"As hypnotic as anything she’s written, 'Dawning' is a revelation," Rob Thormeyer says of the new song from guitarist/composer Yasmin Williams, his guest on the latest episode of his For Songs podcast. "It signals a re-awakening of life after a catastrophic pandemic, new love, hope, and, well, pretty much whatever you want." The track—featuring Aoife O'Donovan on vocals, Kafari on rhythm bones, and Nic Gareiss’ percussive dancing—provides an early peek at her Nonesuch debut album, due in 2024. You can hear their conversation here.
So sad... you’re listening to this heart-wrenching refrain without thinking much at all
Hey girl, 座ってもいい?
Hey girl, suwatte mo ii?
Hey girl, is it fine if I sit here?
Next to you ちょっと強引にいくよ
Next to you chotto gouin ni iku yo
Right next to you, I’ll just be slightly bolder now
So fun 楽しい夜にしよう
So fun tanoshii yoru ni shiyou
So fun, let’s have an enjoyable night
淡色の月明り 不思議な引力に
Awairo no tsukiakari fushigi na inryoku ni
This faint moonlight and an unexplainable attraction...
ブレーキなんて... きくはずがない
Bureeki nante… kiku hazu ga nai
Tonight, I have no intentions of taking any breaks
Fall in Fall in heart! x2
奮わせて もっと LOVE&GAME
Madowasete motto LOVE&GAME
Drive me mad with more, LOVE&GAME
今 (Ah…) 見えるのは
Ima (Ah…) Mieru no wa
Right now… (ah…) All I can see...
[4+5] アイシアイタイフタリだけさ
[4+5] Aishiaitai futari dake sa
[4+5] Are just two people who want to love together
Fall in Fall in heart! x2
抱きしめて もっと LOVE&GAME
Dakishimete motto LOVE&GAME
Hold me tighter, even tighter, LOVE&GAME
そう (Ah…) 危険な香り
Sou (Ah…) Kiken na kaori
Yes… (Ah…) That dangerous scent
[4+10] 惑わされてゆく
[4+10] Madowasarete yuku
[4+10] Is seducing me
It's love game... X3
物憂げな Eyes
Monouge na Eyes
Suddenly,
不意に吸い込まれそうになる
Fui ni suikomaresou ni naru
it seems as if I’m being sucked in by those melancholic eyes
So touch これからキミは キミは... どうしちゃい
So touch kore kara kimi wa kimi wa… doushichai
So touch, and from here on out, what will you, what will you do?
Hey girl, 不埒な恋
Hey girl, furachi na koi
Hey girl, a merciless love
Next to you もう始まっているよ
Next to you mou hajimatte iru yo
has already started next to you
So fun 忘れられない夜を
So fun wasurerarenai yoru wo
So fun, this unforgettable night will be
きらめく星座みたい 並んだ点と点が
Kirameku seiza mitai naranda ten to ten ga
And like shining constellations, the aligned points
線になってく... 答えは Destiny
Sen ni natteku… kotae wa Destiny
Become a single line, forming the answer: destiny
Fall in Fall in heart! x2
触れ合って もっと LOVE&GAME
Fureatte motto LOVE&GAME
Touching each other, even more, LOVE&GAME
今(Ah...)確かめよう
Ima (Ah…) Tashikameyou
Right now... (Ah…) let’s confirm it:
[4+10] アイヲモトメルフタリだけさ
[4+10] Ai wo motomeru futari dake sa
[4+10] We’re just two people seeking love
Fall in Fall in heart! x2
受け止めて もっと LOVE&GAME
Uketomete motto LOVE&GAME
Accept all of it, even further, LOVE&GAME
そう...(Ah...)痛いほどに
Sou (Ah…) Itai hodo ni
Yes... (ah…) To the point of pain,
[5+10] 分かち合ってゆく
[5+10] Wakachiatte yuku
[5+10] Let’s share everything with each other
Fall in Fall in heart! x2
奮わせて もっと LOVE&GAME
Madowasete motto LOVE&GAME
Drive me mad with more, LOVE&GAME
今(Ah...)見えるのは
Ima (Ah…) Mieru no wa
Right now… (Ah…) All I can see...
