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## Audio

**118** (pronounced "One One Eight") is a collaboration digital single released by edhiii boi, Novel Core and SOTA on January 18, 2022.

## Background and release

**118** is a special collaborative song commemorating the shared January 18 birthday of rappers edhiii boi, SOTA, and Novel Core. The song features the trio boasting over a beat produced by SOURCEKEY, a production unit of SKY-HI and SHIMI from BUZZER BEATS.

The song was released as a surprise to fans on January 18, 2022.

## Other Credits

### Song

* Recording Engineer: HIRORON (ATENE STUDIO) @ MSR lab
* Mixing Engineer: SHIMI from BUZZER BEATS (D.O.C. / NEW WORLD STUDIO shibuya)
* Mastering Engineer: Mike Bozzi (Bernie Grundman)

### Music Video

* MV Director: ISSEI
* Camera: ISSEI
* 2nd Camera: TAISEI, Dan
* Assistant Director: TAISEI, Dan
* Stylist: Keisuke Kanoh
* Hair-Make up: Megumi Kuji (LUCK HAIR), Rei Kurokawa

## Performances

* [2022.01.22] Novel Core "A GREAT FOOL" BIRTHDAY LIVE
* [2022.01.29-30] THE FIRST FINAL
* [2022.03.04] JFL presents LIVE FOR THE NEXT 2022
* [2022.04.08] BMSG Artist Showcase 2022
* [2022.09.17-18] BMSG FES '22
* [2022.09.23] ODD BRICK FESTIVAL 2022
* [2022.09.24] TOKYO ISLAND 2022
* [2023.09.23-10.01] BMSG FES '23

## Lyrics

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**Featured Members**edhiii boi, SOTA, Novel Core

**Lyrics**
* Side-by-Side View
* Japanese
* Romaji
* English

**Romaji Lyrics + Color Code**
Jidai no monstaa mekuru peeji

Stop nante nashide ii

Erabareta ore wa waku no kagirareta supeesu no naka ni in

Gamen no kuukan koete detekita mabataki kinshi

Jirei mo nai you ore no sonzai dare mo yosou shinaidaro

Morning heijitsu wa gakkou ni itte jugyou chuu de

Night yoru wa heya ni komotte rimooto kaigi "choishogashin dawa"

Donichi kyuujitsu wa Tokyo no studio kawatta kankyou ni

Dope na kaisha

Mainichi happy de motto asobitee oto no ue de dance

Donna bashou mo sannin ga tateba soko wa supesharu na suteeji

Up Down ni un ya kake janaishi neteru hima wa nai

Erabareta dakeja owaranai yo gooru nante nai

Sainenshou kono toshi de kono dohyoudaze

Arina doumu mo yume janakatta

Okurete moratta huudii ni wa name

Rappu sukiru wa nenrei to magyaku de kirei na flow no sensu

Nageta booru mo shuuto

Neratta teki wa hazusanai kara

To night kono hi ore wa

Kaidan wo noboru keshite kudaru koto wa nai

Ningen banare shiteru kono sonzai

Dare ni mo mane dekinaikara donmai

118 kono sannin no show time

Mitai darou anata mo zehi tomo shoutai

Daihon ya neta awase shitenaize

Rec toujitsu ni kiite kaita kyoku mo sannin ga noreba buchi agaru

Dare mo wakaranai namae ni yomikata mo wakaranai

Twitter, YouTube ni wa yosou to uso no katamari ni

Damasareteru hitotachi koe ni dashite iuyo koko de

Ore no na wa shounen edhiii boi BMSG little itanji

La La La Landing

My new self hello!

tte mata buki fuyashite nani shidekasou?

Da Da Da Dancing

Maa tada odoritai

Mada mitenai zone ni moguritai

Dakara drop shita hi kore de aru imi

I just realized

Mita kotonai type

So I'm not satisfied

Top chaato yonjyukan wa douchuu, datte mite ore torendo joushuuhan

Pa janai tte

Tasai mo hodo hodo ni shitokinasaitte shouganai Shounansan chou minor na sonzaikan

ga uchi ni nijimu koto de shimiru tomo ni ikiru friends

Kanshuu no yaji ga nari yami

Ima maiku no mae ni wa dare ga iru?

Saisho mo saigo mo kankei nee

Ore ga tatteiru kasho ga tsune ni piiku

SOTA ni edhiii kono narabi de sarani akiraka ni suru

Ore ga hitorime ni na iri no fuudo wo kaburu riyuu

Ketahazure furi haba

Karada ga oboeteiru hitto no uchi kata

Minogasanee yoi tama

Futatsu no imi de kowareru migikata

Shitto shiteiru mina ga

Ore ima terebi ni zasshi no naka

Hitori de mirion daraa

Shachou mo gonfingaa (pow! pow! pow! pow! pow!)

118...

