JKT48

Released: March 8, 2017

Songwriter: 秋元康 (Yasushi Akimoto)

Producer: 秋元康 (Yasushi Akimoto)

[Intro]
So long (So long)
Don't forget to smile
So long (So long)
See you in a while

[Verse 1]
I can see growing on the trees hard buds that are in bloom
Although Sakura season almost never comes so soon
Sometime comes and then there it goes based on the calendar
Flowers grow along the road to where all our hopes will go

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Knowing nothing when we talked about our dreams
Confusion because of love and we also shared our tears

[Chorus 1]
And our memories will keep us company
Embrace tomorrow because it will make us stronger
Though sometimes you will find huge weights on your shoulders
You are not alone, you will get up and over

[Post-Chorus 1]
Remember that field and how we used to run on it
Don't ever forget the sweat that gave you the spirit, my friend

[Verse 2]
Hugging as we say goodbye feelings can't be kept at bay
Although we had made a pact we would not cry today
Our fingers become handkerchiefs wiping dry each other's eyes
But the more we try to laugh the more it makes us to cry

[Pre-Chorus 2]
The dusk feels like it is chasing after us
The final bell ring is the sound of our footsteps to the future

[Chorus 2]
And the new memories to be realized
On the big blue sea that's spread in front of our eyes
All of the sadness, all of the pleasure
All of it will become a very special treasure

[Post-Chorus 2]
Even though we now follow our roads in different ways
I will always feel you are there with me everyday, best friend

[Bridge]
Hey, please tell me why?
Those sakura trees always make me want to cry
Constantly blossoming, constantly wilting
Like a hourglass filled with flowers instead of sand

[Chorus 1]
And our memories will keep us company
Embrace tomorrow because it will make us stronger
Though sometimes you will find huge weights on your shoulders
You are not alone, you will get up and over

[Outro]
And when the time comes for me to have my wedding day
I promise I'll have an invitation come your way, my friend

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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