[5+10] アイシアイタイフタリだけさ
[5+10] Aishiaitai futari dake sa
[5+10] Are just two people who want to love together
Fall in Fall in heart! x2
抱きしめて もっと LOVE&GAME
Dakishimete motto LOVE&GAME
Hold me tighter, even tighter, LOVE&GAME
そう(Ah...)危険な香り
Sou (Ah…) Kiken na kaori
Yes… (Ah…) That dangerous scent
[4+5] 惑わされてゆく
[4+5] Madowasarete yuku
[4+5] Is seducing me
It’s love game... x3
It’s love game... X3
T/N: The backing vocals/harmonies/whatever-it’s-called are messing with me asdfghjkl. Also on a different note, I’m pretty sure this song is like. Not rated PG-13. Do I like??/ Tag this as NSFW or something???
In the first stanza with the champagne glass and 「So sad」, from the gesture of tracing the glass’s lip, the singer(s) can infer that the listener/whoever is doing the gesture is upset/melancholic
Pretty sure that the first「So fun」sung by KENN is supposed to be a Tamaki line since the one Sougo sings is pretty clearly like 80% Abe’s voice, but the backing vocal really overpowers it??? Gotta love knowing the song tries its best to evenly divide lines
If someone ever manages to isolate the harmonies/backing vocals on this without the instrumental ver/if the instrumental is one day released, hmu I need it in my life
「狂わせて」”drive me mad with desire”
「愛し合いたい」- literally “want to meet in love” a.k.a. official translation: “to love one another/be affectionate with each other” or “to have sex/to make love”
You think I’m joking but I’m really not
I was really tempted to translate it as the latter but “two people who want to make love (together)” is clunky and kinda does not flow rip
「不埒」 has like a dozen different meanings including: lawless, outrageous, culpable, vicious, inexcusable, pardonable, and so on. So uh, yeah, I used the softest word I could?
Let’s play the “How many different ways and times can Asaya translate「もっと」without snapping?” game.
「もっと」is literally “more” but like.「love & game」is thrown in there as English and then it messes everything up
Verb + 「合う」means doing something together/ mutually. This song really has a lot of these in here SO.
Technicaaaally,「惑わされて」is passive tense so like, “I’m being seduced by that dangerous scent” (of sex probably *cough*) instead of “That dangerous scent is seducing me” but like. The translations/color-coding is s o nea t I didn’t want to ruin it.
There’s like no doubt this song about a one-night stand (with someone who might be heartbroken???) in my mind with all the innuendos guys pls slow tf down
Most of this was done/translated like. Months ago. When I was still willing to color-code (not that it can been seen here but...). I should return to writing down notes for everything tbh. It’s so good and fun and wild.
As always, please let me know if there are any mistakes!!
so many people! my irl friends, my old d&d friends… really anyone. it’d be easier to make a list of the people who can’t make me smile
18. do you miss how things were a year ago
for the most part, no. i’ve met a lot of wonderful new people who make my life better every day. however, there's been some weird stuff lately where someone tried to frame me for pizza crimes, so i wish that would stop. there’s also the fact that i was a high school freshman a year ago, which isn’t exactly great
20. what is your favorite song at the moment?
i’d have to say let’s see how far we’ve come, as i was just reminded of it and i love it again. it goes so hard but it also doesn’t depress me like most other songs in that genre do
33. something you want to learn
i really want to learn more about making music. i can make so pretty basic beats, but nothing out of this world quite yet. to go along with that, i’d like to learn simple pixel animation to go along with my songs, just to make them a bit more presentable
i guess that's what happens when you go on break. people stop following you. it is quite embarrassing how terribly the history video did tho. drag me down was successful w absolutely no promo; perfect had some; this was just [bleh]
i hate perfect they literally made it a single just for hendall headlines and history just went down the drain bc of simon's demon ass i hate simon but i doubt the gp would like history anyway idk like it's a different 1d sound but i dont think its good for radio play