Here at Word Processor Couple, DreamseTrue is the band that can make love's dreams come true.
For other people, DreamseTrue's songs have a different meaning.
Seeing Yuji Miyake announcing on TV that the band's debut single had been released, Junko felt like "it's finally here." On the weekend of the next day, during her lunch break, she walked into a record store near her part-time job.
For Junko, who has to work part-time to raise her daughter on her own, she lives a prudent life and cannot spend even the money for a tape casually.
She not only has a boring life, but also has her own little fun and her favorite singers in her impoverished life day after day.
Junko likes theheke, and she also likes Hikaru Genji, a beautiful boy who is always full of energy, but she almost always records their new songs on tape. Only occasionally she likes them so much that she buys one as a reward for herself.
But this time, she was willing to buy the tape immediately for the sake of dreamsetrue.
It's not because they have just debuted and it's hard to hear their songs on TV or radio from time to time like Theheke or Hikari Genji, so they don't want to wait. It's just out of a pure wish to get it earlier.
This tape.
Then, take it back as a gift to your daughter.
I accidentally saw the performance of DreamseTrue in Band Heaven and got to know this band. My daughter watched the TV and learned the lyrics of "So happy! So happy! I love it so much!"
I witnessed DreamseTrue's victory on the show, but in reality, Junko and her daughter's dependent lives did not undergo any miraculous changes.
Junko still had to work hard to make a living, and when she was extremely exhausted, she even felt like her heart was numb. Her daughter still had to be fostered by her neighbor's aunt after school. After work, she would carry her home.
go.
Nothing has changed.
If there is anything more, it is just the lyrics of the phrase "So happy! So happy! I love it so much!" that my daughter sings from time to time.
As a child, after watching the competition, I only remembered this line in the whole song. However, after watching the program, when my daughter was playing games or playing with toys, she would sometimes remember it and hum it.
This line was also the only line of lyrics that she remembered.
Does such a young child know what he is singing?
However, Junko knew that her daughter would only think of singing these lyrics when she was having fun and in a good mood. Therefore, as long as she heard her singing like this, she knew that she was very happy.
Although she is still young and does not understand the meaning of the three words "happy, happy, like", she explains everything with her practical actions.
Whenever she hears her daughter singing like this, Junko feels a subtle happiness from her daughter, and truly feels that her boring life day after day is not meaningless, but has created such happiness.
Because of thinking of these, her tired body was infused with strength, and her mind that was almost numb was filled with vitality again.
Nothing has changed, but because of her encounter with DreamseTrue, Junko gained the power to appreciate the tiny happiness that had been ignored.
The next day, Monday morning, it was a rare time when both mother and daughter were awake and still together. Perhaps they wanted to spend more time with their mother, as the daughter almost never slept in.
"By the way, I bought you a gift." After breakfast, Junko said to her daughter.
Upon hearing the gift, my daughter cheered energetically.
Junko went to find the cassette tape she bought, took the tape recorder, put the tape in, and pressed the play button. While she was doing these things, her daughter always looked at her mother's every move with expectant eyes.
"From the moment I first met you..."
In the small room, the gentle and powerful voice of the lead singer of DreamseTrue sounded. The melody gradually became familiar. When she heard "So happy! So happy! I love it so much!", my daughter clapped her hands happily.
"So happy! So happy! I love it so much!" She sang along with the lyrics in a sweet voice.
Junko started a new week and a new day with this smile and happiness she felt.
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The song "DreamseTrue" can make the dream of love come true, and can also bring a little happiness to life. After hearing this song in the band paradise, many people have been infected by the band.
However, there are also more people who want to play this song on the car stereo when driving, want to play this song at parties, and want to listen to this song to cheer up when they are in a good mood because of its brisk rhythm.
, I want to listen to this song to cheer me up when I’m in a bad mood, or maybe just because it sounds good.
For various reasons, they picked up this single in the record store. And these people from all walks of life, with different identities and different ideas, no matter what the reason for buying this single, one of them
Things are the same
That is, supporting the dreamsetrue dream on stage.
The ratings of Band Paradise remain high, and the band set a record during its performance. The audience has not forgotten the wonderful performance of this band during the competition, and the Glico commercials were broadcast in the middle of the program a few days in advance.
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Now, Miyake Yuji publicly announced on the show that the single has been released, which undoubtedly added to the fire.
Debuting from a popular program is a very high starting point for a new band. What’s more, the publicity for this debut is quite large and the topic is sufficient. After the official distribution of the goods, the sales trend is also quite eye-catching, even
The initial sales trend was even better than when Begin released their debut single, which they won earlier.
The big reason for this is that the song "So happy! So happy! I love it so much!" is more catchy, suitable for being played on various occasions, and is easily sung, while "Love"
It is suitable for quiet listening and appreciation.
Compared with the implicitness of "Love", Miwa Yoshida's straightforward lyrics make young people feel more relaxed.
DreamseTrue and Begin are champion bands from the same show, so naturally they are compared together from time to time, even though their styles are completely different.
Likewise, subsequent champion bands will definitely be compared with them.
However, as a band that debuted in a talent show, both bands had a good start.
Begin, who debuted early in DreamseTrue, has sold nearly 200,000 copies of its debut single so far, and its best ranking on the sales chart is third place. This song "Love" has also become a recent hit.
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They are both from the same show, so the results in begin can be used as a reference.
When the sales comparison was fed back to the record company and the agency, people on both sides were very excited and unanimously came up with the same idea. There is a high chance that the debut song "DreamseTrue" will become a hit!
