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"Utada: First of all, just as a bit of trivia, the orchestra we used in this song is actually the same orchestra that we used for ULTRA BLUE. On ULTRA BLUE, there was this song called Kairo that was completed near the end. The night before we were going to do the actual recording, I thought “I wonder if it’s ok to release this strange song” and I thought “Oh, I’ll just compose an alternative just in case” and that track was this one. I then brought it to the studio and let everyone listen but they all said “Yeah, this is really good too but don’t you think that Kairo is more suitable for this album?” so this one was out. I forgot it for awhile but just as I ran out of ideas for HEART STATION, I remembered I still had this one so I thought “Oh I’ll just use that!” When I finished with the melody and the lyrics, I thought “Wow, this song is way weirder than what I first imagined!” Miyazawa Kenji wanted to make it like the line to the Milky Way like that moment where after you die, you separate from your body and become a star. I had the image of Giovanni and Campanella (an opera image) in my mind when I wrote it. The song was called Take 5 since HEART STATION is my 5th studio album."
This interview is pretty interesting if anyone wants the link to it.
@jean-baptiste---I didn't even think of that! I'll have to listen to the song again.
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