Category: Nogizaka46

2023-05-21 Rajira- Excerpt, Hayakawa Seira on SEIGO, Subbed

This is an excerpt of Rajira-‘s episode on May 21, 2023, where Hayakawa Seira described SEIGO at concert rehearsals. Also in the studio are Tamura Mayu, Fujimori Shingo of Oriental Radio, and Saito Shinji of Jungle Pocket.

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Ogawa Aya PV for Nogizaka46’s 30th Single, “First Love”, Subbed

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Nogizaka46 30th Single Unit Song
Passion Fruit No Tabekata / How to Eat Passion Fruit
Lyrics and English Translation

Also includes attempted deciphering of some of the English lyrics and who’s singing which part.

Yoda:
Yeah?
“Yeah?”

世の中って不思議
The world is strange
Umezawa:
知らないことだらけ
So many things I don’t know about
Kubo:
大人になったつもり
I thought of myself as an adult
Endo:
子どもかもしれない
Maybe I’m a child

Yoda:
好き嫌いなんて
Being picky? No
Umezawa:
関係ないくらい
Can’t be doing that
Kubo:
もっと経験しなきゃ
I have to experience more
I know what I want
“I know what I want”

?:
だから
And so

All:
パッションフルーツどう食べればいい？
How do I eat passion fruit?
食べたことないんだもん
I’ve never eaten one
誰も教えてくれないないない
No no no one will teach me
硬い殻が剥けないないない
I can’t can’t can’t peel the hard shell
パッションフルーツは “Where to step now”(??)
Passion fruit, “Where to step now”(??)
パッションフルーツどう食べればいい？
How do I eat passion fruit?
触ったことはないけれど
I’ve never touched one, but
興味あるのよ私だって
I’m interested in it, too
ナイフでカットすればいいの？
Do I cut it with a knife?
パッションフルーツを “Do you want it?”
Passion fruit, “Do you want it?”

Endo:
みんなは知ってたのね
So everyone already knew
Umezawa(?):
Oh no
“Oh no”
Kubo:
私だけ除け者
Only I was left out
Yoda:
What’s that?
“What’s that?”
Umezawa:
美味しいものこそこそ食べて
Secretly eating something delicious
Satisfy お気に入りだったの？
“Satisfy”, Was it your favorite?
Kubo:
Are you OK?
“Are you OK?”
Yoda(?), Endo(?):
誰も責めたりしない
I won’t blame anyone
Yoda(?):
Forget about it
“Forget about it“

Kubo:
こういうことってまだ
This kind of thing still
Endo:
あるんじゃない？
Happens, right?
Umezawa(?):
幸せ逃して
Missing my chance at happiness
?:
Everything’s my fault
“Everything’s my fault”

?:
だから
And so

All:
パッションフルーツ絶対に食べない
No way I’ll eat passion fruit
一生近づかないつもり
I intend to never get close to it
残念なんかじゃないないない
I don’t don’t don’t feel bad about it
後悔はしたくないないない
I don’t don’t don’t want to have regrets
パッションフルーツは I can’t stand it
Passion fruit, “I can’t stand it”
パッションフルーツ “How come people love it?”(??)
Passion fruit “How come people love it?”(??)
ねえ、本当はどういうテイスト？
Hey, how does it really taste?
一度くらい味見したって
If I try a taste just once
罰なんか当たらないわ
It’s not like I’ll be punished for it
パッションフルーツを Give me one taste
Give me one taste of passion fruit

Hey, can you give me?
“Hey, can you give me?”

Yoda:
世界を手に入れてしまったような哀れな錯覚しちゃってるの？
Are you having a pathetic delusion like you’ve conquered the world?
Kubo:
そう、全てを知ってるというのは恥ずかしい
That’s right, to know everything is embarrassing
?:
そういう果実っていつまで
For that kind of fruit, until when is the
Kubo(?):
ねえ、賞味期限
Hey, expiration date

?:
だから
And so

All:
パッションフルーツどう食べればいい？
How do I eat passion fruit?
食べたことないんだもん
I’ve never eaten one
誰も教えてくれないないない
No no no one will teach me
硬い殻が剥けないないない
I can’t can’t can’t peel the hard shell
パッションフルーツは Where to step now (??)
Passion fruit, “Where to step now”(??)
パッションフルーツどう食べればいい？
How do I eat passion fruit?
触ったことはないけれど
I’ve never touched one, but
興味あるのよ私だって
I’m interested in it, too
ナイフでカットすればいいの？
Do I cut it with a knife?
パッションフルーツを Do you want it?
Passion fruit, “Do you want it?”

