Kenta: Well they’re all really nostalgic songs. Momiken: Yeah Kenta: We made a lot of those songs in the beginning, during our Indies time Momiken: Yeah, we did. We made things like My World. Kenta: Yeah we released that as is but you and UZ made them and had a- what do you call them- stock? Momiken: Yeah Kenta: Songs that could be released at any time if there were any tie-ups. Something we could just put out when asked to. Momiken: I was threatened like crazy, when we debuted Kenta: Before we debuted Momiken: Yeah, before we debuted- what did they say? I was told even 100 songs wouldn’t be enough. I kind of just thought “100 songs.. Isn't enough?” Well once you start going, there's not a lot of time to make songs in the beginning so I was told even 100 wouldn’t be enough. Kenta: Well, yeah that’s true. Momiken: Depending on the tie-up for example when they say “I want something like this.” If you only have 10 songs or something, they can’t pick. Kenta: That’s right, they need variation, Momiken: Yes yes yes, like if they say “I want a folk-ish song.” You’ll face the problem of “I don’t have something like that.” But if you have 100 songs, you might have one. Kenta: You might have it. Momiken: That’s why they say they want 100 songs. Kenta: That’s amazing, as expected- Momiken: I didn’t actually make them though. Kenta: Well well, they were saying to make songs while you have time right? Momiken: Yes yes yes, but I did make a lot of them. Kenta: And among them was Liar Momiken: Liar wasn’t a stock song. We got an offer from a Drama and made it from there. And UZ- Well, I was reading the Hammer Session magazine. Kenta: Oh really? Momiken: Yeah yeah, so I knew. I thought: “Eh, that’s going to be a drama.” Kenta: A live action one right? Momiken: Yes yes yes yes yes yes. I was experiencing everything for the first time, and it was this unknown, glittering world known as a Major Debut. It was this drama in a magazine, a live-action one. I thought “This is insane” Kenta: “There's only flower roads ahead.” Momiken: “Only flowey roads.” “It sold!” Kenta: Even before we released it. Momiken: Yeah, before we released it, I thought it was crazy. We were told, by the Sony people Kenta: Yeah, Sony told us: “The world is going to change.” Momiken: “Your worlds are going to change so, you’ll start selling all of the sudden. First of all, a lot of weird people will approach you in the Entertainment business, since it's such a glittering world. So be careful about ****, drugs, and..” what was it again? Kenta: Alcohol Momiken: Alcohol! They told us to be careful about this stuff. They drilled those warnings into our heads. And then when we actually released Liar- Bam! Liar was in the top 10, then it went to 55th. I still remember that now. Kenta: Ike said that too, that 55th was shocking. Momiken: “Eeeh?!” Kenta: It was shocking Momiken: “We were being pushed so much (By the company), so how was it so not impactful.” Kenta: Right? That was a bit of a shock Momiken: It was such a sho- Well, I was shocked by it but the Sony person in charge thought we would be dejected by it so- Well, that day UZ and Ike were at Hokkaido for a campaign but - he suddenly called me and you to a Korean Barbeque restaurant and told us: “It’s ok so for now eat some meat.” Kenta: *Dies* Momiken: “It’s ok it’s ok. First of all, congratulations on your debut, have some meat.” Kenta: Oh, the place in Kokubunji? Momiken: That's right, that chain restaurant- what was it again? Kenta: What was it? We ate at Kokubunji Momiken: We did, at that chain. Kenta: That happened, that happened. He told us “It’s ok” Momiken: He said “It’s ok.” And I ate meat not knowing what exactly was ok. Kenta: That happened, that's right. Momiken: That was probably the point where I was the most worried. I kept thinking “This is bad this is bad.” And to add to that, at the time they were experiencing the same timeline as us. The office, the recording company, our colleagues, and our debut were all around the same year. Kenta: There were a lot of people our age Momiken: Right. Ev- Everyone. But there were places where they were more worried than us. Since the results weren’t so good. Kenta: That's right Momiken: Right. I kept thinking “This is bad, this is bad, this is bad. It’s not our fault if everything goes down.” Kenta: That's right. We definitely had that period of “This is bad, this is bad.” Momiken: ”This is bad, this is bad.” And when I thought we wouldn’t get anymore work we had Last Moment with Bleach. Kenta: Ah that’s right. With Bleach. This was pretty amazing too. During our Indies time we liked Bleach so we made a Bleach song. Momiken: That’s right, we liked Bleach so we made a song but we didn’t actually think we’d get an offer from Bleach. Kenta: Seriously. As expected for our Jump kid, Momiken it was a shock. Momiken: No seriously, I was super happy. From there on we were going up the Jump stairwell. Kenta: That’s right. Since we didn’t get much with Liar, getting the Jump anime was huge for us Momiken: It was huge. But when we got the tie-up from Bleach, we thought it was great and that the song was good. Kenta: Well right now it's pretty popular Momiken: It is, but when you flip the coin, you notice that we got pretty similar rankings for it. Kenta: It was really harsh Momiken: It was harsh, “This couldn’t even be a one-hit wonder.” Kenta: We didn’t even get a one-hit. Momiken: We all kept talking about how amazing a one-hit wonder was at that time. Kenta: Ah, that’s right. “A one-hit wonder is amazing” Momiken: “It's amazing. A one-hit is amazing. It’s crazy that people can do it.” Kenta: Well, up until now, SPYAIR has never released a one-hit wonder. Momiken: That’s right we still haven’t gotten a one-hit wonder. Kenta: We still haven’t Momiken: Well the fact that we’ve been able to keep going for 11 years- and even now we were able to release our Best Of The Best and we don’t know much else but we’re 4th right now? Kenta: We’re 4th. Momiken: It’s amazing right? Being able to go 11 years. There aren’t a lot of people who do that. Kenta: There aren’t Momiken: Even within people with one-hit wonders there aren’t a lot who go 11 years. Kenta: And still get top rankings with their Best. Momiken: There aren’t Kenta: It was actually good for us that we never got our one-hit then. Momiken: That’s right. Although we haven’t even hit the point of Sentence Spring yet (I have no idea if that's right.) Momiken: Since we didn’t even get a one-hit Kenta: Don’t say things like “Sentence Spring.” Seriously, Momiken: Also known as- Kenta: Yeah the other name Momiken: Since it’s not their official name. Kenta: Yeah,

tht story with the Sony people though🤣🤣😂😆😆thank you for translating this❤️❤️

Thank you for the translation!!!

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