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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
Hey guys, how's it going?
Hi, hi, hi, hi.
Got your new hair done?
Yeah, all right.
Yeah.
True, yes.
Did it for the live.
Oh, okay.
I had my Billboard Live tour started fromyesterday.
Oh, shit.
Last night.
Oh, shit.
Oh, did it at the...
Which show, please?
At Tokyo.
Okay.
Billboard Live Tokyo, around there, over there.
Around here, okay.
So, yeah, that's why I did it for the special, youknow.
Okay.
Yeah, evening, like big thing to me.
How was it?
It was good.
Yeah?
It was good, yeah.
I wore some fancy, like a jacket and pants.
Okay.
I, you know, there are some...
The glasses one?
Yeah, glasses one and the girl.
Oh, sure.
Yeah.
I think I know.
Yeah, so we made a team to, like a styling teamkind of.
Okay, all right.
Yeah, and we chose like a good suits and ties andshirt and everything.
Okay.
We went to many shops and like a tailor, you know,suit shop and things like that.
And the lady, the girl made me, the tied me.
Oh, shit.
Yeah.
It was brilliant.
It was very...
You got like a picture or something?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
It was so, it was very nice.
So gorgeous, I would say.
Yeah, the live itself, the show itself was verylovely.
See the tie though.
It's like this.
Wow.
Yeah, yeah.
Like those are like very antique button.
Nice.
That's what she said.
Like very old vintage button.
You look great, man.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Thanks to the tie and everything.
With the jacket, you know.
Yeah, yeah.
It was a lovely night.
Honestly, yeah.
Saturday and Sunday or?
So it was Sunday, Sunday night.
Just Sunday? Okay, okay.
Yeah, I did two shows on Sunday.
And then I'm going to Osaka this weekend.
Sunday, I guess.
Okay, okay.
Do one show and then Yokohama.
Two shows.
Did you get nervous?
Or are you already past that stage?
Yeah, I mean, less than the first time, obviously.
Like now I'm, you know, remember when I was like acollege student?
I couldn't even stand on the stage without wearingsunglasses.
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Because I was so nervous.
But now I'm, compared to that.
You're all good.
Yes.
Not like zero nervous, but I'm okay.
I'm more like energized, more like excited.
How many shows have you done?
How many days of shows have you done?
How many days?
To this point.
I think 15?
15?
Days, I think.
All right.
Yeah, yeah.
I did nine shows last year.
I went to like many places last year.
So nine.
Then I did Billboard last year, two days.
And some shows at Tonai.
So I think around 15.
Okay, okay.
Yeah.
Wow.
And now I'm like, finally, I've got my, you know,like a, how should I say?
Like I finally like get used to the wholeenvironment.
Okay, okay.
Microphones and, you know, like, you know, theearmony things.
And, you know, with the audience, with the band,loud, you know, dramas and everything.
Okay.
Finally, I'm like, I know what I'm doing rightnow, kind of.
Okay.
Yeah.
Has that made any difference in your performance?
Yeah.
Specifically, how did it change?
Well, vocals, like the, I think tones and pitches,like everything, I think.
Because at first show, I didn't even know what Iwas singing.
Okay.
Like I was completely kind of lost.
But I had to, you know, continue singing.
So I was like, where am I kind of?
Right.
And that, you know, getting less and less.
But still, in some point, like I couldn't like, itfeels different than I'm singing in this room likethis.
But now, like, it's like, I know what I'm doing.
Like, I can hear everything kind of.
Oh, man.
Yeah.
Finally.
I mean, that's a quite a big step, right?
Yes.
Yes.
To be able to do that.
Right.
Yeah.
To me, especially.
Yeah.
It's a good step.
And it was very tough to me because I don't havelike strong like things like that.
So if I mess up, I mess up, you know?
Okay.
Well, doesn't the earmony, is that what it's for?
Yeah.
Don't they give you like the guidance on thepicture?
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Yeah.
They don't give me like pitches, but it's like youhear like all the instruments clearly.
Got it.
The instrumental version.
Yeah.
You hear vocals like a bigger volume.
I see.
Or like that.
I see.
Okay.
So I think usually for most of the artists, it'sokay if they can hear like piano clearly
and you hear vocals, then you're fine, I think.
But to me, it was difficult.
But finally, like-
Finally, you're used to the environment.
Kind of, yeah.
Like you're handling everything.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I felt like I was handling the stage, you know?
Handling the place.
My God, that's great, man.
Finally.
My God.
I was happy.
I was happy.
Yes, yes, yes.
Yeah.
It was-
Billboard Live Tokyo was one of my dream place tobe.
You have a curtain behind the stage.
Okay.
And at one moment, it opens.
Okay.
And you see the beautiful night of Tokyo.
Oh.
Like, you know, it's in Roppongi and you see thewhole buildings and everything.
Yeah.
During the live show, it opens like that.
Oh, so you're talking about behind the-
The-
Behind the stage.
Oh, so back of you-
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
People can see the Tokyo view.
Yes.
Behind you.
Yeah.
And it's so good.
Wow.