Yoda:
知らないことばかり
So many things I don’t know
Kubo:
Wanna know everything
“Wanna know everything”
Umezawa:
そう、やっと気づいたわ
That’s right, I finally realized
Endo:
Simplest (??)
“Simplest” (??)
Kubo:
パッションフルーツ、それ以外だって
As for things other than passion fruit
Yoda(?), Ume(?):
んんん
Mmm
Endo:
きっと何も知らない
I don’t know anything about them either
（吐息）
(Sigh)

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A short excerpt from the 2022-02-21 Nogizaka 46 Hours TV where Tamura Mayu is speaking but hears her own voice while speaking.

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In collaboration with Nawyr, Owrayt, and Grumble Dore.

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Here is a short translated excerpt summary of a live stream by Sugiyama Katsuhiko and Akira Sunset that was streamed on 2021-12-18:

１０年間のありがとう！！ 杉山勝彦 vs Akira Sunset 最後の対等トーク
Thank You for the 10 Years!! Sugiyama Katsuhiko vs Akira Sunset, the Last Talk, Equally

You can find the Youtube video for this excerpt by googling:
乃木坂の象徴だった生田絵梨花について語る杉山勝彦とAkiraSunset
or:
youtube [dot] com/watch?v=U35qDa4LPmA

Akira went to Ikuchan’s graduation concert.

Sugiyama: Although Nogi has sembatsu and under, there is no ranking like in AKB elections.
Back then, with AKB’s Flying Get and Heavy Rotation, energetic songs were popular for idols.

Sugiyama felt he can’t win against people who are good at those kinds of songs. So he thought he’d just go with his own style, which was Seifuku No mannequin and Kimi No Na Wa Kibou.

The abovementioned things, plus the image and behavior of Nogi girls, was his inspiration for coming up with those songs (Seifuku No Mannequin and Kimi No Na Wa Kibou).

Seeing the image of Ikuchan playing the piano while she and the members sing Kimi No Na Wa Kibou in a school setting, without the tension of cutthroat competition – Sugiyama feels that these kinds of things are things that didn’t exist (in the image of idols) back then.

Sugiyama says, “Nogizaka isn’t a harsh medicine or drug.”
Akira says, “Maybe because Nogizaka isn’t a harsh medicine or drug, Nogizaka has lasting power.”

Akira did the arrangement for both of Nogizaka46’s appearances on First Take (with Endo Sakura, Ikuchan, Kakki-, Kubo Shiori) and did rehearsals with them for it
Sugiyama knows Kubo is good at singing
Akira praises Ikuchan’s singing technique and perfectionism regarding artistry

(When counting the times that Ikuchan has centered, they both count Nandome No Aozora Ka as the first and Saigo No Tight Hug as the second.)

Sugiyama says Ikuchan is a symbol. She has the technique and is genius-like. The type of person to become an artist.

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Here is a translated summary of a live stream by Sugiyama Katsuhiko and Akira Sunset that was streamed on 2021-01-31:

「乃木曲ってどう？」～杉山勝彦×Akira Sunset一夜限りの本音対談～
“What are Nogi Songs?” ~Sugiyama Katsuhiko x Akira Sunset, A One Night Only Honest Conversation~

FYI, Sugiyama Katsuhiko and Akira Sunset are two of the most prolific music composers and arrangers of Nogizaka46 songs and well-known among Nogi fans for that fact.

A video for this can be found on bilibili at:
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Nogi songs that Sugiyama Katsuhiko and Akira Sunset have composed or arranged up to the date of the live stream:

A-side singles that the two composed (Sugiyama in blue, Akira in red):

A-side singles that the two composed (Sugiyama in blue, Akira in red), continued. Since the live stream date, there has also been: 27th Single: Gomenne Fingers Crossed by Sugiyama, 5th Album Lead: Saigo No Tight Hug by Sugiyama, and Ikuchan’s grad solo: Toki No Wadachi by Akira)

Until 2012, the concept for the music was “French Pops.” Akira says that hearing Sugiyama’s Seifuku No Mannequin was a shock to him after the French Pops era (he had already worked on Ookami Ni Kuchibue Wo and Kairyuu No Shima Yo). The shock motivated Akira to try harder to provide songs for Nogi.

Akira considers Kimi No Na Wa Kibou to have defined and molded Nogi’s musical image.
Sugiyama says that Kimi No Na Wa Kibou was inspired by trying something that wasn’t “usual” for idol songs at that time, as the “usual” at that time was energetic stuff, like “Heavy Rotation”, “Flying Get”, and Momoiro Clover.

Akira jokes how Sugiyama must be getting royalties every time Kimi No Na Wa Kibou plays at Nogizaka subway station

While laughing, Akira says that he once tweeted why he thought “Mannequin” was so great, talking about the chord progressions, but then people in the business more knowledgeable about music theory told him, “The stuff you tweeted is musically wrong. It’s embarrassing. Delete it.”

Sing Out! was created by people in Akira’s company, where he is a managing director (basically a top executive).

Sugiyama says that the 26th single went through 4 competitions among song makers until a song was chosen (which he won with Boku Wa Boku Wo Suki Ni Naru).

