AWAKENING

Welcome to the producer notes for the Era-00 tracks. The tracks in this collection were created using Generative AI, as with the artwork for each track. Each of these tracks took me on a bit of a journey while I prepared the concept and artwork for each release. There’s behind-the-scenes stories, and lore that only exists in my head, and so rather than keeping all that only there, I wanted to put it somewhere where I could share it with you - you who was interested enough to click on this panel to read the producer notes for the track. Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy your time looking around the track archive.

“Fairy Powder” is the first track that was released under Terrace. It was also the first track that I generated that made me want to keep producing girl-group concept songs.

In this instance, the artwork came before the song. I had just started experimenting with image generation at the start of 2026, and this was one of the first images I created. To be honest, I was really taken in by how well the generations were done. My days during this time were often quite dull and repetitive, with every day feeling like much of the same. So with the arrival of the ease of generating images, it felt like a new world had opened - one which I could imagine, and explore.

To match the aesthetics of the artwork I tried generating music that would fit the fairy and idol aesthetics, which resulted in this, the first track, by Terrace. Looking back at the song now, it feels just a little bit tacky(?) or at the very least a little bit painfully sweet. But isn’t that the same relationship that most girl-groups have with their own debut songs? Still, it’s the song that allowed me to imagine, so I do have a soft place for it in my heart.