The groupings of the participating singing members in each of the following songs are based on the new groupings announced at the time of the single recording, that is, at the big group festival in February. The title song of this single, "Labrador Retriever" (ラブラドール?レトリバー), was written by Yasushi Akimoto and composed by Manabu Marutani, who has composed singles such as "Eternal Pressure" and "True Heart Current" for AKB48. It was composed by Yu Sasaki, and the corresponding MV was directed by Tatsuyuki Kobayashi. Continuing the past practice of swimsuit singles being sung by a larger number of members, as many as 36 members participated in the recording of this song, covering all domestic sister groups of the AKB48 group.
As for the cross-border collaboration of songs, the song "Labrador Retriever" is part of the TV commercial "AKB doesn't know" for the laundry detergent product "Fragrance New Beads" owned by Kao, a major Japanese daily necessities manufacturer. (AKB は知らなかった)'s matching commercial song. The advertisement was performed by five people including Oshima Yuko, Watanabe Mayu, Takahashi Minami, Yokoyama Yui and Shimazaki Haruka.
In the MV of this song, Watanabe Mayu stands in the center and plays the protagonist of the plot, with Rino Sashihara and Jurina Matsui standing on either side of her as front row members. The detailed list of single selection groups is as follows: Team A: Anna Iriyama, Rina Kawaei, Haruna Kojima, Haruka Shimazaki, Minami Takahashi (Mina Takahashi) Team K: Sato Kitahara, Mako Kojima, Yui Yokoyama Team B : Nana Owada, Yuki Kashiwagi (also a member of NMB48 Team N), Juri Takahashi, Mayu Watanabe. Team 4: Nana Okada, Rena Kato, Yuria Kizaki (ゆりあ), Mimi Nishino, Minami Minegishi (Minami Minegishi)みなみ) SKE48 Team S: Kitagawa Ayaba, Matsui Jurina (also a member of AKB48 Team K) SKE48 Team KII: Ohba Mina, Furahata Nakazu (also a member of AKB48 Team A) SKE48 Team E: Kimoto Kanon (also a member of HKT48 Team KIV Members), Akari Suda, Rena Matsui (also a member of Nogizaka46) NMB48Team N: Aya Yamamoto (also a member of AKB48 Team K) NMB48 Team M: Fuko Yagura (also a member of AKB48 Team A) NMB48 Team BII: Miori Ichikawa , Nagisa Shibuya (also a member of AKB48 Team 4), Hiiragi Yasushita, Miyuuki Watanabe (also a member of SKE48 Team S) HKT48Team H: Haruka Kodama (also a member of AKB48 Team K), Rino Sashihara, Meiru Tajima HKT48 Team KIV: Tada Aika, Asaga Mio (also a member of AKB48 Team B), Miyawaki Sakura (also a member of AKB48 Team A) "Today's Melody" (Today's Melody) is one of the main members Yuko Oshima's graduation song. The MV for this song was directed by Eiki Takahashi, who has shot many music videos for AKB48. The complete version is nearly 15 minutes long, but the first 10 minutes of the film are actually interviews and profiles with Yuko Oshima as the protagonist. Behind-the-scenes recording, including a conversation with Hironobu Tanaka, who served as the music director of the AKB48 group, in the old recording studio that he used to use in the past, and with Minami Takahashi, Haruna Kojima, and Minami Minegishi, the three remaining AKB48 first-generation members in Akihabara. Stroll around the AKB48 Theater and revisit the old Japan Youth Center where the first concert "I See You~The Pillars Are Gone!~" (会いたかった～pillars are gone!~) was held.
As for the main MV content, it is performed by Oshima Yuko and 12 current AKB48 group members, but as a surprise, 14 members of the first generation Team K who have been with Oshima for a long time also participated. The new song was recorded and appeared in the MV.
Among these 14 people, Kana Kobayashi, Asuka Kuramochi, Ayaka Umeda of NMB48, and Sae Miyazawa, who is also a member of SNH48 and SKE48, are still active members, but they mainly participate in the chorus as members of the first generation Team K recording and did not participate in the main filming of the film.
