Interviewer's questions in Bold
Ruki's answers in Italics
Translator's notes in [brackets]
"LEECH" has the meaning of hiru[Leech in katakana] which sucks the blood of humans. Another meaning derived is a human who lives like a parasite. Ruki's lyrics, directly, and also cynically, exposed the world. "LEECH" is the explosion of anger, "DISTORTED DAYTIME" is the sorrow of the comtemporary society, "HOLE" is love comedy horror...?! "Exactly 3 songs that expresses real mentality", was what Ruki said.
How is the new single being presented?
-It's talking about becoming a really strong person. And also the single this time, it's not just 3 various song put together. This is because I thought of gathering songs of same themes.
I could definitely feel the core of the GazettE from the 3 songs that you have gathered. Among them Ruki's song "LEECH" is a song that is beautiful and sad, as well as intense.
-At first it wasn't "rusty", it was the B melody that made it so. Talking about this, even though now the song was sung with anger, at first I thought of making a song that is without much melody.
The backup vocals, was it a lady's?
-It's a lady's. But it's not the same person that did the backup vocals in "Filth in the beauty" though.
But the voice in "Filth~", really gave me a feeling of lady-like.
-This time I actually wanted a Cheerleader-like voice in the chorus.
Ah, a Cheerleader. But I thought that it was rather girl-like.
-Exactly what I was thinking. (laughs) I wanted an energetic voice.
"LEECH" is hiru[Leech in katakana] yes.
-Yes. It's like a nuance of sucking a person's blood to live, to parasitism.
But the lyrics seems to be filled with anger and exploding.
-It's about getting up realistically. I can't say it though.
Definitely, you did gave it your best shot.
-But the most dangerous part [of making this song] is having English in it. I thought with sarcasm "If I were the other party [customers], would I take this CD with my hands?"
"COCKROACH" "Maggots" and now "LEECH", is it like a dirty insect works of 3?
-(Laughs) Now that you talk about it, it seems like so. It's gokiburi, uji and hiru. [Cockroach, maggots and leech respectively]
The second song in the tracklist "DISTORTED DAYTIME", was definitely Uruha's melody yes.
-Most parts of the melody wasn't applied easily. (Laughs)
This song is certainly made without considering anything. [Melody and such]
-This is Uruha's melody. (Laughs)
(Laughs) Is there anything that is being presented in this song? Or is it again another form of anger.
-Rather than anger, the lyrics expresses that "danger is always side by side with you", now, we could sing about occurrences in Japan. There were many things that happened... like the case in Akihabara. [ 秋葉原通り魔事件/Akihabara massacre ; a case where suspect Tomohiro Kato killed 7 people and injured 10 by just using a truck and a survival knife to stab passer-bys in Akihabara in 8 June 2008. He has been indicted on 10th October.] And also, it’s not just about imitating a case that happened a long time ago. [The Akihabara massacre was said to be referred from a killing spree in Tsuchiya in March 23 2008, and also the Osaka School Massacre occurred exactly 7 years ago, where 8 elementary students were killed] There is an increase in cases of “anyone is fine” [to kill]. It seems that they are being influenced by the internet.
That’s why there’s the phrase “A chain reaction” at the last part of the lyrics. There are considerable number of cases where people seem to “admire” murderers, which are not to be permitted.
-That’s why, I want to sing about the us living in this kind of city, (for example) a city in Tokyo. It’s not a strange concept.
When I hear you say all these words, it seems like I am watching a scene of great horror in a movie.
-The song [DISTORTED DAYTIME] is a song about living in a situation that is always scary. For example doesn’t terrorism occurs in countries that is always appearing. [As in, always appear in news or something like that] In Japan, “no difference murders” is currently on the rise, and it’s always around us.
In the lyrics, words like “Coward” seems to appear frequently. Is this not just about people pointing “that is a criminal” just to be sure? [Sorry I have totally no idea what is said here m(_ _)m ]
-It’s not just about facing a strong person, but it’s about not showing your fangs to a weak person, thinking that you are the world’s most pitiful person, it’s talking about a person who can’t change due to one’s ego. This song, is related with the next tour’s title. Talking about “FROM THE DISTORTED CITY”, it is “a message from the distorted city”.
