Appearing tonight, in addition to DREAMSCOMETRUE, which both mother and daughter are looking forward to, there is also Junko's recent favorite male idol group SMAP.
Two years ago, when Junko was watching the Red and White Song Concert, she was deeply impressed by a beautiful boy in the Hikari Genji dance troupe. One time this fall, when she turned on the TV, she saw him again in a variety show.
But this time, the boy and the members of his dance troupe had a new identity. They were not the foils of Hikaru GENJI, but the new idol group "SMAP" launched by Johnny. Junko also learned about it.
He is a shining and beautiful boy, his name is Kimura Takuya. It is a very handsome and cheerful name, and it goes well with his image.
For Junko, just life has taken away most of her time. Even if she likes a certain star, she can often only glance at it occasionally and cannot invest too much energy in pursuing it. Perhaps because of this,
She often always finds someone she likes among the artists who are intensively exposed and promoted on TV, and becomes her favorite for a period of time.
Rest time is rare, and liking a celebrity that you can see when you turn on the TV is a relaxing pastime, and it is also a small happiness that can be touched by reaching out.
The reason why I like Hikari Genji is that Junko is attracted by the youthful vigor. On the other hand, Hikari Genji has become popular all over the country since their debut, and you can see them anytime, anywhere. Of course.
, also because young people can be seen everywhere, they hold this vitality in front of Junko with both hands, without her needing to discover it herself.
But Kimura Takuya was different. He didn't hold himself in front of Junko with his hands, but Junko discovered it with his own eyes in an accidental glance and remembered it in his heart.
Since Junko was still a student, Johnny has gradually become a representative of male idols. Whether it is a youth team or a male fighting group, not to mention GENJI, they are all idols that you can see when you turn on the TV.
When SMAP debuted, Junko felt that this group would attract as much attention as the idols that Johnny had launched over the years. She also thought that even if they were not as good as GENJI, they would still be top-tier idols.
However, SMAP did not become as popular as their predecessors in recent years. Even though they appeared in MUSICSTATION's special program tonight, several members did not receive attention. The host exchanged a few words with them and started the performance.
There are two teenagers in the group. They look like children. During the conversation, they stood aside obediently. On the other hand, the leader, Masahiro Nakai, did not panic when facing a big shot like Tamori. Junko cares most about Takuya Kimura.
He stood quietly aside. He was obviously only a high school student, but he seemed to give people a reliable feeling.
Junko suspected that it was because of the two members who were still children, but she felt that it was more than that.
Perhaps it was because she discovered Kimura Takuya with her own eyes rather than because he held her in front of Junko with both hands. Junko rarely felt like a real star-struck fan of this group and this boy. Although
SMAP did not become popular, but Junko bought SMAP posters and put them up in the small Japanese-style room.
Because of this, when several teenagers stood on the stage, my daughter recognized them immediately and said, "It's SMAP!" as if announcing the good news to her!
This tone makes it seem like she is the one who really likes SMAP, not Junko.
Junko smiled and added, "Yes, it's SMAP!"
When it comes to young single mothers, the world often associates this identity with unreliable men, thinking that they have some kind of hobby of placing their feelings on illusory objects. However, Junko, who lives a quiet and simple life, is different from such
The association has no chance.
Junko has also heard many such rumors. Which woman works hard to make money just to give it to the cowherd in Kabukicho. Which single mother pretends not to know even if her child is abused by her live-in boyfriend.
At this time, listening to these experiences from fellow travelers, Junko was able to express her understanding in a subtle way. Then she confirmed in her heart again and again that because of the existence of her daughter Maiko, the little moments of getting along day and night, and the small happiness, despite her poverty, she felt happy in her heart.
Enriched and spiritually rich.
Junko likes SMAP, and Mayiko also watches the boys jumping up and down on TV seriously. Later, when it was Hikaru Genji's turn to appear, Maiko suddenly had a whim and asked Junko, "Hikari GENJI and SMAP, what do you think about Mom now?"
Which one do you like?"
Junko's question about calling her daughter made her laugh.
Children grow up quickly and learn quickly. Last year and this year, from the beginning to the end of the year, they looked the same. Their minds became smarter and smarter, and the questions they asked became more and more clever and tricky. It was both funny and impossible to do anything to her.
