体調とライブの準備
Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
Hello.
Hello, hello.
What's up?
Good.
How's it going?
Good.
You got a haircut?
Yeah, for real.
Yes, yes, yes.
It's a good day.
Saw the view from the window there.
It feels good outside.
It's amazing.
You came here by bike?
No.
Okay.
Yeah.
But it feels really good outside.
It's a beautiful place.
This office is.
I know.
We've always talked about that.
Yeah.
It's great.
Saw the tower from the biggest window.
Yeah.
You know, the main window.
Yeah.
Saw the tower, the building.
I don't know the name.
The tall building in the sun, kind of sun setting, kind of.
Right.
View of Tokyo, right, from a high building.
That's great.
Very, very amazing, right?
How are you?
Good.
What have you been up to?
Yeah, thank you.
Good.
We rescheduled the ones yesterday.
You were a little bit sick.
Yes, yes, I was.
But I'm doing well.
Yeah.
How big did you go?
Did you go as bad as getting a fever?
You know, getting.
No fever.
Zero fever, I guess.
That's good.
But the sore throat.
I had a sore throat and a little bit of
hanamizu, not hanamizu, hanazumari.
Yeah.
And slight coughs.
I guess exact the same symptoms as you said before.
So maybe we share the same one, I guess.
But yeah.
But I didn't have any fever or like, you know, like
flus or like those things.
But you recovered pretty quick.
I was kind of sick for like a week or so.
But you seem just fine.
That's good.
Yeah, because I had a live concert on this Saturday.
Okay.
At Tokyo.
Okay.
That's like the, you know, I've been on tour.
Yeah.
And Tokyo is the biggest venue.
Yeah.
And it's like a kind of biggest live.
And so that I had on Saturday.
Yeah.
And on Wednesday, we did a YouTube video recording, right?
Yes.
Now, just after the recording, on my way back to my house,
I felt like sore throat.
And it felt like very bad.
Something was bad.
Yeah.
Okan.
Yes.
Yeah.
And every time I get fever, it's always from your throat.
So and oh, no, I have my live concert on Saturday.
Oh, so that was before the concert.
Yeah, before the concert, the Wednesday before the Saturday.
Gotcha.
Okay.
And oh, really?
Like now?
Yeah.
And I felt terrible.
So I on the way to the station, I bought propolis candy.
Yeah.
There was like honey things.
Yeah.
And I bought like hot lemon drink and like...
Everything you could find.
Everything I could find on convenience store, like those place.
And then I took everything.
Yeah.
And then I went to the ramen shop.
Because I knew that's one of the solution when I was a college student.
That's what I did when I got kind of fever.
Yeah.
Take like soup, everything and like negi topping good.
That's what I did.
And then the next day, Thursday was the last rehearsal for the Saturday's live.
And I was like, really?
And I felt like I became very bad.
Like became like feeling more bad and bad, worse and worse.
And my throat like aching.
Yeah.
And really?
And Thursday morning, I went to the doctor's place.
And he was like, well, it's I guess it's nothing like covid or like flu.
So you can go to the rehearsal or whatever.
And okay.
That's good.
Okay.
It's just simple, like, you know, cold.
Yeah.
But still I had like sore throat and I couldn't sing.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But I had to go to the rehearsal because that's the rehearsal.
Right.
And I went to the rehearsal and just...
Yeah, your voice is fucking...
Yeah.
And I was so like knocked down after the rehearsal.
And I was like this.
And the next day was the podcast recording day.
Okay.
It's the Friday.
Gotcha.
But I was like, yeah, so knocked down.
And I had like the next day I have like the Honban live.
Yeah, maybe I should maybe...
Sorry Kevin.
But I had maybe I think I...
I have to skip the recording.
Right.
Yeah, and skip the recording.
Thank you for that.
Yeah, no problem.
And I just take everything I could, like medicine, like honey and ginger and stuff.
Right.
And then the doctors give you some sort of medicine?
They...
No, just...
Painkillers?
Yeah, just the usual.
I guess that was...
Angel...
Yeah, something kind of like that for like throat.
Yeah.
But I, you know, take everything I could.
Okay.
And then like sleep at nine.
Okay, yeah, right.
Sleep is the most important.
Yeah, that's what you said.
So that's nine and sleep.
And that's what I did for like two, three days.
Yeah.
And then, yeah, I got recovered.
Fully recovered.
Oh, that's good.
And Saturday I did...
I was...
What a save.
I was...
Yeah.
You were okay?
Yeah, I was okay.
I was okay.
Wow, what a save.
I was okay.
Wow, that's great.