Recently, there seems to be an increase of English words. [In the songs]
-This is because I want to write the things I want to say as it is, and there are also many other problems, there are not many attractions too [he probably means it’s not that strange too], and you may not get it if it’s not in English. I’m Japanese by music though.
And the 3rd song in the tracklist, “HOLE”, isn’t it a little unique?
-It’s the story of “anti-women”. Seemed to be stabbed, but at such a dangerous situation he tries to take it out but it doesn’t seem to come out though.
(Laughs)!
-Since I had the feeling of “Such a strange strategy is good~”, I’ve been going very steadily, just like the down-train.
For a moment it became a horror.
-Well, it’s a love comedy horror. Normally a knife is always pointed at my back. [Sorry I have no idea what is he referring to]
(Laughs) Did you desire anything for yourself?
-I’ve nothing to desire now, but times when I was like that… there were. Don’t people start to change gradually once they are in love. When such things happen, I have this feeling of being sad.
It is sad yes.
-There is also such innocent feelings, but it’s because of our habitually behaviors, I could make this into a song. (Laughs)
That’s why, you fell into the “hole”.
-Talking about holes, there is a pit as well.
And there is also a grave hole.
-I guess so. (Laughs) But there is another meaning, which refers to woman. Like the old songs for the broken-hearted, I seem to like writing the same kind of songs as well. It looks like the progress of a relationship.
“HOLE” is a song made by Aoi-kun, but are there any difficult parts like Uruha-kun’s?
-There are. This song has no melody, and also there were around 3 chords that I couldn’t do anything about it. I was troubling over it like “So what should I do~?”
As expected, these are songs that a guitarist would make, yes.
-Maybe because I made the songs myself and as a Vocalist, I tend to make the melody the subject. [like the most important part] The members they still have a long way to go. (Laughs)
Ruki's answers in Italics
Translator's notes in [brackets]
"LEECH" has the meaning of hiru[Leech in katakana] which sucks the blood of humans. Another meaning derived is a human who lives like a parasite. Ruki's lyrics, directly, and also cynically, exposed the world. "LEECH" is the explosion of anger, "DISTORTED DAYTIME" is the sorrow of the comtemporary society, "HOLE" is love comedy horror...?! "Exactly 3 songs that expresses real mentality", was what Ruki said.
How is the new single being presented?
-It's talking about becoming a really strong person. And also the single this time, it's not just 3 various song put together. This is because I thought of gathering songs of same themes.
I could definitely feel the core of the GazettE from the 3 songs that you have gathered. Among them Ruki's song "LEECH" is a song that is beautiful and sad, as well as intense.
-At first it wasn't "rusty", it was the B melody that made it so. Talking about this, even though now the song was sung with anger, at first I thought of making a song that is without much melody.
The backup vocals, was it a lady's?
-It's a lady's. But it's not the same person that did the backup vocals in "Filth in the beauty" though.
But the voice in "Filth~", really gave me a feeling of lady-like.
-This time I actually wanted a Cheerleader-like voice in the chorus.
Ah, a Cheerleader. But I thought that it was rather girl-like.
-Exactly what I was thinking. (laughs) I wanted an energetic voice.
"LEECH" is hiru[Leech in katakana] yes.
-Yes. It's like a nuance of sucking a person's blood to live, to parasitism.
But the lyrics seems to be filled with anger and exploding.
-It's about getting up realistically. I can't say it though.
Definitely, you did gave it your best shot.
-But the most dangerous part [of making this song] is having English in it. I thought with sarcasm "If I were the other party [customers], would I take this CD with my hands?"
"COCKROACH" "Maggots" and now "LEECH", is it like a dirty insect works of 3?
-(Laughs) Now that you talk about it, it seems like so. It's gokiburi, uji and hiru. [Cockroach, maggots and leech respectively]
The second song in the tracklist "DISTORTED DAYTIME", was definitely Uruha's melody yes.
