I believe it will get better and better as long as I live.
Your second album "PURSUE" will be released at the end of June, and its title means "pursuit. What was your intention in choosing this title?
No:I believe that as long as I live, I will get better and better, and that my charm will continue to build up. So, it is also a statement of my determination to continue to pursue myself in the future, and I think the word "Pursue" sounds really cute. I chose this title because it has such a powerful meaning, but at the same time, it sounds and looks light, which I thought suited me very well.
I see. In that sense, it may be similar to the balance of expression I mentioned earlier.
No:Yes, that's right. There are times when I feel like I'm going through hard times, times when I feel like I'm falling apart, and I really do have my weak points, but I've been expressing these things in a positive way, so the word "pursue" felt very right to me, drawing on that kind of story of myself.
In your previous statement, you said that you "believe" that things will get better, but it takes mental strength and guts to do that, doesn't it? . It would be easier to fall back against the wall of reality.
No:Yes, I thought it would be surprisingly easy if I could get over my shame. I've always been a rather self-confident person, even when I was a nobody . Now I wonder what that was all about. . I believed that I would be a great guy, regardless of whether people recognized me or not. I thought I had some kind of grounding in that.
-. What about the various artists who participated in the production of the second album as well as the first album, and how were you stimulated by these creators?
No:Speaking of "Kono Hibi Yo Uta ni Narenare" (song recorded on the album), when we were recording the song, we played and sang together. At that time, Mr. Shibata told the band, "Please make it sound like a high school light music club, where we are trying our best to play the song so that all the new students will think it is cool. I had never done it with that kind of mindset, so it was very fresh for me. I could tell that Mr. Shibata's songs and performances were created based on such passionate memories from his teenage years, and that that is what he loves doing music for.
I thought it was wonderful that even as I grew older and matured, I would cherish the things and memories that were important to me, and I had always wanted to be like that, so I thought it was very nice.