Different from most AKB48 songs, which are recorded in the form of chorus or rotation, and do not have a clear lead singer position, "Only Today's Melody" is a rare one where Oshima Yuko sings the lead vocals alone. , and others are all chorus works. The detailed list of members participating in the recording of this song is as follows: Graduation scheduled: Oshima Yuko Team A: Kawaei Rina, Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka, Takahashi Minami Team K: Kitahara Sato, Kojima Mako, Kobayashi Kana, Yokoyama Yui Team B: Yuki Kashiwagi (also a member of NMB48 Team N), Asuka Kuramochi, Mayu Watanabe Team 4: Minami Minegishi SKE48 Team S: Jurina Matsui (also a member of AKB48 Team K) NMB48 Team BII: Ayaka Umeda HKT48 Team H : Sashihara Rino SNH48Team SII: Miyazawa Sae (also a member of SKE48 Team S) Former members (all second-generation students): Akimoto Saika, Imai Yu, Ohhori Megumi, Kawanishi Tomomi, Sato Natsuki, Takada Ayana, Noro Kayo, Hayano "You Are So Willful" (君は気まぐれ) by Karu, Masuda Yuka, and Matsubara Natsumi is only included in Type-A. It is the first representative song of the newly reorganized Takahashi Team A after the Daitsukaku Festival. The lyrics were written by Yasushi Akimoto, the music was composed by Shintaro Ito, and Makoto Wakatabe was responsible for the arrangement. The central member of this song is Shimazaki Haruka, and Miyawaki Sakura and Kawaei Rina, who came to AKB from HKT48, are the second and third front row members. The MV director is Takeishi Wataru.
This song is sung by all members of Takahashi Team A, including all part-time members. The detailed list is as follows: Team A: Aimi Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Rei Iwata, Yoka Katayama, Kawaei Rina, Kojima Harina, Kojima Natsuki, Shimazaki Haruka, Takahashi Minami, Tabita Ko Prince, Tatsuya Mahimebo, Nakata Chichi (Nakata ちさと), Nakanishi Tomoyori, Nakamura Mariko, Nishiyama Rina, Fujita Nana , Nazu Furahata (part-time member of SKE48 Team KII) Ami Maeda, Sakiko Matsui, Sakura Miyawaki (part-time member of HKT48 Team KIV), Tomu Muto, Ayaka Morikawa, Fuko Yagura (part-time member of NMB48 Team M) Only Type "Beloved Rival" (爱しきライバル), which is only included in -K, is the representative song of the newly reorganized Yokoyama Team K after the Otsukaku Festival. The song was written by Yasushi Akimoto, and Takashi Fukuda and Yu Sasaki were responsible for the composition and arrangement. The MV for this song was supervised by Nakamura Tairu. The plot is co-starred by two part-time members, SKE48's Matsui Jurina and NMB48's Yamamoto Aya. The dance formation in the film is also performed by these two members in a double center manner. take the lead.
This song is sung by all members of Yokoyama Team K, including all part-time members. The detailed list is as follows: Team K: Moe Aikasa, Maria Abe, Haruka Ishida, Misaki Iwasa, Mayumi Uchida, Sato Kitahara, Mako Kojima, Haruka Kodama (part-time member of HKT48 Team H), Kana Kobayashi, Moesaki Goto, Haruka Shimada, Hinana Shimoguchi, Shisato Suzuki , Maria Suzuki (まりや Suzuki, part-time member of SNH48 Team SII), Yuka Tōno, Maria Nagao (まりや), Jurina Matsui (part-time member of SKE48 Team S), Miho Miyazaki, Aya Yamamoto (NMB48 Team N Part-time members), Yumoto Ami, and Yokoyama Yui only have the song "B Garden" (Bガーデン) included in the Type-B version, which is the representative song of the newly reformed Kuramochi Team B.