"This is it."
Junko looked like she was thinking hard, which made her daughter impatient, and then she revealed the answer, "Sure enough, it's a little more SMAP."
Maiko laughed loudly and told Junko the newly learned words, "Mom loves the new and hates the old."
"It's amazing~Maiko." Junko reached her daughter, faced her face to face, and praised her. The mother and the daughter smiled exactly the same way.
In the small Japanese-style room, there is never a shortage of laughter and laughter.
Finally, DREAMSCOMETRUE appeared. Just like exchanging orange segments in each hand, Junko also smiled and said to her daughter, "It's Kirin-san."
Today was no exception. The giraffe man was wearing his hood, hiding his true face under the hood. Junko thought of the little discovery her daughter had just told her, as well as her childish simple associations, and subconsciously recalled the story of producer Shinichi Iwahashi.
Face. Looking at Giraffe Man’s physique, even if he had a face like producer Shinichi Iwahashi, it wouldn’t be out of place.
Junko thought so and suddenly smiled. She couldn't help but think that when she looked at the giraffe man, she thought of Shinichi Iwahashi. Such out-of-the-box thoughts were probably only shared by the mother and daughter.
On TV, Tamori asked the band similar questions, nothing more than "summary of this year's work" and "plans and prospects for the coming year."
DREAMSCOMETRUE is releasing a record and touring this year, and the tour is still conducted as a two-person system. It is inevitable that Tamori will ask questions about the new system.
"KIRIN-kun appeared here, and the venue suddenly became dreamy." Tamori joked.
Miwa Yoshida, who was at a loss when it came to the interview, made all kinds of small moves. When the host mentioned the giraffe man, she took a small step back on the stage and hid half of her body behind the giraffe man, as if she was playing hide and seek.
Masato Nakamura, who was in charge of speaking, had a decent conversation with the host while the lead singer Sang was enjoying himself. In a sense, the division of labor in this band is clear enough.
"Today we are going to sing a Christmas song." Tamori confirmed to the band.
Masato Nakamura nodded, "Yes."
"'Snow Christmas.'" Tamori repeated the title of the song, "When it comes to Christmas Eve, I really think of snow... Yoshida-san was born in Hokkaido, and before that, he had been living in the country of snow."
Miwa Yoshida leaned out from behind the giraffe man, nodded her head two or three times like a chicken pecking rice, but said: "However, when I wrote this song, I looked up at the night sky, and there was not even a shadow of snowflakes.
See you."
Tamori laughed hard, "So, did you write "Snow Christmas" just because you didn't see snowflakes?"
On the TV screen, Masato Nakamura took over the topic again and complained about Miwa Yoshida. Whether it was Tamori or Masato Nakamura, even Miwa Yoshida, who seemed to be moving around because of nervousness on stage, was actually quite relaxed.
At first glance, you can tell that this band is quite familiar with the host.
At the end of the interview, it was Masato Nakamura who spoke as the representative again, talking about plans and arrangements for next year. The release of a new album is already being arranged, and of course, a new theme tour will also be prepared. In short, it is in the stage of becoming popular.
The band has to keep releasing records and holding concerts. On the one hand, they want to make more money while they are at their most popular, and on the other hand, they also want to maintain their popularity.
The biggest role of small-venue concerts that focus on viewing experience and interaction is to consolidate fans.
Of course, the new theme tour will still be conducted as a two-person system.
Before the performance begins, there is an advertising period.
Rie Miyazawa, a popular female star who is famous for her commercials and is now both singing and acting, appears on the screen. She is only seventeen years old and wears a student uniform just right. She is sitting at a Western-style table, tasting a hundred dishes with a satisfied look on her face.
Strange cookies.
Junko picked up the tea cup and took a sip of barley tea. The tea began to become warm.
After the commercial ends, we return to the live broadcast. The stage has been set up. Miwa Yoshida is standing in the middle. Her two musicians, one on the left and one on the right, are not far behind her, holding her in the center. The supporting musicians,
Then, further away, hold the three of them in the center.
"When the street lights are on, the falling snowflakes look bigger."
"From the beginning, I kept staring at the sky until my neck hurt."
