English translation of Lyrical Slow Motion by LYSM (romaji color coded lyrics and original lyrics below!)
Lyrics + Composition: SACHIKO
Lyrical Slow Motion
Not not asking for too much
That kinda boring story
Wanna feel something, watch a movie
Pretending to feel content
Smile went away, go online
Oh? What’s this? Trending
Life’s a drama
Don’t look away for even a moment
Lyrically, lyrically
Let’s get into the swing and dance
It’s endless, endless
Searching for romance
Lyrically, lyrically
Won’t you get up? Won’t you dance?
Show me (show me) your smile (more)
Cut it off in slow motion
Go for it, now’s your chance
Let’s go without missing it
Don’t worry baby
Bye bye bye, goodbye tears
Farewell to those feelings
It’s okay if there’s no meaning
It’s okay if you’ve got no confidence
It’s okay as long as we’re laughing
Over there, over here, trending
Life’s a drama
Don’t look away for even a moment
Lyrically, lyrically
Let’s get into the swing and dance
It’s endless, endless
Searching for romance
Lyrically, lyrically
Won’t you get up? Won’t you dance?
Show me (show me) your smile (more)
Cut it off in slow motion
Glittering, shining
A twinkling scene
Laugh like you’re the only one in the world
Lyrically, lyrically
Let’s get into the swing and dance
It’s endless, endless
Searching for romance
Lyrically, lyrically
Won’t you get up? Won’t you dance?
Show me (show me) your smile (more)
Cut it off in slow motion
Go for it, now’s your chance
Let’s go without missing it
Don’t worry baby
Romaji (Key: Maria, Akari, Emma, Seina, All)
Nai nai nai nai mono nedari
Sonna taikutsu na ohanashi
Kandou shitakute eiga miru
Juujitsu shiteru furi shiteru
Waraenaku natte net miru
Hatena? Hatena? Kyuujoushou (A + S)
Seikatsu wa drama
Isshun sae minogasuna yo
Lyrical ni lyrical ni
Notte mimashou odotte mimashou
Kiri ga nai kiri ga nai
Romance toka sagashichatte
Lyrical ni lyrical ni
Notteikanai? Odotteikanai?
Egao (motto) misete (misete)
Slowmotion de kiritotte
Narae yo shutter chance
Nogasanaide ikou ze
Don’t worry baby
Bye bye bye namida goodbye
Sonna kanjou wa osaraba
Imi ga nakuttemo ii ya
Jishin ga nakuttemo ii ya
Waraiaetara ii ya
Achira kochira kyuujoushou (A + S)
Seikatsu wa drama
Isshun sae minogasuna yo
Lyrical ni lyrical ni
Notte mimashou odotte mimashou
Kiri ga nai kiri ga nai
Romance toka sagashichatte
Lyrical ni lyrical ni
Notteikanai? Odotteikanai?
Egao (motto) misete (misete)
Slowmotion de kiritotte
Kirakira kagayaiteru
Matataki no one scene
Only one na sono sekai de waratte yo
Lyrical ni lyrical ni
Notte mimashou odotte mimashou
Kiri ga nai kiri ga nai
Romance toka sagashichatte
Lyrical ni lyrical ni
Notteikanai? Odotteikanai?
Egao (motto) misete (misete)
Slowmotion de kiritotte
Narae yo shutter chance
Nogasanaide ikou ze
Don’t worry baby
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English translation of "VIBRATION VIPER" by Neko no Me ni Uchuu (romaji color coded lyrics and original lyrics below!)
Listen to it on your preferred streaming site here!
Lyrics and Composition: Sohei Mishima (cinema staff)
Arrangement: Ryotaro Takeuchi
VIBRATION VIPER
I’m a viper
With poison fangs, staring you down
Always aiming for
Your pale throat
Let my tongue have fun…
Daytime narcolepsy
Dozing off and boredom
Take their turns attacking me
Autonomic dysfunction
Night’s curtains fall
Restless I start moving
Coloring my dried heart
Pursuing fresh blood
Just like a rose
I know you’ve got your thorns
You’re over here aren’t you?
I’ll do as you wish
I’m a viper
With poison fangs, staring you down
Always aiming for
Your pale throat
Can’t stop watering at the mouth
Crazy love
Your beautiful last moments
Let me hear your requiem
Let’s meet on the other side
Give me vibration
If you let me cut your insides
And snap your bones
You can guess the rest
I’ll swallow you whole
Bordeaux’s fireworks over the water
Bloom brilliantly
The night is short
Judas’ life that became numb in an instant¹
Y’know
I like you
So much I wanna eat you up
Ever since the two of us met
My plans have gone haywire
Falling head over heels
Please enjoy…
With poison fangs, I stare you down
Always aiming for
Your pale throat
Can’t stop watering at the mouth
Crazy love
Your beautiful last moments
Let me hear your requiem
Let’s meet on the other side
Namuamida namuamida namuamida²
Bye bye vibration
Quiver and die…!!
1) In Japanese "ユダ" ('yuda') is used for both "Judah" and "Judas" but considering the context I think it's referring to Judas? idk I'm not religious
2) Translator's note: “Namuamida” is a Buddhist prayer to ask for salvation and to be reborn in the Land of Bliss. For more info here’s the wikipedia page.