This song, written by Yasushi Akimoto, composed by Kazuhiko Yamamoto, and arranged by Yuichi Nonaka "MASA", is a song whose lyric style is modeled after the old Kashiwagi Team B performance song "Team B Push" (チームB pushし), which is included in "The Goddess of Theater" "Performing), the lyrics of the main melody are also composed of the characteristic introductions and nicknames of all members. In the MV directed by Saito Wataru, standing in the center of the dance formation is Mayu Watanabe, who has been transferred back to Team B, while the front row members standing on both sides are from sister group Nogizaka46. Rina Ikoma, and Nana Owada, a 15th-year student who has just been promoted from a graduate student to a full member. In the plot setting, Ikoma was late for some reason and could not catch up with the filming of the MV, so in the early part of the MV, the male manager from the film wore an Ikoma mask and wore the same singing uniform as the other members and mixed in with the team. Show, Ikoma didn't actually appear until the end of the film.
This song is sung by all members of Kuramochi Team B including all part-time members. The detailed list is as follows: Team B: Rina Ikoma (part-time member of Nogizaka46), Rina Izuda, Uchiyama Natsuki, Ayano Umeda, Ryoka Oshima, Tsuka Toshi, Nana Owada, Mayu Ogasawara, Yuki Kashiwagi (also a member of NMB48 Team N), Saya Kawamoto, Asuka Kuramochi, Aki Takagi, Juri Takahashi, Mi Takeuchi Type-4 exclusive collection of songs by Yu, Tanakabe Tanabe, Asaga Mio (part-time member of HKT48 Team KIV), Natori Hina, Nozawa Rena, Hashimoto Yoshi, Hirata Rina, Fukuoka Seina, Yokoshima Akin, Watanabe Mayu "Heart Escape Game" (ハートの出ゲーム) is the representative song of Team 4 after reorganization. The song was written by Yasushi Akimoto, composed by Hizashi, and arranged by Yusuke Itagaki. The MV for this song was supervised by Takatoshi Tsuchiya. Standing in the center is Yuria Kizaki, who has just moved from SKE48 to AKB48, and standing in the second and third positions on both sides is Nagisa Shibuya, who came from NMB48 to serve part-time. With Reina Kato, who has just transferred to Team 4.
In order to echo the title of the song "Escape Game", the MV for this song included in the CD's bonus DVD was filmed as an interactive puzzle game. The audience needs to rely on the clues in the plot to answer a set of crossword puzzle questions. Using these Find out which member locked the Team 4 members in the studio where they were filming the music video. Audiences who successfully solved the puzzle can see another video announcing the answer. At the end of the video, deputy captain Yuria Kizaki, who served as the center of the song, also added another puzzle and invited the audience to vote in the answer by replying to the song. Send it to the distributor, King Records, for a chance to win special gifts including props actually used in the filming of the MV. It is a special project that can actually interact with the audience.
This song is sung by all members of Minegishi Team 4, including all part-time members. The detailed list is as follows: Team 4: Saho Iwatate, Ryo Okawa, Miyu Omori, Ayaka Okada, Okada Nana, Reina Kato, Yuria Kizaki, Saki Kitazawa, Riyumu Kotani (part-time member of NMB48 Team N), Morina Kobayashi, Haruka Goyama, Yukari Sasaki, Princess Sato, Ayana Shinozaki, Nagisa Shibuya (NMB48 Team BII part-time member), Takashima Yurina, Dobo Mizuki, Nishino Mihime, Maeda Mitsuki, Minegishi Minami, Mukaiji Mion, Murayama Ayuki, Motegi Shinobu only have the B-side song "I" included in the theatrical version "Two people have an affair" (二人はデキテル) is the first male-female duet song included in the AKB48 single album. This song was originally intended for the performance of the 3rd annual AKB48 Red and White Battle Song Battle held on December 17, 2013. Kojima Haruna specially requested producer Yasushi Akimoto to compose a new song for her, with lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. The music is composed by Izumi Kazuya.
The new song was first revealed on the day of the Red and White Confrontation as the fifth entry song of the White group. Kenji Kitagawa, who sang duet with Kojima, is a behind-the-scenes staff member of the AKB48 group and is mainly responsible for the producer of film-related works, because his name has been used before. He became famous among fans for naming NMB48's sixth single "Kitagawa Kenji".
The detailed list of members who participated in singing this song is as follows: Team A: Haruna Kojima "AKB48 Project" Assistant Producer: Kenji Kitagawa