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**REAL** is the first track on the special edition of JO1's fourth extended play *Stranger* and serves as its title track. The song was released on August 18, 2021, alongside a music video.

## Lyrics

All • Sho • Ren • Ruki • Junki • Keigo • Takumi • Syoya • Shosei • Sukai • Shion • Issei

* Romaji
* Kanji
* English

Kagami no oku zutto

Samayoui tsudzuketa

Kedo kidzuitanda

This is me This is me

Ippo zutsu I will be there

Kinou yori mo chikadzuku yume

Kawaranai I will be with you

Motto motto todoketai

Taiyou ga tsutsumu

Mabayui hikari kimi terasu

Egakunda sono hi wo

Saigo no ippo tadoru hi wo

Me no mae ni This is my desire

Motto takai basho

Tsuretekuyo te wo tsukande

This is no dream, so real

This is no dream, so real

Let's go all the way

Kagami no naka

Zutto toji komerareta youde Ay

1 Step toki ga tatte Someday

2 Step Omoi door aite

Chiisana koro mita Daydream

Tashikana mono ni shiteiku

I knew from the start

Mirai eigou ni Like a star

Chirabatta kioku

Osanaki hi no akogare tachi

Te no hira ni atsumete

Tashikana mono e kaeru kara

Taiyou ga tsutsumu

Mabayui hikari kimi terasu

Egakunda sono hi wo

Saigo no ippo tadoru hi wo

Me no mae ni This is my desire

Motto takai basho

Tsuretekuyo te wo tsukande

This is no dream, so real

So real yume miteta basho sa

Right here kaita basho sa

Kimi to boku no dice

Onaji basho de kasane

Ashita e tsukinukeru My wings to

Hateshinaku tsudzuku Story

Sou toi mirai janai darou

Right now, right here, so real

Me no mae ni This is my desire

Motto takai basho

Tsuretekuyo te wo tsukande

This is no dream, so real

[Ren/Ruki]
Ay We will be together now

Tsuyoku nigitte kono mama

[Keigo/Sukai]
Ay This is my desire

Hateshinaku doko made mo

[Issei/Shosei]
Ay We will be together now

Tsuyoku nigitte kono mama

[Sho/Shion]
Ay This is my desire

[Takumi/Junki]
This is no dream, so real

鏡の奥ずっと

彷徨い続けた

けど気づいたんだ

This is me This is me

一歩ずつ I will be there

昨日よりも近づく夢

変わらない I will be with you

もっともっと届けたい

太陽が包む

眩い光 君照らす

描くんだ その日を

最後の一歩辿る日を

目の前に This is my desire

もっと高い場所

連れてくよ 手を掴んで

This is no dream, so real

This is no dream, so real

Let's go all the way

鏡の中

ずっと閉じ込められたようで Ay

1 Step 時が経って Someday

2 Step 重いドア開いて

小さな頃見た Daydream

確かなものにしていく

I knew from the start

未来永劫に Like a star

散らばった記憶

幼き日の憧れ達

手の平に集めて

確かなものへ変えるから

太陽が包む

眩い光 君照らす

描くんだ その日を

最後の一歩辿る日を

目の前に This is my desire

もっと高い場所

連れてくよ 手を掴んで

This is no dream, so real

So real 夢見てた場所さ

Right here 描いた場所さ

君と僕のダイス

同じ場所で重ね

明日へ突き抜ける My wingsと

果てしなく続く Story

そう遠い未来じゃないだろう

Right now, right here, so real

目の前に This is my desire

もっと高い場所

連れてくよ 手を掴んで

This is no dream, so real

[Ren/Ruki]
Ay We will be together now

強く握ってこのまま

[Keigo/Sukai]
Ay This is my desire

果てしなくどこまでも

[Issei/Shosei]
Ay We will be together now

強く握ってこのまま

[Sho/Shion]
Ay This is my desire

[Takumi/Junki]
This is no dream, so real

Behind the mirror

I had continued wandering for a long time

But I have understood

This is me This is me

Step by step, I will be there

I'm getting closer to my dream

Never change, I will be with you

I want to deliver more and more

The shining sunlight

Is illuminating you

Imagining the day

That I finally reach the end (yeah)

In front of me, this is my desire

I will take you to the higher stage

Grabbing your hand

This is no dream, so real

This is no dream, so real

Let's go all the way

I felt as if I had been locked up for a long time

Inside of the mirror Ay

1 Step Time goes by someday

2 Step The heavy door is opened

The daydream of my childhood

I make it come true

I knew from the start

Forever, like a star

My cluttered memories

The things I longed for in my childhood

I will collect all of them in my hands

And make them real

The shining sunlight

Is illuminating you

Imagining the day

That I finally reach the end (yeah)

In front of me, this is my desire

I will take you to the higher stage

Grabbing your hand

This is no dream, so real

So real, this is the place we dreamed of

Right here, this is the place we imagined

Your dice and mine

Will be stacked at the same place (yeah)

My wings are breaking through to tomorrow

And it will be a never-ending story

Maybe it's not the distant future

Right now, right here, so real

In front of me, this is my desire

I will take you to the higher stage

Grabbing your hand

This is no dream, so real

[Ren/Ruki]
Ay We will be together now

Grabbing strongly like this

[Keigo/Sukai]
Ay This is my desire

Forever, wherever

[Issei/Shosei]
Ay We will be together now

Grabbing strongly like this

[Sho/Shion]
Ay This is my desire

[Takumi/Junki]
This is no dream, so real

## Song description

### Korean

어둡고 긴 터널에 있는 듯한 시간을 지나, 성장을 이루었을 때, 품고있던 꿈・그리던 미래가 “리얼”한 것이 되어간다. 그 때는 「나」만이 아닌 「우리들」로 다다르고 싶다는, 그런 마음이 담겨있다. JO1의 성장과 변화를 가사로 표현한 퓨처팝 스타일의 EDM 댄스 넘버. 곡 안에서 멤버들이 끌어안는 모습은, “아직 본 적 없는 자신을 만난다”는 것을 이미지화하고 있다.

## Credits

* Lyrics by Jeong Ho Hyeon (e.one), YHANAEL
* Composed by Jeong Ho Hyeon (e.one)
* Arranged by Jeong Ho Hyeon (e.one)

## Trivia

* The song served as the theme song for the Fuji TV summer event "THE ODAIBA."

## Video Gallery

* Music Video
* Performance Video
* Teasers
* Practice Video
* Other

REAL - JO1ㅣPerformance Video

REAL - JO1ㅣMV Teaser 1REAL - JO1ㅣMV Teaser 2

REAL - JO1ㅣPractice Video

REAL - JO1ㅣMV Making Video

## References

1. ↑ JO1 Official Website — 『 REAL 』 MV 本日19時公開！
2. ↑ Color coding by @cshinjam on Twitter
3. ↑ Romaji by RueNightshade
4. ↑ "REAL" on LINE Music
5. ↑ Official translation from the "REAL" music video, edited for grammar and clarity
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Stranger* on Melon Music
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "REAL" on Melon Music
8. ↑ Modelpress — フジ夏イベント、今年は初バーチャル開催　アンバサダーにEXIT　テーマソングにJO1