It has been announced that Masaki Suda’s new song Machigai Sagashi will be used as the theme song for the upcoming Kansai Telecasting Corporation and Fuji TV drama series Perfect World.
Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer Kenshi Yonezu wrote the lyrics for, arranged and produced the track. Suda received a director offer from the drama’s produced who expressed his desire to be used as the theme song.
Perfect World is a romance drama that follows the story of Itsuki Ayukawa (Tori Matsuzaka), an architect who injured his spinal cord playing basketball when he was 20-years-old. He meets Tsugumi Kawana (Mizuki Yamamoto) once again who graduated from the same high school as him. Their lives change as they begin to develop feelings for each other.
The theme song will debut on the first episode of the series which is set to air on April 16, 2019.
Masaki Suda released the following statement: “Firstly, Tori Matsuzaka is in the same profession as me. He’s always been close by. If I stop to think about it it must be close to 10 years? When I meet with him now I greet him like family. If we’re apart we only come into contact with each other when working on something as junior and senior. I’m singing a song for a drama series starring somebody like that. What’s more is Kenshi Yonezu is making the song. Honestly, I didn’t know how to begin preparing for something like that. I felt a little sick. I was wrong to think that something as wonderful as this could never happen. I hope that Perfect World leaves an impression on people and can give them strength, even if just a little. This is obvious, but I will of course sing the song with everything I have. I ask for your kind support.”
Tori Matsuzaka also commented: “The first time I heard [the song], Suda’s feelings for the series really got through in his voice. The lyrics that Yonexu wrote have a lot of references to the emotions felt by trees. I thought the song was perfect that you can easily picture what the drama is about by just letting the song roll. Me and Suda debuted during the same period, so it feels like mysterious chance and fate that we are working on the same series. It’s something I could have never imagined 10 years ago. I want to shoot each scene with care while listening to this song.”
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Machigai Sagashi
Lyrics/Arranger/Producer: Kenshi Yonezu
Release Date: TBA
Masaki Suda Official Website: http://sudamasaki-music.com
Perfect World
Airing: Every Tuesday at 21:00 from April 16, 2019
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