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Kazuya Kamenashi Returns To THE FIRST TAKE With Live Strings For POMPEII
Kazuya Kamenashi performs "POMPEII" in a one-take video for THE FIRST TAKE, premiering October 28 at 22:00. The song was written by singer-songwriter Sora Tomonari and appears on Kamenashi's first album "WAVE," released July 8, 2026.
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Why it matters
Kamenashi is using the channel's one-take format twice in under two weeks, pairing a 2005 drama song with a track from his July album, which keeps his solo catalog in front of an audience beyond his tour.
Key Facts
- Kazuya Kamenashi performs "POMPEII" in a one-take video for THE FIRST TAKE, premiering October 28 at 22:00.
- "POMPEII" was written by singer-songwriter Sora Tomonari and appears on Kamenashi's first album "WAVE," released July 8, 2026.
- The appearance is Kamenashi's second on THE FIRST TAKE, following the October 16 episode where he sang "Kizuna."
- Kamenashi first performed "POMPEII" on television on Nippon TV's "Yoru no Oto -TOKYO MIDNIGHT MUSIC-" on October 6.
- The new performance uses an arrangement with live strings.
This is his second appearance on the channel, following a October 16 episode where he sang "Kizuna." The new arrangement adds live strings.
The episode is the 720th for the channel, and the song comes with a pedigree outside Kamenashi's own writing: Sora Tomonari, born in 2002 and known for "Oni no Utage," wrote it. Kamenashi sang "POMPEII" on television for the first time on Nippon TV's "Yoru no Oto -TOKYO MIDNIGHT MUSIC-" on October 6, before the one-take version with strings.
He described the recording as an attempt to stay inside the song's world. "This song is densely packed with its worldview, so I was conscious of that and did the one-take while immersing myself in the world of the song," he said, adding that he thinks the video captured expressions of "POMPEII" that only THE FIRST TAKE can show.
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