Ami Maeshima Names Her 2nd Album POLYPHONY After a Book Discovery
The album's polyphony theme is Maeshima's way of affirming her multiple roles as voice actress, singer, and stage actress instead of treating one title as superior.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime Anime.
Ami Maeshima appears in the August 2026 issue of Megami Magazine's interview project Megami's Voice, discussing her 2nd album POLYPHONY. The title came from a book she was reading. The album splits its 10 tracks into Act 1 and Act 2, with Act 2 holding all five of her self-written songs. The double lead track Megami Stay Gold! has lyrics and composition by Tsunku.
Maeshima said she found the word polyphony in a book and felt its meaning was what she needed now. The book described it as affirming all the voices, opinions, and wills inside oneself and the world, rather than making one thing the sole justice.
That reading fits her directly. She works as a voice actress, singer, and stage actress, and said she sometimes feels inferior to people who have mastered one thing. Through the album she wanted to establish having multiple titles as her individuality.
The 10 tracks split into two acts, a structure she said comes from her stage acting background. Act 2 is made up entirely of songs she wrote herself.
For the lead track Megami Stay Gold!, she wrote a letter to Tsunku about auditioning for Hello Pro Eggs and now working as a voice actress artist, and he agreed to write the song. She described Hello! Project as her universe and said the sound recalled Berryz Kobo.
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- Anime Anime 「多声性」をテーマにした2ndアルバム―前島亜美「POLYPHONY」リリース記念インタビュー