The simple and realistic lyrics, coupled with Yoshida Miwa's singing voice, made Junko feel that what she was singing was a real scene happening.
Although she was in a small Japanese room at the moment, Yoshida-san on the TV was in the middle of the spacious stage.
But it seems that somewhere in the world, in the past or now, there is the Christmas snow in the song. There is a girl alone in a small park, looking up at the night sky, watching the small park gradually gradually
Transformed into a snowfield.
However, Junko suddenly thought that until the small park turned into a snowfield, the people she was waiting for had not come.
"Even if you are with other people, I still want to show you this night scene."
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The performance on the 21st ended. The next day, the weather forecast was that cold air would hit and snow would fall in Tokyo. Before Christmas Eve, I heard the news that it was going to snow. No doubt, Tokyo had been carefully decorated for Christmas.
It brings another icing on the cake atmosphere.
However, the snow finally turned from a cold rain to snowflakes on the afternoon of the 23rd. After one night, by the morning of the next day, there was almost nothing left, as if the snow girl had played a little joke on humans.
The Christmas snow happened to fall on the 23rd. People who had been looking forward to it with joy because of the news about the snow probably experienced far more disappointment this time than before. Despite this, an impatient snow did not shock Tokyoites.
The anticipation for Christmas Eve. After all, even the terrible fact that it is a Monday did not dampen the enthusiasm of Tokyoites.
After the regular meeting in the morning, Shinichi Iwahashi packed up his things, called Mitochi Iijima, and sent him to Sony's recording studio in Shinanocho. As the year came to an end, DREAMSCOMETRUE still had to work.
The band is turning around the new year and will release its next album in February. Production of the new album started after the band's theme tour this year, and is currently more than halfway through the process.
The special thing is that the song "Snow Christmas" will not be included in the new album.
When I made this decision, I considered the integrity of the album. Songs of this type, such as Christmas songs, only sound full of atmosphere when December is about to enter and the winter atmosphere is thick.
If the song is included in the album, it will destroy the new message that the new album wants to convey to the audience, and it will also cause the song "Snow Christmas" to lose its charm when it is played along with other songs in the album.
...The above is from Miwa-chan’s high opinion.
Of course, the reason why her proposal became a reality was because Iwahashi Shinichi thought so too.
Although Miwa-chan is used to being able to carry a gun, even if she is relying on intuition to do things, she sometimes has such accurate intuition. Of course, in addition to this, Iwahashi Shinichi also thought of not including this Christmas song.
album, and then every year during the Christmas month, this single would be sold.
Since it has been decided not to include the song "Snowy Christmas" in the album, then before the new album is released, it is necessary to release a pre-single. Christmas songs tend to sell best during the Christmas month, and sales after the season
It naturally declined. In the new year, a new single will be released in late January, and a new album will be released in late February.
This time, Sony's plan is to sell this album for a whole year and hit the top spot on the annual charts.
At the end of the year, Shinichi Iwahashi had a lot on his plate, and the band had plenty of time to produce the album. The reason why he came to the recording studio was because of work, and the second reason was to deliver this year’s Christmas gift (the Ugly Edition).
Every Christmas, Shinichi Iwahashi would rack his brains for some weird and ugly gift, and this year was no exception. He carefully selected and put a lot of effort into it.
In addition to giving her a Christmas gift, he was also waiting to see what the three gifts Miwa-chan had prepared for him.
"I'm super confident!" Miwa-chan proudly announced to him when they met.
Taking into account the style of two people giving Christmas gifts to each other, the more proud she became, Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't make up his mind. Even so, after all he had seen big scenes, he still remained calm, "Then I have to wait and see.
"
"Stay tuned." Miwa-chan felt confident, went to dig through the big bag she brought, and took out a thermos bucket from it.
Iwahashi Shinichi was a little stunned and couldn't think of what she wanted to give, "Could it be your special Christmas dinner?"
Miwa-chan shook her head again and again, "Shinichi-kun's lack of imagination is really regrettable."
Iwahashi Shinichi was speechless.
Miwa-chan was so proud that her invisible fox tail swung again and again. She didn't show off and opened the thermos bucket, "Let me show you!"