"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari"(Quân の tri らない vật ngữ,lit. "The Story You Don't Know" )is aJ-popsong by the Japanese bandSupercell,written by Ryo. Supercell released it as their debutsinglein August 2009 bySony Music.[1]The title track was the ending theme song to the 2009Bakemonogatarianimeseries, and theB-sidetrack "Love & Roll" was the theme song for the 2009Cencorollanime film.[1]Amusic videowas produced for "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari", directed by Hirohisa Sasaki. Lyrically, the song deals with anunrequited love.
| "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" | ||||
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| SinglebySupercell | ||||
| from the albumToday Is A Beautiful Day | ||||
| Released | August 12, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 5:40 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ryo | |||
| Producer(s) | Ryo | |||
| Supercellsingles chronology | ||||
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This single was the first release by Supercell which did not use theVocaloidsinging synthesizerHatsune Mikuas the vocalist, as they had done for their debut albumSupercell(2009). Instead, Supercell employed the singerNagi Yanagi,a vocalist who had previously submittedcover versionsof songs to theNico Nico Dougavideo sharingwebsite under the name Gazelle. The single peaked at No. 5 on Japan's weeklyOriconsingles chart, and in February 2010 was awarded a Gold Disc by theRecording Industry Association of Japanfor having exceeded 100,000 copies shipped in a single year.
Background
editDuring the production of the 2009animeseriesBakemonogatari,Supercell was asked to compose what would later become the ending theme song "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari".[2]It was already decided that Supercell would release their debut albumSupercellin March 2009,[3]which used theVocaloidsinging synthesizerHatsune Mikuas the vocalist.[4][5]In place of Miku, Supercell employed the singerNagi Yanagi,a vocalist who had previously submittedcover versionsof songs to theNico Nico Dougavideo sharingwebsite under the name Gazelle.[1][4]"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" was the first release by Supercell to not use Miku as the vocalist.[4][5]Yanagi was chosen for "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" by Ryo, who had been a fan of her voice even before uploading his own songs to Nico Nico Douga in late 2007. Roughly the next day after Ryo uploaded Supercell's first song "Melt" onto Nico Nico Douga in December 2007, Yanagi uploaded a cover of her singing the song.[6]Yanagi, who was herself a fan of Ryo's music, contacted him and the two talked about someday collaborating.[2]
After asking Yanagi to be the singer for "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari", Supercell decided that Yanagi would be the singer[7]for Supercell's second albumToday Is A Beautiful Day(2011),[8]though officially Yanagi is not a member of Supercell.[9]In switching to a human singer, Ryo said "that although he loses absolute control over the tone of each and every phrase, working with a singer adds a human element that resonates better with listeners."[7]After Ryo used Hatsune Miku for thedemoof "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari", he thought thevocal rangewould wear out any human singer, but was pleased to find Yanagi had just as wide a vocal range as Miku. After listening to Yanagi sing the song, Ryo realized just how difficult it was to sing, but he did not deliberately change the song during the creation process to make it easier on Yanagi's voice.[6]
Composition
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"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" is aJ-popsong withinstrumentationfromelectricandbass guitars,drumsandpiano.According to a book ofsheet musicpublished byYamaha Corporation,it is set incommon time,and moves at a quicktempoof 165 beats per minute in theA majorkeythroughout the song.[10]Theintroductionstarts with only piano accompanying Yanagi's vocals, and uses abridgewith added guitars and drums to transition into the firstverse.Another bridge is used between the first and second verses; both verses use the same music with different lyrics. After the third verse, abreakis employed, followed by the fourth verse. After a shortoutro,an instrumentalcodais used to close the song. When writing thelyrics,Ryo did not want to copy the tone or style of the originalBakemonogatarinovels, because he felt the authorNisio Isinwould enjoy the song more if it was more original. Thus, Ryo wrote a different story after borrowing the general setting of the novels.[11]The lyrics tell the story of a girl with anunrequited lovewho was never able to convey her feelings to the person she loved.
