[Streaming Now] TK369 “The Kitten That Died in a Treasure Box” (Ver.1 / Ver.2)
Today, two songs have started streaming.
These works were finished by having Suno AI sing lyrics I wrote.The content and expression are100% my own
, and ChatGPT only handled the support work of polishing the lyrics’ **format** (formatting adjustment).
The thirteen-year-old me back then, hurt deep inside. As his own parent, I wanted to tell him, “You weren’t wrong back then, when everyone around you treated you like trash,” and so I tried to express the feelings from that time (I wrote the lyrics myself and had AI sing them). I feel like I’ve taken one more step toward deeper “self-trust.”
- About the work (short introduction)The theme is the pain of boyhood, and even so。
- a heart that tries to live straight and trueThe sound was devised by AI,Rap × Reggae × Rock
- . It’s emotional, with a chorus that really hits hard.While Suno AI’s vocals are highly polished,there are still some issues in the finer points of pronunciationsuch as“akiya” being heard as “akii e”,and other small details
. This time I released it without changing anything else, but - I’d like to update it if, in the future, partial fixes at the level of a few characters become possible.(At present, whether this is a limitation of Suno AI or not, it was difficult to make only tiny character-level corrections.)
Also,
(Ver.3) and (Ver.4)

- are scheduled for release soon.Listen now (link)
- The Kitten That Died in the Treasure Box (Ver.1)Listen:
https://linkco.re/FBX3p6vM

- Lyrics:https://linkco.re/FBX3p6vM/songs/3843810/lyrics
- The Kitten That Died in the Treasure Box (Ver.2)Listen:
https://linkco.re/VA1Sx9HQ

