Time to Empress
Time to Empress
Song Information
Artist: dj TAKA feat.wac & secret K
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: dj TAKA
Vocals: Kanako Hoshino
Organ: wac
BPM: 148
Length: 2:01
Genre: TRANCE
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
Japanese
It's time to empress 恋してキッスして pure my heart 今日から頭の中まで feelin' your heart いつでも あなたの腕に魔法かけて all time always thinking it's time to empress ざわめく街から telephone call さわぎの中でも何にも I don't know why, wow wow あと何日も会えないのに it's not true my ダーリン it's time to be my empress
Romaji
It's time to empress koishite KISS shite pure my heart kyou kara atama no naka made feelin' your heart itsudemo anata no ude ni mahou kakete all time always thinking it's time to empress zawameku machi kara telephone call sawagi no naka demo nan ni mo I don't know why, wow wow ato nannichi mo aenai no ni it's not true my DARLING it's time to be my empress
English
It's time to empress Love me, kiss me, pure my heart From today, inside my head, feelin' your heart Put magic in your arm anytime all time always thinking it's time to empress telephone call from a noisy city But even in that noise, I don't know why, wow wow Even though there's many days left until we can meet it's not true my darling it's time to be my empress
Song Connections / Remixes
- Time to Empress is based on the unlockable TAKA BGM from the arcade version of beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS.
- A remix of Time to Empress by DJ Noriken, titled Time To Empress -DJ Noriken Remix-, appears in dj TAKA's second album, True Blue....
Trivia
- Time to Empress is one of the hidden songs of beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST. It can be unlocked by clearing either V₂ or 天空脳番長危機十六連打 to get the TAKA BGM, and enabling it. Then, go over songs beginning with the letters E M P R E S S (in that order), pressing Select over each. If done correctly, Time to Empress will be unlocked immediately.
- In beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST, Time to Empress' artist is shown as dj TAKA feat. wac & secret K (with a space before "wac") during the song selection screen only (the song title card shows the correct artist).
- Time to Empress is one of the CS transplants part of the LEGEND CROSS event in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
- In beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA, its NORMAL, HYPER, and ANOTHER charts can be unlocked by obtaining 22, 29, and 36 Tran Medals respectively.
- As of July 24th, 2014, it could be unlocked in beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA and 22 PENDUAL through the 発見!よみがえったBEMANI遺跡 event.
- As of July 1st, 2015, it could be purchased in beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL with Youkou no hologram (陽光のホログラム).
- As of beatmania IIDX 23 copula, it is available by default.
- Time to Empress marks the first CS original from beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST to appear in an arcade beatmania IIDX title.
- Time to Empress is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) from November 4th, 2020 after purchasing its charts with BITs.
Song Production Information
dj TAKA
"Time to Empress" is based on the AC custom BGM in the game. For this, I reconstructed the song based on the motif of the style.
I thought about adding lyrics to the first half of the song, but I felt that the melody of that part was too high for any female vocalist.
In addition to Hoshino, who was a personal fan of the song, I invited wac to help with production of the song.
She later sent me flowers along with a PS2 version of the compilation.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
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BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
Notecounts | - | 467 | 983 | 1324 | - | 726 | 1138 | 1497 | - |
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST | - | 4 | 8 | 10 | - | 5 | 9 | 11 | - |
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | - | 4 | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) | - | 4 | 9 | 10 | - | 7 | 9 | 11 | - |
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present | - | 4 | ↑9 | 10 | - | ↑7 | 9 | 11 | - |
LEGEND CROSS | |
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CS Crossovers | Time to Empress - mnemoniq |
Boss Songs | SYNC-ANTHEM - ΕΛΠΙΣ - S!ck - rumrum triplets - CONCEPTUAL - Thor's Hammer |
ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE | Plan 8 |