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Crescendo of a Run

Akemi

神泉の鏡台 夕暮れの窓

ストッキングを履く 太腿まで

葉書の一行 まだ繰り返す

時計の針が 六時半を過ぎる

太腿の内側に 細い筋

指で押さえる まだ短い

黒いナイロンに 走る一本

葉書の一行を 読み返さない

伝線が下へ ゆっくり伸びる

時計の針と 並んで進む

「来てほしい」とは まだ言わない

確かめないまま 膝の手前

膝を越えた 黒い縦線

脛まで届く 止めずに見る

靴を履く前に 立ち止まる

踝の上で 筋が止まらない

透明マニキュアは 引き出しの奥

取りに行かないと決める 立ったまま

脛の伝線 息が止まる

止める道具を 持たないでいる

靴は床に置く 履かないでおく

コートを掛け直す 出かけない夜

受話器には触れず 葉書を伏せる

鏡台に戻る 脱がない夜

葉書は引き出しに 黙って戻す

黒い縦線は 肌のうえに

「待っていた」とは まだ書かない

ラジオの目盛りを 深夜に回す

  • Lyricist

    Akemi

  • Composer

    Akemi

  • Producer

    nanayon music

  • Mixing Engineer

    nanayon music

  • Vocals

    Akemi

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    Crescendo of a Run

    Akemi

Crescendo of a Run is a mid tempo city pop track that portrays an early Sunday evening when the only message from him is a single line on a postcard, and a thin run on her stocking slowly travels down her leg.
A dressing table in Shinsen, the one line of writing on the card, a small bottle of clear nail polish at the back of a drawer, a pair of low heels waiting at the entrance, and a black vertical line moving from knee to shin create a quiet scene where the refusal to confirm and the refusal to mend move in step.

Performed by the fictional AI singer Akemi, the song captures the emotions of adulthood that refuses to become the woman who calls to check on him, and instead watches the run extend without stopping it, choosing the side of the night she does not step out of the door.
Inspired by the late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese new music and urban pop, the track reimagines that era urban lyricism through images of city evenings, the slow geometry of a small apartment, and the careful distance held by a one line postcard.

She stops just before stepping into her shoes, leaves the receiver untouched, turns the postcard face down, and hangs the coat back on its hook.
Still wearing the stocking she will not remove, she turns the dial of the radio toward late night - a song about the quiet repetition of choosing not to confirm.
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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