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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- LYRICS: • The mysterious Akihaba...
watch this video • The Akiba Tape (AKA Fl... . for more information on this song and to help find out who the artist is.
brief context:
in the early 1990s, somebody found this song on a cassette tape in a thrift store. since then, there has been a long search for the original artist, or any information regarding who made the track, yet no info has been found! this song and the case itself fascinates me. some claim the song is cursed...
do you find it eerie? personally I find the pitch change in the middle quite obscure, a little unsettling. but- it sounds professionally recorded! maybe a demo track? who knows! mysteries like these fascinate me ! share this story around; maybe one day we will find out who made this cool track. anyways, enjoy the song and think about the story a little. imagine how amazing it would be for the original artist to discover people listen to their song? perhaps it was a demo for a production company, and was rejected.
some say the name of this song is 'fly away'. the lyrics are a bit obscure, too. please let me know your thoughts here ! ^_^
thank you to Sakura Stardust for spreading the information about this song and its story.
have a peaceful night / day wherever you are ! regards ~
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why does lost media always slap so hard
I know, right DX that's what makes it even more annoying to not know the artist ... we can't listen to their other music ~
Future generations will also be saying that about Anaconda
From someone who's listened to a lot of music from lost/amateur artists most of them aren't that good, but with so many independent and small bands trying to make it big out there you're sure to find some bangers eventually
Example:Blind The Wind
poproxycodone6409 Yes, like "Plastic Pearls"! I really like that one
Wow, even TH-cam's annoying copyrighted music detection system doesn't know the song ether. I hope someone solves the mystery someday. It's only a matter of time.
I know, right >:( for the first time we'd be GLAD if TH-cam's copyright claiming put in some effort...
TH-cam detected as distancia 2 berti russell but the song seems to be a copy of this song maybe done by people to leverage on the Copyright fees
It'd be hilarious if TH-cam's DMCA was the thing that solved a mystery song's...mystery.
@@LikaLarukuthis actually happened with the song “himalayan griffon vulture”
That says something, one time I used a song from that guy that makes EVERY royalty free song and it copyrighted as “Bravely” by I think their name was bandboy or something
While in another parallel universe Fly Away is a famous song and it talks about a strange song called Plastic Love
Naw baby shark should be lost
@@railfandepotproductions i'd give both my pinky fingers and both pinky toes to make this happen.
Plastic love, What song is that a reference to?
@@TearfulZorua th-cam.com/video/T_lC2O1oIew/w-d-xo.htmlsi=XNkrjwYo4XoCLoM7
@@jennydeaf9O9 curly toes
Man this would be a dream come true. To just walk into a thrift store and buy an unmarked tape or CD and it turns out to be an absolute bop (as opposed to an evil curse or something)
yes! I agree!
Then it becomes a lifetime quest to solve the mystery behind the unmarked tape/CD, which in turn leads to more unmarked tapes/CDs getting discovered.
Wholesome twist: It puts the spirit at peace to know their music is appreciated after they're gone
even better, an old not known godly anime with a opening this unknown
i found an unmarked tape at a thrift store and brought it home and it was just a bootleg of a stevie wonder album 😂
The sad thing is, the girl who sang this song probably forgot she even send this tape or even remember the name of the song she made and probably got "disappointed" when she send a Demo tape with no "reply" from any studio and moved on with her life doing other career. But there are other possibility why no one claim it was their song, the singer probably died and her parents or family never knew she sang a song like this.
so true. it would be amazing for this girl, if still alive, to discover that there are hundreds of people enjoying her song which was most likely turned down by a label. what confuses me is why it was on a mixtape with songs from a top idol, who is not the same person and who sings this track ^. a mystery which perhaps will never unfold!
@@n3okitty You know... this is my 5th time I listen to it again, for some weird reason, I am drawn to this song and it doesn't leave my head... maybe this is really cursed or something, haha. My theory why this tape was mixed with a top idol could be that it was after all some random mix tape and he happened to come across of a friend of his who sang this song in her garage or something or maybe that person was important to them, so he just kept this private song in the cassette
@@n3okitty I think the singer was Okada Yukiko, an japan idol who commited svicide in 1986, after her dead 31 fans commited S too. It was a really popular new in Japan. Her voice is so similar to the voice of this tape.
@@nsqponerbno i made a short video about this! th-cam.com/video/flYCJ7BA1RE/w-d-xo.html
@@nsqponerbno her dead fans killed themselves?
約20年前から日本の80年代のあらゆる曲を聴いております。かなりマイナーな曲や歌手まで幅広く知っておりますが、この曲は森口博子さんの声に1番似てると思いました。よく挙げられる宝野アリカさん（本人否定）でもないし、岡田有希子（好きすぎてお墓にも行きました）の声でもありません。もっと力強くて歌唱力がある、アマチュアの声ではないと思います。曲調もかなり不安定ですが80年代はこういう試験的な曲が多かったので同人の仕事でもないような気がします。曲は多分84年から88年辺りにアイドルのアルバムからよく出てたメロディーだと思います。でも、ここまで知ってる人がいないし情報も出ないことから棄却されたデモテープの可能性が高いですね。
Its not even that creepy, but the only horrifying thing is that we still cant find who the fuck sang it
Possibly Yukiko okada, as this song hints to her kiling herself.
