

八月の底の 眠れない部屋
緑の渦に 火を移す夜
陶器の皿に そっと据えれば
細い煙が 天井へ立つ
いつもは渦を 半分に折って
夜を短く 使ってきたの
持て余すのを 認めたくなくて
香りの尺まで 値切ってた夏
折れば夜が済む 眠れない分も
折らねば長い 一人の香り
渦の減り方で 時を計る癖
夏の終わりが 窓から匂う
緑の缶の 蓋を開ければ
底に一つの 渦が残るだけ
この夏最後の 夜の長さを
どう使うかは 私の勘定
盆にも帰らない 三度目の夏
帰れる街の 遠い花火も
数に入れずに 暮らしてきたけど
最後のひと巻き 折らずに点ける
全長のまま 皿に据えた渦
朝までの香り 引き受ける夜
眠れないなら それも夏のうち
蒲団の外に 腕を投げ出す
明け方の窓 秋の匂いに
燃え尽きた灰は 渦の形のまま
崩さないように 皿ごと運び
空の缶だけ 棚へ仕舞うわ
- Lyricist
Akemi
- Composer
Akemi
- Producer
nanayon music
- Mixing Engineer
nanayon music
- Vocals
Akemi

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The Spiral Long Play
Akemi
The Spiral Long Play is a mid tempo city pop track that portrays a sleepless night at the end of August, measured by the slow burning of a green mosquito coil.
A ceramic dish by the window, a thin line of smoke rising to the ceiling, and the last coil left at the bottom of a green tin create a quiet late summer scene where the length of the night itself becomes something she must decide how to spend.
Performed by the fictional AI singer Akemi, the song captures the loneliness of adulthood that has kept snapping the coil in half to make the nights shorter, unwilling to admit how long they truly felt.
Inspired by the late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese new music and city pop, the track reimagines that era lyrical subtlety through images of summer nights, small rooms, and the fading scent of the season.
On the final night of summer, she lights the last coil unbroken and lets its scent keep her company until morning.
When dawn arrives, the burnt ash still holds its spiral shape, and only the empty tin returns to the shelf.
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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