Kawaii Kakkoii Sugoi: Interview with Mashiro Ayano (2017)
Mashiro: When I feel down or have trouble getting along with others, music has supported me as one of my communication tools, so it was very natural for me to...
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Mashiro: When I feel down or have trouble getting along with others, music has supported me as one of my communication tools, so it was very natural for me to...
Konomi: It’s really interesting to express emotions other than my own, singing with the world view of a particular anime and the emotions of those characters. Anime brings me to...
Minori: I’m overjoyed when audiences sing along in Japanese at my concerts. Some of the audience members even ask me to speak in Japanese. Learning Japanese isn’t easy, so I...
Empress Yui: Rather than conveying the mythology of a single particular world, my intention is to convey various different worldviews from a variety of angles. However, the mythologies of various...
Empress Yui: When I write lyrics, I turn the lights off and make the room totally dark. I burn a candle and watch its flame sway. I write words that...
Aya: During the break from live performances, I kept dreaming about performing again, and hoping that day would come soon. When the comeback live was decided, I was nervous, like...
What message do you want to convey through your music? Rei: I feel that our music says, “Look, this is the reality for current teenage girls.” Link: http://aramajapan.com/news/music/brats-to-release-new-single-in-june-exclusive-qa/74621/
What do you get to express in BRATS that you can’t express anywhere else? Rei: Other projects have concepts to start with, and there are commitments and limitations, but I...
Jyou: “I believe magic exists. The power of a person to make others happy must be magic.” Link: http://www.vkh-press.com/2017/02/interview-existtrace-on-royal-straight.html
Omi: “I made ‘Yoake no Hikari’ because I wanted to express my current feelings. However difficult the reality is or however deep the darkness is, the suffering or the wall...
What’s the theme at the center of Royal Straight Magic? miko: “The title comes from a ‘royal straight’ in poker, and the feeling that happens when you draw that hand....
Budo Grape interview in MYM Magazine – January 2017
What gives you inspiration when you’re writing new songs? Nagai: “Unexpected things become inspiration, like a conversation with someone, words I hear on TV, a novel I’m reading or a...
What part of British culture caught you most by surprise? Quminco Grape: The big difference in expression of UK people, before and after they hear music. Their hugs when they...
The concept of your new solo album, Blue Forest, revolves around the themes of ‘blue’ and ‘love.’ What kind of message do you want to deliver to listeners through these...
Performing at the Nippon Budokan has been a long-term goal for you and you will finally get the chance to perform there on January 1st next year. What kind of...
What is the concept behind the composition of DISORDER? Takaha: The composition was, of course, based on the anime and our own outlook. In previous albums, we’ve made some very...
Fafafoom: What do you think is the biggest challenge of getting new fans and supports for YANAKIKU? Kiku: While performing is a great boost to get new fans, it’s hard...
How did you come up with the band name “Swinging Popsicle”? Shimada: We were playing pop music so I wanted to have the word “pops” in the name like “popsicle”....
VKH: What does it mean to you to be female musicians playing in a style that most people might assume would be played by men? Akane: When people just listen...
“Showa 90 is parallel to modern Japan. This is a war time and people are hiding their voice like ghosts.” Link: http://www.femmemetalwebzine.net/2016/04/04/temma-yoko-shin-kei-urbangarde
exist†trace is on the cover of JAPAKO MUSIC #4 in Europe + 6 pages of photos & interviews. Publication date: April 2016 Link: Japako Store
“At first, we were more like a pop-rock music group,” said Kobato. “But when we recorded the song ‘Thrill’ from our first album, which is more like hard rock, we...
(Japanese only) Link: http://www.soysource.net/column/2016/03/band-maid
Swinging Popsicle interview in English & Spanish on Colectivo Bunka: “Overseas fans are used to expressing their passion honestly. They enjoy the moment 100%, much differently than Japanese people, so...
“The basic idea of the ‘Kuchibiru Democracy’ PV, with the fascist uniforms, was inspired by the Charlie Chaplin movie, The Great Dictator, which criticized fascism and the mood of the...
“URBANGARDE might not seem like so-called pop culture type of music of Japan, but we do sing about topics that popular music doesn’t sing about, such as negative parts of...
“I think that pop is like a poison candy, giving you something bitter with a smooth and very sweet taste. As Andy Warhol said, pop is not just sweetness. Something...
“This year is the 20th anniversary of forming the band. We got together, thinking ‘There’s no way to let this opportunity go!'” Link: http://selective-hearing.com/interview-with-swinging-popsicle
“After we released the song ‘Thrill’, we got a clear vision for the direction and music we want to achieve, so the songs have become even harder.” Link: http://www.femmemetalwebzine.net/2015/12/09/band-maid/