Hoshizora no Ruby [Omoide 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 "Omoide" version is about a secretive first love that sprouted at a forest school in a summer resort. The "Omoide" disc includes "Reminiscent Summer," a song about the pain and crush of not being able to say "I love you. This work depicts the moment when innocence meets the threshold to adulthood. Umetani's naturalistic singing carefully captures the "shaky teenage heart," the unspoken feelings, heartache, and tears on the day of parting, and brings the memory of first love to life like a tender film.

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。おもいで盤には、避暑地の林間学校で芽生えた、秘密めいた初恋。「好き」と言えなかった痛みとときめきを歌った「追憶の夏」を収録。あどけなさと大人への入り口が交わる瞬間を描いた作品。 "十代の揺れる心" を丁寧に掬いあげ、言葉にしなかった想い、胸騒ぎ、別れの日の涙を梅谷の自然体の歌で、初恋の記憶を優しい映画のように浮かび上がらせている。