Of course I think music has a cultural richness, but when something like this happens, its use is almost immediately lost. And after all, there are people in the world who are treated unjustly; there's no need to go along with everything others say. Making music is my livelihood, and part of my lifestyle. However, that was also a goal I had long sought to achieve. Putting this song out there could potentially contribute to the pain those people feel. Q. I knew at that moment it would be something good. Role: Super Member. A. Though that directly ties into my music, and because I'm satisfied with it now, I can think it was for the best. Since the release of the previous one BOOTLEG in November 2017, you've released many singles after kicking things off with Lemon. I think more often than I used to about how there are people completely different from myself. A. But it's not like I forced myself to make this song, it was very natural for me. But whatever anyone says, only you know what's essential to you. If you have any questions or anything at all (or even just want to talk about Yonezu) then please don’t hesitate to message me! What kind of place did this song come from? My tour last year, "When Your Spine Becomes Opal," was similar - there was a song that started with me singing "when your spine becomes opal," and I was thinking I'd reveal that song sometime during the tour. That said, the song has a sort of overhead perspective. At first, it wasn't titled STRAY SHEEP, it was something more positive. So for instance, if you love someone, and say "I want to be with you because you're this kind of person," that's only a temporary state, and they'll someday change. At what stage did this song come in? While on one hand I'm like "I suppose that figures," when I see it written out in front of me, I just think "so is my life non-essential?" What do you mean by "something like a gem or crystal"? Q. músicas: Loser - Campanella - Flamingo (todas de Kenshi Yonezu). That's what was on my mind making Canary, so it took a lot of energy. (laughs). Him saying that served as a huge compass needle for this album, and made me want to make something like a gem or crystal. It was his impression of me. I felt a clear contrast with myself in it, and I was pretty happy to see a new side of someone who influenced me so much, and for it to be in my song. How is the world changing? I've taken influence from them, so it's all one context. To relate it to current events, it's possible that I'd be carrying a disease without knowing it, and unintentionally infect someone, causing them to get seriously sick and die. As a track on my new album. Q. It's incredibly easy to be pessimistic, and I could make things where I give myself to anger and sadness, but I feel that isn't my role. Kenshi Yonezu – Peace Sign Lyrics. For instance, even when we're drinking, I sometimes hear some trivial words someone says and think "Ah, that's a good expression." However, I don't think it's a way of taking responsibility everyone can and will approve of. Were you conscious of that? He began his music career in Vocaloid as Hachi, and grows up to one of the most successful singer-writer in Japan. I don't produce light from inside me like the sun; I think I'm like the moon, shining by reflecting outside light. That's right. I think I released this album, to some extent, as my own answer to that. He was positive on it too, so we worked out when to do it, and ended up with this song. What kind of album were you thinking it was going to be? Login or register to post comments; Music Tales. And how many might've passed me by, and liked my music, but had now died. Indeed, a lot of things are expected of me. That caused it to become something different from when I had the intial thought of "I'll make this album.". That's right. Check out STRAY SHEEP by Kenshi Yonezu on Amazon Music. (só as minhas músicas favoritas. Could you go into more detail about the idea of the album you planned to make, before the pandemic changed the situation? With PLACEBO, you did a collaboration with Yojiro Noda-san of RADWIMPS. Powered by  - Designed with the Hueman theme, CD Shop Awards’ Best of 2014 Japanese Music, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Q. Keeping in mind my wretchedness as an adult, how can I wrap them up in a hug? Not only the tour, but other things I'd wanted to do or planned to do... Not only concerts, but I couldn't do shooting, say, and plans had to change as a result. I suspect that was a major axis for this album as a whole. Q. According to FamousDetails, he was born in the Year of the Goat.Producer and songwriter who produces Vocaloid music under the name Hachi, having scored several major points in Japan, including “Mad Head Love,” “Poppin’ Apathy” and “Flamingo.” It might be incredibly slight, and maybe it's just nonsense with no meaning at all, but even so, I thought I should make music. However, I came away with a strong impression that there was a consistency and sense of story to the album as a whole. kamupanerura yume wo miteita kimi no ato ni saita rindou no hana kono machi wa kawari tsuzukeru hakarazu mo kimi wo nokoshite. Right, I haven't. Q. My music has really evolved thanks to the presence of other people, and become something I can approve of. See the super vibrant and beautifully lit video below which reached over two million views on YouTube in the first couple of days since the release. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. I really took to the description "reflecting the world's light." A. I've been talking with Yojiro-san for a while about making a song. So those weren't just for flavor, but rather, core elements. It didn't. I started thinking "Okay, then what should I make? I thought a lot about how anything you do can hurt someone, and how it's my responsibility to caution myself about that. And building off this album, I expect that I'll keep on changing. A. I was thinking of making a song called HYPE. Maybe that's why I imagined the distant future, and people living healthy lives and looking back like "That happened way back then," when I made this song. There are a lot of tedious parts of interacting with others too. When you're choosing the bare minimum of things that are necessary for life, music is one of the first things people will say they don't need, and we're still in a state where concert venues can't be properly opened. Gems are born by happenstance as rocks, dug out by human hands, then polished and cut and such to achieve a beautiful form. Especially when I'm making pop songs, I do sometimes feel a kind of adult wretchedness and worthlessness. I figured I would arrange songs in such a way to clearly illustrate the three years that followed from that. But the idea is that there's empty space for the words "(it's fine if it's not you, but)" before "it's you, so it's fine.". And because it reflects light, it can sparkle. Due to the novel coronavirus, I'm faced with a very different day-to-day routine from before, and ultimately, I have to affirm it. Campanella CHORDS by Kenshi Yonezu for GUITAR, UKULELE, and PIANO !! In celebration of his new album Yonezu has released a brand new MV for one of the new songs on the album, “ Campanella “. Q. fugainakute naita hi no yoru ni tada tsuyokunaritai to negatteta sono tame ni hitsuyou na yuuki wo sagashimotometeita. Campanella was me going "Got it! After over two years, Japanese singer-songwriter and music producer, Kenshi Yonezu, has officially released his long-awaited fifth studio album, 'Stray Sheep', along with a music video for the track, 'Campanella'. A. Ultimately, it's always going to end up oriented at people like that. This is a general impression of the album, but I felt a lot of songs used "you" in the lyrics, and are themed around relationships with others. It's a song being sung about Campanella, but the singer isn't Giovanni; if anything, I think it's Zanelli. Q. Q. I think the stimuli and influence from your meetings with others has been especially striking in the past few years. That said, it wasn't just affirming them. In that way, I believe it expresses the reality of how you've changed since Lemon. Of course, you do have to consider things like public opinion in your judgements. A. Does it have any connection to the album concept you've been talking about? This song features people who are clearly being oppressed, but there are many people experiencing that kind of thing as we speak. 39. Twitter: @hachi_08 Posted by 6 days ago. Kenshi is also known as Hachi. Part of me has a lot of empathy for Zanelli. Looking back on my songs, I hadn't done a song with horns way out in front before, so I anticipated that if I could do that in my own way, it would be a new achievement for me. He was directly involved in Campanella's death, and lives dragging that along. Kenshi was born on March 10th, 1991 in Tokushima Prefecture. This blog is for information and any Kenshi Yonezu posts! Kenshi Yonezu. Kenshi Yonezu has finished his fifth original album STRAY SHEEP, his first in approximately 2 years and 9 months. Part of it being the effects of the novel coronavirus. Q. That seemed too direct, and it was really hard to make it feel consistent, so it became "it's you, so it's fine." A single from Yonezu Kenshi’s third studio album STRAY SHEEP. Q. I had a very different idea of what the musical midpoint between RADWIMPS and Kenshi Yonezu would be. You've had a few songs born from going out drinking, like Flamingo, or Cranberry and Pancakes. Because rather than passionately hammer out my own beliefs, my style has always been to take in things like what's going on around me and the people I meet, and reflect and reconstruct them in my own way. For instance, I think "Kind Person" is being sung from the perspective of an idle spectator of others being hurt out of ill will, or bullied. After self-quarantine was lifted, I had a rehearsal for the Shock video shoot, and the moment I jumped on the car, my back went out. I'm really glad I got to make it. It is not. A. Q. Kenshi Yonezu – Campanella Lyrics. Romaji. Yes. It features countless songs that have spread across the world: his biggest hit Lemon, Horse and Deer which livened up the Rugby World Cup, Foorin's Paprika, a cover of Masaki Suda's Spot the Difference, and more. In the act of making pop songs itself, for one thing - but I realized music is nothing without someone to listen to it. Lemon: 2. About translator. I don’t know a lot of Japanese so I try my best to get info from vgperson and bad translator websites. Since I was working in a chair the whole time, not moving my body at all. It features countless songs that have spread across the world: his biggest hit Lemon, Horse and Deer which livened up the Rugby World Cup, Foorin's Paprika, a cover of Masaki Suda's Spot the Difference, and more. were especially strong. A. The sound has a dark and turbulent feel. Kenshi Yonezu is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Tokushima. Since it had become this massive thing, even when I gave thought about where to go from there to make Flamingo and Ghost of the Sea, it felt like the start of "Kenshi Yonezu: Chapter 2" in a sense. At first, the chorus didn't say "it's you, so it's fine," but rather "it's fine if it isn't you." Peace Sign . Where did the name HYPE come from? Q. Peace Sign - EP. But in the end, I chose to release it. Artist: 米津玄師 (Kenshi Yonezu) Song: カムパネルラ (Campanella)(English Translation) Album: STRAY SHEEP Year: 2020. 09. While making this album, I thought about what we could be doing for those guys right now. The first verse has a sample of a dog barking, and the second verse a cat meowing. That's why it's a song about the relationship between those who were left behind and those who have gone far away, like Giovanni and Campanella. When you have only the true essentials for life, can that really be called living as a human? As I started to see the bigger picture of the album, I realized that sure enough, it had become something completely different from what I was thinking. While taking him out drinking various places, I brought up how I wanted us to do something together someday. But that got messed up in an instant. Release date: 2020.08.05. A. The name Kenshi Yonezu may have become somewhat of a major one, but I think happenstance is a big part of that.