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Alright, what about your voice? Was that fully there?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, that's good.
I mean, but to be really, really honest, I mean, it's a shame to say this as a professional singer,
I mean, but I got the rehearsal, the performance.
Yes.
In the rehearsal, just before the real live.
Yes.
What's the best performance?
Oh, shit.
No, I didn't like your, your, like a condition?
Yeah.
Your throat conditions was the best?
I mean, the singing level.
Yeah.
The singing, I see, I see.
The preciseness.
Uh-huh.
The pitch and the timing.
I see, I see.
Sure, because, you know, on the real live, there were people there and you were a little bit nervous.
I was a bit like nervous and like a bit like high.
Uh-huh, I see.
Like a, like a...
Adrenaline.
Yeah, adrenaline.
And I was like, yeah, so I was more focused on like the people, how to like communicate with them.
Uh-huh.
So, yeah.
I see.
Rehearsal was the best performance, as in like a, if you take only the singing out.
I see, I see.
But live is not only singing.
It's just like performing and communicating.
I see.
Yeah.
I see.
But yeah, thank you.
My throat is, I know now I sound a bit.
Right, a little bit rusty.
Yeah.
But yeah.
Did you do, what did you do the day before?
Did you do something special?
Um, I had a, I bought the, um, like a torochi.
Yeah, the nodame.
Yeah, special candies at the drugstore.
And I had like tons of them.
That's so dangerous.
So I had like a torochi, you know, like.
Yeah.
Like a goendama kind of thing.
I think I know.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think I know what that is.
And I bought different like propolis nodame.
Okay.
At the same, in the same drugstore.
And I had tons of them.
Oh my God.
Torochi once and once it's gone, I had a nodame.
And then like.
Are you even supposed to do that with that candy?
Not sure.
I don't.
I'm sure there's a limit of like how much you should take per day, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Dang.
Overdose here.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I had a, you know, tons of water.
Ah, right.
Which I believe is good for your throat.
Oh, I'm sure it is.
I'm not sure, but.
Yeah.
But your conditions were great, right?
Yes.
On the, on the day.
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Oh my God.
I was about to crack my voice.
Were you?
Yeah, like the three days before the live.
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
Practice alone.
Right, right, right, right.
I was almost like, wait, am I okay?
Yeah, yeah.
So I sobbed, like practicing too much.
Right.
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And then like carrying my throat.
Right, right, right, right.
It was a clever choice, I guess.
Yeah, yeah.
Wow.
Yeah.
Dang.
I mean, I had a, so I was a, you know, opening act.
Like the show opener for the Gota-san.
Right.
For Gota-san.
So I had three songs to perform.
And like my goal was, you know, just, I just want to enjoy the life.
But at the same time, my role was like live opener.
So make it like, make fun atmosphere for Gota-san.
Like, you know.
Right, right.
Like.
Yeah, build the energy.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I tried to cheer them up.
But their energy was way, way higher than I expected.
Wow.
So my plan was like try to make them cheer, cheer up.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Say many things.
And so that tried many things was my plan.
Right.
But I didn't even need to do that.
When I get on the stage, they're already like very loud.
I was very surprised.
And like my plan was like, oh, I have to change my plan.
That was very surprising, but very, I was very glad about that.
You told me that you were practicing all these movements, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Did you do, did you perform any of those?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I did.
Movements that you were doing?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I did.
Oh, nice.
But one thing I couldn't do was my plan was like moving around and walking around on the stage.
Yes.
So that I can reach many people, right?
Yes, yes.
But the monitor speaker, which my voice came from, was set just the middle, in the middle of the stage.
Right.
So I kind of couldn't get away from those speakers because I couldn't hear my voice.
Right, right, right.
So my plan was like this.
Actually, I did like, just like this.
You were just in the range of the sound.
In a small range.
You couldn't risk it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Is it that impossible to hear?
Yeah, like if I go that way, yeah.
It's just not there anymore.
Yeah, I almost.
Wow.
Dang.
Well, maybe because that's simply I just not like I wasn't just experienced.
I guess because Goto-san, he was like fully moved without any problem.
He sang perfectly.
So I know that's my problem.
Like I'm not used to that environment.
Right, right.
Yeah.
But yeah, I did like this.
Uh-huh.
This.
Oh, dang.
This.
I also practice a bit like a turnaround.
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Oh, shit.
Yeah.
In my room.
Oh, like a turn?
Like a turnaround.
Oh, shit.
But I didn't do it.
You didn't do it.
Yeah.
Why did you not do it?
Because so first of all, I had a wired microphone.
Uh-huh.
So with that, if I turn around.
The wrap around your back.
Yeah, yeah.
So that's the biggest reason.
Ah, I see.
Yeah, at the same time, I was a bit like my, right?
Like I was a bit nervous for turn around.
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
You were afraid that you might, you know, be out of contact.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like what is this guy doing?
Why did he just turn?
Yeah.
I need to practice of like turning around.
Naturally.
Yeah, naturally.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Heads up, right?
Heads up for everyone going to the next concert.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Hmm.
But when they, the crowd sang the song all together, that was.
So they sang together with you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Shit.
I had a song that has very simple melody like da, da, da, na, na, na, na.
And I wanted to sing it that melody with all together.
