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Release Date: 2026/11/09

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A melody that came to me late at night 45 years ago, while playing a grand piano in the studio.

I held onto that melody for decades, until music producer Isao Washizu (who passed away at 71) breathed life into it with his Japanese lyrics.

The arrangement and instrumentation on this recording were entirely done by myself. My only regret is that he passed away before I could share the finished sound with him.

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  • Shu Hakamada

    I'm a Japanese singer-songwriter making melodic pop deeply influenced by the Beatles and the roots music of their era. In 1987, I released a solo album on King Records, one of Japan's major labels, and for about twenty years after that I worked as a composer and arranger, arranging more than 300 songs released on CD. After more than fifteen years away from music, I released the album "Restart" in 2024, at 64. What matters most to me is Human-Led Music. I sometimes use AI as a tool for parts of the process, such as polishing the English in my lyrics, some backing vocals, and parts of the mixing, but I write, compose, arrange, sing, play guitar, bass, and other instruments, and record my music myself (a few songs have lyrics by friends). At a time when it's getting harder to see who is behind the music, I want to make songs where you can tell who made them, and why.

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