@@Pawsura wait what😀
@@nova2120 she killed herself
@@Pawsura it's not her
It's another woman, a teenager/early adult to be precise
It isn't a high pitched nor mature voice tho
@@Pawsura THE SINGER OF TJE SONG DIED? NOOOOOOO 😭
I know Yukiko Okada is a popular theory for the artist, but I kinda don't think it's her, but rather a much lesser known artist (most likely undiscovered) who was making music during the height of Yukiko Okada's popularity, and maybe trying to emulate her vocal style because that's what was popular during the time.
Yukiko Okada went to Horikoshi High School, (a high school with focus on the arts and entertainment industry) and many of the female vocalists that came from there around that era sounded very similar, probably because they were all being taught by the same vocal trainers and instructors. One example is anime singer Hiroko Moriguchi, she was Yukiko’s classmate who at that time had a very similar singing style.
What about a Reiko Takahashi early demo?
@@alexlinkinparkful I think this is more plausible than Yukiko for sure, but I still think it's probably an artist we've never heard of. :(
@@Krankhafter I showed this to a friend who's much more well-versed on all things Japanese music, much more than me (a casual listener), and they even said that they don't really know or can't really even tell who the singer is, but that it's not Yukiko Okada (lol when I asked they were so surprised I even knew her name and a few songs). Said that it actually sounds like a unreleased, or just demo tape, of a younger Arika Takarano solo (or Ali Project) project. However, having also listened to Arika, I said that it doesn't really sound like her though and my friend just laughed and said "yeah, that would make sense since she was only 21 when she debuted with Ali Project, that was back in '84". So, it could be that it is either a younger Arika, or that it is Reiko Takahashi (although I'm not too familiar with her more obscure stuff), or even Hiroko Moriguchi.
@@onyankoclubcentral I don't think it is Yukiko and I also don't think it is Hiroko Moriguchi, even though someone else actually said that it sounds like her, I'm still stuck on it being either some unknown female artist, or it actually is Arika from Ali project but just experimental and her when she was young. I'm fine with either of those options.
It's spooky how good this is - love that 80s horror-pop bass sound.
yes! me too. many people say it sounds like It came from an anime at the time. possibly so ~~ :)
John Carpenter's "City Pop."
In some ways, with the cool sharp, stabbing spooky-colours keys, reminds me of a 80's New Wave song by Mecano - "Barco a Venus." Very similar vibe I enjoy, and very eccentric, lively tune, just a little brighter than dark. But very similar keys to Fly Away. Definitely check it out!! Really great track :0) But yes, Fly Away is A+ 👌👌👁🦇🙂🖤
wym "horror pop" ...
you mean darkwave?
The song is eerie but it's genuinely amazing. I hope the singer can be found, especially since they've been unknown for almost 30+ years
Yes, I agree. I believe our not knowing who the artist is makes the song eerie! thanks for listening :)
Eerie how? It sounds suspenseful. Dramatic.
@@false_idol__ that is probably a better way to describe it, yes! (English is not my first language.) something about the pitch change / disruption in the middle of the song at 1:34 gives me the shivers sometimes, but I think this is psychosomatic- if we knew the artist, and could put a face on who is singing, I doubt any of us would find it 'eerie'... the lyrics are also quite random and strange to some so perhaps that contributes ~
One of my favorite details in this song is it going to a more spooky-ish and slower-paced sound at 0:43, then returning to it's more fast-pace at 0:54; same goes for the other times throughout the song, too!
I agree, it's kinda eerie, you have a voice, but not a face, even if the artist is no longer with us, it may be the thing to either boost them posthumously into popularity, or cement their legend if they are known and it was just unreleased
I don’t find this song eerie tbh
It’s a bop and I can imagine it being used for a spooky anime opening song
Well the ''spooky'' part is what makes it eerie, probably along with the fact that the singer is unknown. I have listened to a lot of city pop and Kayōkyoku but this one sounds a little more ''scary/mysterious,'' maybe why it was abandoned.
@@markhenley3097 i agree. I'm a 'hardcore' (XD) city pop fan and this sounds nothing like what I've listened to. it sounds more inspired by obscure new wave. perhaps this was the reason! whilst im not a music producer/expert, the pitch in the middle DOES seem to fluctuate in a way which almost seems like a flaw... perhaps this is also why~
fr, play this at a halloween party
What if its the song from the Saki credits? Jk
Ge ge ge ge ge ge no ge KITARO!
I'm often naturally drawn to lost media, and this isn't my first rodeo when it comes to discovering a Japanese Pop song only to find that the artist has fell of the face of the Earth.
Of course, this isn't entirely surprising, either. The influx of would-be Idols back in the 80's and 90's was not so dissimilar to people who want to be content creators on TH-cam now. How often do you click on a profile and find they haven't uploaded in years? Projects half-finished, dead links, outdated tech. What happened to these people? What are they doing now? Are they in good health? There is always a sense of uneasiness and eeriness in the unknown. Lack of closure causes people's minds to wander aimlessly.
