Kimi wa Boku no Uchuu (You are My Universe)

**Kimi wa Boku no Uchuu (You are My Universe)** (君 (きみ)は僕 (ぼく)の宇 (う)宙 (ちゅう), *You are My Universe*) is Sayonara Ponytail's fifth major album. It features illustrations by Uchiyama Yunico.

The album consists of 1 disc, 13 tracks, and was released on February 14, 2018.

## Concept and Background

*Kimi wa Boku no Uchuu* revisits the theme of youth, like Seishun Fantasia had done. However, in contrast with the more idyllic take of that album, *Kimi wa Boku no Uchuu* is centered more on youth's impermanence—how "time never returns and growing up is inevitable."

When discussing the album, Kuroneko conflated the motif of Donald Fagen's 1982 album The Nightfly with that of *Kimi wa Boku no Uchuu's*, which when combined would read: "*The songs on this album represent certain fantasies that might have been entertained by one growing up in the Tokyo suburbs during the late eighties and nineties*."

One of the album's intention was to also connect the current generation to music of the past generation, which the members were familiar with. For instance, Kuroneko noted how the intro of opening track *Sentimental* is an homage to The Style Council's 1984 song *Shout To The Top*, a song which Kuroneko first learned of when told that it was the basis of the intro of the 1993 Cornelius song *The Sun Is My Enemy*. Similarly, the album closer *Message* pays tribute to The Beatles, like the 1994 Oasis song Whatever had done. By paying tribute to past music which themselves were homages, the group intended to "connect the chain of circulation to the generation below."

## Promotion

A Power Push webpage (a page to promote artists) was established on Natalie on March 1, 2018 for the album. It features Momoko Miyauchi (宮内桃子) of the idol group Kawasaki Junjou Komachi☆ (川崎純情小町☆) as a host. On one page, Miyauchi uses the AR program KAGURA to interact with the song *Matenrou to Rinkai-ten*. Another page has her constructing the hologram box kit and trying *Matenrou to Rinkai-ten's* MV with it. A third page features Kuroneko discussing the album.

On February 24, 2018, Kuroneko posted an early demo of Arifureta Kiseki on his Twitter account.

## Packaging and Design

The limited edition version comes in a cardboard sleeve rather than a jewel case.

## Bonuses

The limited edition version of *Kimi wa Boku no Uchuu (You are My Universe)* came with a hologram box kit that could be used to view the holobox music video for *Matenrou to Rinkai-ten* via the Tower Record Holobox app. For overseas listeners, Tower Records provided an unlisted Youtube link.

Those who purchased *Kimi wa Boku no Uchuu (You are My Universe)* early at Tower Records were also given a bonus CD with two tracks.

The first track on the bonus CD, *Koi yori Chocolate*, was uploaded to Kuroneko's Youtube channel on February 14, 2017 in celebration of Valentine's Day.

The second track on the bonus CD, *Koisuru Fortune Cookie*, is a cover of the AKB48 song of the same name. A clip of *Koisuru Fortune Cookie* was uploaded to Twitter on March 14, 2017 in celebration of White Day.

holoboxbonus CD

## Post-Release

The album charted on the Oricon Albums Chart for 2 weeks and peaked at 56.

## Music Videos

Kabe wo Buchi Kowase!

Matenrou to Rinkai-ten (Holobox MV)

Seishun Nostalgia

Koi yori Chocolate

## Trivia

* The album title is directly referenced in the track Kabe wo Buchi Kowase!

## External Links

* Streaming
	+ Apple Music: English | Japanese
	+ OTOTOY
	+ Spotify: English | Japanese
	+ YouTube
	+ YouTube Music

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kuroneko's discussion on Kimi wa Boku no Uchuu's production (March 1, 2018) (Translation)
2. ↑ combination of The Nightfly's motif (verbatim from the inner sleeve, via Wikipedia), and Kuroneko's version from Natalie:「80年代後半から90年代の東京郊外」
3. ↑ Released as Cornelius' 1993 debut single, and later on his 1994 debut album The First Question Award.
4. ↑ the original song was composed by 324P but this version was arranged by Megu (https://twitter.com/meg\_and\_patron/status/963104189852221441)
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/kuroneko\_pony/status/831158562395090944
6. ↑ Momoko Miyauchi has been a collaborator with Sayonara Ponytail on numerous occasions, the earliest being in Seishun Fantasia's live-action medley video.
7. ↑ https://natalie.mu/music/pp/sayonaraponytail03/page/2
8. ↑ https://natalie.mu/music/pp/sayonaraponytail03/page/3
9. ↑ https://natalie.mu/music/pp/sayonaraponytail03/page/4
10. ↑ Official Oricon data via Wayback Machine