I translated roughly. Enjoy. - 1st part, Miku and Saiki are promoting Unseen World. Miku says "yokkatta dasu po." (Should be "yokkatta desu po"). Saiki repeats it to make fun of her. They also say they cancelled the Budokan okyuuji because of Corona, and replacing it with an online okyuuji. Stay safe from Corona. - Interview starts. Introductions. Miku says "okaerinasaimase" which is "welcome back," making host feel weird because he's in his workplace, it's Miku and Saiki who's visiting today. Of course Miku had to explain why she kept saying PO. She's a half human half pigeon, but she realized that only after Band-Maid formed. So host asks Saiki what half is she, and she said she's a kissui (pure, genuine, natural-born) human. She's being very human. Host ask Saiki what her 1st impression of Miku was. She says "yabai no kita" meaning "someone dangerous has appeared." Everyone else in Band-Maid is human. - Host then narrates a short history of Band-Maid from 2013 to now. Then host asks details how Band-Maid formed. Miku was already in her current talent agency from the start, she told the current president she wanted to sing. She liked bands, she liked maids. The president said that's interesting, and gave her the go ahead to form a band of maids. So she found the other members and Band-Maid was formed. Saiki joined around 1 month later, Miku wanted a more rock sounding vocalist. Saiki was in the same talent agency as Miku, but was doing her own thing. Then her manager one day told her, listen to this, what do you think? She was like, it's cool. The manager said, they're currently a 4 player band, if you joined, you'd be the 5th. And that's all the manager told her. On Miku's side, the manager told her they got a girl who was really good at singing. Miku was "let us meet her." But the manager said that Saiki would probably reject if she knew that the band's concept was to wear maid clothes. Miku said "if she refused, that would suck. Then, please help us deceive her." So the manager hid both the maid concept and Miku from Saiki. So Saiki met the other 3 members, but they kept telling her Miku couldn't come today, making Saiki wonder how mysterious the 5th member was. The day before the first live, they had a rehearsal, and that's when Saiki first met Miku. Kobato desu po (Hi, I'm Kobato po). Saiki was "huh?" Confusion. Then Miku told Saiki about the maid uniforms. Before that, they only told Saiki they were making the costumes, and asked her she didn't like frilly things right? Saiki said yes, I won't wear anything frilly. And she got "we can adjust it for you in the future, so it's ok." So she got a sense of discomfort because it felt like things were being kept from her. Then they sprang the maid costumes on her the day before the live. She's omg noooooo, it's frilly.... The costumes at the start were uniform for all of them. Saiki threw the apron saying she's not wearing that. But they already cut off her escape route (forced her to do the 1st live because it was decided already). But Saiki had a lot of fun after that 1st live. But she still hated the frilly stuff. Now, their maid costumes are personalized to each member. Miku is the easiest to understand, black and white, frilly, "The Maid." Saiki now is in all black but glittery. They added the glittery because in dark venues, she was hard to see. Her image is "The Queen." (that's right, she's not a princess, she's a queen). A sadist image maid. Saiki's personality does a 180 degree during a live from normal. Normally, she is pretty icy cool, in a live, she is fire. - They talk about what made them first interested in working in the music industry. Miku used to sing enka (ok it seems that enka is something oldies sing) with her grandmother. When she performed for her family, they were all smiles, and she felt it was nice to make people happy, which she felt could do by singing. For Saiki, she said both Saiki and Miku really loved alcohol. Saiki said it was probably genetic in her case, her mom really loved alcohol. She kept going out with friends for drinks, Saiki was young then and she couldn't be left alone in the house, so her mom brought her to bars with her. She had nothing to do, so they told her to sing karaoke. When she did, people kept