The cover artwork features an illustration byShirow Miwawith theSummer Triangledepicted in the starry sky. The Summer Triangle is mentioned in the second verse of the song andstargazingin general is featured throughout the lyrics. The art direction and designs were handled by Yoshiki Usa. Before designing the cover, Ryo had Miwa and Usa listen to the song and told them the image of it in a word or two, but otherwise gave them full freedom to design the artwork.[2]
Release and reception
edit"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" was released in limited and regular editions on August 12, 2009 as aCDby Sony Music in Japan.[12][13]The limited edition came bundled with a DVD containing themusic videoand TV commercial advertisement for "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari", as well as bundled with stickers featuring characters fromBakemonogatariillustrated by Redjuice of Supercell.[12]The song peaked at No. 5 on Japan's weeklyOriconsingles chart,[14]selling over 30,000 copies in its first week of sales.[15]It stayed in the top 10 for the following week, peaking at No. 6,[16]and charted for 66 weeks.[17]"Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" debuted and peaked on theBillboardJapan Hot 100at No. 9.[18]In January 2010, "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" was certified gold by theRecording Industry Association of Japan(RIAJ) for 100,000full-trackringtonedigitalmusic downloads(Chaku Uta Full),[19]and was again awarded a Gold Disc by the RIAJ in February 2010 for having exceeded 100,000 copies shipped in a single year.[20]
Music video
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Themusic videowas shot inChōshi, Chiba,Japan. Tokawa Station on theChōshi Electric Railway Lineand Inubōsakilighthousecan be seen in the video. The video, directed by Hirohisa Sasaki, does not feature any members of Supercell nor the singer Nagi Yanagi.[21]Instead, the video prominently follows the actors Marika Fukunaga, Shuto Tanabe and Naho Kitade, who play members of a high school astronomy club with five others. Fukunaga, Tanabe and Kitade are in alove trianglewhere Fukunaga initially holds feelings for Tanabe, who pursues a relationship with Kitade. Time passes in the video, going through summer vacation and eventually graduation. As a parting gift, Tanabe gives Fukunaga his address, written on an ice cream stick, to where he is moving to in Tokyo, and he parts with Kitade at the train station, hinting that he broke off his relationship with Kitade to possibly start over with Fukunaga. More time passes, and Fukunaga is shown throwing the ice cream stick into the ocean after being reminded of the time she spent with Tanabe. The video ends with aflashbackshowing Fukunaga, Tanabe and Kitade happily gazing at theSummer Triangleat Inubōsaki lighthouse. The Summer Triangle is shown twice in the video as anallusionto the beginning of the secondverseof the song which mentions it.
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Ryo
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" (Quân の tri らない vật ngữ) | 5:40 |
| 2. | "Love & Roll" | 4:53 |
| 3. | "Theme of 'Cencoroll'" | 1:24 |
| 4. | "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (TV Edit)" (Quân の tri らない vật ngữ -TV Edit-) | 1:29 |
| 5. | "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (Instrumental)" (Quân の tri らない vật ngữ -Instrumental-) | 5:40 |
Personnel
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Charts
edit| Weekly chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| JapanBillboardJapan Hot 100[18] | 9 |
| JapanOriconWeekly Singles[14] | 5 |
| Yearly chart (2017) | Peak position |
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| Billboard Japan Streaming[22] | 78 |
References
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- ^ab"SonyMusicShop"Quân の tri らない vật ngữ 【 sơ hồi sinh sản hạn định bàn 】[Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (limited edition)] (in Japanese).Sony Music Entertainment Japan.RetrievedJuly 12,2010.
- ^"SonyMusicShop"Quân の tri らない vật ngữ ( thông thường bàn )[Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (regular edition)] (in Japanese).Sony Music Entertainment Japan.RetrievedJuly 12,2010.
- ^abQuân の tri らない vật ngữ[Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari] (in Japanese).Oricon.RetrievedJuly 11,2010.
- ^2009 niên 08 nguyệt đệ 4 chu の bang lặc シングルランキング tình báo[August 2009 Week 4 Single Ranking News] (in Japanese).Oricon.RetrievedJuly 12,2010.
- ^2009 niên 08 nguyệt đệ 5 chu の bang lặc シングルランキング tình báo[August 2009 Week 5 Single Ranking News] (in Japanese).Oricon.RetrievedJuly 12,2010.
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- ^ab"Billboard Japan Hot 100 | Charts".Billboard JAPAN(in Japanese).Retrieved2024-07-15.
- ^レコード hiệp hội điều べ 1 nguyệt độ hữu liêu âm lặc phối tín nhận định[Record Association Inspection Certification of Paid Online Music Distribution in January] (in Japanese).Recording Industry Association of Japan.RetrievedJuly 12,2010.
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External links
edit- Official website(in Japanese)