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Flush in the Curls

Akemi

土曜の窓辺 鏡に向かう

コードを挿して 温もりを待つ

温めたカーラー 髪に巻きつけ

留めピンひとつ 指を離す

会う人はいつも 紙の隅に

線を引く癖 余白を埋める

暇なだけよと 呟きながら

巻き直す指は 朝から急いて

巻きつけたまま 時間を測る

カールが持つか ほどけてしまうか

鏡の中で 弧を描いて

まだ分からない この熱の先

大和の夏 トタンが焼けて

触れれば熱い 昼を過ぎたら

冷めた頃合い ピンを外せば

ひと巻きだけが ほどけて落ちる

巻いた髪先 崩れないうちに

出なきゃいけない でも鏡の前

持つか持たぬか 分からない弧を

もう一度だけ 指で押さえる

留めピン外して 鏡を離れる

カールを揺らして 公園通り

ほどけかけた弧を 直さないまま

坂を下りてゆく 渋谷の午後

待ち合わせの角 あの人はもう

手帳の余白に 線を引いてる

巻いてきたなんて 言わずに並ぶ

片方ほどけた 髪のカール

  • Lyricist

    Akemi

  • Composer

    Akemi

  • Producer

    nanayon music

  • Mixing Engineer

    nanayon music

  • Vocals

    Akemi

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    Flush in the Curls

    Akemi

Flush in the Curls is a mid tempo city pop track that portrays an afternoon of mingled hope and unease before going to meet someone in a relationship that has yet to take shape.
A mirror by the window on a Saturday, hot rollers warming from a plugged in cord, a single pin holding a curl, the time counted until it cools, and one loosened curl that slips and falls create a restless scene where the question of whether the curl will hold hangs unanswered.

Performed by the fictional AI singer Akemi, the song captures the emotions of adulthood that call the joy of meeting nothing more than killing time, even as the hands have been moving since morning.
Inspired by the late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese new music and city pop, the track reimagines that era lyrical subtlety through images of a weekend afternoon, quiet time before a mirror, and the lift of heading down into the city.

When the pin comes out at the moment it has cooled, one curl comes undone and falls, and she does not fix it even as she sees it in the mirror.
Without ever saying that she curled her hair, she walks down the slope with the loosened arc left as it is and quietly stands beside the one who waits, drawing lines in the margins.
Produced by nanayon music.

Artist Profile

  • Akemi

    A music project that reimagines the melancholic mood and nighttime glow of late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese City Pop and New Music through AI-assisted production and human direction. Akemi is a fictional singer with a backstory of being from Yamato City, Kanagawa, Japan. She sings of urban solitude, grown-up love, and bittersweet afterglow in a noir-tinged city pop sound. Lyrics, composition, vocals, and visuals are created using generative tools and curated through editing. This is an experimental project exploring the human warmth and nostalgia that can emerge from AI.

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