As for the song? Well, the lyrics seem to suggest it's intended to be a song about a break-up or unrequited love. Hardly ground-breaking material when romantically-themed music is the entire foundation of the Japanese 'Idol' industry. The instrumentation may seem like it could only have been handled by professionals, but the reality is that they were affordable tools even for regular folk back then, and so the proficiency of whoever mixed it wasn't necessarily limited to the resources and technical prowess any record label - making it practically impossible to track that way.
A lot of people are noticing the tonal shift of the chorus to be what makes it feel so uneasy, and I think that's by design. The song incorporates percussion during these sections, with the dreary vocals invoking a stark contrast, as if they are trying to blend pop music with a much more sinister, Gothic vibe. Ironically, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the very artistic choice that caused it to be rejected, as it seems mostly disconnected from the rest of the song. Nowadays, we may look at this as a bit of a banger, but record labels were getting these tapes by the bucketload back then; with similar vocalists, similar themes and lyrics, and it's unfortunately very likely that this simply isn't what they were looking for.
Our only real hope is making this go so viral that the original singer, or someone attached to the song, picks up on it. But 30 years removed from the finding of the tape, would they even remember? Would a manager who went on to remain in the industry recall one of thousands of failed projects? Would a talent scout recognise this if they heard it?
Well, stranger things have happened.
I love you for writing all this
I strongly agree with your analysis, it’s so sad that we may never know who sung this song
Very well written and levelheaded analysis. I completely agree with you and because of this, I don't find it all that creepy, just kinda sad.
"they haven't uploaded in years" yeah there is a sense of hyper reality kicking in and we subconsciously assume the worst or even get a feeling that this person thing or concept just got deleted from reality
About the TH-cam creators part, that literally describes me for example. I tried to make stuff back in my teens, but have just given up on video making completely.
I bet this is the opening to "Saki Sanobashi" lol
Damn yeah
I'd believe that
Nah
Truly the Japanese equivalent of Like the Wind.
Yes. Lost for years, but so beautiful sounding
All the countries are getting their lost songs recently. I just saw "Kto tu jest niewinny?" (Who's the innocent here?" which is basically polish Everyone Knows That, it's from circa 80s and it's just a few seconds long snippet.
@@andygup1585 yes, it is from *a polish.*
I didn’t know that until now!
@@andygup1585 did mario write this commen
I agree with the idea that this might be a Yukiko Okada demo/unreleased track. It sounds a lot like her and has a very similar feel to a lot of her songs. Even little unique things she did vocally I hear on this song. Not saying it is 100% undoubtedly her, but I definitely feel like it’s a big possibility. And IIRC Yukiko had a lot of songs that never got released because of her untimely death. She was also was heading in a more mature direction and was doing less and less teenage romance kinda stuff. Either way this is a bop and I’d love to see this one get more traction and eventually be solved
I agree, and I hope so too. I wonder if there could be a way to compare okada's voice / find her unreleased tracks. ~
AGREED
this is definitely not yukiko okada, it doesn’t sound anything like her. Personally the singers style reminds me a bit of Hiroko Moriguchi, who went to the same school as Yukiko. But I don’t think they are the same people.
To me it sounds more like it's from 高橋玲子 (Takahashi Reiko) her voice and song in ラブソングは唄えない (I can't sing Love Song/Love song I can't sing/Rabu Songu wa Utaenai) it sounds alot like this song.
ive been listening to okada yukiko for years and this doesn't sound like her tbh
The lyrics to this song with translation:
風を追って何処へ行くの
Kaze o otte doko e iku no
Where are you going chasing the wind
夕陽色の枯れ葉たちよ
yūhi-iro no kareha-tachi yo
Dead leaves in the setting sun
扉を叩く音も無い
tobira o tataku oto mo nai
There is no sound of knocking on the door
壊れかけた椅子で眠る窓の外は灯る明かり
koware kaketa isu de nemuru mado no soto wa tomoru akari
Sleeping in a broken chair The light outside the window
見知らぬ町の夢を見る
mishiranu machi no yumewomiru
Dreaming of a strange town
さよならあなたはNO SAY
sayonara anata wa NO sei
Goodbye you NO SAY
悲しい笑顔でFAIRWAY
kanashī egao de feau~ē
FAIRWAY with a sad smile
FLY AWAY 遠い国へ
furai au~ei tōi kuni e
FLY AWAY To a distant country
旅立つ空にはああ星がかかる
tabidatsu sora ni wa ā hoshi ga kakaru
Ah stars hang in the sky
青い鳥を逃がす前に指でそっと羽根に触れて
aoi tori o nigasu mae ni yubi de sotto hane ni furete
Gently touch the feathers with your fingers before letting the blue bird escape
空を見上げ鳥が飛んでいる
sora o miage tori ga tonde iru
Birds are flying looking up at the sky
さよならあなたはGO AWAY
sayonara anata wa GO au~ei
Goodbye you GO AWAY
やさしい瞳がFAIRWAY
yasashī hitomi ga feau~ē
Gentle eyes are FAIRWAY
FLY AWAY 遠い国へ
furai au~ei tōi kuni e
FLY AWAY To a distant country
旅立つ夜には AH
tabidatsu yoru ni wa AH
AH on the night of departure
FLY AWAY 遠い国へ・・・・
furai au~ei tōi kuni e....
FLY AWAY To a distant country ....
tysm!
