Behind the Cozy Curtains - Making My Persona 5 Instrumental Pop Cover Album | Day 4 Teaser - Blog No. 79
In just one day, something truly special is coming to life: the release of my Persona 5 instrumental pop cover album — a project stitched together with sleepless nights, heartfelt melodies, and more cups of coffee than we can count.
Today, for Day 4 of my countdown, we’re pulling back the velvet curtain to give you a heartfelt, behind-the-scenes look at how this album came together: the cozy chaos, the laughter, the yawns, the moments of magic that you don’t usually see.
This isn’t just an album. It’s a love letter to Persona 5, to cozy music production, and to every late-night dreamer who believes in the power of real, heartfelt art.
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A Blank Canvas, A Big Dream
It started simple — just an idea jotted down on a napkin during a late-night coffee run.
"What if we reimagined Persona 5’s soundtrack, but made it feel like you’re sitting in a tiny coffee shop at 1AM, wrapped in warmth?"
Not a flashy remix. Not a high-energy rock cover.
But a soft, shimmering coffeehouse pop music experience — cozy, heartfelt, and real.
That dream became my mission: to capture the emotional richness of Persona 5 and translate it into a gentle, instrumental journey, built with real instruments and real emotion.
The Instruments: Our Cast of Characters
Every cozy adventure needs its heroes, and for us, they were the instruments we chose — each with a soul of its own.
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Stratocaster Electric Guitar: Warm and expressive, like a voice cracking with emotion at just the right moment. The Strat carried many of the lead melodies, singing in smooth, breathy tones that made each song feel alive.
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Semi-Hollow Guitar: Rich, woody, and a little bittersweet. The semi-hollow gave our Persona 5 instrumental pop covers that "just left the café" feeling — like saying goodbye to an old friend.
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Peregrine Falcon Guitar: Our secret weapon. With its clean, articulate bite, it added sparkle to the edges of the songs, like sunlight glinting off a rainy Tokyo street.
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Rhodes Electric Piano: Oh, the Rhodes. Soft, dreamy, and endlessly soulful. It laid down the foundation for so many tracks, with warm chords that wrapped around the guitars like a favorite sweater.
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Fender Precision Bass: Holding everything together, with that classic thick, buttery sound. It didn’t just keep rhythm — it whispered stories between the notes.
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Tonewheel Hammond Organ: A surprise star. The Hammond gave some tracks an unexpected vintage glow, like a secret smile hidden in a familiar tune.
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Wacco Old-School Drum Kit + Meinl Cymbals: Nothing programmed. Nothing synthetic. Just real sticks on real skins, with the warm, imperfect lilt of a late-night jam session. The Meinl cymbals chimed in like little bells marking each emotional moment.
Every note you’ll hear on this album? Played with care and feeling. Imperfect. Beautiful.
The Studio: A Tiny World of Our Own
Picture this:
A tiny spare room turned into a homemade studio. Blankets hung on the walls to dampen the sound. A tiny desk crowded with cables and coffee cups. A sleepy cat curled up on the only chair we weren't using.
Recording sessions would start after sunset and stretch deep into the early morning hours.
The world outside would fall silent — just us, the hum of the Rhodes, and the soft clink of ice melting in forgotten glasses of cold brew.
Cozy music production wasn’t just a vibe. It was our reality.
There was a magic to those nights — a feeling that anything was possible if we just played the right chord.
Coffee, Cat, and Connection
No cozy recording session is complete without two things: coffee and cat company.
Our little studio cat, Miso, was the unofficial producer. She would wander between cables, occasionally sitting on a pedalboard or tapping a Strat string with a curious paw. Her soft purring even made it onto a couple of tracks — if you listen closely, you might catch it.
And the coffee? Endless.
Freshly brewed pour-overs. Vanilla lattes. Straight-up black.
Every cup fueled another take, another idea, another tiny moment of magic.
It was during those coffee-fueled hours that the album really found its heartbeat.
Not polished. Not overproduced. But honest.
Building Emotion, One Layer at a Time
Creating a Persona 5 instrumental pop cover album meant we had to walk a careful line: respecting the genius of the original soundtrack, while still making it our own.
Each track was built in layers:
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First, the Rhodes electric piano laid down the emotional foundation.
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Then, the Strat or semi-hollow guitar would hum the familiar melodies, softened by the passage of time.
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Next, the Fender bass would groove gently underneath, grounding the dreaminess with a steady pulse.
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After that, the Hammond organ would creep in — not shouting for attention, but weaving golden threads through the tapestry.
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Finally, the Wacco drum kit would come to life, tapping out sleepy, swung rhythms that felt like the soundtrack to an unspoken love story.
No metronomes. No click tracks.
Just natural, breathing tempo — like a human heart.
We recorded live takes wherever we could, letting tiny imperfections become part of the story. A missed note here, a creaky drum stool there — it all added to the intimacy.
The Struggle (and the Beauty) of Real Music
There were nights we almost gave up.
When the guitars went out of tune mid-take.
When the bass buzzed mysteriously for hours.
When the Wacco drum kit's snare cracked wrong and we had to reset mic placements for the tenth time.
It would have been so easy to fire up some perfect digital plugin, quantize everything, and call it a day.
But we didn’t.
Because the beauty of this album is in how it captures a real, human feeling.
You can feel the effort and care in every track.
The little breaths between phrases.
The way the drums sway, just a hair behind the beat sometimes.
And that’s the real magic we wanted to share with you.
Why We Made It This Way
Persona 5’s soundtrack means so much to so many people because it's not just music — it’s emotion. It's the feeling of sneaking through Mementos at midnight, or sitting in Leblanc with a steaming cup of coffee while the rain taps against the windows.
I wanted my covers to capture that spirit — to feel like:
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Sitting in a tiny coffeehouse, reading a book at 2AM.
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Watching city lights flicker from your apartment window.
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Feeling nostalgia for a place you've never been, but somehow miss anyway.
Coffeehouse pop music isn’t about perfection.
It’s about atmosphere, heart, and connection.
That’s why this album sounds the way it does: soft, intimate, a little dreamy, and very, very real.
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Tomorrow, it’s yours.
My Persona 5 instrumental pop cover album — born out of sleepless nights, sleepy cats, cozy music production, and endless cups of coffee — will finally be out in the world.
We hope it feels like a hug for your ears.
We hope it makes you want to curl up with a good book, sip some coffee, and dream a little longer.
And most of all, we hope it reminds you that even in a world of endless noise, there’s still beauty in music that feels personal and true.
Thank you for being on this journey with us.
We can't wait for you to hear it.
See you tomorrow.
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