Midnight Rooftop

Midnight Rooftop is a mid tempo city pop track that portrays a night in which something that would break if spoken is left unsaid and allowed to sink into the dark.
The roof of an office building after closing, a red light blinking at the tip of a lightning rod, a rusted railing, the last warm mouthful in a can, and wooden crates stacked in the shadow of the water tank create a still nocturnal scene where the gap between a decided mind and a reluctant body becomes visible.

Performed by the fictional AI singer Akemi, the song captures the emotions of adulthood that shares both the affection and the sense of an ending, and still refuses to be carried by loneliness into an ambiguous night.
Inspired by the late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese new music and urban pop, the track reimagines that era urban lyricism through images of late night rooftops, wind between buildings, and a distance that is never named.

She could say it is about time they went, and instead she lets the last mouthful go down slowly.
Then she sets the empty can by her feet, fastens one button on her jacket, and takes the cold fire stairs down one step at a time.

Produced by nanayon music.