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A Song for You
A song was about to be born.
England, London's home.
Is it fun to be popular?
But it doesn't make sense for it to look like it.
Is it right? Why doesn't anyone know the truth?
Hikaru Utada.
A singer-songwriter who changed Japanese music scene.
Twenty years since his debut.
For the first time, a camera entered his production site.
It's so fun!
Kao!
Wow...
The lyrics are good.
What he saw there was...
Struggling...
Wandering...
Facing suffering...
That's what he saw.
Wow...
I was about to run away, but I thought I'd better sing hard.
All you need for music is...
What is the truth?
To find it is to have hope for me.
January.
London was in the midst of a long winter.
A historical music studio in the outskirts of the city.
This time, only one director was allowed to interview.
Girls, wanna play?
Musicians from all over Europe come to the studio.
They have participated in world-class shows like the Grammy Awards and other world-class shows.
What awaits them is...
Good morning.
Thank you for shooting with me today.
Thank you for having me.
Sing, Shine.
The production of the album, which began ten months ago, was coming to an end.
You're busy today, which is weird for my sessions.
Yeah, me too.
The recording of "Sing, Shine" starts with the band's performance.
The members perform a song with a melody or a temporary song created by Utada in advance.
Utada's role in composing music is...
it is...
everything.
He composes songs and lyrics based on songs.
He also designs instruments, bands, orchestras, melodies, rhythms, and how to play them.
Utada is a rare artist who has been committed to creating music by himself for many years.
Thank you.
Do you want me to go again or do you want me to say anything?
I mean, I kind of like... I don't know if I should say anything that's offensive because I think he's kind of figuring out how much he can do and how much he shouldn't do, so I'm not going to say anything.
Maybe just to Earl...
Utada Hikaru is Utada Hikaru is enjoying making music from here.
And he has this romance... he's kind of in love with this older woman, like 20-something-year-old woman.
Utada Hikaru draws love in his adolescence with this song.
But obviously I'm not... I can't write as a 12-year- old, so I'm writing the song as someone who's, you know, old... who's, that boy, grown to be like 20-something himself and looking back on that summer, you know?
So it's not... you don't have to sound like a 12-year- old boy, but I'm saying it has to have that little nostalgia, like that bittersweet, like, formalness to it, so...
Yeah, okay. Digging in.
You can rock out.
Utada Hikaru cherishes his emotions in his songs.
Does that feel right to you?
I really like the groove of that, how it's kind of shifty but still making sense.
Or we just make it slightly simpler?
Each instrument began to devote itself to emotion.
[music]
They sing, but they make their own music and go through it.
They have feelings.
[music]
I think it's meaningless to do what you can do.
So I try and see what happens.
Or I do what I don't know if I can do.
That's what makes things.
I'm in an expedition team.
It's a remote jungle.
It's like an adventure.
They try to see the same scenery.
And they think of a route together.
You can go where you couldn't go alone.
Great? Happy? Are you a happy artist? A happy songwriter?
- Yep. - Good.
- A happy person. - Fabulous. Great.
In which case...
- Otsukaresama deshita. - Otsukaresama deshita.
- Did you get that? - Otsukaresama deshita.
- Everyone is so good. - Great. Thank you.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
And three days later...
The song was recorded.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
After finishing all the performances...
Utada was working on her songwriting.
I'm tired.
I have work to do.
If I didn't finish it in an hour, I'd think it was over.
I'd think it was over. I'd think it was impossible.
- When did you finish it? - This morning.
- Two hours ago? - Yeah, two hours ago.
This time, it's really...
It's really not over. It's really not over.
Making music is an adventure.
After many performances...
the singer finally shows up.
Music is the script.
There are stories and emotions in it.
Acting out those emotions is singing with the singer.
There are stories and emotions in it.
Acting out those emotions is singing with the singer.
Album opened after a long time
Put the emotion of this song into the song
Let me tell you about me these days.
Me at this time
I think you should sing like you're talking a lot.
Utada kept searching.
[humming]
[music]
Butada Hikaru's debut was when she was 15 years old.
It was so sensational.
[music]
Her first album sold 7 million copies only in that year and set a Japanese record.
[music]
Melodies that shake your heart and lyrics that pierce you deeply.
She has been surprising the world by opening up her own expressions.
[music]
How does she make songs?
[music]
You can see that in the video that she filmed at home.
I wonder what it is.
I wonder if it's a song.
Oh!
At home, when no one is around, writing and arranging songs by myself is the longest part of my job.
[Humming]
It's not a sword, is it?
I don't think it's a sword.
I tried playing a lot of things, and when I thought of this, I brought that feeling together.
I don't go or make things that I don't have in me at all.
So I have something in me, but when I touch something that I can't touch, I take it out.