Manga mitai na hanashi ima genjitsu ni

118 Onaji hi onaji katagaki de kono hatamoto ni

Rannaazu hai nankai demo supitto suru

Deru endorufin

Buusu no naka fujiyama no itadaki tsuba wa maguma ni

Ring Ring nari yamanai sairen

Itanji kirinji mondaji

Bling Bling nashi demo kagayaku

Hoka no yatsu ja koppamijin

Narifuri kamawazu Buuhanatsu OK

B to the M to the S to the G

Jidai ga umu kiseki in 118

**English Translation**
A Monster of the Times turning pages

I don't need to Stop.

I was chosen to be in the limited space of the frame

Out there beyond the space of the screen. Don't blink

No case like me, no one would expect me to exist

Morning I'm at school. in class on weekdays.

Night, I'm in my room doing remote meetings, "Hey, I'm kinda busy."

Weekends and holidays are spent in a studio in Tokyo. A change of environment, a dope company.

I'm happy every day, and I want to play more, dance on the sound

No matter where we are, when the three of us gather, it's a special stage.

Up Down is not a game of luck, it's not a gamble, and there's no time to sleep.

Just because you've been chosen doesn’t mean it’s the end or the goal

The youngest in the ring at his age.

Arena, Dome was a dream come true.

Name on the hoodie I received late.

My rap skills are the exact opposite of his age, and has a beautiful sense of flow.

Throwing the ball is also a shot

Because I never miss the target

To night this day I will

Climb the stairs, never going down

This being that is so far from being human.

No one can imitate us, so don't worry about it.

118... these three are going to have a show time.

I'm sure you'd like to see that, and you're all invited.

We don't have a script or storyline.

We write the songs we hear on the day of the rec, and when the three of us get on, we go crazy.

A name no one knows, no one knows how to read it either.

Twitter, YouTube, a mass of predictions and lies.

I'm going to say it out loud to all those who are fooled, here.

My name is edhiii boi BMSG’s little rebel

La La La Landing

My new self hello!

What are you doing, adding more weapons?

Da Da Da Dancing

Well, I just wanna dance.

I want to dive into a zone I haven't seen yet

So the day I dropped, this is what it means

I just realized

The type I've never seen

So I'm not satisfied

Top Charts, 40 crowns  are on the way, because, look, I'm a trendsetter.

I'm not a poker player.

Don't be too diverse!

That can't be helped, I’m the super-minor presence from Shonan

Friends who lived and shared everything together

The crowd has stopped yelling.

Who's in front of the mic now?

It doesn't matter if I'm at the beginning or the end.

Where I'm standing is always the peak.

SOTA and edhiii, this lineup makes it even clearer

Why I'm the first one to wear a hood with my name on it

Out of the order of magnitude, the amplitude of the swing

The way your body remembers a hit

Don't miss. Good ball.

Right shoulder broken in two ways.

Everybody's jealous

I'm on TV, I'm in magazines

Million Dollar on my own

The president also puts up gun fingers (pow! pow! pow! pow!)

118…

It's like a manga. Now it's real.