Romaji (Key: Akari, Tsuyuri, Shiki, Karin, All)
Watashi viper
Girari to doku no kiba
Itsu datte neratteiru
Kimi no shiroi nodomoto
Shita wo asobase…
Hakuchuu narcolepsy
Madoromi to taikutsu
Kawaribanko ni osowarete
Jiritsuseikeishicchou
Yoru no tobari ga ori
Sozoro to ugokidasu
Kawaita kokoro wo someru
Azayaka na chi wo motomete
Sanagara bara
Toge ga aru to wakatteinagara
Kimi wa koko ni iru ndeshou?
Nozomi doori ni shite ageru
Watashi viper (A+K)
Girari to doku no kiba (A+K)
Itsu datte neratteiru (A+K)
Kimi no shiroi nodomoto (A+K)
Yodare tomerarenai (A+K)
Crazy love (T+S)
Utsukushii danmatsuma (T+S)
Requiem kikasete (T+S)
Mukou de mata aimasho (T+S)
Give me vibration (T+S)
Niku wo kirasete
Hone wo tatta nara
Ato wa osashi
Hitoiki de marunomi
Bordeaux no mizu hanabi
Sakimidarete miyabi
Yoru wa mijikashi
Setsuna de shibireru yuda no inochi
Watashi ne
Kimi no koto ga suki da yo
Tabetsukushitai hodo
Futari deatta ano hi kara
Keikaku wa kurutteiru
Massakasama ni ochite
Okini meshimase…
Girari to doku no kiba (A+T)
Itsu datte neratteiru (A+T)
Kimi no shiroi nodomoto (A+T)
Yodare tomerarenai (A+T)
Crazy love (S+K)
Utsukushii danmatsuma (S+K)
Requiem kikasete (S+K)
Mukou de mata aimasho (S+K)
Namuamida namuamida namuamida (S+K)
Bye bye vibration
Furuete nemure…!!
English translation of "Brave Girl" by Neko no Me ni Uchuu from their upcoming album "THE UNIVERSE IN A CAT'S EYES ZERO ONE" (romaji color coded lyrics and original lyrics below!)
Listen to it on your preferred streaming site here!
Lyrics and Composition: Sohei Mishima (cinema staff)
Arrangement: Ryotaro Takeuchi
Brave Girl
Hey, look me in the eyes and rescue our love
Yes, we’re the heroes - stand tall, let’s get going
Still under construction tonight - Shinjuku’s an infinite dungeon
Changing form many times, swallowing up all of life
Now that I mention it, that girl* has been missing since that day
Unstopping destruction and construction, Kabukicho 12AM
Oh it seems our escape route has been blocked off…
The only way out is to head forward, are you ready?
Hey, look me in the eyes and rescue our love
Yes, we’re the heroes - be a brave girl
Make your heart tremble now and break free from the night
I’ll change our default bad end with my own hands
C’mon, let’s run to tomorrow
Missed the last train, I’m fucked - phone on the brink of dying
Before I knew it, the crowds heading west and east swallowed my consciousness
Now that it's come to this, should I use a cheat code or get isekai’d?
To put it simply, I’m frozen stuck in a desperate situation
There's too many Chuo lines - how far down does the Oedo Line go
Struggling with transferring from Keio to Odakyu difficulty: extreme station staff thank you♡
We’re already having the best party
No looking back, just dancing and swinging
Ey yo we have cats eyes and
Stand up you have cats eyes alright
Hold back your tears and take back your love
Ahh with you here it's more than enough - ah right we still gotta!
Hey, look me in the eyes and rescue our love
Yes, we’re the heroes - be a brave girl
Make your heart tremble now and break free from the night
I’ll catch the best good end with my own hands
C’mon, let’s run to tomorrow
*Translator's note: I think this line is a pun referring to Rei who recently graduated from the group "rei no ano ko" lol
Romaji (Key: Akari, Tsuyuri, Shiki, Karin, All*)
Hora hora me to me wo awasete ai wo sukuidase
Sou warera koso yuusha sesuji nobashite iza yukan
Koyoi mo under construction shinjuku wa mugen no dungeon
Ikudo mo sutaga wo kaete arayuru inochi nomikomu
Souieba rei no ano ko mo ano hi kara yukue shirezu
Hakai to souzou taenai kabukichou 24ji
Oh douyara nigemichi wa tozasarete shimatta you da…
Mou mae ni susumu shika sube wa nai no kakugo wa ii ka?
Hora hora me to me wo awasete ai wo sukuidase
Sou warera koso yuusha be a brave girl
Ima koso kokoro wo furuwase yoru wo nukedase
Tenpure na bad end kaete miseru wa kono te de
Saa asu ni mukatte hashire
Nogaseba yabai shuuden keitai wa denchigire sunzen
Kidzukeba nishi e higashi e hitonami ga ishiki nomikomu
Kakunaru ue wa cheat ka hatamata isekai tensei ka
Yousuru ni zettaiazetsumei shibireru you na situation
Shurui ooi daro chuo sen doko made hottannda oedo sen
Norikae de konkyuu keio ni odakyuu level wa choukyuu ekiin-san thank you♡
Watashira sude ni saikyou no party
Furikaerazuni odoru dake swinging
Ey yo we have cats eyes soshite
Stand up you have cats eyes alright
Namida wo koraete ai wo torimodose
Aa kimi ga iru naraba zettai yoyuu jan sou da mada mada!
