Barks on Wed published a long but yet insightful interview that they did with the guys in conjunction with the release of Yamino ni Mau Aoi Tori
_kurosora @ Twitter translated some parts from the interview to English . Not the whole interview is translated but only certain portions that're interesting if not worth noting on
While for the rest , it's contributed by me
As with all translations , everything is not 100% accurate give or take
Partial translations of the interview are in the spoiler
Spoiler:
- In reality , Yamino ni Mau Aoi Tori is an old song melody wise . It's not known how old it's as AKIHIDE composed it many years ago , it could have been something included way back in the guys' debut album if not when AKIHIDE was still part of NEVER LAND
- Yamino ni Mau Aoi Tori was put into proper creation 2 years ago when DAIGO sent AKIHIDE an email about it & also to give life to the song by putting lyrics into place
- Lyrically , Yamino ni Mau Aoi Tori does not have any English/Engrish words which's something DAIGO 'enforce' to capture the true essence of the song
- Before Yamino ni Mau Aoi Tori had a proper song title , AKIHIDE originally gave a temporary title in English
- Yamino ni Mau Aoi Tori melody that AKIHIDE created , DAIGO modified it slightly but AKIHIDE is still the only 1 credited as being the 1 who composed the song
- The blue bird painting that can be seen at the end of Yamino ni Mau Aoi Tori PV , it's created by Kunimatsu Hiryu & DAIGO knows him personally
- Atarashii Sekai e Atarashii Jidai e -- the song was inspired by the end of the Heisei era & ushering of the new Reiwa era
The song centres on opening new doors without forgetting important things & memories
Atarashii Sekai e Atarashii Jidai e melody demo was only a piano before the inclusion of 80s inspired keyboards
- BROKEN -- DAIGO likes the beats & guitar solo in the song
Translated by _kurosora @ Twitter :
- DAIGO said that it was hard for him to record Yamino ni Mau Aoi Tori
- With regards to Yamino ni Mau Aoi Tori PV , DAIGO originally supposed to be the 1 to act the role of a struggling painter in the video but then he realised it's hard for him to convey the type of emotions he's supposed to portray in it
By chance the day before the shooting of the PV , DAIGO was having a meal with actor Yamamoto Koji . DAIGO told Yamamoto , "I'd like to work together" & Yamamoto said "that would be fun"
Due to this , DAIGO requested Yamamoto instead of him to play the painter role in the Yamino ni Mau Aoi Tori PV
- BROKEN -- SHINPEI originally wrote the lyrics 1st but DAIGO wasn't satisfied with what he wrote & in the end DAIGO rewrote the whole song
SHINPEI said that he doesn't remember what he wrote (LOL LOL LOL) & DAIGO said no offence but the song indeed was broken lyrically (LMAO)
- Milky Way -- SHINPEI told AKIHIDE , "I will play the metallophone" . AKIHIDE was surprised that he didn't want to play the guitar in the song's melody
DAIGO told SHINPEI to be careful not to commit any mistake during live performance(s) of Milky Way because it'll be obvious (:p)
Aside from guitars , SHINPEI also owns a metallophone
https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000171431
It's very interesting to find out the back stories behind the songs . If I didn't try my best to read the Barks interview , I wouldn't have guessed in reality Yamino ni Mau Aoi Tori is a very old song o_o
And it's so funny the way DAIGO trolled SHINPEI regarding BROKEN xD xD xD