.