Hoshizora no Ruby [Furusato Ban]

[Machine Translation] Shin'ai Umeya, who has been making steady progress since her debut, has taken another big step forward with her remarkable 3rd single! In 2023, at the age of 15, she made her debut with the single "Banetsu Seisen Hitori". Since then, her clear voice and outstanding singing ability have attracted a great deal of attention, and she won the "66th Shine! Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. She has also made numerous appearances as "Dr. Hibari Misora" on the TV program "Sandwich Man & Aina Ashida's Doctor-chan. Her natural ability to talk, her deep knowledge and love for Showa-era songs, and her carefree smile and honest personality are gaining recognition day by day. In the midst of all this, she is releasing her much-awaited third single to mark a big step forward. The title track, "Ruby in the Starry Sky," is a dramatic song that depicts a scene of fleeting teenage love, overlaying the clear starry sky with a ray of hope that continues to light up in the depths of one's heart. The song depicts a scene of ephemeral teenage love. The dreams held before becoming an adult, the future that one wanted to achieve, and the thoughts that were kept in one's heart. The song is a song number with a high level of purity, expressed through Shin'ai Umeya's unique interpretation, in which these memories sparkle brightly like rubies, gently illuminating the memories of each listener. The nostalgic and noteworthy song, with its long, straight tones and warm emotional expression, shows Umetani's solid maturity as a singer. The coupling tracks are different from each other. The hometown disc includes "Hakata Gokoro (Hakata Heart)," a song that expresses gratitude to Hakata, the city that has nurtured her up to this point. The love for her birthplace evokes warm memories of her hometown in the listener. This song depicts the preciousness of hometown that can only be sung by a girl who has moved to Tokyo and understands it only after she has moved away from it. Behind her naivete is a deep love and gratitude for her family. The origin of this love gently flows in this song.

デビューから着実に歩みを進める梅谷心愛が、さらに大きな一歩を刻む注目の3rdシングル! 2023年、15歳でシングル「磐越西線ひとり」で衝撃のデビュー。以来、澄んだ声と抜群の歌心は大きな話題を呼び、"第66回 輝く! 日本レコード大賞 新人賞受賞"するなど、その表現力で日々存在感を増している梅谷心愛。また、テレビ番組「サンドウィッチマン&芦田愛菜の博士ちゃん」には "美空ひばり博士" として多数出演。持ち前のトーク力、昭和歌謡への深い知識や愛情、そして屈託のない笑顔と素直な人柄と併せ日々評価を高めている。そんな中大きな一歩を刻むべく大注目の3rdシングルをリリースする。表題曲「星空のルビー」は、心の奥に灯り続けるひとすじの希望を、澄んだ星空に重ね歌い、十代の儚い恋の情景を描いたドラマティックな一曲。まだ大人になる前に抱いた夢、叶えたかった未来、胸にしまい込んでいた想い。それらがルビーのように鮮やかにきらめき、聴く人それぞれの記憶を優しく照らす、梅谷心愛ならではの解釈で表現した純度の高い歌謡ナンバー。伸びやかでまっすぐなロングトーンや温度のある感情表現に梅谷の歌手として確かな成熟を感じ取る事が出来るノスタルジックな注目曲。カップリングには其々趣が異なる楽曲を収録。ふるさと盤には、これまで育ててくれた街、博多への感謝を込めた「博多ごころ」を収録。"生まれた場所への愛情"が、聴く者に故郷への温かい記憶を呼び起こす。上京した少女だからこそ歌える、"離れて初めてわかる故郷の尊さ"を描いた一曲。天真爛漫さの裏にある、深い家族愛と感謝の気持ち。その原点が、この曲に優しく流れている。