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Old 15th March 2017, 06:59 PM
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EDIT: another interview, this time for Billboard: http://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/1876

Oh yeah, this is by far the more interesting interview regarding her insights!
I'm pretty tired now after work, but some interesting points quickly summarized.

- the first idea for the albums came with The Artist.
If she had to sum up her own discography, she'd divide it into pop music and western music. She knows that both are contradicting sometimes, but she likes it like that and just thinks that 's her. So she was curious, what would happen, when she's dividing it firmly. She was also afraid of not being well received and not selling with both albums like that. But she already knew with preorder numbers that there wouldn't be much difference between the two and she's glad fans seem to think just as her that both belong to her.
- she knows that there are people thinking that she's terrible, but she doesn't want to make compromises. She is insecure and weak sometimes, but she wants to make music and perform confidently ( and just showing the emotions she wants to show I assume) E.g. she felt like she couldn't sing Insane at first (cause she's bad at rapping, wtf??) but she wanted to be able to and just went ahead. Also in the past she couldn't go full out with R&B/Hip Hop, but she can now like with Insane and W FACE. Also originally she didn't like plain melodies, but it's letting her focus or something (have to read again, sorry)
- music is like water for her, always flowing, always changing.
- Bassline is one of her own favourite songs.
- the tour this year is more fan participating than last year.
- regarding the videos they're simple on purpose cause of the time and she wanted to challenge if they can make it interesting with just one scene ( guess she didn' succeed for most people, lol). And for BRIDGET SONG she says laughing that she thought she just can't wear a simple jeans and shirt in an expensive PV! But it fits there with the theme.

And there's more, but have to do it another time.
And yeah, inside is her more personal side - the emotional, just like described on her hp. And outside the strong and confident.
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