The first batch of 50,000 singles shipped will definitely not be enough to sell based on the current trend. However, the specific number of replenishments that will be needed in the future needs to be determined comprehensively.
Not only must we take into consideration the sales trend of begin, but also the market feedback and performance on the charts, and what impact the upcoming debut album will have has become the last consideration.
dreamsetrue's debut single and debut album were released at the same time, and there was only one week between them. "So happy! So happy! I love it so much!" is not only the band's debut single, but also the lead single for their debut album.
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Despite this, compared to the debut single, the attention of the debut album is not too strong now, and it does not affect the sales of the single too much because of the album, although there are still a small number of people considering that the album is anyway.
With this song, it would be better for the audience to buy the album instead of buying the single, but they are only a minority.
The reason for this is a problem that bands born in the draft have to face, that is, their debut single is also the song that the audience is most familiar with, while the album is unfamiliar and unknown.
Naturally, the audience will not treat things that have been tested and things that are unknown equally.
On the premise that they still do not believe in DreamSeTrue's ability to produce albums, the audience will not choose to wait and buy the album directly because the album containing the title song will be released in a week. Instead, they will choose to buy the album with songs they like and can trust.
Take the idea home first and buy this single first.
Therefore, even if the disc announcement was announced at the same time, the company was not worried about the impact of the single, nor did it think that the debut album would have a big impact on the single, nor did it consider the impact of the album on the sales of the single.
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Not only that, what they are looking forward to now is how many people are willing to listen to the album if the single is bought back.
After some weighing, the record company and the office finally decided on the second batch of 150,000 copies to be printed. They did not put them out immediately, but stored them in the warehouse until the time was right and could complete the distribution immediately.
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The record company and the agency discussed the replenishment of the debut single in advance, and almost at the same time as these meetings, the debut album was put on the shelves.
There was no need for any additional arrangements. The clerk at the record store directly put the album together with the hot-selling single.
The cover of the album uses the photo "Triangle is the strongest relationship" taken by Nori Shinoyama. The three people form an extremely harmonious triangle. Because the giraffe man has his back to the camera, there is no such thing.
It's incongruous to see a person wearing a hood on the cover.
On the back cover of the album, the photo of Miwa-chan adjusting the giraffe man's headgear and Nakamura Masato watching the fun with his hands on his hips was used on the back cover of the album.
However, compared with the good sales of the single, not many people who came to buy the single reached out to the album placed aside. The audience was instinctively unwilling to "take risks" for things they had not tried yet.
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Because of this, when planning your debut, you should make the national tour a very important part of your publicity. Listening is believing.
So, the week after the album was released, the band performed at a small venue in Nagoya, the first stop of the tour, for two consecutive nights on Friday and Saturday.
From here on, during the tour period of about half a year, performances will be scheduled almost every Friday and Saturday, from Kanto, Kansai and Tokai, to Fukuoka and even Hokkaido.
Since the debut of Band Paradise, the popularity is already quite high for a new band. This kind of tour focuses more on the hope that the audience can appreciate the live charm of the band and understand that the quality of the tracks included in their album is also very high.
Don’t suffer a loss if you buy, don’t be fooled if you buy.
When making music, the three of them attach great importance to the quality of the album.
For Shinichi Iwahashi, what he considers is whether the band can take it to the next level. To grow from the current band that has gained popularity because of Band Paradise to a more powerful existence, it depends on whether it can produce good music.
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Because an album, compared to a single, pays more attention to the quality of the band and can better express the band's musical concept. It is not something that can be made simply by inspiration.
A smooth album that can be listened to over and over depends not only on inspiration, but also on sophisticated production technology and rich production experience, which all test the band's professionalism.
If it can only produce catchy singles but not smooth and listenable albums, then it will be difficult for the band to rise to the top, let alone realize the dream of letting Miwa-chan's singing be heard by more people.
Masato Nakamura was born as a professional musician and was deeply influenced by Western music. He coincided with Shinichi Iwahashi's ideas and regarded integrity and listenability as non-negotiable elements in album production.
As for Miwa-chan, although it is difficult to explain these things in professional terms, Yumi Matsutoya, whom she admires, is a singer who pays great attention to the overall feel and listenability of the album. For the sake of integrity, she sometimes even sacrifices sales.
It's a good single, so it's generally recognized that Yumi Matsutoya's album is very listenable.
There was no need for Miwa-chan to use her abstract words to describe it, just saying "I want to make an album like Yumi-san", Iwahashi Shinichi and Nakamura Masato knew that the three of them had reached a perfect agreement on this matter.
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So, with this perfectly agreed goal in mind, the three of them went on tour together to promote the new album.
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On Friday afternoon, a group of people took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagoya for the first performance of today's tour.
The protected person Miwa-chan will definitely have to sit with her (self-proclaimed) guardian Iwahashi Shinichi. For this matter, the staff who have been working together for a while are already used to it.
To be honest, at first, I thought this band was composed of a young couple and a light bulb. There were many staff members who thought this way.
Miwa-chan, who loves live performances and the stage, is in a good mood and is looking forward to the next performance in Nagoya.
"Shen Yijun." She lowered her voice.
"Huh?" Iwahashi Shinichi turned his head, thinking she was going to say something.
"I haven't seen the audience in Nagoya yet."
As a result, people didn't know how to react as soon as they opened their mouths.
Iwahashi Shinichi was speechless.
It sounds like Nagoya people have something extra than people in other places.