Unicorn talks about what the band values and costumes.

Unicorn is in the midst of a tour in support of their album "Twice Island & Shau Island". The tour, which will take them all over Japan, will conclude at the Budokan on November 23 (Tue., national holiday) and 24 (Wed., national holiday). This rock and roll-themed album is, as one would expect from Unicorn, a skilled mix of royalty and playfulness. The tour and costumes that express the essence of this album were designed by Sawa Takai, aka "Sawa-chan," a designer back from New York, and were decided upon by Sawa and leader ABEDON. As we talked about the costumes and the new album, we felt as if we were able to understand what the band Unicorn values. The interview took place during the busy schedule on the day of the concert, and was conducted in a somewhat irregular format, with ABEDON, Tamio Okuda, and EBI together, and Koichi Kawanishi and Isamu Teshima one by one.

Photo_Takahiro Otsuji (go relax E more)
Text_Shinri Kobayashi
Edit_Yosuke Ishii

PROFILE

unicorn

Formed in 1986 and debuted the following year with the album "BOOM". 1989 single "Dai nuisance" was their breakthrough and became a representative of the band boom of the late 80's. They disbanded in 1993, but each went on with their own activities, The band broke up in 1993, but after working on their own, they restarted in 2009. Their latest album is "Twice Island & Shau Island" to be released in August 2021.

Sawa Takai comments

Sawa Takai / Designer

It is inspired by the bowling shirts of the 50s and 60s. The previous unicorn costumes were printed, but this time we have embroidered them with the image of a "ska-jacket," which was one of the keywords we were given. We often make special collars for ABEDON, but this time, after consulting with ABEDON, we prepared several patterns of collars that can be replaced by everyone.

INFORMATION

Unicorn Tour 2021 "Let's Drive

Nippon Budokan Performance
Dates: Tuesday, November 23 and Wednesday, November 24
Doors open / Concert begins: 17:00 / 18:00
Ticket price: 9,900 yen (advance sale) (tax included)
Inquiries: Disk Garage 050-5533-0888
All seats reserved. Tickets required for elementary school students and older. No admission for preschool children.
*Seats for this performance will be sold with left and right sides open.
*This event will be held in accordance with the Guidelines for Prevention of the Spread of New Coronavirus.
www.unicorn.jp/special/2021/