Me to me wo awasete ai wo sukuidase
Sou warera koso yuusha be a brave girl
Ima koso kokoro wo furuwase yoru wo nukedase
Saikou no good end tsukande miseru wa kono te de
Saa asu ni mukatte hashire tettere~re
English translation of the heroic new cinema's MORNING GLORY from their mini album "THE MUSIC#2" (romaji color coded lyrics and original lyrics below!)
Let me hear your pulse, could I have saved you if I could see the light?
I let my voice echo, “you’re my hero”
Are those days you couldn’t become a hero still miserable?
I wonder if you’re bravely living over there now
Believing we will be rewarded someday before we die
Pretending I could not see even that mistake
Let me hear your pulse, could I be saved even if I can’t see the light?
I want you to let your voice echo, send it out like a hero
My breathing roars, whenever you’re not here I’m like a coward
Let’s not run away anymore, you’re my hero
No matter the downpouring yesterday
Or the today that can’t see tomorrow
I was able to walk because you were here
We’ll keep going step by step, there’s no time to be afraid of losing our way
We’ll start from here
Heading towards the light we’ve longed for, now
On cowardly nights, I desperately wished to just be happy
Just to spend a little, little bit more time with you
Let me hear your pulse, even if I can’t see the light I’ll hold you tight
I let my voice echo, “you're my hero It's our precious days”
My breathing roars, we’ll never forget that you were here
Let’s promise to head towards the light, Dear my hero
Romaji (Key: Asuna, Rin, Kafu, Nano, Mashu, all)
Kikasete kimi no kodou hikari ga mieta nara kimi wo sukueteta?
Boku no koe hibikasete you’re my hero
Sujinkou ni narenai ano hi e mada mijime nandesuka?
Anata wa ima soko de kenage ni ikiteiru no kana
Shinu made ni itsuka wa mukuwareru toka (A+M)
Sou shinji ayamachi sae mienai furi
Kikasete kimi no kodou hikari ga mienakutemo boku wa sukueta?
Kimi no koe hibikasete todoketai like a hero
Todorokase boku no kokyuu anata ga inai to boku wa yowamushi de
Nigeru no wa mou yameyou you’re my hero
Doshaburi no kinou demo
Ashita ga mienai kyou demo
Anata ga ita kara aruite koreta
Ippozutsu susundeku mayoi kowagaru hima wa nai
Bokura wa koko kara hajimaru
Akogare tsudzuketa hikari e, ima
Okubyou na yoru wa tada shiawase wo zutto kitto motome mogaiteita
Mou sukoshi, sukoshi dake anata to
Kikasete kimi no kodou hikari ga mienakutemo dakishimeru
Boku no koe hibikasete you're my hero It's our precious days
Todorokase boku no kokyuu anata ga ita koto bokura wasurenai yo
Hikari e to yakusoku shiyou Dear my hero
Original
聞かせて君の鼓動 ヒカリが 見えたなら君を 救えてた?
僕の声 響かせて you're my hero
主人公になれないあの日へまだ惨めなんですか?
あなたはいまそこで健気に生きているのかな
死ぬまでに いつかは報われるとか
そう信じ過ちさえ 見えないフリ
聞かせて君の鼓動 ヒカリが 見えなくても 僕は 救えた?
君の声 響かせて 届けたい like a hero
轟かせ 僕の呼吸 あなたがいないと僕は弱虫で
逃げるのは もうやめよう you're my hero
土砂降りの昨日でも
明日が見えない今日でも
あなたがいたから歩いて来れた
一歩ずつ進んでく 迷い怖がる暇はない
僕らはここから始まる
憧れ続けたヒカリヘ、今
臆病な夜はただ 幸せをずっときっと求めもがいていた
もう少し、少しだけ あなたと
聞かせて君の鼓動ヒカリが 見えなくても抱きしめる
僕の声 響かせて you're my hero It's our precious days
轟かせ 僕の呼吸 あなたがいたこと僕ら忘れないよ
ヒカリへと 約束しよう Dear my hero
English translation of CHIWAKINIKU DANCE by DAIDAIDAI from their album MUDAI (romaji and original lyrics below!). This song is kinda nonsensical in Japanese but who cares when you're dancing
Lyrics + Composition + Arrangement: Ogla Orzzy
CHIWAKINIKU DANCE
That's simply, plainly the general starting contempt
That’s dully, brightly the abolished drastic life or death
That’s the vague, silent gaze - that’s the eternally, sporadic loss
That’s until someone earnestly, vividly cries, let’s have fun dancing
DANCE, full of excitement
Pledge, pledge, pledge, pledge
Until there’s no place for us to return to, head to the collapsing end, stifled by the shifting scenery
The party’s in full swing
Screaming out so much we can’t talk, feeling the malicious lack of a top class self-aware personality
Quietly reach out your hand
Surely we’ll get stuck in the mud, still hearing the sad song
That’s vaguely, brimming with fullness productively burnt down
That’s until someone naively, gloriously vomits, let’s thoughtlessly dance
DANCE, full of excitement
Pledge, pledge, pledge, pledge
We’ll vanish into tomorrow morning
We can’t separate white and black evenly, the future only god knows collapses and decays
Wave to everyone you’ve met till now - yes, while it hasn’t started, surely the end will come
Cause I’ll always keep looking at the illusion
Until there’s no place for us to return to, head to the collapsing end, stifled by the shifting scenery
The party’s in full swing
