JKT48

Released: November 26, 2013

Songwriter: 秋元康 (Yasushi Akimoto)

Producer: 秋元康 (Yasushi Akimoto)

[Verse 1]
Dressed up for a swim, suddenly you took off your shirt
Asked me for sunblock and rub it to your back, lying on the sand
Those bold words you said, felt like an aromatic scent
They're bringing back to me all my sweet memories

[Pre-Chorus 1]
The sky and blue sea, don't know where they end or begin
You could say the same of this relationship we're in
Even though the horizon and the sea become as one
I'm still like you said before you are nothing more than a spoilt little kid sister

[Chorus 1]
Summer love Sounds Good!
Whisper it into my ear
I want you to come on over
Take me to the next year of my curriculum in love
Tidal wave Sounds Good!
My heart beats with a massive roar
Now I want so much more
Let's go deeper than what we did before

[Verse 2]
You lay on the sand, bathing on sun rays for your tan
I left you there alone and went out on my own to swim in the sea
Just before I go suddenly you are kissing me
The next thing I know, my mouth is salty

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Instantly I know that somehow my world has now changed
Things are different now not even the air feels the same
Now the sky and the sea at last they come together
Took a while but finally both of them can see, they are as blue as each other

[Chorus 2]
Hey coastline Good Job!
You are the boy that I like
What I felt always made me cry so I kept it inside
Because you were too close to me
Hey fortune Good Job!
Now I can tell you everything
Spread your arms out like wings
This is the season for falling in love

[Interlude]

[Chorus 1]
Summer love Sounds Good!
Whisper it into my ear
I want you to come on over
Take me to the next year of my curriculum in love
Tidal wave Sounds Good!
My heart beats with a massive roar
Now I want so much more
Let's go deeper than what we did before

[Outro]
Summer love Sounds Good! You know it's you I like
Tidal wave Sounds Good! I said what's on my mind
Hey coastline Good Job! You know it's you I like
Hey fortune Good Job! This is the perfect time
Summer love Sounds Good!

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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