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Lemon (Kenshi Yonezu song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Lemon
| cover = Kenshi Yonezu - Lemon.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kenshi Yonezu
| album = Stray Sheep
| language = Japanese
| B-side = "Cranberry & Pancake"
"Paper Flower"
| released =
| recorded = 2017
| studio =
| genre =
* J-pop
* indie rock
| length =
| label = Sony Japan
| writer = Kenshi Yonezu
| producer =
| prev_title = Peace Sign
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Flamingo/Teenage Riot
| next_year = 2018
| misc =
}}
"'Lemon'" is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu, released as a single through Sony Music Entertainment Japan on March 14, 2018. It is the theme song for the TV series 'Unnatural'. It has sold more than 500,000 physical copies and 3,000,000 digital copies in Japan.
Music video
On February 26, 2018, the music video was published on YouTube. It was filmed in a church and has over 700 million views, making it the most-viewed Japanese music video.
Live performances
On December 31, 2018, Yonezu gave his first performance on television, singing the track on '69th NHK Khaku Uta Gassen'.
Background
Kenshi accepted several interviews about "Lemon", talked about the background of "Lemon" and others. The temporary title was "Memento." He said, "I think it came from somewhere in my memory, but I can't really explain it well either." Even when the day before recording, he was still writing the lyrics, the last two sentences "Like one half of a fruit sliced in two, even now, you are my light" suddenly appears in his brain and he said, "Ahh, so this song really was "Lemon."" He also did the cover illustration himself. He focused on liveliness and freshness of a lemon, giving it an image quite unlike what's typically associated with death. For the song, he wanted to go for a ballad, but a simple ballad is not very interesting for him, and he did not want it to be purely gloomy. As a result, he made a hybrid of sorts, with sad words over a dancing, skipping rhythm. He made this song while on his nationwide tour, during which his grandfather passed away. He agonized over it a lot, so it took even longer to finish than usual.
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Category:2018 singles
Category:2018 songs
Category:Kenshi Yonezu songs
Category:Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles
Category:Sony Music Entertainment Japan singles
Category:Japanese-language songs
Category:Japanese television drama theme songs
Category:Songs inspired by deaths
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