JKT48

Released: December 24, 2014

Songwriter: 秋元康 (Yasushi Akimoto)

[Verse 1]
Right here on this empty big world
I see that everything has changed
I'm unable to find the right words
I can only stand in silence
How do I begin again?
From where should I start things over?
In spite of my desperation
I am looking for light

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Oh, if out there somewhere there really is God
Once more do I plead to discover a whole new world
And bring it to life on the face of this earth

[Chorus 1]
But onward into the future
Is where the wind keeps on blowing
I feel the breeze on my cheek and it reminds me of life
In spite of everything I will
Keep living will all of my might
Yeah this is how you rebuild by starting from just a single brick
So when do we begin?

[Verse 2]
The wounds of painful memories
Will turn into scar tissue
But from the depths of your hurt
Soon something good will surely give birth
So who should now be the one
That will get to have my first hug
In the middle of our warmness we will talk about dreams

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Yes. Those are tears that have shed and they will flow
I want you to let me help bear some of your load
I will not stand back and leave you on your own

[Chorus 2]
Even though love will always go
Onward and into the future
All people that live on earth will put their hope on someone
Despite it all I continue
Then I take my first step forward
And I pick up all the pieces of hope that was long forgotten
So when do we begin?

[Interlude]

[Chorus 3]
But onward into the future
Is where the wind keeps on blowing
Even if you close your eyes you're still able to feel it
Onward and into the future
Is where the wind keeps on blowing
Even if you lose everything and what remains is confusion
You can be certain that I will
Always be right here beside you
To get rid of all the debris that's blocking our road together
And live in this moment

[Outro]
Even though the wind goes and no longer wants to blow
There won't be anywhere in which the wind will not be there
In any time at all just like how your breathing never ends
Even if today feel like it's the hardest day you've had in your life
We still can do something, so when do we begin?

JKT48 is an Indonesian idol group whose name is derived from its based city of Jakarta and the Japanese idol group AKB48. Formed in 2011, it is the first AKB48 sister group outside Japan and adopts the concept of “idols you can meet”. Fans can attend daily performances at the group’s theater, which was built as a close replica to the AKB48 Theater in Akihabara.

Producer Yasushi Akimoto decided to bring the AKB48 concept to Indonesia because the group had begun to develop a fan base in the country. Indonesia’s growing economy was seen as a potential market by many Japanese companies, and Akimoto established a franchising partnership with Dentsu Media Group Indonesia to replicate the AKB48 business model. Dentsu Media Group Indonesia then cooperate with the country’s largest media conglomerate Global Mediacom (MNC Media), the southeast Asia’s largest and most integrated media group as JKT48 official media partner.

While JKT48 does not restrict membership by nationality, applicants must be residents of Indonesia. The group has 72 (as of June 2014) members and released its first studio album Heavy Rotation on 16 February 2013 via Hits Records, a division of MNC subsidiary PT Star Media Nusantara. It performs songs by AKB48 and other sister groups that are translated into Indonesian.

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