AKB48 is an all-female Japanese theater/idol group. As of January 31, 2021,… Read Full Bio ↴AKB48 is an all-female Japanese theater/idol group. As of January 31, 2021, the group consists of 98 members, divided among several teams: Team A with 20 members, Team K with 20 members, Team B with 21 members, and Team 4 with 25 members, Team 8 with 42 members, the last of which have 30 members serving concurrently with other AKB48 teams. Unlike other idol groups in Japan, AKB48 are theatre-based and have their own theatre in Akihabara, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan where they perform once every weekday, and twice on both Saturday and Sunday. The theatre is set up on the 8th floor of Don Quixote.

In December 2005, the group debuted in the theatre with only 20 girls, later known as Team A. A new audition was announced, this audition was held in cooperation with Japanese telecom company NTT DoCoMo. It was the first audition ever where the applicants had to send in their audition video with their mobile phones. 19 of the 11,892 applicants were chosen to join AKB48, but in the end, only 18 girls joined the group to become Team K in April 2006.

Their debut single dropped in February 2006, which made it to #10 on Oricon charts and sold 22,011 units in its first week. By far, all title songs released as a single has been made a tie-up song for a tv show, a movie or for a commercial. On December 31, 2007, 46 members of AKB48 appeared on the 58th Annual Kohaku Uta Gassen for the first time. They sang as part of the Akihabara performance, they became the most number of people in a single group to be on stage at one time.

AKB48's 13th single '10年桜' (Junen Sakura) which was released on March 04 2009, made into number three of Oricon chart in the first week, becoming the first single for AKB48 to sell over 100,000 copies. AKB48's latest single 'ポニーテールとシュシュ' (Ponytail and Chou Chou or Ponytail to Shushu) was first on Oricon weekly singles sales and has sold over 600,000 copies so far.

AKB48 has several spin-off groups, including DiVA, ノースリーブス (No Sleeves), 渡り廊下走り隊 7 (Watarirouka Hashiritai 7), Not yet and フレンチ・キス (French Kiss). AKB48 also have "temporary" spin-off groups, including AKBアイドリング!!! (AKBIdolling!!!), Queen & Elizabeth and ナットウエンジェル (Nattou Angels).

AKB48 also have the sister groups SKE48, SDN48 and NMB48. There also a group called OJS48. But in 2011 it was announced 3 new groups: HKT48 (in Fokuoka, Japan), JKT48 (the first 48 group outside of Japan, in Jakarta - Indonesia) and SNH48 (second 48 group outside of Japan, in Shanghai-China)

Blue Rose
AKB48 Lyrics

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どこかで貴方を抱いた気がしてた
鎖骨のかたちを知ってる
白いシーツで少年のように
何かに怯え祈って愛を求めた
ありえない青いバラみたいな
いつかの夜奇跡なら一度だけよ
Blue roseありえない神の仕業に
恋の過ち忘却は愛しさの出口

Blue rose is love.
Blue rose is love.
名前も覚えていない罪深さ
確かに私は愛したわ
窓のシェイドの隙間から見えた
ネオンと月と堕落に心を閉じた
忘れてよ青いバラなんて
夢か幻奇跡なんて起きてないわ
Blue rose忘れてよ私のことを
愛したのは一瞬の本能の迷い
Blue rose is cool.
Blue rose is cool.

ありえない青いバラみたいな
いつかの夜奇跡なら一度だけよ
Blue roseありえない神の仕業に
恋の過ち忘却は愛しさの出口
Blue rose is love.
忘れてよ青いバラなんて夢か幻
奇跡なんて起きてないわ
Blue rose忘れてよ私のことを
愛したのは一瞬の本能の迷い
Blue rose is cool.
Blue rose is cool.

Blue rose is cool.
Blue rose is cool.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to AKB48's "Blue rose" are somewhat ambiguous, but seem to describe a feeling of intense but fleeting love, perhaps as the result of a chance encounter or a particularly memorable experience. The singer of the song thinks that they may have held someone they loved at some point, feeling the shape of their collarbone and seeking love while afraid of something else. This person is described as being like an impossible blue rose that may only bloom once in a miraculous night.

Despite this sense of wonder and awe, there is also an element of regret and perhaps even guilt in the song. The singer admits to having loved someone they don't even remember the name of, and seems to suggest that the blue rose may actually be a mistake of love that ultimately leads to forgetting. The blue rose is still cool - an object of admiration and beauty - but it is also dangerous and fleeting, perhaps hinting at the transience of love and the danger of getting attached to something that may not last.

Overall, "Blue rose" seems to be a poignant exploration of love and its complexities, capturing both the breathtaking beauty and the fleeting nature of powerful emotions.

Line by Line Meaning

どこかで貴方を抱いた気がしてた
I felt like I held you somewhere

鎖骨のかたちを知ってる
I know the shape of your collarbone

白いシーツで少年のように
Like a young boy in white sheets,

何かに怯え祈って愛を求めた
I prayed and sought for love, afraid of something

ありえない青いバラみたいな
Like an impossible blue rose

いつかの夜奇跡なら一度だけよ
If it's a miracle from one night long ago

Blue roseありえない神の仕業に
Blue rose is a manifestation of unfathomable divine work

恋の過ち忘却は愛しさの出口
The mistake in love is the exit to endearment

Blue rose is love.
Blue rose symbolizes love.

名前も覚えていない罪深さ
The depth of sin, which I don't even remember the name of

確かに私は愛したわ
Certainly, I loved