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The winner
What does it really mean to be loving? Among the people I have met, those I felt were truly loving shared one thing in common: they never gave up on mutual connection. In a time when it has become ordinary to simply erase things when they no longer fit, they were the kind of people who, in a good way, could carry on without being burdened by it. Such choices and actions may be right, and perhaps anyone could do them— yet in reality, they are not easy at all.
moist
Every time I feel the sweat seeping unconsciously from my skin, I’m reminded that most of the body is made of water. Water and music are alike— words and songs well up from within me, overflowing through music itself. Both are essential presences in my life.
The Time They Are A-Changin’(cover)
Bob Dylan's music has always sounded like hymns to me. Not just “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” which I sang this time, but also songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind” feel sacred in their own way.
I’m talking about the unique melodic lines in his singing— something deeply personal and difficult to explain in words. So I tried to sing it myself, to recreate that feeling.
While many point to his gospel influences in later albums like Saved after his conversion, what struck me as hymn-like were actually his earlier works— especially those from the early '60s.
star grass
There are times when I feel an odd sense of nostalgia for landscapes I've only seen on TV or in videos— foreign pastures I’ve never set foot in, old port towns, or cities surrounded by majestic mountains.
Memories that don’t exist in my own life, and yet somehow feel familiar and right.
I wrote this song while recalling a few of those places, imagining what life might be like if I were there.
And in the end, as I wrote, I came to realize something: wherever I am, the true purpose of my heart when making music or singing never really changes.
seek[VERSION]
This is the stripped-down version of “Seek,” sung and played simply with just voice and instrument. I added a touch of lap steel for color.
The purpose of revisiting a song this way is to reaffirm its value and explore it in a new light. To make it a song that can be heard at any time, regardless of when it was made that possibility only comes when the content truly carries meaning.
Each time I return to it, it becomes a trace of where I am, and where I’ve been.
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star(cover)
In Japan, there’s a traditional children’s song called “Kira Kira Boshi.” On July 7th, the night of Tanabata, we held a special recording session at the studio.
We began by writing wishes on tanzaku paper strips and hanging them up. Then, the recording started.
I challenged myself to sing in four-part harmony—by myself. When I could truly connect with the melody and give shape to the images through singing, the joy was all the greater.
After the session, I wrote a Japanese interpretation of the English lyrics, in my own words and understanding.
music was there
Singing while playing the bass, adding harmonies as I ring the kalimba. That’s how the music comes into being.
There have been moments in daily life when I’ve felt many kinds of music. All of them quiet, fleeting— the kind you might pass by without noticing.
And yet, music has always been something rooted in nature, a story woven into the rhythm of everyday life.
Selene
What moves me in someone else’s music is often the sincerity behind it— a pure motivation, or an honest attempt I can feel within the song.
It’s never just about what I like or don’t like. I’ve listened carefully, choosing music based on what I feel is true or good.
That kind of music— I want it to always be close. And it’s the kind of music I’ve tried to follow in my own work, in the footsteps of those who came before me.