118. The same day, with the same title, on the same flagship.

Runner's high, spit as many times as you want

Endorphins coming out

Inside the booth, at the top of Fujiyama, saliva turns into magma

Ring Ring, the siren that never stops ringing

A rebel , a prodigy , problem child

No Bling Bling still shining

The other dudes are pieces of wood

We don't care what it takes, we’ll blast away, OK

B to the M to the S to the G

Miracle of the times in 118

**Japanese Lyrics**
時代のモンスターめくるページ

Stopなんて無しでいい

選ばれた俺は　枠の限られたスペースの中にin

画面の空間　超えて出てきた　瞬き禁止

事例もないよ俺の存在　誰も予想しないだろ

Morning　平日は学校に行って授業中で

Night　夜は部屋にこもってリモート会議「ちょっ忙しいんだわ」

土日　休日は Tokyoのstudio　変わった環境にdopeな会社

毎日happyでもっと遊びてぇ音の上でdance

どんな場所も3人が立てばそこはスペシャルなステージ

Up Downに運や賭けじゃないし寝てる暇はない

選ばれただけじゃ終わらないよゴールなんて無い

最年少この歳でこの土俵だぜ

アリーナドームも夢じゃなかった

遅れて貰ったフーディーにはname

ラップスキルは年齢と真逆で綺麗なflowのセンス

投げたボールもシュート

狙った的は外さないから

To night　この日俺は

階段を登る決して下ることはない

人間離れしてるこの存在

誰にも真似出来ないからドンマイ

118　この3人のshow time

見たいだろアナタも是非とも招待

台本やネタ合わせしてないぜ

Rec当日に聞いて書いた曲も3人が乗ればブチ上がる

誰も分からない名前に読み方も分からない

Twitter, YouTubeには予想と嘘の固まりに

騙されてる人達　声に出して言うよここで

俺の名は少年edhiii boi BMSG little 異端児

La La La Landing

My new self hello！

ってまた武器増やしてなにしでかそう？

Da Da Da Dancing

まぁただ踊りたい

まだ見てないzoneに潜りたい

だからdropした日　これである意味

I just realized

見たこと無いtype

So I’m not satisfied

Topチャート　40冠は道中、だって見て俺トレンド常習犯

パじゃないって

多彩もほどほどにしときなさい

ってしょうがない湘南産　超minorな存在感

が内に滲む事で沁みる共に生きるfriends

観衆の野次が鳴り止み

今　マイクの前には誰がいる？

最初も最後も関係ねぇ

俺が立っている箇所が常にピーク

SOTAにedhiii　この並びで更に明らかにする

俺が1人目に名入りのフードを被る理由

桁外れ　振り幅

体が覚えているヒットの打ち方

見逃さねぇ　良い球

2つの意味で壊れる右肩

嫉妬している　皆が

俺　今　テレビに雑誌の中

1人でミリオンダラー

社長もゴンフィンガー (pow! pow! pow! pow! pow!)

118…

漫画みたいな話　今　現実に

118　同じ日　同じ肩書きでこの旗本に

ランナーズハイ　何回でもスピットする

出るエンドルフィン

ブースの中　フジヤマの頂　唾はマグマに

Ring Ring　鳴り止まないサイレン

異端児　麒麟児　問題児

Bling Blingなしでも輝く

他の奴じゃ木っ端微塵

なりふり構わず　ぶっ放す OK

B to the M to the S to the G

時代が生む奇跡 in 118

**Romaji Lyrics + Color Code**
Jidai no monstaa mekuru peeji

Stop nante nashide ii

Erabareta ore wa waku no kagirareta supeesu no naka ni in

Gamen no kuukan koete detekita mabataki kinshi

Jirei mo nai you ore no sonzai dare mo yosou shinaidaro

Morning heijitsu wa gakkou ni itte jugyou chuu de

Night yoru wa heya ni komotte rimooto kaigi "choishogashin dawa"

Donichi kyuujitsu wa Tokyo no studio kawatta kankyou ni

Dope na kaisha

Mainichi happy de motto asobitee oto no ue de dance

Donna bashou mo sannin ga tateba soko wa supesharu na suteeji

Up Down ni un ya kake janaishi neteru hima wa nai

Erabareta dakeja owaranai yo gooru nante nai

Sainenshou kono toshi de kono dohyoudaze

Arina doumu mo yume janakatta

Okurete moratta huudii ni wa name

Rappu sukiru wa nenrei to magyaku de kirei na flow no sensu

Nageta booru mo shuuto

Neratta teki wa hazusanai kara

To night kono hi ore wa

Kaidan wo noboru keshite kudaru koto wa nai

Ningen banare shiteru kono sonzai

Dare ni mo mane dekinaikara donmai

118 kono sannin no show time

Mitai darou anata mo zehi tomo shoutai

Daihon ya neta awase shitenaize

Rec toujitsu ni kiite kaita kyoku mo sannin ga noreba buchi agaru

Dare mo wakaranai namae ni yomikata mo wakaranai

Twitter, YouTube ni wa yosou to uso no katamari ni

Damasareteru hitotachi koe ni dashite iuyo koko de

Ore no na wa shounen edhiii boi BMSG little itanji

La La La Landing

My new self hello!

tte mata buki fuyashite nani shidekasou?

Da Da Da Dancing

Maa tada odoritai

Mada mitenai zone ni moguritai

Dakara drop shita hi kore de aru imi

I just realized

Mita kotonai type

So I'm not satisfied

Top chaato yonjyukan wa douchuu, datte mite ore torendo joushuuhan

Pa janai tte

Tasai mo hodo hodo ni shitokinasaitte shouganai Shounansan chou minor na sonzaikan

ga uchi ni nijimu koto de shimiru tomo ni ikiru friends

Kanshuu no yaji ga nari yami

Ima maiku no mae ni wa dare ga iru?

Saisho mo saigo mo kankei nee

Ore ga tatteiru kasho ga tsune ni piiku

SOTA ni edhiii kono narabi de sarani akiraka ni suru

Ore ga hitorime ni na iri no fuudo wo kaburu riyuu

Ketahazure furi haba

Karada ga oboeteiru hitto no uchi kata

Minogasanee yoi tama

Futatsu no imi de kowareru migikata

Shitto shiteiru mina ga

Ore ima terebi ni zasshi no naka

Hitori de mirion daraa

Shachou mo gonfingaa (pow! pow! pow! pow! pow!)

118...