Yeah.
Thanks to the, I don't know, the ramen, maybe.
Okay, you think it was the ramen that helped the most?
Maybe the medicine, maybe?
Or honey.
I drank honey like this.
Yeah.
To like the throat and very, very shimmery.
I don't know if that's good.
I don't know if it's...
I don't know if you should do that, but okay.
Yeah, it saved my life.
My life.
That's great.
That's great.
Yeah, I did it.
Like, I enjoyed the live.
やまちゃんのライブとゲスト共演
Was that the last show?
Or was it Hokkaido was the last one?
I have Okinawa.
You have Okinawa as the last one?
That's the last one.
Okay.
It's...
Gotcha.
Next week, next week.
But you said Tokyo was like the...
Yeah.
Kind of like the big final.
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
How was it?
It was...
So it was good, actually.
It was good?
Yeah.
Maybe because I took many things for my throat.
Yeah.
Like, my throat was very in good condition.
Even better than usually?
Yeah, I think so.
Okay.
Like, I cared too much.
Okay.
Yeah, maybe that's what I should do, like, all the time.
But yeah, I don't know why, like...
Yeah, the condition was good.
Yeah, that place was huge.
And as it's a big room,
I felt so good when I sing something.
It's like, like, you know...
Like echo-wise?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's like, you know...
Yeah.
You know, I kind of get it, you know, singing in a big hall.
I've never done it before, but I can imagine feeling good, you know?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's like my voice is like...
Yeah.
Your wave of your voice just swooshes outwards into, you know, endlessly.
Right, right, right, right.
It must feel good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I've never done it before, but I feel like, I think it's like you hit a home run, like kind of...
It's like out there.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's great.
Yeah, that was so nice.
They're like, the bass guy, the drums, you know, the kick drums, like it's...
It's like, it's crazy amount of the sound.
Okay, okay.
The punch.
Wow.
That was good, that was good.
That's great.
It was very nice.
So I enjoyed very much.
And one big moment, I was like, I invited Kakechi to the stage.
Oh, shit.
Yeah.
Okay.
What happened?
And we performed the song we made years ago.
Oh, right, right, right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hikari.
And also, we performed one of my songs together.
Oh, shit.
And yeah, that was like a secret kind of...
Oh, like a special guest.
Wow.
That's a moment.
Yeah.
So that's why I had to do the rehearsal.
On Thursday's rehearsal, I really needed to go there.
Because that was the first time Kakechan.
So that was like a week ago, I called him.
And like...
Okay.
Wow.
Very sudden.
Because I was worrying his condition.
And every time we...
You know, after the video recordings.
Right, y'all two go home together.
Same direction.
Yeah.
So every time, every week, I ask him like, how's your throat?
How's your condition?
He's like, yeah.
But one moment, he said like...
And I was like, oh, really?
Is he okay?
Yeah.
That was like 10 days before the concert or things like that.
He can...
Because like, it can be the last opportunity for us to perform together.
Like, he has those things.
Oh, I see.
I see.
We don't know like when the boom or like...
I understand.
Exploded.
I understand.
And...
So you took it as like, it's a great opportunity.
Yeah.
Like seize that opportunity, just like to be able to sing together.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because if we miss this opportunity, like we never know like it's going to be the...
When it's going to be the next time, kind of.
That's true.
And yeah, we wanted to do it like sing together for a very long time.
But, you know, things go like not smooth and I do my music and kind of...
Yeah.
I felt like, yeah.
And also like the Tokyo, as I said, like it's a big place.
Yeah.
Where I can prepare a room for him, for example.
I see.
You know, like, you know, if we do like small live house, it's like everything is...
All the performers are crammed in one room.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Where's the privacy.
Even the crowds.
I see.
It's the same entrance.
I understand.
You know, you know.
Right.
And maybe that's not very good for him, you know.
So yeah, this might be like...
不安からのスタート
It's a great, great opportunity.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's true.
Yeah.
It's a beautiful, beautiful thing to do.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But I was very worried because he was a week ago, a week before the show.
And it was very sudden for him.
Just, he's just recovered from the thing.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then like suddenly had to have to perform in front of a thousand people, kind of.
It's like...
Right.
But I called him and he was like, at first he was like, yeah.
He said like he wasn't very, not sure he can, he could sing.
Yeah.
And...
But I was like, yeah, just, just come to the rehearsal, that Thursday rehearsal and see what's
the condition, what you can do.
Yeah.
If you cannot, then let's just stop doing this.
Okay.
Choice is yours.
And just come to the place and just, let's just try together and see.
