This solo concert, which was TRUE’s first since last November, was based on TRUE NOTE—exclusive video content for her fan club featuring acoustic arrangements of her music. She began her first TRUE NOTE performance with Happy encount,
followed by other songs such as HANABI and Puzzle, all in various arrangements.
Before going into her next song, TRUE spoke to the audience, “I hope that I can create a relaxing space here for you all—as if you were sitting comfortably at home.” She placed the song Sincerely midway through the set
list, and for this show the song was stripped down to only a keyboard accompaniment, allowing the audience to hear the raw and grainy textures of her vocals, her breaths, and each and every other sound coming from the stage as her emotions poured forth.
For this concert, rather than wearing in-ear monitors (IEMs) like most artists do, TRUE opted to use only the speakers on stage so that she could "directly hear the audience’s applause” and connect with them more intimately. On the other
hand, since none of the musicians wearing the IEMs could hear the clicks used to keep the tempo, they had to listen carefully to each other’s breathing to stay in sync.
One could discover a new side to Sincerely during this show due to the delicate, soul-penetrating sounds of this version. While the audience was listening ever so intently, the music faded into the next song, memento, a more
upbeat song that the audience could clap along to. The songs selected for this performance all seemed to engage, excite, and take the audience’s breath away.
Then, after telling the audience a story about her grandfather and her, which was the moment she decided that she wanted to be a singer, TRUE performed a brand new song, Time Machine. Just the other day, during a YouTube
Live that she held on her birthday, she said “I want to make today a special day, so yesterday, I made a new song!” She then sang the first verse and chorus of her “birthday song". In the lyrics, TRUE is an adult who is singing to her childhood
self. From the opening phrase, she gently sang, “The candles flicker, blow them out and become a new me.” It was easy for fans to picture a happy scene with a birthday cake in front of them as their bodies gently swayed to the music.
Ever since TRUE was a child, she has had an adoration for music, and anime songs in particular. The homestretch of the concert consisted of that kind of music, so while carrying her passion for anisongs in her heart and displaying impressive
vocal work, she belted out Dear answer, the opening theme song to "Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation" and Blast! from "Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day". Nearing the end of the concert, she continued
with Hello, Good bye, a song that makes a hopeful wish and has a message of gratitude. Illuminated by the colorful lights on stage, TRUE waved together with the fans and musicians and enjoyed the last number of the night.
After the crowd cheered for an encore, TRUE announced that a future concert, TRUE Live Sound! vol.6 ～Encount～, will be held on February 12th, 2023. Then she performed one last song, MUSIC, which one could say
is her “calling card”. And with that, the first page of TRUE’s new chapter was beautifully painted with every color of the rainbow.
Set list
01. Happy encount 02. HANABI 03. From 04. Puzzle 05. Sincerely 06. memento
07. Another colony 08. Time Machine 09. Mirai no Hito e 10. Fraction 11. Dear answer 12. Blast!
13. Hello, Good bye
Encore
14. MUSIC
The music video for the title track from TRUE's January single Happy encount can be viewed below.