-Most parts of the melody wasn't applied easily. (Laughs)
This song is certainly made without considering anything. [Melody and such]
-This is Uruha's melody. (Laughs)
(Laughs) Is there anything that is being presented in this song? Or is it again another form of anger.
-Rather than anger, the lyrics expresses that "danger is always side by side with you", now, we could sing about occurrences in Japan. There were many things that happened... like the case in Akihabara. [ 秋葉原通り魔事件/Akihabara massacre ; a case where suspect Tomohiro Kato killed 7 people and injured 10 by just using a truck and a survival knife to stab passer-bys in Akihabara in 8 June 2008. He has been indicted on 10th October.] And also, it’s not just about imitating a case that happened a long time ago. [The Akihabara massacre was said to be referred from a killing spree in Tsuchiya in March 23 2008, and also the Osaka School Massacre occurred exactly 7 years ago, where 8 elementary students were killed] There is an increase in cases of “anyone is fine” [to kill]. It seems that they are being influenced by the internet.
That’s why there’s the phrase “A chain reaction” at the last part of the lyrics. There are considerable number of cases where people seem to “admire” murderers, which are not to be permitted.
-That’s why, I want to sing about the us living in this kind of city, (for example) a city in Tokyo. It’s not a strange concept.
When I hear you say all these words, it seems like I am watching a scene of great horror in a movie.
-The song [DISTORTED DAYTIME] is a song about living in a situation that is always scary. For example doesn’t terrorism occurs in countries that is always appearing. [As in, always appear in news or something like that] In Japan, “no difference murders” is currently on the rise, and it’s always around us.
In the lyrics, words like “Coward” seems to appear frequently. Is this not just about people pointing “that is a criminal” just to be sure? [Sorry I have totally no idea what is said here m(_ _)m ]
-It’s not just about facing a strong person, but it’s about not showing your fangs to a weak person, thinking that you are the world’s most pitiful person, it’s talking about a person who can’t change due to one’s ego. This song, is related with the next tour’s title. Talking about “FROM THE DISTORTED CITY”, it is “a message from the distorted city”.
Recently, there seems to be an increase of English words. [In the songs]
-This is because I want to write the things I want to say as it is, and there are also many other problems, there are not many attractions too [he probably means it’s not that strange too], and you may not get it if it’s not in English. I’m Japanese by music though.
And the 3rd song in the tracklist, “HOLE”, isn’t it a little unique?
-It’s the story of “anti-women”. Seemed to be stabbed, but at such a dangerous situation he tries to take it out but it doesn’t seem to come out though.
(Laughs)!
-Since I had the feeling of “Such a strange strategy is good~”, I’ve been going very steadily, just like the down-train.
For a moment it became a horror.
-Well, it’s a love comedy horror. Normally a knife is always pointed at my back. [Sorry I have no idea what is he referring to]
(Laughs) Did you desire anything for yourself?
-I’ve nothing to desire now, but times when I was like that… there were. Don’t people start to change gradually once they are in love. When such things happen, I have this feeling of being sad.
It is sad yes.
-There is also such innocent feelings, but it’s because of our habitually behaviors, I could make this into a song. (Laughs)
That’s why, you fell into the “hole”.
-Talking about holes, there is a pit as well.
And there is also a grave hole.
-I guess so. (Laughs) But there is another meaning, which refers to woman. Like the old songs for the broken-hearted, I seem to like writing the same kind of songs as well. It looks like the progress of a relationship.
“HOLE” is a song made by Aoi-kun, but are there any difficult parts like Uruha-kun’s?
-There are. This song has no melody, and also there were around 3 chords that I couldn’t do anything about it. I was troubling over it like “So what should I do~?”
As expected, these are songs that a guitarist would make, yes.
-Maybe because I made the songs myself and as a Vocalist, I tend to make the melody the subject. [like the most important part] The members they still have a long way to go. (Laughs)
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