@@Lara-vo6rp You're welcome ^^
@@KpopStan2009 ✌✨
Still trying to figure out why this comment hasn't been pinned at the top???
I mean there is a whole lot of reference to death in that song, but I think it's made for a anime... like a spooky one. 💁🏻♀️
Imagine walking in a dark alleyway and picking this up, only to hear this. I'd feel like the universe's chosen character.
Lyrics translated
Where are you going, chasing after the wind?
The dead leaves are the color of the sunset
There’s no noise when I knock on the door
I sleep in a chair that’s just about to break
Light shines outside the window
I dream of an unfamiliar town
Goodbye, there’s no say from you
You wish me farewell with a sad smile
Fly away to a faraway land
In the departing sky, ah
A star hangs down
Before you set the bluebird free
Gently place your fingers on its wings
As it flees the sky, it has stopped crying
Goodbye, you go away
Your gentle eyes say farewell
Fly away to a faraway land
In the departing night, ah
Fly away to a faraway land…
Obrigada pela tradução ❤🎉
Man, the lyrics really are pretty depressing...
Honestly, just a cool song, if we didn't know the context, I doubt we would find it creepy, hope we can find who made this
totally agree. not knowing the artist is part of what makes it eerie, I believe! sometimes I wonder whether the song is somewhere on TH-cam, hidden where we cannot find it. :)
@@n3okitty another reason it might sound eerie is because its in a minor key, which is usually associated with gloomier more moody songs
1:34 is what is described as the 'strange pitch' in this song, btw! this may have been purposeful, as it seems to add to the eeriness, or a mistake? I think the question of whether this WAS accidental or intended adds to the understanding of whether this artist was a less experiences, unprofessional singer who never made it big, OR a more well known idol's debut track/unreleased music!
hello! i'm a singer myself and i was comparing the voices and it sounds exactly like okada....
the song reminds me of
hana no image, love fair, kuchibiru network, koi no etude, mizuumi, kaze no naka cafe terrace, akogare, perfect girl
@@priimcryI thought it was Okada Yukiko as well when I first heard this the resemblance in the vocals are uncanny
I've read some theories that said that the weird pitch could come from the tape recorder having technical problems, like for example the motor being slightly too slow. Another theorie, which I believe more, is that the tape itself was just sticking. It would make sense that the tape just wasn't in a very good condition considering where it came from.
I think that's just the vocal style. There's a certain style of singing, present throughout 80s and 90s Japanese pop, in which singers go off tune slightly or add a certain trembling quality to the voice.
can somebody explain what's strange about it? i don't understand or hear anything weird
Girl makes badass city pop song in the 90's:
Song gets forgotten about:
Song is later found and given "creepy" context:
The entire internet: OMG THIS SONG IS SO CURSED AND SCARY OMG
The lryics of this song actually have references to death, such as when It says things like going to distant town as In japanese death is like going to another world so I think the song is about her killing herself perphaps after maybe her boyfreind left her a lot of people on sakura stardusts video is recommending this aswell so maybe thats why many japanese people think Its a cursed song and her pitch when shes singing sounds a bit uneven sometimes and goes high to low or low to high like on 1:44 and many people get scared of sudden changes and noises as it sets something off in their brains so it could be physcological then theres also the creepy backstory however the song has some potential
I can relate to her. Kind of in the same situation right now.
I don't know why but, everytime that I hear this song, I just remember of Yukiko Okada.
@@KyubiMaster100 hope you are okay ❤
@@michikonakahara6098 Thank you 💜
ngl my dumbass didn't even notice the pitch change b4 ppl told me abt it so i never thought it was creepy
Chat we’re winning
The akiba tape 2 was identified
2024 is truly a great year of lostwave
Im hoping this will also get identified 🙏🏻🙏🏻
If this doesn’t get identified I will die
PROOF????PLZZZ
wait WHAT????
@@blackman5867 They are talking about Wagamama, the other song that was found in the same tape. That give us hope that Fly Away will be solved soon
sounds profesionally made, but it feels incomplete. It's like a demo song.
it could be discarded on a thrift shop because it didn't make it into the final product they wanted it to be.
edit: is this the full duration of the song? because it really feels incomplete, not because of the fade out of the audio.
that's what I think, too !!
I also agree. the song seems incomplete at the end... I think the OP did not post the full recording ~
@@n3okitty
Man, we should ask OP if they can release the entire song bc that would be so cool
@@n3okitty
Is OP even still active though?????
@@vi0let831 I really WISH we could contact the OP!! apparently they are not active anymore, and not able to be contacted in any way :( ... it would be a huge help to get more info from them, too, like the other tracks on the tape !
@@n3okitty
NOOOOOOOOOO
I was looking for this song after watching Sakura Stardust's video...so glad it was recommended to me
I'm glad too :)
Same!
This is considered the most mysterious song of Japan, but thinking that this was a rejected demo, there could be more mysterious songs that aren't discover yet, waiting to be named "mysterious song", like thousands and thousands more...
Is sad to think that many good songs (or any media) are lost
(Sorry for bad English)
your english is perfectly fine! Also i love your snoopy profile picture its cute!