Screaming out so much we can’t talk, feeling the malicious lack of a top class self-aware personality
Quietly reach out your hand
Surely we’ll get stuck in the mud
A softly whispering demon will surely try to barge in
Surely someone’s vague promise will be torn apart, hearing a sad song
That's simply, plainly the general ending emphasis
That’s until clearly each and everyone dies out, let’s dance
DANCE, full of excitement
Romaji
Sore wa kantan ni tantan to kaishi ippanteki na keishi
Sore wa kansan de sansan to haishi bapponteki na seishi
Sore wa sanman de mokumoku to gyoushi, sore wa eien ni tenten to soushitsu,
Sore wa kenmei ni hatsuratsu to dareka ga naku made tanoshiku odorimashou
Chiwakiniku DANCE
Sensei, sensei, sensei, sensei
Keshite modoru koto no dekinai tokoro made kowarete shuumaku ni mukatte utsuri kawaru keshiki ni musebu
Enmotakenawa
Kaiwa ni naranai kurai wameite saijoukyuu no jikakuteki jinkaku naki akui wo kanjite
Sotto te wo sashinobeyou
Kitto nukarumi ni hamari mada kanashii kyoku ga kikoeteru
Sore wa sanman ni manman na juujitsu seisanteki ni shoushitsu
Sore wa tenshin de ranman to dareka ga haku made nonki ni odorimashou
Chiwakiniku DANCE
Sensei, sensei, sensei, sensei
Asuno asa niwa kieusete shimatteru yo
Bokura wa isshoku ni warikitte shiro mo kuro mo hanbetsu dekinakute kami nomi izo shiru mirai mo kowarete fusaru
Ima made deaeta subete no hitotachi ni te wo futte sou hajimaranai mama kitto owari ga kuru kara
Zutto boku wa maboroshi wo mitsudzukete kitandakara
Keshite modoru koto no dekinai tokoro made kowarete shuumaku ni mukatte utsuri kawaru keshiki ni musebu
Enmotakenawa
Kaiwa ni naranai kurai wameite saijoukyuu no jikakuteki jinkaku naki akui wo kanjite
Sotto te wo sashinobeyou
Kitto nukarumi ni hamari
Sotto sasayaku akuma ga kitto tobikomou to shite
Kitto dareka ga uyamuya ni shita yakusoku toka ga sakarete kanashii kyoku ga kikoeteru
Sore wa kantan ni tantan to teishi ippanteki na juushi
Sore wa meimei ni rourou to daremo ga shi ni taeru made odorimashou
Chiwakiniku DANCE
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English translation of Bet on the moment by LYSM (romaji color coded lyrics and original lyrics below!)
As the song is currently not on streaming and limited to a live buppan only CD, you can hear it in full at the youtube link below! (It starts at 10:35)
Lyrics + Composition: SACHIKO
Bet on the moment
In a back alley, an echoed voice
Hurries the feelings of that day
Pursuing the meaning of the right hand I held tight
Just praying won’t save us
Just wishing won’t get us anywhere
I want to keep my hopes up for the world so
I’ll bet on the moment
Freshly fired up, so we won’t get lost anymore
Be more than the number of nights you’re not alone, even stronger
Believing in the courage I feel on my back
It lights our way forward, c’mon
it’s boring having the same personality
Sticking out is scary though
I want to protect the things getting overshadowed by comparison
Even if our walking speed is different from others
We’ll always keep pushing forward
Until the end of the sky, so it won’t get taken away
Without relying on hollow miracles
Smash it, even if it’s a high wall
We won’t give up, let your heart beat
Only we can write
Our story for us and add our future
Our wounds increase, our bonds get stronger
We’ll bet on the moment
Freshly fired up, so we won’t get lost anymore
Be more than the number of nights you’re not alone, even stronger
Believing in the courage I feel on my back
it lights our way forward, let’s go
Romaji (Key: Maria, Akari, Emma, Seina, All)
Biru rojiura hibiita koe ga
Ano hi no omoi wo sekashita
Nigirishimeta migite no imi wo tadotte
Inoru dake ja sukue wa shinai
Negau dake ga unmei janai
Kono sekai ni kitaishiteitai kara
Isshun ni ima, kakeru yo
Massara ni moyashite mou mayowanu you
Hitori janai yoru no kazu koete tsuyoku
Shinjiteru senaka ni kanjiru yuuki ga
Michi wo terasu kono saki e to saa
Onaji iro no kosei ja tsumaranai
Hamidasu no wa kowai kedo
Kuraberu hodo kasundeiku mono mamoritai
Aruku hayasa wa chigatteitemo
Kanarazu tsukisusumou
Kono sora no hate made mou ubawarenu you
Karappo no kiseki nanka ni tayorazu
Uchikudake takasugiru kabe datta toshitemo
Akiramenai kodou wo narase
Bokura dake ga egaku
Bokura no tame no story ni mirai wo tashite
Kizu wo fuyashite kizuna tsunaide
Isshun ni ima, kakeru yo
Massara ni moyashite mou mayowanu you
Hitori janai yoru no kazu koete tsuyoku
Shinjiteru senaka ni kanjiru yuuki ga
Michi wo terasu kono saki e to ike
I found out
Reputation and honor
Burn up like scraps of paper
Repeating trial and error
Where is here?
