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Original interview by Tomonori Nagasawa vues.jp<\/span><\/a> Part 1<\/span><\/a>, 2<\/span><\/a>, 3<\/span><\/a>. Published in Feb 2021.
English translation by Crimson Lotus<\/span>.<\/a> Also available in French<\/a> <\/span>and Spanish<\/span><\/a>.
In collaboration with <\/a>JROCK\u2019N\u2019ROLL<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the message that Scarlet Valse\u2019s vocalist, Kakeru, wants to convey to the world as a vocalist. It\u2019ll come in three parts. In the first one, he talks with passion about \u201cbeing a musician\u201d<\/strong>. 

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Since you strongly want to convey your feelings as a musician, we\u2019ve created this opportunity. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kakeru:<\/strong>  Thank you. Since the coronavirus crisis started, we, musicians, have to make various choices, and each of us comes up with various answers and try to deal with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scarlet Valse tried some stuff, based on this thought and this will: \u201cIs there nothing we can do due to the coronavirus outbreak?\u201d. It\u2019s the same for all musicians. First of all, I want to say \u201cSince we\u2019re musicians, we won\u2019t stop our musical activities even if there\u2019s the coronavirus outbreak, we won\u2019t quit\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These days, there are many people who talk about the fact of carrying musical activities. But as musicians, we chose to live on music, as a profession. So I want to say that we can\u2019t lose to the world\u2019s opinion and I hope our musician friends won\u2019t either. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some people close to you who quitted their musical activities due to the coronavirus crisis\u2026 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kakeru:<\/strong>  Some people temporarily paused, some quitted too. There are also some people who are gossiping without understanding well the current situation we\u2019re in, such as politicians, mass media or people in general. But I\u2019m sure they\u2019ve been encouraged by some music they really like. I think that everyone who is living in this current situation, and who used to like bands or idols, is kept alive by music in a way. I actually feel it! As expected, the strength of music is to give some relief to people\u2019s anxiety. That\u2019s why I think \u201cwe mustn’t stop our musical activities\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe the peace of mind and the strength that Scarlet Valse\u2019s music can provide is small. But through this interview, I want to tell you that through Scarlet Valse\u2019s music and behaviour, we want to convey the idea of \u201cnot losing\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re personally delivering stuff in various ways. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kakeru: <\/strong>Whether it is what I\u2019m used to doing or what I\u2019m still fumbling around for, I\u2019m continuing to deliver music through Scarlet Valse, of course, but also through my personal activities. Even now, there are many people who would like to go to lives but can\u2019t due to various reasons. Musicians can give some encouragement to these people by their other ways, even if they can\u2019t meet. If some people can feel the relief of staying connected with us by chatting via a broadcast, even if it\u2019s not a concert, then I want to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the last few years, you\u2019ve been doing Twitcast without interruption, is it also a way to keep in touch with your fans? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kakeru:<\/strong> Yes. At first, I just wanted to make us known, but since we started our 47 prefectures tour more particularly, I wanted to feel connected with the people who came to see us for the first time and liked us. So I ended up wanting to continue to feel that link between each of us, just by \u201ctalking\u201d. When the state of emergency was declared last year, I felt once again how it is important to stay \u201cconnected\u201d. I continued to provide online contents with the atmosphere of \u201cintimacy in an izakaya\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you mean by \u201cintimacy in an izakaya\u201d?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kakeru:<\/strong> I\u2019m used to playing the guitar to compose since long. After passing through the curtain of that place called TwitCasting, you can see Kakeru holding an acoustic guitar and singing various songs there. Sometimes I meet the requests and talk about several topics. I weaved such a place and that how are my broadcasts now. Honestly, I\u2019m still practicing the acoustic guitar, so sometimes I make some mistakes. But since I\u2019m showing my real self and doing my best, I hope that everyone will work hard too. Thanks to all that, I\u2019m having TwitCastings for over 1200 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You didn\u2019t want to stop your activities no matter what. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kakeru:<\/strong> We exist as musicians, so if we stop, we\u2019re no longer musicians. So it\u2019s natural to continue rather than stopping. Even if we don\u2019t perform on stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they declared the state of emergency last year, it reminded me of the concerts situation at the time of the Great East Japan earthquake [TN: in 2011]<\/em>. At that time, the stores had to refrain from staying open, and the musicians cancelled their shows one after another. Of course, even under such circumstances, there were live houses that didn\u2019t stop their activities. Weren\u2019t there some places that were doing their business while reducing to the utmost their electric power consumption, due to the electric power issues? And just like now, in such a situation where distress dominates, there were people who were searching for help in music. At that time, I became aware that if I could provide just a place to perform, I could sing for \u201cpeople who want to get rid of their anxiety\u201d, even in a small faint light and with a natural sound without amps. I think that I had the right way of thinking back then. That feeling is back now, and it led us to think \u201cwe can\u2019t stop our music activities no matter what\u201d, \u201cIt\u2019s okay if we can\u2019t perform now. We should just do what we can under such circumstances.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living as an artist is all about \u201cWell, what can I do?\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kakeru:<\/strong> Yes. For sure, we\u2019ve also experienced situations when he had to shrink our activities for financial reasons, or because we weren\u2019t attracting enough fans, so we understand that situation. But our goal is not money. Music is what keeps us alive. What happens if a musician stops making music? We\u2019re musicians, but it\u2019s fine even if we don\u2019t make music. If people are pleased with the way we carry our activities, isn\u2019t that rock anyway? That\u2019s why I\u2019m doing TwitCastings day after day, showing my face and asking people \u201cI\u2019m fine, how are you doing?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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