Translation: DEAR Pamphlet Q&A - Yabu and Hikaru
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Q. What kind of album is DEAR?
Yabu: I feel that there are many songs that the us at this stage can sing now, so we relatively put all our energy into them. We have many dance numbers, and I guess it is an album which gives us many challenges as we welcome our 10th year.
Hikaru: An album which we challenged. There are many mature and fashionable songs and in a good meaning, there is a bias, and I think the concept is clear this time.
Q. Which was the song which you intuitively thought āI want to sing this!ā in the album?
Yabu: My own unit song āMr Flawlessā
Hikaru: SUPERMAN is a good song, and I think it is good that the group is able to show off our dance here. It is good for a live concert, and I thought it is a song we can show our dance as a group.
Q. A song in the album which you want to try during the concert?
Yabu: SUPERMAN will be really good at the live, and I thought it is a song that we can dance with all our might.
Hikaru: Eternal. I thought this is a graceful song that JUMP wants too. I hope to do it during the live.
Q. Something you challenged this time during the recording?
Yabu: There are many songs with high keys and harmonization, so during such parts, I play the keyboard myself and try to find the keys.
Hikaru: My unit song with Ino-chan. We sang it quite sexily. I do sing like that at karaoke during my private time, but for a JUMP song, I think it is the first.
Q. Do you usually write letters? The last letter you wrote?
Yabu: I donāt really write letters. But if I receive new year cards, I do reply them every year.
Hikaru: I do write letters to related people who come to our concert as gratitude. I spend some effort to write some word art so that the person reading it will feel happy too.
Q. If you write letters, are you fussy about the letter set, envelope and stationery?
Yabu: I received many fountain pens for my coming-of-age ceremony. But I have practically not used any of them yet, so I hope to put them into use when I write letters one day.
Hikaru: I use a ballpoint pen. I just like them. I think a fountain pen is good too, but I have to find one which a left-hander can use, so I havenāt gotten around to finding one.
Q. Your first fan letter, or a memorable fan letter?
Yabu: I read all of them so there are many. I even accept negative comments! (laugh)
Hikaru: I got my first fan letter soon after I first appeared on television. I was happy and thought āEh? Thatās fast?!ā I remember my mum read it together with me.
Q. A full stop is putting a combination of everything together. What words will you use to describe the atmosphere when 9 people gather together?
Yabu: Everyoneās personality is different, but Hey! Say! JUMP factors everything together and tightens our group up, so I think that is really good. My position in there? Ermā¦ unexpectedly I probably donāt really know it myself too (laugh)
Hikaru: Our conversations donāt end, and it feels like a āboys dormitoryā whom all of us understand each other. My feeling during such times feels like our relationship is one where we can just pop into anyoneās room.
Q. Something which a single person canāt do, but is able to accomplish when 9 people gather together?
Yabu: Being able to speak without hesitating
Hikaru: I can stay silent. I have alot of work outside which requires me to talk, but with the members, I can leave it up to them (laugh). I like watching others speak.
Q. Something you donāt want to end, donāt want to put a full stop to it?
Yabu: Eating breakfast everyday. Every morning, I work hard in waking up to eat, so I want to continue it.
Hikaru: My records collection. There are many which are not in production already, and I definitely donāt want to lose the ones I have now. I might probably not find them anymore.
Q. Something which makes you feel DEAR=lovable now?
Yabu: My nieces and nephews. The eldest one is already 3 years old, and she is so cute, just so cute. My 4th nephew/niece will be born soon. Oh, I am just an old man already (laugh)
Hikaru: The banyan tree which I have been growing. It is already about 30-40cm.
Q. DEAR = high quality. What do you do when you feel like buying something on the expensive side?
Yabu: I buy them immediately! I think it is a fated encounter with that item and so I will buy it, and after that, I donāt research on similar items at all! Because, I will regret (laugh)
Hikaru: I will do research and check why it is expensive, and whether there are alternatives with a same function. I guess in the end I will choose based on a function which I like, that balances up with its price.
Q. A message to the fans for the concert.
Yabu: I think this time everything is compressed into things that Hey Say JUMP is able to do, so I hope everything leaves a deep impression on you. Ā
Hikaru: I want you to see the JUMP which has become adults, and the JUMP which has climbed another step higher. Also, I want the place to be one where the fans and us become one, so I hope you can enjoy with us.
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