No reaction
Give me love, even more, I want to cut it up
I want to see my dream!! No time to die!!!!
Let’s get started
Clap your hands, blessing this dawn
Let’s go to see
The tomorrow we want to come true
This label that keeps getting put on us
We should burn it
Time after time
We’ll give you the signal
I found out
Demons that laugh at other’s problems
Their soul’s faded color
The overly intrusive city has no reaction
Give me love, even more, I want to cut it up
I want to see my dream!! No time to die!!!!
Let’s get started
Let it ring, this LYSM (rhythm)
Mixed with noise
Sound the alarm
The distortion in my chest
Isn’t enough, isn’t enough
Isn’t enough, it’s not enough!
Surely we’re a FIRESTARTER
Throw up a smoke screen, we are FIGHTER
We can RESTART from here
It’s not enough, not enough love isn’t enough!
The more we wish for
The more intense the pressure
Even now our rushing dream approaches
We won’t give up
Clap your hands, blessing this dawn
Let’s go to see
The tomorrow we want to come true
This label that keeps getting put on us
We should burn it
Time after time believing
We’ll give you the signal
Romaji (Key: Maria, Akari, Emma, Seina, All)
shitte shimattanda
meisei mo eiyo mo
kamikuzu mitai ni moeteku no
kurikaesu try to error
genzaichi wa doko da?
no reaction
ai wo choudai motto choudai kizamitai
yume wo mitai!! No time to die!!!!
hajimeyou
te wo narase yoake ni shukufuku wo
kanaetai ashita wo
mukae ni yukou
harareteku retteru nante
moyaseba ii
nando demo nando demo
bokura wa noroshi wo ageru yo
shitte shimattanda
taningoto wo mite warau akumatachi wo
suriherasu kokoro no color
kakanshou na machi no reaction
ai wo choudai motto choudai kizamitai
yume wo mitai!! No time to die!!!!
hajimeyou
uchinarase kono rizumu
noise majiri no
keishou narashite
mune no oku no distortion ga
tarinai tarinai
tarinai tarinainda
kitto bokura wa FIRESTARTER
enmaku wo hare we are FIGHTER
kokokara RESTART datte ii sa
tarinai tarinai ai ga tarinai
motomechau hodo
kitsuku shimetsukeru kedo
ima mo sekasu yume no ashioto
akiramerannai na
te wo narase yoake ni shukufuku wo
kanaetai ashita wo
mukae ni yukou
harareteku retteru nante
moyaseba ii
nando demo nando demo shinjite
bokura wa noroshi wo ageru yo
Original
知ってしまったんだ
名声も栄誉も
紙屑みたいに燃えてくの
くり返すトライとエラー
現在地はどこだ?
ノーリアクション
愛を頂戴 もっと頂戴 刻みたい
夢を見たい!! No time to die!!!!
始めよう
手を鳴らせ 夜明けに祝福を
叶えたい未来(あした)を
迎えに行こう
貼られてくレッテルなんて
燃やせばいい
何度でも 何度でも
僕らは狼煙をあげるよ
知ってしまったんだ
他人事を見て笑う悪魔たちを
すり減らすココロのカラー
過干渉な街ノーリアクション
愛を頂戴 もっと頂戴 刻みたい
夢を見たい!! No time to die!!!!
始めよう
打ち鳴らせ このLYSM
雑音(ノイズ)混じりの
警鐘鳴らして
胸の奥のディストーションが
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Interview with LYSM x SACHIKO (FLiP) | Their first mini album ∞ shows a fresh new side, with SACHIKO’s feelings entrusted in the five members (October 26th, 2022) [Natalie Interview Translation]
Original Interview
LYSM’s first mini album “∞” has been released.
The idol group that celebrated their 1st anniversary in August of this year, LYSM. In their first mini album “∞” you can catch a glimpse at LYSM’s various sides, from pleasant pop numbers to live-like upbeat songs, compositions of various tastes have been recorded. To commemorate the release of “∞”, Ongaku Natalie has interviewed LYSM. We also met with SACHIKO (FLiP), who has worked on many of LYSM’s songs, including ones from the mini album like “Disconnection Code”, “BABY BABY”, and “One Room Parade”. We talked about her impressions of the 5 members and her thoughts about LYSM.
Interview / Words: Nakanishi Kyuu
Photography: Oshiro Tameki
Translation: me :3
A 2022 supported by “Disconnection Code”
— It’s a bit early to summarize the year, but as the release of your first album “Love You So Much” kicked off 2022, what kind of year has it been for LYSM?
Tōmine Akari: To start, it was a big year. Right after our album’s release, each of us got covid one after another. During the most important time for us, we had to cancel and postpone various events and lives. With that timing, not being able to work was a bit tough for us mentally.
Kuon Maria: Since it was the timing of “LYSM starts now!”
Amabe Rinka: We weren't even able to do a live at Shimokitazawa Shangri-La, which was the venue of our debut live. But at the tour final of our next tour (“LYSM 1st ONEMAN TOUR REVENGE ~Digital Single ‘Disconnection Code’ Release Tour”, held from April to June), we were able to do one again at Shangri-La, which was the live this year that has left the most impressions.
Akari: Before that tour, in addition to the streaming release of “Disconnection Code”, we held four consecutive days of free lives in Kanagawa, Osaka, Aichi, and Tokyo. It was pretty tiring with that kind of schedule, but it left a lot of impressions because of that. Now there’s a lot of new fans, I think it was really an event that left a memory that we have the power to get fans.