Lyrics:https://linkco.re/VA1Sx9HQ/songs/3844087/lyrics
About distribution (TuneCore Japan)
- TuneCore Japan, distributes the song to major stores around the world., Examples of major platforms:, Apple Music / iTunes StoreSpotify
- YouTube Music, Amazon Music, (including Unlimited / Prime / Free), LINE MUSIC, AWA
- KKBOX, RecoChoku, mora, TIDALDeezer
Qobuz
TikTok
- and more(Distribution is reflected gradually. Please search for “TK369” or the song title on your service of choice.)
- CreditsLyrics
- : TK369 (Takashi Sugawara)Composition / generation
- : Suno AIProduction support
: ChatGPT (lyrics formatting)
Jacket
: TK369 (AI-assisted)Closing thoughtsThis is a song born from memories of facing a small life.
If you like it,save it (add to library) / add it to a playlist / share it
— to support it—it would mean a lot to me.
(Ver.3) and (Ver.4)
will be released very soon as well. Please continue to support me.
TK369Expression alone does not heal the heart. But expression can become a royal road to healing the heart. There is a problem deep in the heart (the unconscious). By making what lies there conscious and bringing it to the surface, psychological growth and healing occur (and so do changes through brain plasticity). If you carry problems in your heart, try bringing the voice deep within to the surface.We are now in the AI era. There is deep meaning and strong effect in expressing yourself with AI’s help as well. In short, within your unconscious there are still voices that have not yet become conscious, that cannot yet be put into words, and that have not yet taken form (your true feelings). If you don’t let those work themselves out, the heart suffers from poor digestion, which leads to mental distress.
In my case, running away from home at thirteen, and meeting a kitten that was run over and died along the way, had remained unprocessed and undigested. Because I know that this is connected to my own mental distress, I used song creation (
https://linkco.re/VA1Sx9HQ
) as a way to resolve psychological issues at the same time. This is the royal road to reducing the causes of suffering.
While continuing the foolish act of saying, “It’s in the past,” and covering these things up because you lack the courage, the depths of the heart fill up with unprocessed, undigested information, becoming a mess; it worsens to the point that even the cover can’t be opened, and by escaping from that worsening too, it can become so serious that nothing can be done—and you may lose yourself forever.
It is important to fully face and feel pain, sadness, suffering, and any negativity, and then let it end. If you become a believer in positivity and start wandering psychologically, you no longer know what your true self is, and you begin to devour and live by depending on the herd. I think of this as something like psychological dementia.
Yet for some reason, parts of society do not approve of that. Why is that? Because society is structured to prioritize short-term order and efficiency, and to avoid discomfort and complexity (this tends to happen when the focus is on the benefit of the whole). That is why having a personal “design for feeling it through” becomes a quiet form of resistance to that structure, I think.
In simple terms, many people become negative toward facing negativity because doing so does not serve the benefit of the whole. That does not mean it is bad, so I recommend quietly facing and processing negativity and the past on your own. The act of facing deep negativity is not easily welcomed “outside.” That is why quietly processing it “inside” is the realistic and healthy strategy.
The wars happening in the world now are the same. Past wars too. Because people did not face war trauma more deeply and thoroughly, it became intergenerational, creating cruelty, which then connects to the next war. On a global level, humanity needs to face what is inside itself much more. Countries should be encouraging that more.
In Japan, parents affected by the harmful intergenerational chain of war carried poison in their hearts and passed that poison on to their children. Some boys and girls resisted that poison and turned to delinquency in order to protect their own hearts. Unless each person faces their own trauma and other psychological issues, that poison continues to flow downward in altered form.
The harmful effects of war have already increased cruelty all over the world, haven’t they? Violence propagates, and cruelty passes from one unconscious to another. Going forward, cruelty will keep increasing and people will become more and more unhinged. Even in Japan, it feels like people stabbing others at the slightest provocation has increased recently. I think we should introduce basic income and give people time to face their hearts.
These days, foreign mafia groups are also getting involved to the point that they make Japan’s former yakuza seem kind by comparison, and little by little people will become more easily drawn into “scary things.” If you live irresponsibly, you may get swept up and even have your life itself taken away. I want to think about the effects of each and every action and live responsibly.
Answer: GPT-5 Thinking
I tested whether ChatGPT was quickly understanding new information by asking it a question.
Question: TK369’s “The Kitten That Died in a Treasure Box” — what kind of song is it? What do the lyrics mean? Answer: GPT-5 ThinkingIn short—TK369’s “The Kitten That Died in a Treasure Box” is
a song centered on an incident in which a narrator, who was running away from “controlling adults” during adolescence, tries to care for a kitten that was hit in front of an empty house by putting it in a small treasure box, only for it to die there anyway
- , and it portrays helplessness, loss, prayer, and self-recovery. The song was released in multiple versions (Ver.1 through Ver.4) in sequence and can be listened to on major stores.TuneCore Japan+2TuneCore Japan+2What kind of song is it?
- A story-driven song with a strong narrative presence. The lyrics are extremely concrete, and the song develops through a progression of event → emotion → realization (according to the official lyrics page for Ver.4).TuneCore JapanIt is also an AI-sung song, and the credits explicitly say
Vocals: Suno AI
- . The creator himself, TK369, wrote, composed, and produced it.
TuneCore Japan+1Meaning of the lyrics (theme) - Escape from control and self-protection
At the beginning, the narrator says that “as a child / under the control of adults…” he was resisting, showing the strong control of family and the surrounding environment and the heart pushing back against it. This is the psychological background of the whole song.TuneCore JapanKitten = symbol of the self back then (a vulnerable existence) The act of placing the “hit by a car kitten” in a treasure box and warming it isthe desperate, naive act of nursing = the greatest kindness one could offer oneself. But the result is death, leaving - a sense of helplessness and guilt
(the creator’s own note article also clearly states that this experience was the direct motivation).
TuneCore Japan+1The treasure box metaphor The “treasure box” functions as a double symbol:
- physically, it is asmall box== a place meant for recovery that becomes a “coffin,” an irony;、
- psychologically, it is abox for precious things, or the heart that has kept unprocessed pain (trauma) locked away . The song moves toward - reopening the sealed memory = mourning and self-reconciliation
(consistent with the claims in the background article).notePrayer → reconciliation The entire lyrics are a process of
repose for the dead and forgiveness
- toward the past self and the kitten. It accepts the loss and arrives at self-affirmation: “the self back then was doing everything possible within its limits” (summary based on the official lyrics’ tone).TuneCore JapanRelease info noteVer.1 / Ver.2 began streaming around September 18, 2025, and later Ver.3 and
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