This is an excerpt from 「bayfm MEETS AKB48」, where the members have to tell a story about a certain failure moment they experienced in their life. Mayu’s story is entitled, “Despite they were only 5cm”
Mayu: “This story is about the time when, two years ago, at Tokyo Dome, Yukirin and I got to sing as a duet the song “Aozora no soba ni ite” during the concert. At that time, the plan for the stage performance was that we both appeared from two different parts of the big stage, from right and left, that we walked through the first part of the song until the middle of the stage, stood up on the round stage elevator, that’s what it’s called, which would lift us up and keep singing from there. So that’s what we did, while signing we walked until the middle of the stage, we were about to start the bridge of the song, I was all hyped up, like “yosh! Now here it comes the bridge, let’s make everyone get full of energy!”, and as I sang, “Aozora–” suddenly, I hear “wee~n” from behind me… And I’m like, “Eh?! What the hell?”, so I hear that, then I look behind and Yukirin she’s the only one who’s being lifted up!”
“You know, I saw that. I did vitness to that, from the venue. It was so frigging hilarious!”
Mayu: “I was supposed to get 5cm ahead from the stage elevator, but I got 5cm further ahead and it was only Yukirin who ended up to be lifted up”
Yuki: “Not to mention that that’s the type of stage which moves round and round and it was so frigging embarrassing”
“Also, you know what, Mayu back at the time started walking all around the stage, as though it was just all part of the stage setting, as it was planned, so I kinda thought, “Uh? Did they plan it like that??””
Mayu: “Yeah, what I did is to keep singing with a stoic face, as though it was all planned in order not to let the audience understand what was going on”
“You’re such a pro”
Mayu: “This is the first time I talk about it since then. This is the first time I tell people that I messed up during that performance. People spent these past two years thinking that it was all part of the stage settings, but it wasn’t. I messed up. We were supposed to be both lifted”
“(asking to the audience) Are here people who remember that performance from that concert?”
Mayu: “I’m sure there are. You saw that? You thought that was all part of the performance, didn’t ya?”
I’m laughing so hard, honestly. And Mayu once again gave proof of what a pro she is (and Yuki too, honestly).
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