Before Akira became a composer, he was a performer, mainly in rap/hip hop. Before his rap/hip hop era, his inspirations were Southern All Stars, Ozaki Yutaka, TUBE.

Akira humbly says that the song 1・2・3 was only arranged by him (not composed by him). Sugiyama says, “That still makes it one more song than me” (on the list of all songs that they have created for Nogi).

Sugiyama (on the right) plays a short improv of Kimi No Na Wa Kibou.
Akira (on the left) at 0:11: Wow, stylish! How stylish!

Each of them states their Best 3 songs created by the other person.
Akira: 3. Boku Ga Iru Basho, 2. Sayonara No Imi, 1. Seifuku No Mannequin
Sugiyama: 3. Popipappapa-, 2. Ima Hanashitai Dareka Ga Iru, 1. Kizuitara Kataomoi

Album lead songs by Sugiyama: Boku Ga Iru Basho, Kikkake, Arigachi Na Ren’ai
3 out of the 4 Nogi albums
(Including Saigo No Tight Hug and the Under album, that would be 4 out of 6 album lead songs)

Sugiyama plays around with the key changes in Kizuitara Kataomoi.

They have a composer’s jam session and create a short song in 30 minutes. Akira composed the melody, Sugiyama did the instrumentation, and Akira did the singing and lyrics. For whatever reason, they autotuned Akira’s singing.

Lyrics:
本音言えば君と旅したいよ
でもこの状況加味しないと
だからいつものこの場所で
精一杯に愛したいよ

Romaji:
Honne ieba kimi to tabi shitai yo
Demo kono joukyou kami shinai to
Dakara itsumo no kono basho de
Sei ippai ni ai shitai yo

Translation:
To say the truth, I want to travel with you
But we have to take into consideration these times (affected by covid)
So I want to love you all that I can
At this place, where we always do

Akira likes Naachan and Maimai’s voices.
He was impressed by Misa’s work ethic during Sonna Bakana and was moved when she and Maimai eventually got to the front row.
Akira seems to follow Nogi’s group details more than Sugiyama.
Sugiyama likes Ikuchan’s voice.

Akira jokes that he doesn’t like to do arranging.
APAZZI works in his company. APAZZI does a lot of arranging, including many for Nogi songs.

Sugiyama’s background is mostly as a composer, but he has also been a performer, especially in 2013-2016, during which Nogi has fewer songs by him than usual. He has a bit of classical background as well thus he likes using piano. He does anything: composition, arranging, lyrics

Viewer Question: Are you not going to provide songs to Sakurazaka/Hinatazaka?
Sugiyama: If they take our songs, I’ll write as many as they wanna take (laughs). We’re always writing songs.

Question: What do keep in your mind when you write songs?
Both: The deadline.
Sugiyama: Akira once said that what creates wonderful songs isn’t songwriters – it’s deadlines.

Songs they think have Akimoto Yasushi’s best lyrics
Sugiyama: Seifuku No Mannequin, Kimi No Na Wa Kibou, Baton Touch (for JULEPS)
Akira: Ano Hi Boku Wa Tossa Ni Uso Wo Tsuita

While Akimoto Yasushi was in his 20s writing lyrics, Akira was being a rebel doing hip hop and sticking his tongue out in his album photos.
Sugiyama jokes that Akira was more like Keyakizaka than Nogizaka back then.

Sugiyama’s oshimen is Maiyan.
Akira says he’s a DD, but biased towards 1ki.

They praise Yasushi a lot for his lyrics and ability to choose songs.
(However in a different interview from Nov 2020, linked here: https://bilibili.com/video/BV1Kp4y1z7xB, Sugiyama said he’s often surprised by Yasushi’s lyrics. “Oh, these are the lyrics he put for this song I composed? Huh.”)

Favorite Nogi songs
Sugiyama: Kimi No Na Wa Kibou, Sayonara No Imi, Seifuku No Mannequin, Kikkake
Akira: Hane No Kioku, Kizuitara Kataomoi, Nichijou, Ima Hanshitai Dareka Ga Iru, Dankeschon

Akira says, “I don’t know chords,” so his arranger will polish the chords in his songs.
Sugiyama jokes that his arranger changes his (Sugiyama’s) chords, if it’s good, he’s ok with it. If it isn’t, he’ll be pissed.

They both like Influencer.
They both love Mr. Children.

Nogi singles basically officially hold “competitions”, where Yasushi chooses the final songs for Nogi.
Most of the time, there is a lot of competition.

In some cases, as in the case of Kimi No Na Wa Kibou, Sugiyama just personally proposed the song to Sony/Yasushi and that was the song chosen (without a competition).

Akira’s hobbies: in the past surfing. Currently, wine, sushi.
Sugiyama: watching MMA videos, Hiroyuki’s videos (founder of 2ch).

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