I'm trying to remember something, and it's closest to the feeling of "no, that's not it".
It is an extremely lonely task to face something inside of you.
In this album, there is a song that Utada is particularly suffering from.
The new melody of "ghost" is like "I can't sing it in Japanese or English. What language is it?"
The temporary title is "ghost".
He started making this song more than three years ago.
That was when he was making his last album.
In this album, Utada sings his feelings for his deceased mother, singer Fuji Keiko, in a more straightforward manner than ever before.
However, this song didn't fit that theme and took it too far.
"Here" "What are you saying?"
A ghost should take you one step further.
However, the songwriting was difficult, contrary to Utada's feelings.
"Isn't this bad?" "No, it's good." "Why, is it bad?" "I think it's really good." "Oh, you like it a lot."
It's a song I thought was difficult in the first place, and since then, I've been feeling a little different now, or there have been various changes, and it feels different from other songs.
I don't know why, but I feel like I'm getting older.
[Humming]
We usually put a lid on many things, don't we?
There are things like self-control and self- control that we try not to look at ourselves.
We have to break through that once, so it's like opening the lid of hell and going in there.
It consumes a lot of emotional energy.
Suddenly, she got a book.
It is a poem written in a novel by a Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov.
The protagonist's poet deepens his thoughts about his family and his own death, and eventually reaches a world beyond death.
Opening...
the door...
of hell.
I cry and cry and cry, and I wonder what I'm crying about.
I try to think calmly in my head and cry while searching for it.
It's a song, but it's something you look for and ask for.
What I'm trying to create is something that only I have and only I know.
There is no truth, peace or salvation in others.
So you have to find it in yourself.
You have to listen to the finished song to understand it.
But there must be some truth.
One day during studio recording...
Today...
There's something I've been looking forward to.
What is it?
I happened to go into a table tennis shop during my free time.
There were some cute table tennis shoes, so I tried them on.
I realized they were comfortable to wear, even though I didn't think they were from this shop.
I see.
I can only wear them indoors. There's a hole in the back.
I suddenly realized I could sing with them.
I thought I could sing really comfortably with them.
That's amazing.
It's my first time singing with shoes.
It's like you're singing a drama.
We'll talk about it later.
Utada-san says...
The studio is a special place for him.
In 1983...
Utada-san was born between Fuji Keiko-san, a singer, and Utada Terzane-san, a music producer.
His family's life revolved around music.
Before Utada-san became interested in music...
At the studio...
While his parents were working...
Eating...
Sleeping...
Since his father was based in New York...
He frequently visited Japan and the United States.
His sudden move was a daily occurrence.
In such a dizzying life, Mr. Utada has become an adult child who suppresses his feelings.
It is written like this.
When he was nine years old, he noticed that his anger and dissatisfaction had completely disappeared.
At that time, his mother, Keiko Fujii, was recording in the studio and said,
Hikaru, can you sing for me?
"Why me?" I was eight or nine years old.
I was embarrassed and disliked it.
I was a little embarrassed and sometimes I slept with a stomachache, but I didn't have to sing.
"If you made it yourself, will you sing?" I was asked.
"Then I'll make it." I answered and made a song.
Of course, I made it and sang it. I remember that.
Then, Mr. Utada struggled with making music.
He packed his feelings into songs and lyrics.
I was more than happy that my parents were happy for me.
Music became a salvation for Mr. Utada to convey his thoughts.
What makes you different from others?
It's not just that adults say different things.
Even as the same person, I'm confused about what I'm saying is completely different from what I said earlier.
I can control myself.
I can't do anything about the environment, but I can do something about it by myself.
I have music and I feel like it's my last hope.
How can I touch that truth?
If you think you don't have it, it's so empty and you only have despair, so where is it? If you think about it, it's not for others, it's not for the world or people other than you.
And a dramatic debut. Utada's life has changed dramatically.
All of the released albums surpassed one million copies. It was a turning point in the era.
However, Sanaka, who continued to run as a top artist, suddenly announced her retirement from activities.
It was a decision at the age of 27 that surprised everyone in Japan.
At this rate, I won't be able to keep up with music.
I think it's important to face yourself when you make music.
If I continue to have one-sided experience, I probably won't be able to maintain it.
Ms. Utada left the studio and moved to England, where no one knew about her.
She rented a room and went shopping at the supermarket. It was her first experience away from music.
I didn't want to cry while singing.
I didn't have much to do or do not want to do.
At that time, I thought it was a relief.
However, something big happened that shook Ms. Utada's life.
Her mother, Ms. Fujikeiko, died.
An unbearable sense of loss.
Ms. Fujikeiko was attacked. A year passed without getting anything.
It was the first time for Ms. Fujikeiko to have a child.
