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Swing at Twilight

Akemi

暮れる井の頭 池が銅色

冷たい鎖を 両手で握る

あなたは隣の 座板を軋ませ

何も言わずに 足を遊ばす

さっき観た映画の 続きのように

「また今度」って 鎖が軋む

漕げば近づき 止めれば戻る

言葉はいつも 弧の真ん中

蹴って高くへ 弧を描くたび

最高点で 息が止まるの

今なら言える 宙のひととき

でも戻される 地面の方へ

あなたが先に 座板を降りて

砂に長い影 二つ伸びてる

こっちの弧だけ まだ揺れていて

降りる切っ掛けを 探してしまう

金網越しの 声は届かなくて

聞こえるだけの 夜に慣れてた

踏み込まずにいれば 壊さずにすむ

だから漕ぐの 言葉の手前で

つま先で砂を 擦って止める

高い弧はもう 描かないでおく

最高点より この低い揺れ

地面に近い ところで止まる

「次はいつ」とは 聞かないままで

つま先で砂に 短い弧を引く

止めたブランコ 鎖はもう鳴らず

夕闇に残る 鉄の冷たさ

  • Lyricist

    Akemi

  • Composer

    Akemi

  • Producer

    nanayon music

  • Mixing Engineer

    nanayon music

  • Vocals

    Akemi

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    Swing at Twilight

    Akemi

Swing at Twilight is a mid tempo city pop track that portrays the hesitation of two swings swaying in a dusk lit park, where naming the next day would mean becoming the one who steps in.
The Inokashira pond turning copper, cold chains gripped in both hands, a swing seat creaking beside her, two long shadows stretching across the sand, and a swing brought to rest by the drag of a toe create a quiet autumn scene where every arc forward and back becomes a question left unanswered.

Performed by the fictional AI singer Akemi, the song captures the emotions of adulthood that knows how a vague promise of some other time would force her to become the one who steps in, yet chooses neither to cling nor to blame, stopping her own arc with the tip of a foot and deciding the distance for herself.
Inspired by the late 1970s to early 1980s Japanese new music and city pop, the track reimagines that era urban lyricism through images of a park at dusk, the creak of a swing, and the distance of a relationship with no name.

For a single weightless instant at the top of the arc she comes close to the words, only to fall silent again on the way down toward the ground. Drawing no more high arcs, she drags her toe through the sand near the earth and stops the swing by her own will, leaving the question of the next day unspoken in the fading dusk.
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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