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Music as the Spontaneous Chronicle of Both Blessings and Challenges
– You have been traveling around Japan and performing live. How do these experiences influence your music?
BUOY： I think I am changing as I meet various places and people. I think this is reflected in my music. Whether it is someone I like or someone I don’t like, I think it is a positive thing for me. I receive various things from people and think about them. I feel that kind of experience itself is gratifying.
Also, I am able to make music without worrying more and more about whether I am right or wrong, or how this will be perceived by others. I am me. The more people I meet, the more solid I become.
– I think that the more people you meet, the more solid you become.
BUOY： Yes. Even if it is a bitter experience, you try not to repeat it, or you want to overcome it, and all the processes of your own life are expressed in your songs.
– How about you, Ye Ram?
Ye Ram: I have written songs based on what I experienced on my travels several times. There was an event to discuss the environment in Pyeongchang, Korea, and I had the opportunity to write a song while thinking about what I felt there and about Pyeongchang. I think that the song “A Long Way” was written at that time, but I think that the feelings I had on the trip are sometimes reflected in the song later. I think “Umi koshue” is a song like that. I didn’t mean to write about my trip, but it reflects what I experienced in the East Asia Global Citizen’s Village.
– I think the two of you may be similar in that way. It is a natural reflection of what you have experienced.
Ye Ram: Maybe that’s why, when I first heard Uki’s song, it made a great impression on me and I felt sympathy for him. Maybe this experience will also become some song later on.