Every time I go to that place, as an okyakusan,and every time it opens, it's just stunning.
Wow.
It always surprises me, like, oh, it's beautiful.
With the music and everything, it's open.
Is that a really high floor?
Yeah, I think so.
It's just like this.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay, okay.
Yeah.
Nice.
Yeah.
It was my dream to do that on my stage, you know,and I did it, so yeah.
Congratulations, man.
Yeah.
But the thing is, I couldn't see that because Iwas-
Because you were facing down, right?
I really wanted to turn down, turn back and, youknow, see the moment, but I couldn't.
Like, I was just, you know, facing the audience.
Yeah, yeah.
You didn't, like, peek just a little bit?
Yeah, one time, yes, I did.
You looked back and then, damn.
Yeah.
Good.
Nice.
Nice.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
It was a big moment.
Yeah.
Big moment.
Big moment.
Yeah.
Yes.
So, two more places.
Two more places.
Yes, two more places.
So, it continues until next weekend.
Okay.
Okay.
Yeah, so.
Wow.
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Congratulations on the success.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Yeah, it was a big thing.
It was a good show.
Yeah.
I'm happy.
Nice.
Yes.
Nice.
How many songs did you do?
Songs, I think 13, 14 songs.
Okay.
Yeah.
Do you ever get tired of the throat?
A little bit, yes, because I did two shows, like13 songs and then 13 songs, like in total
26 songs in one night.
In one day or?
One night, yeah.
Oh, man.
So, a bit.
Oh, man.
A little bit.
But I'm.
But you're good?
Yes.
You're good?
Yeah, I'm good.
Thanks to all those, like, voice training andeverything.
Oh, okay, okay.
Now I'm good.
Do you make your songs easy to sing for you or doyou make them like, do you make them
more melody based and like, you try to pushyourself.
Yeah.
To the limit, kind of?
I do that.
You do?
Okay.
Yeah.
But that's something you shouldn't do.
Oh, is it?
Like, you should make, like, some, you know, songsthat fit to you, like, fit to your vocal
ability.
That doesn't give your throat any stress.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay.
But you're like.
Yeah, but I.
You care more about how it sounds.
Yeah.
More like I don't, I don't, like, while I, whileI'm making songs, I, it's like, it's
gone.
Oh, it's like.
Yeah, I forget.
You don't really care about.
You kind of forget.
Yeah.
How high you can go.
Do you, do you, yeah?
Yeah, on the rehearsal day.
On the rehearsal day?
Oh, shit, it's difficult.
I can't.
I can't.
I don't think I can.
It's difficult.
Have you, have you ever changed the melody becauseof that reason, or?
Didn't change the melody, but sometimes I changethe key, the whole key.
Everything?
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
You set it down sometimes.
Is it, can you do that easily, or?
Like, I mean, it feels like there's a lot of,like, adjustments to be made, it feels like
to me, but no?
Is it workable?
Yeah.
Doable?
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
All right.
Because I don't actually know what key it is.
I see.
It's like, yeah.
Okay.
And musicians are, like, professional, so it'seasy for them, so.
Yeah, good.
Wow.
But sometimes.
Now I'm, like, understand if I make song, then Iperform, like, on the stage, so I have
to make songs that I can do.
Yeah, yeah.
On, like, a real stage.
Right, right.
So now I'm not, like, trying to write songs, like,very high, or, like, very, I don't know,
like, vocalo-ish songs, like, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
Ah, something that's too hard to perform live.
Right, right.
Okay.
I don't make those songs anymore.
Okay.
But, yeah, first few songs, I got stuff.
It was unsingable?
Yeah.
Are those songs in it, in the show?
Yeah, one song was in it.
So you gotta get ready for that.
Yes, yes.
Okay, I see.
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Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So including those things, I'm kind of now, like,getting used to all of those ecosystem,
like, I make song, perform, you know, those.
Yeah.
You don't have any more, like, oh, shit, what amI, am I, which pitch is it, or, like, now
it's, like, you're all good, like, you know whereto look for guidance and stuff?
Yeah, I think it's, it's always, you have topractice.
Okay.
And it, always possibility, possibility, thereare, like, possibility of losing things.
Okay.
It's not like, it's different from you see greenand it's green kind of things.
Yeah.
But, yeah, like, getting more sure and sure.
Oh, like, you're more confident?
Yes, yes, yes.
Like, which tone?
Yeah.
Which, like...
Nani?
Onte?
Like, pitches and everything.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
Or, like, yeah, I think I did a lot of practicesand everything, so...
Oh.
Yeah.
So, so the practices actually changed?
Yeah.
And also the real live.
Uh-huh.
I did 15 lives and...
Right.
...getting better and better and, like, gettingused to that, the situation and everything.
Oh, okay.
Oh, man.
Yeah.
What an experience.
Yeah.
To be able to have.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Unbelievable.
Yeah.
Nice.
So, that's why I did it.
Yeah.
Nice.
Nice, thanks.
Yeah.
Well, congratulations.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
Thank you very much.
Good luck on the next two shows, too.
Thanks.
Yeah.
Thanks, man.
Alright.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.