JKT48

Released: June 1, 2016

Songwriter: 秋元康 (Yasushi Akimoto)

[Chorus]
Always keep looking straight ahead
Because when you look behind
That's when you'll surely see
Teardrops from my eyes
Keep your sights set on the future
And consolidate your faith
Come on and let's go all the way

[Verse 1]
Right after I met you
We stuck together like glue
What we did during our youth
You and me up to no good
Both of us realized
That the most important thing
To remember in this life
That the future has not arrived

[Pre-Chorus]
Even though
It feels like fun right now
I know everything will be all over somehow
Keep your feet on the ground!

[Chorus]
Always keep looking straight ahead
For just this one last time
Allow me to go out while looking fine
Even though it makes me freak out
At the thought of somewhere new
There is no way I'm backing down!

[Post-Chorus]
And when I look behind
To the road long ago
All I find is the sound
When the wind blows

[Verse 2]
That one time I fell in love
When I felt my heart breaking
I acted like a little kid
Standing up while on the swing
Shouting out and swearing
I let all of them be heard
And even then you didn't hide
Always stayed right here by my side

[Pre-Chorus]
Even though
Life seems to get harder
Your sadness will end and will not last forever
Go and face it head on!

[Chorus]
Always keep looking straight ahead
It's time for us to go
Believe in what you will find tomorrow
Although I'm no longer with you
Even though you're without me too
We can still make it on our own

[Post-Chorus]
Even though we are
Away from each other
This gigantic sky will keep us together

[Bridge]
Now we go because it's time
Time to leave all those memories behind!

[Chorus]
Always keep looking straight ahead
For just this one last time
Allow me to go out while looking fine
Even though it makes me freak out
At the thought of somewhere new
There is no way I'm backing down!

[Post-Chorus]
And when I look behind
To the road long ago
All I find is the sound
When the wind blows

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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