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Maybe my “well-meaning” is also disliked by some people.
I would like to ask you about “Yoshi Yoshi,” which was released on July 5. In the release comment, you mentioned that you wrote this song based on an experience in which something you did for the best of your intentions went awry.
Otake: It’s always been like that. To put it well, I have a great spirit of service, but I sometimes get to the point where people think, “You don’t have to go that far. I get tired of thinking to myself, “Why am I doing this?
Otake: One time I was listening to the podcast of the Kano sisters (“The Fabulous World of the Kano Sisters”), and I heard the worries of those who have been given “well-meaning” gifts, such as “My boyfriend gave me something I didn’t really need and I had to act pleased. I thought that maybe my “well-meaning” was also disliked at times. When I wrote the lyrics while feeling bothered by this, the phrase “If you are satisfied with your good intentions, it’s okay to be vague if you forget anyway” was born.
I get the impression from your music that even when you have negative feelings, you don’t let them pull you down too much, but rather try to believe in the simple power of human nature that “it will all be okay someday.
Otake: “Loose” was originally titled “YDK,” which stands for “Yareda-dekiru-ko,” or “I can do it, I can do it,” and that’s what I keep telling myself. I can do it, I can do it. I feel that my lyrics always have a sense of telling myself something like that, or looking down on myself and making fun of myself a little.
-In your lyrics, I feel that there are often phrases that have a tugging effect that makes me feel a bit uneasy.
Otake: I want to put a punch line somewhere, and I feel like I prepare all kinds of punch lines, strong ones, weak ones, and combine them. I have a 3-year-old nephew, and I have always wanted to use lyrics that even a child around that age could hum. One day I read a collection of poems by Shuntaro Tanikawa, and I found that they were all written in simple, easy-to-understand language.
-I found the words to be simple and easy to understand.
Otake: Yes, and that made me realize that what I had done was the right thing. Then I had a little bit of faith that I wanted to refine my simplicity.
