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Lyric

Standlight in the Dusk

Akemi

土曜の夜更け 三茶の部屋で

アームを引いて スイッチを入れる

手元にひとつ 光の輪

あとは暗いまま 置いておく

向かいの椅子は 光の縁で

背もたれだけが ぼんやり白い

大和の家でも 広い灯りは

つけないできた 手元だけで

ふいに明かりが 一度またたく

部屋がまるごと 闇に沈んで

また戻る光 息を止めたまま

誰も呼ばない この輪の中で

戻った光が 椅子まで伸びて

空いた座面を 白く撫でた

天井の紐に 手は伸ばさずに

この明るさだけ 選んで座る

電球の奥 じりりと灯り

熱を持つ傘に 指をかざす

広い夜には 背を向けたまま

この輪の温度を 抱いて過ごす

明かりはもう またたきもせず

部屋は静かに 闇を抱えて

傘を手前に 少しだけ寄せる

誰も呼ばずに 夜を閉じる

向かいの椅子は そのままにして

傘の首を折り 私だけ照らす

空いた席には 名前をつけず

まぶたの裏の 小さな灯り

  • Lyricist

    Akemi

  • Composer

    Akemi

  • Producer

    nanayon music

  • Mixing Engineer

    nanayon music

  • Vocals

    Akemi

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    Standlight in the Dusk

    Akemi

Standlight in the Dusk is a mid tempo city pop track that portrays a Saturday night with no phone calls, where solitude is not something to be filled but a space whose edges are chosen by hand.
An old apartment in Sangenjaya, a room with the ceiling light left off, a desk lamp pulled close, a single ring of light at the hands, and a chair left empty across the desk create a quiet scene where longing for someone not yet met sits beside the refusal to name it.

Performed by the fictional AI singer Akemi, the song captures the loneliness of adulthood that does not lament the dark, but decides how wide its own circle of light will be and lets an empty seat remain without a name.
Inspired by the late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese new music and city pop, the track reimagines that era urban lyricism through images of city nights, a solitary room, and a small warm light held against the dark.

When the lamp flickers once and the whole room sinks into darkness before returning, the outline of the empty chair rises for a moment.
Even so, she does not reach for the ceiling cord; she bends the neck of the shade toward herself and closes her eyes over a seat she leaves unnamed.
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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