Ichimiya Emma: We had the tour and regular lives and various things kept going at a fairly quick pace, so I felt a chaotic “oh no, oh no” feeling as I was thinking of how to maintain this state of mind. But thanks to “Disconnection Code” I felt like “alright, we can do this song at a one-man!”
LYSM
— As your free time was spent thinking about all the things you should do and you couldn’t sort out your feelings, “Disconnection Code” became a key point for your image, right?
Akari: That’s right.
Emma: For sure, it feels like the song itself has become really special to us.
SACHIKO (FLiP): I’m glad!
Akari: Since the melody until now had a totally different feeling, can it be said that singing the song is like playing the role of the protagonist in a video game? …That could be said about the entire mini album. I think “playing a role” may have become one theme of the mini album. On stage, we each play our own parts and I think that’s really important in terms of creating the best performances. I feel like it’s been a year in which we noticed that.
Did you entrust LYSM with songs you wanted to sing?
— Since SACHIKO, who has written many of the lyrics and music for LYSM, is here today as well, it’s a great opportunity to ask: Why is SACHIKO so involved with LYSM?
SACHIKO: Is that right? (laughs) Why have I been so involved with them until now… Originally, during the time I was doing lots of lives, we had many taibans and tours with bands LYSM’s company president, Kabumoto Tetsu, had managed, so we were already acquainted. After that time, when I had stopped my band activities and my work as a musician multiplied, I had tweeted “I write really good songs, someone please let me write for them,” immediately I got a DM from him (laughs). That was how it all started. As it was right when LYSM was being formed, it was like fate. I thought I had to do my absolute best.
— So you confronted it a little differently from “simply providing music to an artist”?
SACHIKO: Yes, the LYSM team’s order gave me quite a bit of creative freedom; they only requested I stick to the emotional theme of ‘I want to convey these feelings to fans'. Since they entrusted me with the specifics of the words and shape of the melody, these songs were really easy to write. Also, the group’s approach to music is very honest and sincere, I really feel there’s overlap between their approach and mine when I was in a band. So, I have a feeling that I can honestly say that if I were in a band now, these are the kinds of songs I would be writing.
From left, Tsukishiro Seina, SACHIKO, Tōmine Akari
— Since you say that, for you LYSM is like a part of yourself?
SACHIKO: Ah, yes. I think it’s just like that.
Akari: Yay!
SACHIKO: It’s like I give them the kinds of songs I’d like to sing myself. There’s a great sense of ‘entrusting’. Like the song “Hanare Banare” from their 1st album was originally a demo I had made just as my band went on hiatus. I made it thinking “if I’m ever in a band again, I want to do this kind of song”, but I gave it to them.
Rinka: I’ve told SACHIKO before, but I really love ‘Hanare Banare’! The recording overlapped just as a friend had left to study abroad, so I felt like my situation and the lyrics were synchronized… (moved to tears)
SACHIKO: When you told me that story before, I also cried. And just like that, while entrusting them with my feelings, I always consciously write melodies, lyrics, expressions, and messages in which each of them can shine.
Analysis of each LYSM member according to SACHIKO
— SACHIKO, what kind of vocalists do you see each of the five members as?
Akari: I’d like to hear!
SACHIKO: Hmm… to start, Akari is definitely the “song pillar”. I think only she can create stinging tension in a song. This may be a clumsy way to put it, but I think since she’s the type of vocalist who really appeals to fans who prefer “lifespan shortening”-like emotional rock, I want her to maintain her unwavering self confidence without comparing herself to others. As that’s something you can’t do even if you wanted to.
Akari: I’m so happy I could cry. I might’ve cried a bit (laughs). Since I’m most aware of the ‘emotional’ aspect, I’m really so happy SACHIKO recognizes that too!
SACHIKO: As for Emma, I understood her when I watched a live MC, she’s very natural
Emma: (Laughs)
SACHIKO: I think comparing that naturalness to others is harmless, as she luckily relieves the tension in a song. Like even though Akari’s singing creates a stinging feeling, Emma singing just one line in between that suddenly relieves the tension just like that. I think she has that kind of position in the group, I really think she’s a vocalist who has a stress-free quality to her voice.
Emma: I’ve always thought my singing had no personality, like no matter how much I practiced, I wasn’t able to get lines, so I wondered many times “where should my voice be?”… It was a bit of a relief to be told I have such a role.
From the top, Amabe Rinka, Kuon Maria, Ichimiya Emma
SACHIKO: Don’t worry, we all have roles to play.
Emma: (With tears in her eyes) thank you… I’ll do my best.
SACHIKO: As for Seina… recently I saw Akari say on Twitter “Is there not just one song pillar anymore?” I definitely think they are the two top pillars, but I think they’re opposite types of pillars. In contrast to the emotional Akari, Seina is cold, not emotional. That’s not to say she has no substance- rather, she has no bad thoughts, that her innocence goes straight to the heart. So I also wondered if that’s why her member color is white. Seina’s the youngest out of the members, right?
Tsukishiro Seina: I am.
SACHIKO: And since she’s the youngest, I think she’s a vocalist who can express the innocent-like parts. That might be the case when deciding the line distribution too… The company president (Kabumoto) is the one deciding that, not me, but I think she has that kind of innocence where she fits right into the not too emotional and not too cute parts. With that said, I wonder if I’ve been leaving the first lines in songs for Seina.
