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Dial on Hold

Akemi

午前一時の 三軒茶屋

洗面台の 鏡の前

あなたの部屋の 引き出しの中

隠されていた 私のブラシ

はぐらかす時 冷蔵庫を

開ける癖すら 見抜いているの

大和の家で 靴の向きから

機嫌を読んだ あの日のように

ジリリと鳴る 黒い電話

受話器の重さ 見つめたままで

五回数えて 途切れたベルが

二人の距離を 決めつけていく

戻るダイヤル 真夜中(ミッドナイト)の迷路

名前を持たない 関係(ルール)ならば

縛られないと 選んだはずね

曖昧なのは 優しさじゃなく

傷つかないための 逃げ道(エスケープ)

取らないことで 初めて私

分岐点(インターチェンジ)を 選んでみたの

でも絡まった コードを撫でて

六回目を待つ 自分が痛い

ジリリと鳴る 黒い電話

受話器の重さ 持ち上げられず

五回数えて 途切れたベルが

無名の恋を 終わらせていく

戻るダイヤル 真夜中(ミッドナイト)の迷路

ツーツーと鳴る 空耳の音

見下ろす街の 夜の国道(ルート)

受話器に触れた 指先の熱

冷めるまでただ 夜を見ている

  • Lyricist

    Akemi

  • Composer

    Akemi

  • Producer

    nanayon music

  • Mixing Engineer

    nanayon music

  • Vocals

    Akemi

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    Dial on Hold

    Akemi

Dial on Hold is a mid tempo city pop track that portrays the end of a nameless relationship through the sound of a telephone ringing in the middle of the night and the rotary dial slipping back into place.
A mirror at one in the morning in Sangenjaya, a hidden hairbrush in a drawer, and the sharp ring of a black telephone create a quiet scene where distance and denial begin to unravel.

Performed by the fictional AI singer Akemi, the song captures the emotions of adulthood caught between the desire to remain untouched and the painful truth of still waiting for an answer.
Inspired by the late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese new music and city pop, the track reimagines that era urban lyricism through images of late night calls, emotional negotiation, and solitude.

By choosing not to lift the receiver, she makes her own decision for the first time.
Yet even as the unanswered ringing fades, part of her still waits for one more call, while the returning dial quietly closes the night on a love with no name.
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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