Special sub website launched for AKIHIDE's debut solo album Amber update with the last piece of news
Yesterday the special sub website AKIHIDE's personal site akihide.com was updated with the last piece of news updates .
In this special sub website , 10 supposedly 'surprises' will be revealed pre release (9 of them) & post release (1 of them) of Amber .
9 pre release 'surprises' :
26th April - 3
10th May - 2
14th May - 2
24th May - 1
3rd June - 1
Yesterday , finally the last update via the special sub Amber has been revealed . As seen via ...
The 10th update :
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Kibou no Hana wallpaper giveaway !! [ギターマンの旅も、ついにゴールへ！感謝を込めて“希望の花”の待受画像プレゼント！!!]
Way back in 5th April , AKIHIDE posted a news update on his website asking fans to participate in an art project . At that time , there was a song in Amber (which turns out to be Hello! Mr. Sadness) that deals with the themes Dream & Hope .
AKIHIDE wanted to incorporate some art designs with both themes in mind & he decided to ask fans to send handwritten postcards (to them , what's their definition of Dream & Hope) via snailmail .
The final result gives ...
It's the very same beautiful flower montage collage (AKIHIDE named it as Kibou no Hana) found in the CD sleeves of Amber that accompanied the lyrics of Hello! Mr. Sadness & also in the Amber making documentary , it was shown how AKIHIDE managed to transform this idea into a reality
And now until 7th July , the Kibou no Hana montage can be downloaded via AKIHIDE's personal site until 7th July as wallpapers in 4 different sizes :
- 1920 × 1200
- 1920 × 1080
- 1280 × 1024
- 1024 × 768
I've already saved them , what'll you waiting for ?