[Translation] S Cawaii February 2011

[Misa-chan]

Lol forgive the lack of scanlation this time. But here's a translation still. If anyone wants to help make the scanlation, do go ahead~~

Love songs talk this time.

Hamasaki Ayumi talks about "Love songs"

"Aside from understanding and feeling with me, if I can become the mirror that reflects my listeners, so that they can truly see themselves..."
With that idea, new album "Love songs" was completed!
ayu sings about many different kinds of LOVE, and with that, what questions does she have for everyone?



"Love" gets you excited, it is fun, sweet, gentle, and makes you yearn for that someone.



Quote: I can sing, because I can imagine myself. Because of that, I want to live. That was my 2010.

Interview

With a title like "Love songs", we were fully expecting a rosy pink album. Guess that was stupid of us. (laugh)
There's no reason to expect that. I'm ayu after all. (laugh) From the very first song"Love song", we're well away from ballads.

Firstly, we'd like to ask why you decided to make this album.
It started during Yoyogi 7days Live. At first, I thought that I'll be burnt out after fighting for 7days, and I planned to take a breather after that. However, after I finished the live, I felt that "It'll be wrong to stop now. I need to absorb what I've gained from these 7 days and move on." To put it in another way, I guess I felt that I was "released".

Released?
As someone who sings, what I should be and what I want to be is very simple. I just want to be a vocalist. That's what I thought. To use whatever gimmicks to tell my message, and if I can't, make it even simpler, so long as I can express through song whatever it is that I imagine. This is probably how I should be like.

I see. So the first song expresses the whole album.
I've always chosen my words with care, to hide meanings, to cover something, or for some certain reason. But this time, I want to make an album that sings about lots of love in a simple way. With that, the title "Love songs" soon came up.

It's an album filled with different kinds of LOVE. So what does LOVE mean to ayu?
It's probably the biggest theme in any person's life, and the most important too. Without it, there is no meaning to life. With it, one becomes able to live. It is the biggest, the most beautiful, the most difficult, and the most talked about thing in this world. It is also the worst thing that can happen to you, emotional-wise. Sort of like trying to climb a super tall mountain. (laugh)

I see, I guess it's important to hear and understand what ayu feels about Love songs herself, then.
"Love songs" is a general category for all the songs in the album, but "Love song" is the piece that describes what love is for me personally. It describes the person I am now. What "Love song" is talking about is how, when I fall in love, I will sing many love songs. (scan is cut off..) That feeling that gets you excited, and is fun, sweet, gentle, and makes you yearn for that someone. Isn't that "love"? We don't know what love looks like. We don't know if it's something warm or cold. It may feel really hot when you are in the moment, and the next thing you know, it's become freezing cold. It's not something real, and we can't touch it. Furthermore, when you love someone, it is impossible to tell if it's good or bad for that person. There are surely people out there who deny that love exists, so I wish to sing lots about love, honestly and straight from my heart. (scan is cut off..)

The last song is a live version of "SEVEN DAYS WAR" recorded during 7days live. Is there a reason for that?
To LOVE is to LIVE. During the live, it felt that everything that was me was focused into that moment. Because I was a teary mess, I couldn't sing very well. But that day, when I sang that song, I felt that it represented my all. How I wish to be a singer, how proud I am to actually become a singer, and lots of other indescribable things. And when I realized that, I had it made into an audio recording.

This is an album containing all sorts of love, but is "November" (scan is cut off..)
I'm not saying. (laugh) I knew that was the only song which I found really hard to sing. But do look forward to the day when you understand what it means~

Could it be related to your own personal life? I imagine that you've found your fated partner?? (laugh)
Who knows?

Is he born in November?
Ahaha. That won't be the reason why I named the song that!

Aww! We wanted to talk to you about love, so I guess we'll have to wait till next time.
The 50 questions we did the last time was really fun. I want to do it again. It'll be easier to talk about love then.

Can we ask "Are you in love now"?
(scan is cut off..)



Without love, there is no meaning to life. With love, one becomes able to live. That is love.

[nanakopy87]

thanks,mrs.subaru XD

[jbrat2219]

Hahaha, cute interview, thanks

[love in music]

Very good interview. thanks so much. lol I love that she said this

There's no reason to expect that. I'm ayu after all. (laugh)

[asmAyumi1992]

November? Mannie of course

[yuki_unmei]

Thank you!!

[*hearT_Place*]

It's so funny reading this interview after knowing about Ayu's marriage
I also love where she says

There's no reason to expect that. I'm ayu after all.

[Taru86]

what a great interview!
Thanks Misa-chan!

[lumieregrl]

I wonder if November was when they were engaged? or it got serious? XD Ah, speculation fun. Thank you, Misa-chan!

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

awesome!! thank you

[brener]

thanks a lot, maybe the album will grow more in me now =]

[Aderianu]

Can we ask "Are you in love now"?
(scan is cut off..)

T_____T

thanks for translation

[Keiichi_JPU]

November makes so much more sense thinking it's about Mannie.
The USA fans convinced me the song was about them, but even lyric-wise that wouldn't make sense at all.
What a sweet interview, thanks for translating!

edit: by the way, I own this magazine so if there's huge demand for the "scan cuts of" parts, I will provide them after work (if I remember).

[sanzo2011]

Thaks a lot for your translation ! it's a good interview !

[C+R+E+AYUMI]

Originally Posted by Keiichi_JPU

The USA fans convinced me the song was about them, but even lyric-wise that wouldn't make sense at all.

LOL LOL LOL

Mannie

[Larien]

Was it November when they were filming Virgin Road?

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by Keiichi_JPU

November makes so much more sense thinking it's about Mannie.
The USA fans convinced me the song was about them, but even lyric-wise that wouldn't make sense at all.
What a sweet interview, thanks for translating!

edit: by the way, I own this magazine so if there's huge demand for the "scan cuts of" parts, I will provide them after work (if I remember).

That'll be awesome!! So many interesting bits were cut off, it was quite frustrating lol!!~ Thanks in advance!!!!

[MissElin_]

D'aaaw! I love reading Ayu's interviews!
Thank you darling for doing the translations~!

[ownsarai]

Oh I'm sure Ayu didn't answer that question straight forward anyhow. xD
But it is funny to read this after her marriage to Mannie. Especially this part...

Could it be related to your own personal life? I imagine that you've found your fated partner?? (laugh)
Who knows?

Thanks for sharing~

[freedreamer]

Great interview! Doesn't matter if its not a scanlation. I think it's easier for you this way too