仕事終わりで駆けつけた
ハンドルを握る手は震えていた
とてもひとりでは乗り越えられない
長い暗い道
翌朝，先輩のふるさとで
暑い日差しが頬を突き刺してくる
懐かしい顔が集まり
やりきれない思いを分け合った
変わってしまった姿と変わらぬ声
葬式は静かに始まった
友が奏でる追悼の調べで
灼熱のグランドを
走り回った記憶がよみがえる
辛くなったら
走る先輩の背中を見た
どんなに強い相手でも逃げることはない
その姿は希望の灯火だった
あれから
ときどき夢で先輩に会う
『やっぱり。そんなわけないと思ってた。』
心の底から笑い合ってから
今日の試合のフォーメーションの話をする
目が覚めて
現実に戻されても
いつでもその背中は
見えるんだ
顔さえ上げることができたなら
走る背中はいつも
目の前にあるんだ
- Lyricist
Johnny E.
- Composer
Apocasmyth
- Producer
Johnny E.
- Vocals
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- 1
Under the Moon
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- 2
Water Song
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- 3
Home
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- 4
Promised Land
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- 5
The Unavailable Machine
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Running Back
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- 7
Trapped in the Cave
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- 8
Beautiful Day
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- 9
Watching All Along
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- 10
Troublemaker
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- 11
Soul
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- 12
She's all Right
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- 13
Fantastic!
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- 14
Immortal Propositions
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- 15
Dynamite
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- 16
Tochi La Catta Mama
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- 17
There are
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- 18
The Beautiful Land
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"Mythic Pop" is the debut album from Apocasmyth, a musical unit made up of both human and AI - a collection of 18 stories that cross the borders between poetry and reality.
Blending genres and perspectives, the album offers a fresh way to tell stories through pop music, navigating the depths and surfaces of everyday life, joy and sorrow, dreams and reality.
The opening tracks (1-3) delve into themes of desire, violence, and redemption, using layered metaphors and passionate vocals with jazz and folk influences.
Tracks 4-6 shift to a lighter pop tone, reflecting real-life memories of youth, dreams, and setbacks - told in a calm and honest voice.
The middle section (7-9) bursts with intense emotion, expressing despair and catharsis through folk rock and punk-inspired sounds.
Tracks 10-13 shine a light on the quiet struggles beneath ordinary lives, delivered with soulful ballads and understated funk rhythms.
Next, tracks 14-16 take a playful turn - surreal lyrics and upbeat rock'n'roll celebrate the weirdness and humor of being human.
The album closes with two final stories: one about a child trying to find identity while being shaped by society (Track 17), and one about the power of nature to restore and renew the human spirit (Track 18).
The title "Mythic Pop" is itself a statement - a challenge to portray modern mythology through pop music.
The unit name Apocasmyth, combining "apocalypse" and "myth", does not signal destruction, but coexistence.
This is where the story begins - a new musical narrative created together by human and AI.
Artist Profile
Apocasmyth
Apocasmyth is a coined name that fuses "Apocalypse" and "Myth." Just like the true meaning of the Apocalypse - "a story of new coexistence born through hardship" - the name reflects the evolving relationship between humans and AI. Not destruction, but coexistence. Apocasmyth embodies that new form of creation. Moving freely across genres such as rock, pop, funk, soul, jazz, and Latin, Apocasmyth pursues a unique musical identity while striving for the revival and evolution of popular music. The 1st and 2nd albums marked the first phase of Apocasmyth: lyrics were written by a human (Johnny E.), while the compositions were created using the music-generation AI "Suno AI." Through this process, the project gained hands-on experience in the entire release workflow and creative collaboration with AI. For the 3rd and 4th albums, the production style shifted dramatically. Johnny E. took songs he had composed on piano and guitar over the years and had "Suno AI" arrange them into completed instrumental works. From the 5th album onward, Apocasmyth continues to build upon this instrumental foundation - creating new compositions while engaging with the ever-evolving capabilities of AI, exploring what the next era of music-making can truly become.
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