praising her. And she got addicted to the feeling of being praised. - They talk about the artists that influenced their music. (I have no idea who any of these artists are, so I'll probably butcher the names) Miku - She liked Shiina Ringo from the start. But she first liked the band sound because of Tokyo Jihen. She thought Tokyo Jihen was cool from their MV. She started watching bands live with her friends after that. She liked bands because while every member had different personalities, they are able to bring different instruments to make a unified piece of music. It's not just the vocalist. The vocalist is singing with the band as part of the music. She thought, PO! Saiki - Amuro Namie she liked from grade school. She first learned dance from this period. Shima Ryouhei and Yurayura Teikoku both she was into in high school. Before this, she was into female artists like Amuro Namie and Koda Kumi. But in high school, she first liked male artists like Shima Ryouhei and Yurayura Teikoku because they were "eroppoi" and "suteki." (erotic and dreamy) - They talk about the artists that became a turning point for them. Miku - Tendo Yoshimi and Joou Bachi (probably means queen bee, but I can't say for sure unless I see the kanji). So Miku started singing enka as a kid. The first song she was able to sing in her life was probably Tendo Yoshimi's. So she first discovered music from Tendo Yoshimi's Chindo Monogatari. Host asks how she was able to express the feelings of the song as a kid. She remembers when she was young, she thought the song was amazing. But of course she did not understand a lot of stuff then. But she got the feeling from watching all the grandmas and teachers, that the song was not a happy song. There was probably something deep about it. So she tried to sing with emotion she didn't really understand. So it was a formative experience for her. As for Joou Bachi, she felt (I dunno if this is a solo artist or a band) they had a striking personality, and was very cool, and it excited her. So when she plays in her okyuuji, she wants to make it feel like what she felt like that time. Like she did not want to lose to Joou Bachi. She wants to work hard to surpass what she felt when she watched Joou Bachi. As for Saiki, it is again Amuro Namie. It was the first time she felt that women are cool. She looked up to and wanted to become like her. There were many first feelings she got from Amuro Namie. She wanted to be an "utahime." (a songstress, diva) - They talk about what Band-Maid song they felt became a turning point for them. For Miku, Thrill. For Saiki, Alone. Thrill, because it showed what direction they wanted their music to go. Before that, they wanted to do cool songs while wearing cute maid outfits (The Gap) but they did not have a clear idea of what a cool song was. They got their songs from different songwriters then, and they tried out this kind of cool song, and that kind of cool song. But when they did Thrill, they all realized "ah, this is the kind of cool song I want to do for Band-Maid." Then after that, the MV for Thrill blew up internationally, and they felt "ah, this is the right direction to go." And they got some confidence from that. And the hard rock sound they have now all started from Thrill. So it was by chance that they arrived at Thrill, and not something they knew they wanted from the start. But they all realized this was the direction they wanted to go. Host ask why did they all unanimously felt this was the one. Miku and Saiki doesn't know. It's just something that surpassed logic, and felt cool to all of them. Thrill wasn't actually the single, it was something that was bundled with the single at the time. But they chose to make the MV for Thrill because they felt this was right. As for Alone, it was a song in the first major debut album. Kanami was submitting songs for approval all this time, but everything kept getting rejected. She did not give up, until Alone was finally the first approved song. It was the first song that was creditted as Band-Maid's, and it felt really good. Since then, they write most of their songs now. Alone was the first step to open that door. It was the first creation, after a long time of hard work, and it felt like their hard work had paid off.

