ROCK & READ 078 Rukiâs Interview (Part 1)
Born February 1. Blood type B. Vocalist of the GazettE formed in 2002. Other members: URUHA (g), AOI (g), REITA (b), KAI (ds). On March 13th, after 3 years, they released their ninth album âNINTHâ. On July 19th (Thursday) and 20th (Friday), they are starting the first part of their new tour called âthe GazettE Live Tour18 THE NINTH / PHASE #01 -PHENOMENON- at Misato City Cultural Hall.
During the 15th anniversary, basically the whole last year, the GazettE were hiding in the underground, working hard trying to produce their new album. But now the album is complete and itâs time to rage again with the people in the underground! Their ninth album is called âNINTHâ. Compared to the previous work âDOGMAâ, that was completely dark, I think that this album turned out to be very easy to understand. This time the title of the album came from the keyword of number 9, connected with this album. This is the GazettE of âPASTâ and âPRESENTâ!
Q: The title of this album thatâs been released after 3 years is âNINTHâ, this time you decided to use a number 9 as a keyword. But first, Iâd like to talk about âDOGMAâ. This previous album was released about 3 years ago, in August 2015. If we roughly summarized the interview that you gave to this magazine at that time, we could say that the GazettE is an absolute and true virtue, bringing the complete worldview with a dark sound. Could we say that this concept more or less fits âDOGMAâ?
Q: Looking back to this whole time of more than a year - from when the album was released until the final at Makuhari Messe, do you think you completed everything that you wanted?
R: Ahh, I think I did. Up until now there were a lot of albums that ended up with that feeling like it didnât have enough time to properly digest. For example, the number of lives we did wasnât enough. So, we were doing things like âREDEFINITIONâ. In comparison, with âDOGMAâ we passed this problem and we felt like we were continuing with it forever.
Q: Yes, it took a long time.
R: During that time, we also released a few singles. Our âDOGMA lifestyleâ was continuing for quite a while. (lol)
Q: âDOGMA lifestyleâ? (lol)
R: Because of that, we got pretty familiar with it, and we were able to finish it with a âthis is already enoughâ feeling.
Q: Could we say that the album reached a phase where it could already rest in peace?
R: Yeah, thatâs right. There was quite enough of everything.
Q: Among all the things, what is something that stuck in your memory the most?
R: Something that stuck in my memory the most? Umm, I thought about something bad, I broke my ribs. I broke them before the recording of âUGLYâ.
R: Iâve caught a cold and I couldnât stop coughing for more than a month. So, thatâs how one of my ribs broke and during the tour, I broke another one. It was quite difficult during that time, I was doing everything while drinking analgesics and wearing a corset.
Q: No way, is it possible to break your rib while coughing?
R: When you cough the lungs donât go *whoosh* filling with air, so thereâs an empty space left (so the ribs have nothing to support them and bend too much causing a break) if the force of a cough is too strong the rib goes *snap*
Q: So, in other words, it seems that it was such a strong coughâŚâŚ
R: Because of that I went to the hospital, but after all, it seems like they couldnât do much, they just said eventually it will heal and take some time to rest, so thatâs how it was. During that time, I decided to not talk about it, so I didnât really say anything publicly, but yeah, I had this serious thing going on.
Q: I heard that itâs more difficult physically than mentally.
R: No, it was difficult mentally too. We had a pretty tight schedule. During that time, I couldnât sleep well, we also had lives in the evening. Well, there werenât many good things at that time, now that I think back on it. (lol)
Q: Hahaha! Between all of this, were there any good things going on?
R: Good things? I wonder if there was anyâŚâŚ No, there wasnât.
Q: To that extent that you could let for âDOGMAâ to rest in peace?
R: Yeah, thatâs right. The lives themselves, were good, I think.
Q: By the way, it was September 27, when you did the last free live at the Makuhari Messe. Did you have a bit of a break after that?
R: No, I donât really remember having any time to rest back then. After that it was Halloween, I think. Maybe my memories of having a break got lost because of it.
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