@@Lara-vo6rp thank u I said the bad english thing cause I usually have grammar mistakes 💀
It seems like a demo imitating a popular idol that got rejected because it's kind of minor dreary chord structure was deemed that it wouldn't be a hit. This feels like an artsy demo that just didn't hit the mark.
But I can't deny it does unsettle me.
maybe someone trying to be a mix of okada yukiko and togawa jun maybe?
idk thats what the vibes are giving me
@@TalkingP.J definitely the era! I happen to love the synthy sounds Okkada and artists like her came out with. It would not shock me if that was something they were going for.
READ THE DESCRIPTON:
ok seriously idk how so many people discovered this video but I've never gotten so many views 😭😭 also, no dislikes?! woah !! so cool that everyone loves the song :) if you like music like this, please feel free to check out my other videos ~ I post similar music ! thanks for listening, regards
ok I spoke too soon. now there's a dislike XD
@@n3okitty you probably have to thank this channel's clip 🙂
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@@Randomness78 check the description :)
@@n3okitty 😉
@@Randomness78 😸😸
Oh this goes incredibly hard, I love the eerie energy
This is such a cool blend between City-Pop and Darkwave
song: *cursed*
me: 🎶🤩🤘🏻🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻♀️
read the desc ~ watch for more info on this song. I hope we find the original artist one day
Honestly, I think the reason this is eery is because the singer wanted to make this song about something different, to break the mold of peppy pop songs that were popular at the time by making something somber and melancholy. And maybe the producers she pitched this to didn't see her vision, so sadly it got lost to time.
I like this theory, the lyrics themself (according to the one person who attempted) are pretty sad, too.
man, why most lost songs are masterpieces? it's such a shame...
absolutelyyy addicted to 1:36
as for theories, i feel like it might have been a demo of one of yukiko’s songs but a different singer? i remember hearing one that was quite similar but it might have not made the cut.
i heard ali project was a popular guess amongst japanese users, i could see how since the time of this track would be the 80s and ali project has been active since 1984. i was considering contacting ali project but with how notoriously bad japanese companies/people are at responding to this sort of stuff (especially english), i know i wouldn’t get a response.
contacting record labels that existed during the 80s in japan could be another possible option. if so, they should have archived it than just throwing it away.
i do strongly hold the belief that this is a demo of some sort since it was basically discarded with no care and ended up in a ¥50 yen box outside a store. this makes me more sad than creeped out by the song because it’s beautiful that i wish it was taken care of a bit better and released. it would have been a hit maybe?
super grateful to the OP of the song in japan that decided to buy this random cassette to open up a good mystery. otherwise, this song might have been lost forever!
thank u so much for your insight !!
Ali project's early songs from the late 80s sound super similar to the style and voice of this track, however I do agree with you- it most likely was a demo track. i wish the OP let us know what the other tracks on the tape were, though!! could have been huge in this discovery- even finding the production company, or maybe they were all linked in some way. totally feel the sadness too- the singer probably forgot about this song! if only she could know how many people are LOVING it 30 years later! wow. media is crazy. lost media is so fascinating.
(thank u again!
The style of this song is very similar to Alipro's early works. However, that voice doesn't sound like Arika to me. In their beginnings, she used a more high-pitched, childish voice. I don't know, I really cannot find the resemblance.
Like another poster on here said, Onyanko Club Central, this is not even remotely close to being Yukiko Okada (Rest in peace). Okada has a completely different sound to her voice, the cutesy nasal voice that was common in some idol singers of the time. Yeah, since she was getting "older" (in the idol industry, brutal industry) she was going to be transformed into more mature singer but her voice wouldn't make this drastic change either. I have listened to 80s jpop music since 2006 and have listened to Okada's music for many hours, and many other idol singers and this is a lot less idol in sound for the voice, more experimental. The background instrumental for one thing, giving that eeriness or wanting, you would never hear that in your typical idol song. Secondly, I also concur with Onyanko Club Central that it sounds a lot like Arika Takarano voice or similar. I've listened to a lot of Ali Project (Gensou Teien, ALI Project's first album being my personal favourite album). Parts of the song that sound like early Arika: 0:43-0:54, 1:32 (long drawn out, fading, common with Arika), and this part in particular is very similar 1:35-2:00. That little whine up at 1:45. And then again at 3:02-3:16. 3:20-3:23 sounds extremely Arika. Let's not forget the early japanese style gothic sound to this, very early and not defined yet but it's there. Good song.
Songs to listen to for comparison (early ALI Project): Kyoumenkai Im Juni, Ange Noir no Saigi, Kurenai Suiren no Gogo, Shojo Irenka (basically, just listen to Gensou Teien).
i remember the original white - curse of the melody- song ,same vibes
not gonna lie it bops like sailormoon in the 90's
I’ve many Japanese songs from the 80s and 90s in my house.
The voice reminds me a little of Takahashi Reiko. I’ve heard many people say it’s maybe ALI PROJECT but I’m not really sure about that.
The thing is in Japan during the 80s / 90s everyone could record a song and send it to a station, etc. and with hope they would play it.
Especially since the equipment needed for music production at the time wasn’t very expensive.
It’s the same with video games during the 80s basically everyone could’ve created a video (as a passion project, similar to Pokémon).