Seina: When we were first starting out, our choreographer also told me “your singing style goes straight into people’s hearts”, being told the same thing by SACHIKO, I thought “man it’s really that kind of feeling.” I’m even conscious of having a singing style like that, so I’m glad that feeling has been getting through.
Tsukishiro Seina
SACHIKO: I’ve been sweating (laughs). Everyone's been giving me really serious looks…
LYSM: Ahahaha (laughing).
SACHIKO: And Maria is undeniably gorgeous.
Maria: (laughs)
SACHIKO: Her appearance and voice are totally linked, she has the most sex appeal. People’s lives come out in their singing voice, so hers makes me wonder if she’s been through a lot. Like before singing technique and everything, she was born with a “sexy” voice in the first place (laughs). In idol groups who have multiple people singing at the same time, the more varied everyone’s singing voices are, the better. In that sense, I think she’s a vocalist whose unique sex appeal can come out.
Maria: I don’t have much life experience though (laughs). I think this is the first time someone has said that about the role of my voice, I’m glad.
SACHIKO: Also, as the leader, she’s great at looking at things from a bird’s eye view. I think holding steady that kind of courage and her stage presence is a big part of her charm.
Maria: I’m glad I’ve been the leader (laughs). Since I’m quite conscious of watching everyone from one step behind them, you bringing that up has strengthened my self-awareness of my position as a leader.
Kuon Maria
SACHIKO: I’ve thought that ever since your first live.
Maria: I’m so glad.
SACHIKO: And Rinka’s member color is sure enough pink… Ahh what was it? We chatted about it just before the interview, “Walking…”
Akari: “Walking Cute and Innocent Museum”
LYSM: (laughs)
SACHIKO: Yes that (laughs). As she can play that role without being unpleasant, I think her position is that she can appeal the most to people who like “The Idol”. She understands that herself. I think out of the five, she’s the vocalist whose ‘cuteness’ comes out above all the rest.
Rinka: I’m even conscious of that myself, like even if there’s a cool song, I make sure to sing with a bit of a cute feeling. I said this in our last interview, but I originally didn’t like my own voice. Thanks to fans complimenting my voice, gradually I was able to let out my quirks without hiding them, so now I’m really glad to have been born with this kind of voice.
SACHIKO: Even though everyone’s personalities are clearly distinct, that “cute and innocent” wording is… not so good (laughs). I want you to keep up your cuteness.
Rinka: “Cute and innocent” is okay! (laughs)
Like “woah” and “wow”
— Now I’m going to ask about the new mini album “∞”. My impression after listening to each of the 5 songs is that they’re all the kinds of songs you wouldn’t expect.
LYSM: (Nodding in agreement)
Akari: There’s really a sense that all 5 songs are totally different.
— From a singing standpoint, there were a lot of quite tough parts, weren't there?
LYSM: It was tough!
Akari: Basically, the prep time between when we were given the songs and recording them was super short, so it was tough to understand the lyrics within ourselves. Also, you have to go as far as how to express it in song too, don’t you? So after going into the recording booth, I really felt we had to deepen our understanding while singing.
Tōmine Akari
— From the composition side of things, did you intend to give them something at a slightly higher level, rather than something they could do now?
SACHIKO: I didn’t have that in mind at all… perhaps the melodies I wrote were hard to sing.
Akari: They were! (laughs)
SACHIKO: I’ve been told that for a long time. I don’t think they’re hard for me… but that gap will forever be unfilled (laughs). If anything, since they gain understanding while always dealing with short recording times, I’ve been writing while conscious of trying to make the most catchy and easy to sing songs.
— With that said, did you feel surprised that they had concerns like that?
SACHIKO: That’s right. In fact, they send the tracks right after recording, every time I get a strong feeling that they can really properly sing them.
— So SACHIKO can know everyone’s concerns, could everyone tell the song they were the most concerned about?
LYSM: Hahaha
Seina: For me, “BABY BABY” was tough. At the part where the melody calms down, I was worrying about how I should put in my feelings… how I should make my low voice easy to hear, how I could resonate with people’s hearts, etc. There were just about 1 or 2 days until we recorded after we got the lyrics, so I thought “shit, what should I do, what should I do” while trying to deal with it. But each time I sang, I felt like I was able to see it little by little, so in the end I was able to record a song I was satisfied with. Like, “oh wow, I really sang well”.
Emma: For me, I think “Mugendai Actor” was the hardest. Our manager at the time told me “You don’t understand the meaning of the lyrics when you sing” and I had a strong resolution that I did understand them, but the sentiment the lyrics were written in were like ‘wow’ and ‘woah’.
Akari: Don’t just imitate the sound (laughs).
Emma: Since I understood the meaning of the lyrics, I may have linked them too much with my own feelings. But since I think it’s the song that those who hear it feel it’s the most “I got a sense of LYSM’s attitude towards life!” type of song, I want to keep singing it with the feeling that “this is LYSM!”
Ichimiya Emma
Akari: The one I had trouble with was “One Room Parade”. I’ve loved rock music from the start, so it’s all I really listen to and sing; that’s why it was hard for me to sing such a cute song cutely. Also, considering my vocal range, when it came to especially tough lines, I was at a point like “If I can barely sing it in practice, will I even be able to sing it live?” On top of that, if I tried to sing with a cute voice, no matter what my throat would tighten and I wouldn’t be able to sing. I seriously didn’t get it. The lyrics were also so cute I couldn’t identify with them (laughs), like I’m not living such a cute life!