Manga mitai na hanashi ima genjitsu ni

118 Onaji hi onaji katagaki de kono hatamoto ni

Rannaazu hai nankai demo supitto suru

Deru endorufin

Buusu no naka fujiyama no itadaki tsuba wa maguma ni

Ring Ring nari yamanai sairen

Itanji kirinji mondaji

Bling Bling nashi demo kagayaku

Hoka no yatsu ja koppamijin

Narifuri kamawazu Buuhanatsu OK

B to the M to the S to the G

Jidai ga umu kiseki in 118

**English Translation**
A Monster of the Times turning pages

I don't need to Stop.

I was chosen to be in the limited space of the frame

Out there beyond the space of the screen. Don't blink

No case like me, no one would expect me to exist

Morning I'm at school. in class on weekdays.

Night, I'm in my room doing remote meetings, "Hey, I'm kinda busy."

Weekends and holidays are spent in a studio in Tokyo. A change of environment, a dope company.

I'm happy every day, and I want to play more, dance on the sound

No matter where we are, when the three of us gather, it's a special stage.

Up Down is not a game of luck, it's not a gamble, and there's no time to sleep.

Just because you've been chosen doesn’t mean it’s the end or the goal

The youngest in the ring at his age.

Arena, Dome was a dream come true.

Name on the hoodie I received late.

My rap skills are the exact opposite of his age, and has a beautiful sense of flow.

Throwing the ball is also a shot

Because I never miss the target

To night this day I will

Climb the stairs, never going down

This being that is so far from being human.

No one can imitate us, so don't worry about it.

118... these three are going to have a show time.

I'm sure you'd like to see that, and you're all invited.

We don't have a script or storyline.

We write the songs we hear on the day of the rec, and when the three of us get on, we go crazy.

A name no one knows, no one knows how to read it either.

Twitter, YouTube, a mass of predictions and lies.

I'm going to say it out loud to all those who are fooled, here.

My name is edhiii boi BMSG’s little rebel

La La La Landing

My new self hello!

What are you doing, adding more weapons?

Da Da Da Dancing

Well, I just wanna dance.

I want to dive into a zone I haven't seen yet

So the day I dropped, this is what it means

I just realized

The type I've never seen

So I'm not satisfied

Top Charts, 40 crowns  are on the way, because, look, I'm a trendsetter.

I'm not a poker player.

Don't be too diverse!

That can't be helped, I’m the super-minor presence from Shonan

Friends who lived and shared everything together

The crowd has stopped yelling.

Who's in front of the mic now?

It doesn't matter if I'm at the beginning or the end.

Where I'm standing is always the peak.

SOTA and edhiii, this lineup makes it even clearer

Why I'm the first one to wear a hood with my name on it

Out of the order of magnitude, the amplitude of the swing

The way your body remembers a hit

Don't miss. Good ball.

Right shoulder broken in two ways.

Everybody's jealous

I'm on TV, I'm in magazines

Million Dollar on my own

The president also puts up gun fingers (pow! pow! pow! pow!)

118…

It's like a manga. Now it's real.

118. The same day, with the same title, on the same flagship.

Runner's high, spit as many times as you want

Endorphins coming out

Inside the booth, at the top of Fujiyama, saliva turns into magma

Ring Ring, the siren that never stops ringing

A rebel , a prodigy , problem child

No Bling Bling still shining

The other dudes are pieces of wood

We don't care what it takes, we’ll blast away, OK

B to the M to the S to the G

Miracle of the times in 118

**Credits**
**Japanese:** Lyrical Nonsense
**Romaji:** Chanting
**Color Code:** Chanting
**English:** Chanting

## Playlists

* Amazon Music - BREAKTHROUGH JAPAN (cover)
* Amazon Music - FRESH J-HIP HOP (cover)
* Spotify - Teen Culture (cover)

## Trivia

* edhiii boi had only met Novel Core and SOTA once or twice before recording the song.
* edhiii boi told SOTA that he was nervous about the recording the day before. SOTA then took him out for a meal and to go shopping so he could relax. edhiii wrote his lyrics after hanging out with him, and sent them to Core, who approved of them. Those lyrics ended up being in the final version of the song.

## References

1. ↑ *Natalie - 本日誕生日のedhiii boi、BE:FIRST・SOTA、Novel Coreが新曲「118」をリリース, 2022/1/18*
2. ↑ Reference to edhiii boi receiving his hoodie in THE FIRST FINAL.
3. ↑ Reference to BE:FIRST's achievements since major debut
4. ↑ Reference to SOTA's hometown, Shonan.
5. ↑ Reference to how people do this when they're excited
6. ↑  Reference to edhiii boi
7. ↑  Reference to SOTA
8. ↑  Reference to WAGAMAMA MONDAIJI and Novel Core himself
9. ↑  BMSG Twitter
10. ↑  BMSG Twitter
11. ↑  BMSG Twitter
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 edhiii boi AWA Lounge listening party. 2024/01/16.