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I am a human being, and while I love people, I am also a monster who grows up eating their love.
-What is the inspiration behind the new song “己己巳己”? What was the inspiration behind the song?
Sawada: To start with the punch line, “Even though I have a heart that innocently believes in something that doesn’t even exist, if I hadn’t met you, I wouldn’t be so miserable. If only I hadn’t met you, I wouldn’t have become such a miserable monster. ＞I wrote this song from here, but because I could say that I didn’t have a heart until my mid-twenties, I didn’t know that other people had hearts, and that’s why I was insensitively hurting people.
-But he said that his encounter with “you” changed him.
I think it is as far away as the Butterfly Effect, and it may have been something I grasped on my own, but if not for that, I would still be writing beautiful songs …… I guess that’s how “I’m still here” started.
-Sawada: So you are already a monster.
Sawada: So you are already a monster. If I were to write a song like a “suicide note” without any sense of guilt, it would be a very bad character and my sense of ethics would be broken. So this is my wish, and it would be harsh if I did not say, “A miserable monster is doing it. But I also think, “We have to live as human beings, don’t we?” That’s why I wrote these lyrics.
-＜Only what reaches the ears is not the true intention. It is disproportionate to just listen. I want to talk with you from the heart. I want to do that. <This is the core of the song. I think this is the core of the song.
Sawada: In a sense, the words of a person who pays attention to others are the most unreliable, or a person who extremely avoids telling others about his/her “displeasure” is trying to avoid getting himself/herself hurt in the process. But people are not all saints, and that will explode someday. Considering this, it would be much more helpful to have people communicate their discomfort. I would be happy to receive “pleasant” messages such as “I’m having a lot of fun right now,” but if there is an explosion ahead if I continue to avoid communicating “unpleasantness,” I don’t want that explosion to happen, or at least I don’t want it to happen. ＜I don’t want that explosion to happen. ＞That’s what I mean when I say “I don’t want to hear your true feelings,” and I don’t think there are many true feelings there.
What are your thoughts behind “Just Listening Is Not Enough. ＞What is the meaning behind the title?
Sawada: There is a term “good listener,” but I don’t think it is a compliment, and I think it is connected to abandoning dialogue. Communication is definitely not a one-way street, and having a “talker” and a “good listener” is a complete mismatch, and to me it seems to be an abandonment of the effort to open the heart. So, the important thing is to speak from the heart. I think that things that make people think, “If I say this, I’ll look ugly,” should surprisingly be communicated to others, and that’s what I’m trying to do right now. I want people to think that I am “uncool,” or rather, I want them to think that I am a person, too. Artists tend to accumulate mysterious beliefs, and this is even more true for someone like me who does not actively transmit information. I think “己己巳己” is the key to preventing that from happening. Let’s face each other as human beings.
-Sawada: I think that by confessing that you are a miserable monster, you are paradoxically conveying your humanity, and perhaps that is where you find the essence of communication.
Sawada: I feel like I’ve swung out a bit. I feel like I’m already a monster. I don’t want to say, “I am still a human being, suffering and doing what I have to do. But “I’m ready” is a little too cool.
I have a habit of asking for help in interviews. But after writing “己己巳己,” I decided to be aware of the fact that I am a monster. I will never forget that I am a human being, and while I love people, I am also a monster that grows up eating their love.
Information
Ki-mi-mi-mi-mi
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
1. 己己巳己
2. “己己巳己”(instrumental)
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The Will
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
1. will
2. will (instrumental)
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Shows
Te vol.1
April 5, 2024 (Fri) Shibuya PLEASURE PLEASURE
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Performers: Kukairi Sawada / Furukawa Honpo
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