LYSM: Hahaha
Akari: So I thought “I can’t sing this as myself” and I threw myself aside for a bit. By thinking things like “this isn’t me, this isn’t me”, “I am the cute girl in the lyrics”, “I am cute”, I was able to overcome it.
SACHIKO: You were cute.
Akari: I’m glad! (laughs)
Maria: For me, the solo part I was given in “BABY BABY” had a crazy melody…
Seina: Should you say that in front of the composer?
SACHIKO: That kind of thing is important!
Maria: (Laughs) When I heard the demo I didn’t think I could ever sing it, so when I had to go into the recording booth our company president told me “try singing this part” and I thought “ahh that’s the part I was least confident about.” But then I remembered that my previous vocal trainer had told me “Maria, it’ll all be okay as long as you stay confident in yourself” and I fought back against myself and sang. As I felt like “hey, wasn’t that good?”, I was told it was a good take.
— So you were able to experience “if you try, you’ll be able to do it” firsthand?
Maria: Yes! I got a really good experience out of it.
Rinka: My story is a little similar, I was also given a part in “Disconnection Code” I didn’t think I could ever sing. It was the second verse’s B melody, it’s the highest pitched part of the song, so I really couldn’t sing it at first. We were given direction by SACHIKO during its recording, so she went out of her way to come into the booth with me and guided me through it and somehow in just one take I was able to sing it. After that, I was able to gradually sing it live, so I feel like I’ve been able to grow along with the song. It was also the song in which I was able to come back to the hardest part, so I have a strong attachment to it.
Amabe Rinka
I want them to take 1 to 100
— So, tell us about your enthusiasm towards the “∞” release tour happening from October to November
Maria: First and foremost, I want our final performance at Shinjuku FATE to be sold out. FATE is the livehouse we’ve been able to make our home, so it’s a really precious place to all of us. That’s why I definitely want it to be sold out.
Akari: We haven’t experienced a sold out live before and I know how tall of a hurdle it is to sell out, but it’s precisely for that reason that we’ve decided to say our goal outloud.
— It’s not just in the music, it’s because you want to keep challenging “a little bit bigger than us” in other areas like that too?
Akari: That’s right! But FATE is our home, so I think it’s a venue that even out of those who wouldn’t come see a normal LYSM one-man would think to come just because it’s at FATE. So I want to do a tour where our doors are wide open, so even that kind of casual audience is able to come.
Emma: Also, for me, since it’s a tour that includes a triumphant return hometown live… actually while saying that I realized everyone has a triumphant return hometown live on this tour.
Seina: I don’t (laughs).
Akari: Yeah, there isn’t actually a tour stop in Yokohama.
Emma: (Laughs) Rather than being like “we’ll do this kind of live!”, I just really want people to come see and hear us. I’m really excited to see what kinds of reactions we’ll get for our new songs.
Rinka: Since I’m from Tokyo, I haven’t even had one triumphant return live…
— LYSM’s based in Tokyo, so there’s no such thing as a “triumphant return” for you?
Rinka: Yes (laughs). But even though I say I’m from Tokyo, I’m not from any of the 23 wards, so if we even did a live in a place like Kichijoji, it’ll feel like a hometown live (laughs). A live in Kichijoji isn’t included in the tour though, but next tour I’d like to try to do a live in Kichijoji… wait this isn’t about this tour (laughs). Well, since this is our first tour where we have 3 new songs, I want to say “look forward to the new LYSM!”
LYSM
Maria: Also, this is a bit private, but a new manager joined us in October. LYSM will be breaking into our 2nd year too, so we’ll be growing together. I think we’ll get along well with our new manager before the tour.
Akari: Have we not gotten along well with her yet? (laughs)
Maria: We’ll just get along even better.
Seina: I also planned to say that we’ve entered our 2nd yearrrr.
Maria: Well then you can take it. Let’s make it something you said (laughs).
Seina: Ahh alright, alright (laughs)… Ah, that’s it! In our mini album there’s 2 songs in which I’m in charge of the lower harmony of the main melody… the lower harmonies are tough, aren’t they? So as a new challenge in this 2nd year, I’d really like to have a presence where I’m able to support our song pillar Akarin from below. It’s a personal goal, but in order to go higher as a group, each of us must get stronger.
— Thank you. SACHIKO, do you have any encouraging words for the five?
SACHIKO: When I was able to go see your 1st anniversary live in August, during “Haru ni Tou, Kimi ni Kou” I really felt a sense of unity in the venue, I ended up crying so hard even people around me noticed. LYSM raised that song to such a level that their singing power was undeniable, and with such sincerity too, to be able to do that is really an amazing thing. From now on, I’d like you all to raise all your songs to that level, I think only LYSM can do it. You’ve gone past going from 0 to 1, so I’d really like you all to take your 1 to 100.
LYSM: Thank you! We’ll do our best!
— SACHIKO’s words were totally 6th member-like.
SACHIKO: It feels close to something like that doesn’t it? That’s why I am able to write lyrics with words I want all of them to sing, without embellishing them.
Akari: I’m really glad SACHIKO is the one writing our songs.