Alice Nine or アリス九號. (previously known as alice nine. and A9) is a Japanese… Read Full Bio ↴Alice Nine or アリス九號. (previously known as alice nine. and A9) is a Japanese visual kei band consisting of five members: 将 (Shou) on vocals, ヒロト (Hiroto) on guitar, 虎 (Tora) on guitar and backing vocals, 沙我 (Saga) on bass and backing vocals, and Nao on drums.

Drummer Nao formed the band in 2004, recruiting vocalist Shou and guitarist Tora from the band ギブス which had just split up, and they were signed to the PS COMPANY indies label Indie-PSC. Their first single 「名前は、未だ無ひ。」 was released the same year. During their first year, they did small tours with other Japanese bands. Their first oneman tour was held in August 2005 in Japan. After a sold out gig in Tokyo the same year, Alice Nine became more popular in Japan, and went major on KING RECORDS under the management PS COMPANY. In 2007 they were signed in Europe by CLJ Records.

In May 2007, Alice Nine was performing their debut show in America, during the Jrock Revolution Festival at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. In December Alice Nine was doing their first performance ever in Europe. They were one of the five bands at J-ROCK INVASION EPISODE 1 festival in Cologne, Germany.

On June 2, 2009, a blog entry by vocalist Shou announced the changing of their name from アリス九號. and alice nine. to Alice Nine for media reasons. He explained that the Japanese transcription was beginning to lose its purpose as a means to "represent aesthetics" and that the English transcription was closest to the band's original intention.

From March 1st 2015 the band became independent from their label TOKUMA JAPAN COMMUNICATIONS and changed their name to A9. However, in August 2019 they informed that they will change the band's name back to Alice Nine / アリス九號.

Alice Nine have released eight full albums, 絶景色 (2005), Alpha (2007), VANDALIZE (2009), GEMINI (2011), "9" (2012), Supernova (2014), IDEAL (2017) and PLANET NINE (2018).

Their next single will be released in October 2019 and it's titled as 革命開花-Revolutionary Blooming-.

Official site: https://a9-project.com/. They also have a MySpace site for overseas fans.

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Alice Nine Lyrics

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手を引いたのは誰幼少の記憶
目覚めればいつでも
夢は泡沫に消えた鮮やかに
橙色の雨頬は濡らさない
無くしたものは嗚呼
要らない振りをしてた
果てない悲しみは僕が癒そう
一人では生きられない僕らは

行き先の果てに何が見えるの
The story of brilliant growly
左手に夢を右手には君を繋いで
暁のように輝いていたい
The story of brilliant growly
大切な光は僕の手に
眩しくて見えないよ
失ったものはいつも

澄んだ行き先を指でなぞった
朝焼けは僕達を包んだ
行き先の果てに何が見えるの
The story of brilliant growly
左手に夢を右手には君を繋いで
暁のように輝いていたい

The story of brilliant growly
大切な光は僕の手に

Overall Meaning

The first two lines of the song “手を引いたのは誰幼少の記憶目覚めればいつでも” translate to “Who took my hand? The memories of early childhood. Whenever I wake up, it feels like the dream has disappeared like a bubble.” The lyrics then go on to express the desire to not let tears fall in the rain, as well as the feeling of pretending not to need things that have been lost. The lyrics also mention the infinite sadness that the singer hopes to heal. The chorus speaks of wanting to hold onto both dreams and the person the singer loves, while also aspiring to shine like the dawn. The singer ends by questioning what they will see at the end of their journey.

Line by Line Meaning

手を引いたのは誰幼少の記憶
Who took my hand in my childhood memories?

目覚めればいつでも夢は泡沫に消えた鮮やかに
Whenever I wake up, my dreams vanish like bubbles, so vividly.

橙色の雨頬は濡らさない
The orange rain won't wet my cheeks.

無くしたものは嗚呼要らない振りをしてた
I pretended that I didn't need things I lost, oh.

果てない悲しみは僕が癒そう
I'll heal the endless sadness.

一人では生きられない僕らは
We can't live alone.

行き先の果てに何が見えるの
What can we see at the end of our journey?

The story of brilliant growly
The tale of a brilliant growl.

左手に夢を右手には君を繋いで
Holding dreams in my left hand and you in my right.

暁のように輝いていたい
I want to shine like the dawn.

大切な光は僕の手に
The precious light is in my hands.