And I do this.
Uh-huh.
Right.
And everybody was like sing very loudly.
And I was like, wow, really?
Yeah.
Wow.
That was very, one of the best moment in my life.
Like everybody sang together.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Right.
I wanted, I wanted to keep it like forever.
Yeah.
All night.
Right, right.
Yeah.
Had to go with the sun, so.
Uh-huh.
Right.
Can't forget about him, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Of course.
Yeah.
And anyways, overall, so that was my solo life.
Uh-huh.
So basically I prepared by myself.
Uh-huh.
You know, like planned by myself.
Yeah.
And that was fun.
Uh-huh.
At the half part, that was very fun.
I was free.
I could do whatever I want.
Uh-huh.
So that was very nice.
Right.
I need that time.
But at the same time, I was like, I felt a bit lonely, you know?
Oh, did you?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Am I like all right?
Uh-huh.
Like the day before, I met Naru-chan.
Uh-huh.
We had a plan to meet.
And I was like, as I was very kind of felt like nervous.
Uh-huh.
And like worried.
And that loneliness at the same time.
So I was like, that was very good to have the day before night with a friend.
Yeah.
And like share the moment.
And yeah, you know, the shared experience together.
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Right.
That was very, very important to me.
Uh-huh.
It's what I felt.
Uh-huh.
So I know I need and I want to, you know, develop my solo as an actor, as a musician.
Uh-huh.
But at the same time, I do very like appreciate that I can share this with my friend like you, Naru-chan.
So at the same time, I feel like it's very, I'm very happy that I share this experience with you.
Uh-huh.
It's like including this, I'm very like, it's good.
Oh, it's good.
Yeah.
Good.
Where does loneliness come from?
Where do you think?
It's like if you do it by yourself, you can do it by yourself.
Uh-huh.
And if you're stepping forward by yourself, then you can, but it's like a long journey kind of.
Uh-huh.
No one's going to say you can't do that.
Yeah.
No one's going to say, oh, I don't know.
It's just.
Right.
You do you.
Yeah.
And your mistake is yours.
Right.
And that's, I mean, that's important.
But at the same time, I sometimes feel that I, oh, I'm very happy and I want to share this with somebody, friends.
And like if I don't have anybody that I can share that, my happiness in my life, it's a bit lonely.
Oh.
Like.
Oh.
Yeah.
So that's very.
So I was very happy that I have this recording just the next day of my life.
And like I had a chance that I met Naru-chan before the live and I can share this experience.
So.
Right.
Yeah.
I feel like my happiness is mine.
But at the same time, I want to share this with my friends.
That makes me happy.
Wow.
Yeah.
Is that a new side of you that you didn't know that was there?
Yeah, yeah.
But realized it was there?
Yeah.
Like I feel like if I continue this journey, maybe I can go like very farther, a very high place.
But if I'm alone, I will probably be a bit lonely if I have nobody that I can share my true happiness.
Oh.
So yeah.
I see.
So I, yeah, that's how I feel at the same time.
Wow.
That's interesting.
It's very interesting.
So.
Yeah.
So I'm happy.
That's good.
That I can.
That's good.
Yeah.
Thank you for.
It's good.
No, no, no.
Like asking about, you know, my life and my journey, things.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Of course, man.
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I'm very, I'm very appreciate this moment, actually.
That's good.
Yeah.
That's good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh.
Really.
Yeah.
It's good.
It's good.
I don't think I have that in me.
Oh, really?
Like having to share the success.
I don't know if that would bring happiness into myself back.
Maybe I just haven't experienced it yet, but.
Yeah, but maybe the different.
Maybe there's a difference, right?
Yeah, feelings.
Yeah.
Interesting.
Could be, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
So.
I mean, overall, that's very, very.
It's good.
Like great night.
It's good.
Yeah.
So.
Can we expect another event?
Yeah, of course.
I mean, it's not planned yet.
Right.
Yeah.
But I don't know what it's going to be, but.
Yeah, definitely.
The energy is there.
Yes.
Or maybe I just want to do it tomorrow if I can.
Yeah.
I mean.
If you want.
I mean, it's possible, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
But yeah, I can't wait for the next one.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's nice.
It's good to hear.
Yeah.
I need to make some songs so that I can.
Oh, like new songs?
To do my life, you know?
I see.
I see.
Yeah.
I have only my five, six songs.
So.
Yeah.
How many songs do you like generally?
About like 10 to.
Yeah.
10 to 15.
If you want to do like solo full set.
I see.
Yeah.
All right.
All right.
I mean, I hope your journeys.
Yeah.
You know, takes on.
Thank you.
And you know, I hope you're happy.
Yeah.
Right.
Thank you.
Like, I mean, even if I fail.
Right.
At some point.
Well, I mean, I don't stop, first of all.
I just continue.
And then if I can share that as an funny story, that's.
Right.
That's great, right?
Right.
Right.
Right.
I've always known you as a guy who would feel joy out of the pursuit of your dream.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Not how successful you can be.
Right.
As in like listening counts or like how much money you made from music.
It's more about you pursuing your inner creativity.
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Kind of how I've known you.
Right.
Right.
Yes.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Thank you.
See you happy, man.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Wow.
Lovely moment after the live show for me.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye.
Bye.