PART 1 A three-way daily life with UNIQLO's "UT" sweatshirt snuggled up to you.
UT x PEANUTS Sweatshirts
I like characters that are cute , but with a touch of venom.
PROFILE
He is the vocalist of yonawo, a four-piece band based in Fukuoka that has been called a new generation neo-soul band, and composes and writes lyrics for almost all of their songs. His latest album "Haruka Ima" was released this summer, featuring songs produced by Tomita Labo and Kameda Seiji.
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I understand that you are a regular customer of "UNIQLO".
Araya: Yes . . The T-shirt I am wearing today is the same, a graphic T-shirt from Haruki Murakami's novel. Also, although the drawing is different from the one I am wearing today, I bought a UT Snoopy sweatshirt at "UNIQLO" a while ago, and I still wear it to this day.
I see that you also like these cute graphics.
Araya: I like characters that are cute, but have a poisonous sense of humor, such as Kojikoji and Chibimaruko-chan in Japan . Snoopy is cute at first glance, but he also says things that have meaning. Also, Yuya, the guitarist of yonawo, told me that there is a Christmas version of Snoopy's soundtrack, and it is really good.
. I like books, and I have seen your articles on books.
Araya: I just finished reading "Quantum Dreams of the Universe in the Cradle of the Uncertainty Principle" by Haruo Saji. I just finished reading it today. I thought the title of the book, which explains physics through the words of philosophers and poets, was interesting. For example, there are similarities between music, mathematics, and physics, and I made many discoveries while reading the book.
What kind of books do you like?
Araya: I like pure literature and novels , and I also like science books like the ones I just mentioned. . I don't read books for the sake of writing lyrics, but the lyrics can be influenced by the books I read. Of course I like emotional stories as well as rational ones, but I prefer to have a bird's eye view of a situation where I am immersed in an emotional one.
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I heard that you stayed in Canada for a work holiday after graduating from high school . Did going abroad change your perception of Japan and the Japanese language?
Araya: Before I went, I wanted to write songs in English at first. I also liked the Beatles. . But when I actually studied English over there, I realized once again the advantages of the Japanese language. . I learned about the good aspects of the ambiguity and expansiveness of the Japanese language in a foreign country. For example, I was surprised when I looked up the etymology of the word "sayonara," and was told that the German and English words are derived from a word that means "be with God," but the Japanese word "sayonara" was originally a conjunction. The Japanese word "sayonara" was originally a subjunctive, meaning "good-bye" or "farewell. . It gradually came to be used as a farewell word.
. It's interesting to explore the etymology of the word.
Araya: . and it can be used in lyrics and so on. Knowing the etymology of a word, or learning something new, can be a bit of a relief, to put it bluntly. It is interesting to look again at things we normally know.