メイドさんは外人のファンがとても多いので、英語翻訳があると有りがたいでーす。　 　 さいちゃんが鳩に優しいので和む、、、 　でも、結構な人見知りのさいちゃんは、実は頑張って表に立つ鳩が、結構に好きとか、、　イェィ!!

このDJさん初めて聞いたけど、質問の仕方が嫌らしくなくて好感が持てます。結成の経緯とかミクさんのキャラいじりとかいい加減聴き飽きてる感ありましたが、質問に嫌味がなく音楽のバックボーンまで深堀りしてるせいか、彩姫さんも普段よりリラックスして楽しそうにトークしてますね。こういうインタビューをもっと聴いてみたいです。

いろんなインタビューで読んだ内容ではあるけれど、改めてこのバンド結成をめぐる必然と偶然に感謝しちゃう。小鳩ありがとう。転機になったThrillの話は何度聞いても涙出るなあ。この収録、さいちゃんが柔らかくてほっこりする。

Watching a 30mins interview in a language I don't understand but I don't care, its the singers from the best band in the world, PO !

今までのインタビューの中で一番聴き応えのある内容でした。結成の経緯も事務所の光景が見るような話は、これが初めて。ルーツの話も仲々よかった。スリルでバンドの方向性が決まったということですが、ということは、ハードロックの勉強はそこから始まったと考えてみると、仲々凄いものがあります。今、世界でハードロックの復活と革命を同時にやってる彼らが、実は、つい数年前までハードロックをあまり知らなかったことになるわけですから。

Have you noticed that Miku ALWAYS manages to make Saiki laugh in interviews? Even though Saiki is uncomfortable. That in itself is a merit.

1:03 never thought I would ever hear Saiki saying “po” when not imitating or bringing up Miku.

色んな記事でBAND-MAIDの経緯は知っていたが、二人の声で聴くと改めて思い知らされる‼️ 奇跡のバンド🎀 thrillは勿論だが、彩ちゃんのaloneは胸熱💥だった！ 本当にアップありがどうございます😂

Saiki still looks out of her comfort zone but put her on stage, and it's the "Queen's Castle" which she rules/ on the other hand, Miku is as perky as ever, a true entertainer, I swear she is the "real" Energizer Bunny, her batteries always charging. I understand Japanese to some extent but hope we will see some subtitles.It's a great interview!!

The interaction between Saiki and Miku is so funny. Sometimes, Saiki gets this, "I've had just about enough of your cutesy shit, Miku" look on her face.

アップ有り難うございます。

安心な世界になります様に☺💕✨

Saiki always looks great like a Queen even with a Covid 19 Mask on.

For whatever reason, they’ve never listed Kanami in their song credits individually (not even on wiki) even though Miku has always been mentioned. Maybe Kanami herself has agreed to it but its still great that Saiki always remembers to give full credit to her whenever she can. With how unassuming and awkward Kanami is in interviews, I would’ve never known about it if Saiki didn’t bring it up in most of their interviews. I recall hearing about it first in their “Reality check TV interview” where Saiki clearly states that Kanami writes pretty much all of their music. And I became more aware only when I eventually dug deeper into their more in-depth interviews in music magazines. I personally feel credit should be given where due esp. when its someone like Kanami who often works herself to the bone, even falling sick due to it. It might’ve been part of their contract initially and she just didn’t felt like bringing it up later even after switching their labels or it could simply be her trying to lighten the pressure on herself by keeping as lowkey as possible. Either way, she’s really fortunate to have bandmates like them who constantly look out for her rather then trying to downplay it (which unfortunately happens very often) and acknowledge her efforts in public. Band Maid is fully deserving of Kanami declaring it as her purpose in life and pouring her all into it. She talked about how she stayed solo before coz she felt finding a group with shared interests and understanding would be difficult. Guess she truly found the right one quite early in her career.

Band maid is the whole reason I started learning Japanese 2 years ago, it's not going well, but it's going.

No clue what's happening but still watching for the cuteness

We’ve seen the most beautiful and wonderful girl in the world 😇🥰 Saiki 😍😍😍😍😍😍

アップロードありがとうございます。👍

Wow Miku and Saiki , cool!

I will watch this, even without subtitles, because they're just fun to watch, but I'm loving the auto translation: "I hope you can talk about exorcism. I'm lucky again and I'm at the spa."

This is the procedure for displaying English subtitles on a Japanese site. If there is a □ icon to the left of the gear icon, there is a subtitle. ① Click the gear icon「設定」 ② Click「字幕」 ③ Click 「日本語（自動生成）」 ④ Click 「字幕　日本語（自動生成）」 ⑤ Click「自動翻訳」 ⑥ Scroll down and click 「英語」 However, it is not perfect because it is Google Translate.

