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The Sue-kichi Capriccio

Akemi

松の内の 湯島の坂

白い息ごと 列に並んで

六角の箱 振れば鳴る音

細い棒の 先の番号

折り目を開く 指が冷たい

末吉の文字 干支の飾り

「待ち人 来る 遅し」ですって

今の私を 見てきたみたい

結べば枝に 預ける運勢

持ち帰るなら 私の宿題

みくじ掛けの 白い花の前

かじかむ指が まだ決めかねる

「何が出た?」と 覗くあなたは

大吉の紙 旗みたいに振る

「内緒」と笑って 袂に入れた

運は見せ合う ものでもないし

神籤に決めて もらうくらいなら

迷いも私の 持ち物でいい

大吉よりも 余白の多い

末の吉なら 見届けたいの

甘酒の湯気 分け合う参道

大吉のあなたが 上機嫌で

遅しの二文字 袂で揺れる

急がない縁も あるのでしょうね

帰らなかった 正月の部屋で

袂の紙を 四つに畳み直す

結ばずにきた 末吉ひとつ

鏡の枠で 春を待たせる

  • Lyricist

    Akemi

  • Composer

    Akemi

  • Producer

    nanayon music

  • Mixing Engineer

    nanayon music

  • Vocals

    Akemi

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    The Sue-kichi Capriccio

    Akemi

The Sue-kichi Capriccio is a mid tempo city pop track set at a New Year shrine visit in Tokyo, portraying the hesitation of a woman who finds her own unsettled relationship written on a paper fortune.
The slope of Yushima in the first week of January, white breath in the waiting line, a hexagonal box rattling with numbered sticks, and a rack of white knotted papers under early plum blossoms create a wintry scene where a single printed line, the one you wait for comes but late, reads her present moment back to her.

Performed by the fictional AI singer Akemi, the song captures the emotions of adulthood that refuses to let an oracle decide, choosing to keep both the fortune and the hesitation as her own belongings.
Inspired by the late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese new music and city pop, the track reimagines that era lyrical subtlety through images of shrine paths, steam rising from sweet amazake stalls, and a love that is in no hurry to be named.

Instead of tying the paper to the branch, she folds it away in her sleeve and carries it home.
In a room where she stayed through the New Year, the small fortune waits for spring in the frame of her mirror, kept by her own hands.
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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