Voice actor Kishi Mizuse released his memorable 10th single ,HELLO HORIZON on July 21. She ushered in the "node" after the 5th anniversary of last year's artist event, and she reviewed and interviewed the production vignettes of the new song, the ideas contained in the song, and the musical activities so far, Mizuse has been struggling with expressing herself, but recently she has felt a change. What is the thing that becomes a turning point. Listen to the conversation with the driving force that supports the musical activity.
■ Ideas associated with "images"
——Last year ushered in the 5th anniversary of the artist's activities, this time the single is the 10th, which is also a node work. Please say it again.
The increase in Mizuse's works is due to the fact that I have been continuing to be active, and this is because everyone is listening to my songs. In this case, this is the 10th one, so I challenged the performance that only the cover photo can continue until now. Black and white is a worldview that I can't express when I debut, and the team of designers, photographers, makeup artists, stylists, etc. have come together, so I want to challenge myself to feel that I have had a very meaningful time so far, and I am very happy.
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Mizuse: Although I didn't know how to express myself, I found that I liked the act of "transfiguration". At the time of debut, personal activities must be continuously run by one person... This impression is very strong, now "how about such a worldview?" For such an opinion, after accepting it, it will respond to this worldview with the idea of "how would I behave if it were myself?" I'm not good at coming up with ideas on my own, but I like to think about my approach with keywords. It is fun to chew and digest the work in your own way, and it is also a time to feel "made".
The black-and-white cover photo is also well done, but what kind of work is actually done when using keywords as an opportunity to think about your own way of expression.
【Mizuse】There are many cases in which "images" are imagined in one's mind, such as "what kind of expression to make" and "what kind of eyes will be made?" There are also those who have often watched cartoons since childhood, and instead of drawings and illustrations, they appear as images. In fact, during the shoot, the photographer followed me all the time, not always in the same posture, but acting according to his own ideas This feeling is a feeling of trying and looking for in the amplitude of "this feeling" in my own mind. Recording is also in this style.
——The idea that emerges through the image may only be available to Mr. Mizuse.
【Mizuse】Still painting can not be imagined, in the flowing image "this! The moment I thought about it, for the first time it felt like I was about to pause.
■ The idea of a concert event that is performed as a "test" has changed
Kei Mizuse (Photo: Tatsuko Tanaka/Pash) (C) ORICON NewS inc.
I think this is something that comes naturally, when will I start to practice the expression method of mr. Mizuse's school.
When did Mizuse start... However, when I was a child, I liked to imitate the singing style of idols and female singers, write animated lines in notebooks, turn off the sound of the TV, try to shoot post-recorded animations with my own mobile phone, and do it happily like "free research" (laughs). When I think about it now, although I am not good at expressing myself, I like to express myself while becoming something, which may have been there since I was a child.
Because of this, at the time of solo activities, the first single was really hard to let everyone see "the big self", so it was very difficult to include the song, personality, expression and other "who is the real self" at that time.
- Can you now also send the "transformation" to yourself?
[Mizuse] Yes. Although he is a solo singer, he is not "looking at himself" or "listening to his own songs", but "if you sing such a song yourself" and "if it becomes like this". In the future, if we can add "what exists in my heart" to "what I can do because it is this work" and "what I can do because it is this song", I think you will see a variety of aspects.
- In order to be able to think like this, what is the turning point.
[Mizuse] is a live concert. For me the concert was a testing place, very scary, like this ordinary I stood on the stage singing, just thinking about these would make me lose consciousness there are many moments. Even if it is a rehearsal, the environment in which the staff gathers for themselves, although there will be such a thought, but every time there will be "because of the support of so many people to hold a concert" This is also a time to feel that "people who are looking forward to this concert are waiting for me after that". Is the concert "time to experience sugar and whips" or "time to like and hate yourself" (laughs).
Each time there are different trials, there are different happiness, every performance has different obstacles, sometimes beaten with empty hands, sometimes unexpectedly and easily surpassed, each time there really is no same concert.
I was surprised to be able to hold a concert with such an idea.
【Mizuse】 The concert will present various scenes like "drama" to everyone in various tunes for a specified time, but it ends without tension at Face Live. In the concert that was repeated over and over again, I saw the ideals of "here I want to show myself like this" and "I want to be like this here", and after knowing that I could become a variety of "colors" in the concert, she said, "While singing and becoming a variety of people, this is a place for others to see it", and I am looking forward to finding it in my heart.
And although it is a trial, there will be a sense of peace of mind after the end. There are things in the concert that only a living person can feel, and nothing can replace it, and I think this is the fun of continuing the artist's activities.
■ New songs related to works information related to musical activities
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【Mizuse】This time it is the OP theme song of the TV anime "The Kingdom of the Realist Warriors", and I think that the use of songs to express the color and information of the work is the character. So far, this is also the case when singing the theme song, and this time there is also a "new side" of oneself that can be brought out because of this work, and it is precisely because this work can sing such a song, and with the help of the work, his musicality has been expanded.
The work is staged in a dreamy other world, and the animation title has such a real information as "realism". The beginning of the prelude, the A melody, and the B melody all show a sense of heaviness, and the chorus part makes people feel that the world has changed at once, step by step, with their own horizon as the goal, and this impression and the message of the work also have something in common. Also, my music also exists step by step so far, so I feel that it exists today, and it is also a song that is very well linked.
Listening to you, it will give a positive impression, but on the other hand, the lyrics are definitely not optimistic, making people feel a force that transforms confusion and pain into the power to move forward. How Mr. Mizuse felt, how he was hugged.
The same is true of the values and unwavering realism of the anime protagonist Soma Kaziya, giving up is not very handsome, but how to fall in your own way Anyway, if you want to fall, you must consider the risk and minimize the method of falling... This is a work with a realistic side. So the lyrics are not "it must be okay", but at the beginning look back slightly, and it is precisely because people who know the setbacks will have such feelings arranged together, I personally think this is a lyric that is easy to enter the story. It was quite heartwarming to be told to "look forward" at first, but because of that, I felt that it should not sting my heart.
- It is indeed a song that begins with a strong message. There are also impressive words such as "if you don't look at anything, you can't see anything", but does Mr. Mizuse have any words that he cares about in particular?
【Mizuse】You like the informative nature of the mustard, and I originally thought that there was no one in the world that I could pursue", but when I met the surrounding environment and various people, I realized that "I can do such a thing", because I did not notice it alone, so I felt the lyrics of hope. It was not said by anyone, but I noticed this and felt the growth of the protagonist in the song, which became the last chorus of the song that I was determined to protect desperately, "Although I am like this, if there is still something I can do, I will go all out to challenge", so this sentence is to encourage myself while singing.