People recorded one song out of fun and were done if it without chasing a music career.
thank you for this information! you are not the first to mention Takahashi Reiko. I too find their voices to be similar! it is true, in fact, I believe we will never find the answer to this song. however, with leads of opinion and thoughts of voice similarity I think we can try! I am asking others on reddit to do some research into Reiko.
I think it's 高橋玲子 (Takahashi Reiko). Her voice in ラブソングは唄えない (I can't sing Love Song/Love song I can't sing/Rabu Songu wa Utaenai) sounds identical to the voice of this song
wow. youre onto something
thank you for this lead!
I have listened frequently to her song Sunset Road / September Blue in the past- no similarities ever caught my ear.
however, in listening to ラブソングは唄えない, I can understand what you're saying! even the tone is similar.
I am going to do some more research ~~
if I find anything substantial, I will make a follow up video! thank you!
@@n3okitty @gis You're welcome ^^ I found this suggestion by stumbling upon a comment in a video that wasn't much viewed and when I heard it I was amazed by the similarities of the voices that I needed to let as much people know as possible, I'm glad to have brought in more clues to find this amazing song's singer. Also by the fact that this singer also suddenly stopped and doesn't have much information about her.
Fun fact the song was also on an opening of a japanese drama called 妻たちの課外授業 (Tsumatachi no Kagai Jugyo/Wife's Many Lessons) that aired between 1986-1987 so basically as long as the singing carreer of Takahashi Reiko
@@n3okitty (Idk why it keeps getting deleted but I try to edit hopefully it stays this time)
1968年8月17日生まれ(53歳)、東京都出身。
明治大学付属中野高等学校在学中にデビュー。趣味は英会話、エアメールを書くこと。スポーツはスキー、バスケット、バレーボールが得意。
translation:
Born August 17, 1968 (53 years old), from Tokyo.
She made her debut while attending Nakano High School attached to Meiji University. Her hobbies are English conversation and writing airmail. She is good at skiing, basketball and volleyball in sports.
@@n3okitty I also heard from someone else that 高橋 由美子 (Takahashi Yumiko) name was mentioned on the tape which has a very similar name as 高橋 玲子 (Takahashi Reiko) So if it was in alphabetical order it could be even more of a possibility not to mention they where both from the same label Victor which is surprisingly also the same label as Ali Project and Pink Lady
First of all, it's not Yukiko who is singing.
When I first heard it, I thought it was a pre-production tape for Hiromi Miyano(宮野比呂美)
Screw the Monster Mash, we’re playing this at Halloween parties now
hell yeah!
This song is incredibly addictive. It’s great.
I agree !!
The curse of this song is being unable to stop listening to it
it sounds like city pop but the chord progression is really...eerie, not to mention this song is pratically unknown
Wow, this song is so good! I hope someday we find who sung this beautiful masterpiece
I agree! I wish for it to receive more popularity, and for more to engage in a proper investigation of who the artist is, like with the famous 'most mysterious song on the internet'. but then again, there must be so many pieces of lost songs like this in the world ! so much hidden talent. ~~ thanks for listening ^_^
Who the fuck threw this banger away 😭 bruh it's low-key a bop
If EKT got found today, then I've gained more confidence this can!
Does he know?
@@ILove2EatUranium The second track on the tape got found, not this one
@@junimoony God dammit.
man no one can explain how dreadful I feel when listening to this.... I feel bad that this singer is not found ... I hope they'll be able to find who made this soon I just hope one day the artist of this will be credited if found
I know what you mean. I share your feeling!
I know, right? I kinda fear the possibility whoever this is may be dead. Possibly even suicide. It is sadly common in Japan
this sounds like the opening for some kind of super artsy anime, filled to the brim with melancholy symbolism and things like that.
Not creepy, reminds me of Sailor Moon theme sorta (the japanese theme)
The lost media aspect of it however, is creepy
100%. us considering that it is a mystery affects the way we interpret the song, making it seem 'eerie' or 'obscure' to some!
Lost Media isn't scary, it just means its literally lost to time and finally found, but I def see the Sailor Moon vibes on this piece!
I listen to this song so much I forget it's lostwave
her voice is so beautiful. i hope we find her some day.
The guitar work on this song is insane
I enjoy listening to this…sounds similar to Ali Project’s works.
this song is very gothic-like and also reminds me of the song A Forest - 2006 remaster by The Cure.
Yeah, definitely gave me Darkwave vibes as well 🖤🦇🙂🖤
I don't get those vibes, i get sybthwave vibes
So sad we won't have bangers like this anymore, 80s music in Japan were next level!
Yes we can still make bangers like this , but now singers have a different style and wanted to please to young generation so they stick with the styles now , but some people still makes songs like this . But mostly not getting any fame or recognition :)
So this is the rumored 'cursed/ haunted' lost Akiba tape huh? Tbh this track sounds lovely, eerie maybe, I'd call it melancholic then spooky or cursed. I'd say its got Goosebumps opening theme. The vocalist, she has a lovely voice, I hope they can take pride in their creation someday if this really is a demo song from a once aspiring singer.
