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The Second-Bottle Obbligato

Akemi

夜明けの音で 目が覚める朝

瓶の触れ合う 玄関の先

木箱の中の 一本の白

紙蓋の上 朝露の粒

泊まりの朝は 湯呑みを二つ

「半分こでいい」と あなたは笑う

親指だけで 紙蓋を開け

白の匙かげん 少し揉めるの

今朝の木箱に 集金の紙と

変更届の 本数の欄

一のままなら 内緒の続き

二と書いたなら 毎朝の公示

表札はまだ 一人の名字

それはもう少し 先でいいけど

朝の白さを ごまかすことは

暮らしに嘘を つくことになる

どこから二人と 呼ぶかの順番

せかすのは世間 決めるのは二人

名前は増やさない まだ増やさない

牛乳だけ 先に増やすの

鉛筆なめて 本数の欄に

「2」の一文字 はっきり書いた

折って木箱の 蓋の裏側

明日の朝から 変わる白の数

三日目の朝 二本並んだ

瓶を両手に 取り込む敷居

集金の紙も 二本の値段

表札はまだ 白いまま夏

  • Lyricist

    Akemi

  • Composer

    Akemi

  • Producer

    nanayon music

  • Mixing Engineer

    nanayon music

  • Vocals

    Akemi

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    The Second-Bottle Obbligato

    Akemi

The Second-Bottle Obbligato is a mid tempo city pop track that portrays a couple deciding for themselves where their life together begins, through the morning ritual of milk delivery.
Glass bottles clinking at the front door at daybreak, beads of dew on a paper cap, a collection slip in the wooden box, and a change of order form with a blank for the count create a tender early morning scene where an entire relationship rests on a single written figure.

Performed by the fictional AI singer Akemi, the song captures the emotions of adulthood that lets the world hurry all it wants, while the two of them alone decide from where they start counting as two.
Inspired by the late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese new music and city pop, the track reimagines that era lyrical subtlety through images of morning sounds, apartment doorways, and the small paperwork of everyday life.

She wets a pencil and writes a clear figure two in the column for bottles.
No new name joins the nameplate yet, only the milk goes up first, and from the third morning two white bottles stand side by side at the door.

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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