Saiki is so reserved in interviews, get her on stage and she comes out!

スパンコール⭐️⭐️⭐️Spangles😀

アルバムを出す度に、バンドの成り立ちや小鳩ミクの生態を説明しなければならないルーティーン。

Ahh my darlingsssss 💖💖💖

あけましておめでとうございます。 本年も宜しくお願い致します。

Best Achiefment For Band Maid*🌠 .... God Bless All, .... Cheerio.🌠🎼🎸🎼🌠👍👍👍🌠🌠🌟🌠🌠.

Didn't understand a single word but it's Band-Maid so.... like!

Saichan is laughing a lots. A Black mask suits Her well, its a cool image color of her!

I know Im late. But Saiki is so attractive and funny. Maybe she is shy or just her persona.

Still don't understand what their saying,but ITS ok ,ITS band maid yalszzz🤘😄 ROCK ON!!!

80年代後半から90年代の、バンドサウンド🎵 の 『カバー曲』 を、このバンドで聴きたいな😌🎵 カバーalbum期待して良いですか？ っぽ？(^人^)🎵 alone なまら好きっス🤩👍✨ これと、aloneが収録されたalbumの１曲目で、Bandmaid を知りました🥰👏⤴️🎵😆👍✨

I do love how she has to explain the "PO" every time she talks to someone

The masked saichan looks like Motogirl Rina.

Guess it was too much to hope for an English translation...

(*´ㅈ｀*)ふむふむ マスク姿のsaiki😻

Saiki and Miku are like day and night,. Its so fun to watch. At times Saiki looks like I can't take this PO shit anymore, but she's trying to be polite, they are in a same band after all. ;-)

They want world domination and we want to give it to them. And they can sing in whatever language they want and that's fine. But doesn't their P.R. and management realize. Providing English subtitles and captions for things like this. Is extremely beneficial to the group and their over all world success ?

💚💜💙❤️♥️ fc.Thailand

English subtitles. Please

Not a clue what they are saying.........but it sounds delightful!!

A translation would be greatly appreciated :)

90% of all the interviews I've seen it's Miku and Saiki. Miku perky and Saiki looking like she wants to be somewhere else. For those of us who are western barbarians, would you provide English Subs? Thank You

KZfaqの自動文字起こしからの自動翻訳はかなり精度が落ちるようなんで、英語字幕が無理ならせめて正確な日本語文字起こしをCCに入れてあげればましになるかも。

Donnez-moi des sous-titres français!

Saiki po? ☺

Subtitles?

Watashi miku Kurupo Arigatou Po Yoroshiku Po Pay Pay Po....

Saiki looks like she really doesn't want to be there.

武道館ライブも、リモートライブも変更になりました。

Subtitles anyone?

Recorded before the cancellation huh? So sad...

Will someone PLEASE tell me.. What "PO" means ! It's driving me crazy! ha!

社長というのはプラチナム・パスポートの社長なのか。所属はPASSPOが解散して、BAND-MAID、predia、Non Stop Rabbitくらいしかいないんだ。 でも親会社はプラチナム。菜々緒、中村アン、若槻千夏、トリンドル玲奈。木下優樹菜も所属していた

Why do they have masks on??? Is it part of the outfits....?

もう何十回も彩姫さんと鳩のいろんなラジオ出演番組聞いてるんですけど、 今なおband maidの馴れそめを初めて話すかのように説明してて頭が下がります 私は彩姫さんが鳩に強烈な突っ込みを入れるのが楽しみで聞いてます ところで、両人はband maidグッズのマスクをしてないですね やっぱり、このマスクは息を吸うとマスクがくっついてきて息苦しくて あんまり実用的ではないのでしょうか？

SAIKI さん顔がテカってるな

ポッぽっぽっぽ、 いってる右の女性の方が、 左の大人しい女性より年上でしたっけ？

saikiさんステージとは全く違い声が小さくテンション低(~Q~;)

苦労しているんだな