The chords almost sound accidental, like someone started tapping them into a sequencer and sort of wound up with something workable but weird in the end. Like maybe someone composed this out on an electone organ as backing track. On the other hand the guitar (bass?) solo is pretty damn good and the Japanese love their weird jazzy chords and key changes. The song seems to improves towards the end as well. Hard to say if it’s an amateur home recording or some demo made in a studio…
It is slghtly unsettling in the key choice and chord progression, but I think context is key. There have been many western songs with a similar or comparable sound.
To me, it seems like it wouldn't be out of place in the end credits of a supernatural mystery/thriller anime with a romance theme.
This sounds haunting but in a good way, omg.
The way she sings the song feels purposely creepy, the tones she uses reminds me of something my choir teacher told me once about 'foxy notes' and stuff like that, this is so good omg.
This is a really cool song. Low key wish someone would use it mainstream media, or a famous youtuber or whatever just to see who comes out to claim it.
Honestly I don't really find anything creepy about this. It sounds really good. Hopefully one day more information about this song will found.
I'm hoping this gets solved next because we already found one love, and I feel like this is the perfect time to solve this.
A commenter, @ephemeraleiswer9763, thinks it may be Japanese actress and singer Kazumi Kawai. Perhaps a demo? What do you guys think? Listen: th-cam.com/video/G8_3jAujF-E/w-d-xo.html / th-cam.com/video/gvrJKI3vu3o/w-d-xo.html
I don't think it's her, but it led me to discover this wonderful artist. I love this song; th-cam.com/video/DNSSaQBkS7s/w-d-xo.html
Even though she probably doesn't know it (If she's even still alive). I'm glad this woman's song is getting recognition.
honestly this song feels like a very good OP or ED song for a shoujo anime like SailorMoon. it feels relaxing, and alluring in a way. not scary in my opinion~
Many mentioned that it sounded like it came from an anime! I guess anime soundtracks from the time and music like this influenced each other, too ~
@@n3okitty it has a 90's vibe on it. good for listening while reminiscing~
Totally Sailor Moon Dark Moon or Helenia
People talk about her pitch changing mid song but honestly, it’s just naturally a really dissonant song. Whoever wrote the melody made it so dissonant, the singer had difficulty staying in tune
I dont know why people think it is creepy, this is really good… maybe because i am not japanese so i can only enjoy the sound and not understanding the lyrics
haha perhaps! lyrics linked in the description, anyways ~
It's a bittersweet farewell, she fears not seeing them again, and compares it to their passing away (not directly, but there are allusions to it). At the same time accepts they have to leave. It's uneasy but IMHO not at all creepy.
the japanese version of the most mysterious song of the internet
I may not know what this song is about, but I have this weird feeling in my gut after hearing it, and I don't know why.
weird feeling? what kind of feeling? many say it has an eerie sound and feeling to it. I think not knowing who sang it, where it came from or really anything about it causes some fear, at least, for me! ~
Its just because of the context about it being a song that no one claims.
I hear from others this song refers to [TW!!] Suicidal Thoughts. (Ex. Fly away to a distant country, Sleeping in a broken chair, and There’s no sound hitting the door are ways to describe taking your life VIA [another TW] hanging.)
I did too. I think mainly because of the mystery behind it. The unknown and easily give us an uneasy vibe
Plot twist: its the same japanese woman that sang "Everyone knows that" trying to speak english
@Greenfoxer2011 ........
@Greenfoxer2011 i know, and op was joking 😄
It'd be weird now since ekt has been found in an adult movie😅
@@Jaçue-f9t and it was sung by a Canadian man, not a Japanese woman
For those who wanna sing this lost banger with me, here are the lyrics ^^
Kaze wo otte doko e yuku no?
Yuuhi iro no karehatachi yo
Tobira wo tataku oku mo nai
Koware kaketa isu de nemuru
Mado no soto wa tomoru akari
Mishiranu machi no yume wo miru
Sayonara anata wa no say
Kanashi egao de farewell
Fly away tooi kuni e
Tabidatsu sora ni wa aa
Hoshi ga kakaru
Aoi tori wo nigasu mae ni
Yubi de sotto hane ni irete
Sora wo nigete namida tomatte iru
Sayonara anata wa go away
Yasashii hitomi ga farewell
fly away tooi kuni e…
Tabidatsu yoru ni wa aa
fly away tooi kuni e…
The melody is a little incomplete, grim, and unpleasant. The accompaniment also sounds cheap and amateurish. I think it's like a demo tape for record company audition or an amateur-made Douzin song.
Like the wind, this song wanted to rise above the clouds and fly away. Now it's something that's long gone.
i'm just glad we have the whole song, gosh darn it EKT/Just A Game.
i don't think this is minako yoshida.
HLWIT was found, How Long by Paula Toledo
This is some sick synthpop. To think it's possibly an unreleased demo is insane!
I have a homemade recording by an "unknown japan band", the cassette have like 7 song. The female lead singer of the band was a friend of my aunt when they was young. I have it on my possetion, I really wanna share it, but i dont have how. (I whatched several tutorial, but the things I need to do it, are really salty in my country).
sorry if im late,but cant you play it on a player and record it with a phone? (i know the quality might sound like shit)
Hi, I can help you with this! It would be nice if we can get past those obstacles so that we can get the music on that cassette out there!
If your cassette machine has line out, take that into a sound card and record with software like "Audacity". A PC or laptop "line in" will be good enough.
