{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c1f5ae678f2f1417b01be8d2","clusterId":"c_1e108bfb50fea93f5a998c1c","slug":"empty-old-city-sets-new-ep-clockwork-journey-for-december-2","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Empty old City Sets New EP Clockwork Journey for December 2","summary":"Empty old City will release the concept EP \"Clockwork Journey\" digitally on Wednesday, December 2. It is the unit's second concept EP, after \"From Noir into Clair\" in October 2025, and it supplies the concept for their 3rd one-man live, \"Clockwork Ceremony,\" at EX THEATER ROPPONGI on Friday, February 12, 2027. Pre-orders open Monday, October 19, at noon on THINKR's FINDME STORE.","whyItMatters":"The EP and the live share one concept, so the December release is the entry point to a show that will not happen for another fourteen months, and the October 19 pre-order and the lottery that opens October 7 are the two clocks the unit's audience now has to watch.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe EP is titled \u0026#34;Clockwork Journey\u0026#34; and arrives digitally on Wednesday, December 2. It is the second concept EP from the unit, which is composer and producer Neuron with vocalist kahoca, and the follow-up to \u0026#34;From Noir into Clair,\u0026#34; released in October 2025. That earlier record carried a single story across four songs, sharing phrases and melodies as the music changed form. The new EP holds the concept for \u0026#34;Clockwork Ceremony,\u0026#34; the unit\u0026#39;s 3rd one-man live, which runs Friday, February 12, 2027, at EX THEATER ROPPONGI. Pre-orders begin Monday, October 19, at noon on THINKR\u0026#39;s FINDME STORE.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Clockwork Journey arrives in December but its real debut is February 2027, when Clockwork Ceremony plays EX THEATER ROPPONGI. Empty old City is releasing the EP as the concept source for a live show 14 months out.","twitterPost":"Empty old City is timing Clockwork Journey as the concept source for Clockwork Ceremony in February 2027, not as a standalone release.","threadsPost":"Empty old City is selling Clockwork Journey digitally in December, but the EP's actual deployment is February 2027, when Clockwork Ceremony takes EX THEATER ROPPONGI. The release serves the live show's concept 14 months ahead of the stage date, which inverts how most units sequence an EP and a one-man.","newsletterBlurb":"Empty old City will release the concept EP \"Clockwork Journey\" digitally on Wednesday, December 2. It is their second concept EP, after \"From Noir into Clair\" in October 2025, and it carries the concept for their 3rd one-man live, \"Clockwork Ceremony,\" set for Friday, February 12, 2027, at EX THEATER ROPPONGI. Pre-orders start Monday, October 19, at noon on THINKR's FINDME STORE, and the final ticket advance lottery for the live opens Wednesday, October 7.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"KAI-YOU\",\"url\":\"https://kai-you.net/article/96765\",\"title\":\"Music Unit Empty old City Announces New EP, a Work That Connects to Their 3rd One-Man Live\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4789,"outputTokens":717,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791347832,"createdAt":"2026-10-07T04:31:56.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-07T04:36:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T04:36:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1e108bfb50fea93f5a998c1c","canonicalTitle":"音楽ユニット「Empty old City」新作EPを発表　3rdワンマンへと繋がる作品","representativeArticleId":"a_4a543d7726bde0457a0191c7","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Clockwork Journey\"],\"studios\":[\"KYOKAI STUDIO\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-07T03:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-07T03:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T04:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"KAI-YOU","url":"https://kai-you.net/article/96765","title":"音楽ユニット「Empty old City」新作EPを発表　3rdワンマンへと繋がる作品"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Clockwork Journey"],"studios":["KYOKAI STUDIO"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}