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Silent Crown

Akemi

ねじを摘んで 一回し巻く

製図台の灯り 背中で揺れた

文字盤の針が 夜半を指して

金曜の影 あなたがうなずく

「明日は早いね」と あなたが微笑う

蛍光の針を 見上げる夜半

カチッと針が刻む 二人の夜

ねじの熱 指先に残る

「次は」の三音が 喉で止まった

半ば巻いたリューズ 指が止まる

もう一回 進めれば朝が鳴る

進めない方を 指が選んだ

枕元に伏せる 緑の針

寝息が重くなる 確かな隣

鳴らない朝を 既に選んだ手が

鍵はかけずに 三和土に靴を

巻けば朝が鳴る 巻かねば鳴らない

予定の表に 名前は貼らせない

「次は」の三音は 戻さずに置く

ねじから指を離す それが今夜

半ば巻いたリューズ 枕に伏せた

鳴らない方を 指は決めていた

青焼きの匂い 製図台の影

暗がりに膝を折る 靴を寄せる

「もう来ない」と 口に出さずに

鳴らない鈴音(リリーン)を 枕に残す

菊坂を下る 白山通りへ

振り向かないで 角を曲げてゆく

  • Lyricist

    Akemi

  • Composer

    Akemi

  • Producer

    nanayon music

  • Mixing Engineer

    nanayon music

  • Vocals

    Akemi

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    Silent Crown

    Akemi

Silent Crown is a mid tempo city pop track that portrays the decisive fracture of a Friday night, when half a turn of the crown of a manual alarm clock becomes the language of a farewell never spoken aloud.
An old apartment in Hongo, the lamp of a drafting table glowing behind her back, the green luminous hands of a clock pointing past midnight, and a half wound crown laid face down beside the pillow create a quiet scene where three unfinished syllables, next time, settle into the air without a reply.

Performed by the fictional AI singer Akemi, the song captures the emotions of adulthood that refuses to be pinned to someone elses schedule, choosing instead to leave the choice unspoken and let a single gesture, the lifting of fingers from a winding crown, carry the entire weight of goodbye.

Inspired by the late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese new music and city pop, the track reimagines that era urban lyricism through images of nocturnal interiors, the physical detail of mechanical clocks, and the temperature of partings that never need to be voiced.

Leaving the door unlocked and the bell that will not ring placed quietly beside the pillow, she walks down Kikuzaka slope toward Hakusan-dori without turning back.
What remains is not an argument or a declaration, but the calm certainty of a woman who chose silence as her own form of decisive farewell.

Produced by nanayon music.

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  • 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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