Screw that it's "cursed" this is going on my playlist 😭✋
listening to this feels like I'm on a alternate universe
When I think of a Japanese song called Fly Away, this isn't what comes to my mind initially. This slaps tho.
I think this sounds like Yukiko Okada's voice, that's possible because it's almost similar , I can't theorize much (I don't know if that might be true or not)
It also seems like this song was deliberately kept secret
Fácilmente podría ser un opening o ending de cualquier anime de los 90
Whoever made this song i hope she knows how much of a banger she made
who knows if she even REMEMBERS it :(
the first time i listened to this song it REALLY creeped me out, now it's one of my favorite songs ever.
reminds me of the time I found a mini cassette tape in a tape recorder with "trouble" by coldplay recorded on it when I was about 7 years old, but, I had no idea what the song was called, who it was by, or who made the recording until many many many many years after first hearing it. the tape was found in my mom's car and she had recorded it when it came on the radio but didn't remember doing so.
I believe there is some uncomfortable noise in lower frequency or some specific pitch that cause me feel eerie physiologically. Might cause by the storage situation of the tape or recording over another song or sound.
Even without those things, the vibe of the song is SOOOOO gloomy. It might be a reason why it was thrown in a corner.
The sudden appearance of the dark, hopeless chromatic minor bridge and the high pitch "happy" chorus portray the unstable emotion of people who has mental illness and willing to finish themselves vividly.
I have little knowledge about the whole mystery about the song, but my guess is that it could be a homemade/amateur type of song (example: underground, made as a hobby, etc.) rather than a song that could be part of an unknown brand. I'm unsure how to explain it clearly and I may be wrong. It's still an interesting song that plays in my head once in a while.
Why is everyone finding this creepy?? It's such a good song!! Is it because we don't know who sang this?? That doesn't make it creepy tho...or am I missing some mysterious story behind this song??o.O
I know right- people freak out over anything- Just because its lost media doesn't mean its all creepy and spooky/mysterious- its just like any other form of lost media lol
Hopefully we don't found this in a porn movie like a specific lost song 👀
I don't understand why many say that the lyrics or the tone of the song are scary, I didn't find the lyrics scary or sinister (sad at the very least) I honestly really liked it and it gave me a great vibe of other classic songs from the 80s, I loved it
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its actually very good i love older songs than newer
I agree! me too!
This seems like a ost for an audiodrama of some novel
that base line and that dark harmony 10/10
this song isn’t creepy in the sense that the content of the song is creepy (it’s a breakup song over an instrumental that sounds like the theme song to an ‘80s horror anime), but it’s creepy in the sense that we don’t know anything about this song. who sung it? are the vocalist and the writer the same person? how is the singer doing now? do they know anything about how infamous their song became? how did it end up on that cassette tape? how did that tape end up at that thrift store? only time will tell if we get any answers. regardless of if we do or not, i’ll be vibin to this song like i’m walking through the neon haze of 1980’s japan; a feeling that feels so right and relaxing yet at the same time feels distant and mysterious.
Like most of the comments say, this sounds like either a song for an anime or a demo tape of some kind. Could be an earlier version of some song for an album or anime too, don't really know what the origin is but either way boy is it good!!!
For a moment I imagined that this song is the opening of "Go for a punch" it would be great if both coincide
XD lost media crossover
there is a theory about a woman with similar voice, between 1983 and 1986: Yukiko Okada. The lyrics of this song are very sad, it's about a girl who wants to leave this world. That idol was 18 when she jumped from the top of a record company skyscraper. Also the instruments here were very expensive: Yamaha DX7 and Yamaha digital drums, also guitar solo must be played by herself because she loved to play guitar and she was very talented guitar player as well
shes been ruled out
This is the most talked about lead. Many idols devastatingly committed suicide in this way, there was almost an epidemic in the 80s-90s. This is one of the few lost songs which have been deemed as near impossible to be solved; at least, on the English-speaking internet. If it is a demo, which is the most likely conclusion at the moment, it will be hard to determine the artist.
you know when i heard this song for the first time, it really did shake me to my core and not in a good way 😭
months and months later i muster up the courage to listen to it again and its a bop, but i still do look over my shoulder expecting some ghostly presence behind me 🥲🥲
...
Are you ok bro?
What a pendejo you are...
Is everything good bro?
Same here 😢 @paobebe.
SAMMEE when I first listened I got so scared and was got goosebumps even from how scared I was, now its nice especially with headphones, as long as Im not alone
This gives me "The Most Mysterious Song on The Internet" vibes to it.
This song reminds me of animes from the late 80s to early 90s that would play in thoughs running montages, when someone was running to find someone or there were running away from something.
this song sounds really good, and the mysterious nature of it makes it all the more interesting!
I woke up in the middle of the night last night to a “Japanese lost media” essay compilation (had fallen asleep listening to a different video essay and YT auto played) and this song played and creeped me the heck out. I do not know why it got me so hard. I think it’s a bop and that it sounds really cool, but when you wake up and this is just playing and then someone says “idk but this song is cursed,” it’ll get ya. I had trouble getting back to sleep and was really anxious 😂 Haha! Wild.
So of course, now that it’s light I had to find it and listen to the whole thing 🎉