Did your song have like a section where it's like very high, very low, where it puts pressure
on his throat?
One section, yes.
Okay.
But he said like basically he's not sure if he could sing.
Like overall.
Yeah.
Like doesn't matter if it's really high or not.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He said like he had, he has like specific range that he cannot like control as he wants.
Okay.
And Hikari, yes, includes that range.
Includes, okay.
And yeah.
So he wanted to, you know, I wanted to see if, how, how is he like recovered?
How, and...
Right.
Yeah.
So I told the band side and the team side and like, we're not sure yet.
Yeah.
But there's something I want to try on Thursday, the rehearsal.
And so please prepare for like two additional songs.
I'm so sorry.
Okay.
Yeah.
But they were very, very kind and like, oh, no problem.
Let's try it.
Wow.
Things like that.
And we did it on Thursday, the rehearsal together, try it.
And he did it pretty, pretty nicely.
Okay.
He said like, yeah, he wasn't that like 100% satisfied with himself, but from the outside,
like I was, yeah, no problem.
Like, oh yeah, you sing very well, man.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And that was a rehearsal.
Yeah, that was a rehearsal.
And I was very happy because there was a possibility that he couldn't sing even a tone.
Right.
Even a one note.
Yeah.
And he would have been disappointed.
And me too.
And, you know, there's a potential of like, everything went very...
Right.
Sure.
Yeah.
So I was very relieved.
I was very happy.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And we're like, yeah, good, good.
That's great.
Maybe we can do this.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
本番の成功
And then, yeah, did it on Saturday.
Wow.
And then on the actual performance.
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Just as well.
Yeah, just as well.
Great.
That's great.
Yeah.
That's great.
That's great.
Well, yeah, he was perfect.
That's awesome.
He performed perfectly.
Yeah.
Obviously, perfectly.
Wow.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What a moment.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It was a big moment.
Was that captured on film?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's great.
We did...
I think it was a big place.
We did the live stream too for the live.
Okay, I see.
Live stream with like 10 cameras, I guess.
And switching everything.
Pretty big, huh?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And yeah, yeah.
And it's still like archived.
Wow.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's nice.
Yeah, yeah.
That was a great moment.
That was a great moment.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I remember the moment I introduced Kake-chan on the stage.
And the moment Kake-chan came up to the stage and the crowd was like,
Yeah!
It was a surprise guest.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right?
And you know, seeing the videos.
Right, right, right.
I can imagine that happening.
Yeah.
Yeah!
That's a great moment.
It's a great moment.
I was very happy.
It's a great moment.
It's a great moment.
Wow.
Yeah.
Wow.
And he sang one of your song too.
That's like, that's like exceeding, you know, you know, you were worried that he was not,
you know, he couldn't sing really well.
Yes, yes, yes.
But he went over the Hikari as well and then sang your song too.
Yes, yes, yes.
Yeah.
Then no problem with the throat line.
Yeah, he said it's like,
yeah, I think he did like many trainings.
Okay.
He did like.
Sort of adjusting.
Yeah, yeah.
For this show, I guess.
Okay.
Because he said like, you know, just coming into the stage and just perform one song and
just left.
It's like, yeah.
Is that not a thing?
Is it like cool?
Like.
Oh, really?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean, people do that, don't they?
やまちゃんのライブの成功
Yeah, yeah, they do that.
Featuring rappers, you know, when pop stars and the rappers just come on stage and then
they just, right?
And they just leave.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That happens, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But it wasn't like that, right?
Yeah, like he said, like, yeah, maybe better.
And that's what I think, so that's what I thought too.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
If we perform like, yeah, our song, like Hikari and then just one of my song together, that
would be like more kind of beautiful together and make like people more happy.
Right.
Yeah, so he had to memorize the song.
He had to like, you know, lynch you for my song because I'm sure he didn't know the song
itself.
So yeah, I appreciate that.
Wow.
Yeah.
It's a great moment.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Nice.
Yeah.
Yeah, that happened Saturday.
Yeah.
So can we expect him to show up in Okinawa as well?
Maybe.
Yeah, why not?
Maybe.
You don't know, right?
Maybe.
We don't know.
Yeah, we don't know.
We never know.
It's a surprise.
Maybe.
Right.
We never know.
That's why it's a surprise.
Yeah.
We never know.
We don't know.
Maybe you in Okinawa, maybe?
Maybe I might come, right?
You never know.
You never know.
So, well, congrats, though.
Congrats on the success of the show.
Thank you.
Yeah, that was a big moment for me, too.
Not only as my music concert, but as a guy, as a man.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Nice.
Nice day.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Bye-bye.
