About This Song
About "First Coronation" by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Sakamoto's 'First Coronation' is a study in regal unease: plucked strings and ceremonial gongs shimmer like silk, yet a low, dissonant drone lurks beneath. The melody ascends like incense smoke, but the harmony feels hollow—a child emperor crowned in a palace of echoes, grandeur and isolation intertwined.