She became a mother herself and expressed her feelings for her deceased mother.
She couldn't help singing about this truth.
5 years since the suspension of activities.
Mr. Utada returned to the studio once again.
When I entered the studio for the first time in a long time, I thought, "What is this feeling?"
I realized that this is the most comfortable place in the world.
I feel like it's neither my own noise nor other people's noise.
I'm just trying to face the truth.
Utada is still singing.
No one knows the truth.
I thought it was cherry blossoms, but it's not.
I see. I thought there were a lot of cherry blossoms in England.
The production of "New Album" was coming to an end.
Jump up and down and say you're great.
In the remaining two weeks, we have to produce three songs including "that ghost" simultaneously.
It's difficult just to focus on one song, but I don't know where to put my heart.
It's very painful that I can't let it go.
This day is the recording of the album's title song "First Love"
From here is the boyhood.
Thank you for watching.
It's saying, it could either be at the beginning of something starting, or it could even be a tragic after a heartbreak.
But it's saying, it's like at the moment that it ended and you realize it ended, that's when I realized that it's saying "oh, this is my first love", I just realized that now, that's the whole song.
Utada was trying to express the delicate emotions that could either be at the beginning of love or at the end of love in the song.
But...
But I think the way the piano is right now is kind of the core...
The members suggested that Utada should hold down the piano that was at the center of the song and let the drums float up.
But...
But I think the way the piano is right now is kind of the core...
The members suggested that Utada should hold down the piano that was at the center of the song and let the drums float up.
- How is it? - Yeah, it's sounding really good.
- Does it feel good for everyone? - Sounds good.
- Is it okay? - Yeah.
As a performance, there is indeed this method.
However, is this really what is sought after?
All of a sudden...
She boldly decided to lose the drums and bass.
The image is like someone singing and playing at the same time.
Even as he was lost, Utada kept searching for the truth within himself.
It's good, isn't it?
It's dramatically improved.
However, there was still a song in the midst of confusion.
It's "ghost".
I can't hear the bass, but I can hear the contrabass.
It's just that I can't move it.
According to the song, I also read the poem of that Russian writer, but the melody is not decided at all.
The melody didn't come to me, so I was thinking of reciting a poem or something, and I was running away, but I thought I'd read Nabokov's favorite "Kantos" a little more, but I thought I'd have to do my best to sing it.
The next day, the band's recording begins.
Kantos
This song should take you one step further.
Even as you struggle to sing it, you continue to face yourself.
Doing it because you like it or because you enjoy it is a completely different feeling.
Sometimes it's painful, but not doing it is more painful.
But if you don't continue, you won't be able to live.
I try my best to do it for myself.
On the day of the recording...
In the end, the melody "this is it" couldn't be found.
I've been singing for 3 years and I still don't know what to do with it.
Utada told the members honestly.
I think there's more freedom on this song because it's so incomplete.
So I did make the song intending it to be a 6/8 signature, but you can interpret it however you want.
I had a few different ways, but I wanted to wait and see how originally it would end up.
Utada told the members to play as they feel.
[music]
Do you want to try one more and then come in and have a listen and see where we're at?
Yeah?
[music]
Something was about to take shape.
So, I love that. I think everything sounds really good.
It's amazing! Three years of not knowing what to do with this song.
All I needed to do was just call you guys up and be like "Hey, can you do something?"
The rest was up to Utada.
It's like we're going on a big world tour!
It's good to know she's a senior!
However...
Even after two weeks, "GHOST" lyrics were not completed.
"GHOST" recording day
That day was the last day of recording in London.
Utada didn't show up.
However, two weeks later, he contacted Utada.
Utada finally finished the lyrics and said he would record the song.
The title of the song had changed.
"Younagi" means that he expanded his own experience greatly and turned what came up into lyrics.
"to leave" "nokosu" "to leave"
"Everything is a wishlessness" "subete ga meigai naku" "Everything is a wishlessness"
``Definitely, definitely'' ``kanarazu kanarazu'' ``Definitely, definitely''
"Someday it will end" "itsuka wa owarimasu" "Someday it will end"
"As ever before" "korekara mo kawarazu" "As ever before"
"This much" "konna ni" "This much"
"Everything has an end" "subete no mono niwa owari ga ari" "Everything has an end"
"and even a beginning" "soshite, sore wa hajimari demo aru"
"This is" "kore ga" "this is"
``The truth that has been reached'' ``tadoritsuita shinjitsu'' ``the truth''
Your body has become smaller
shinni wake hedate naku No one can be separated from the truth
No one will change dareshimo ga kawaranu No one will change
I'm already outside
Even if I'm busy, I always
be honest shoujiki de aru koto To be honest
That's what it means to face yourself jibun to mukiau to iu no wa sou iu koto desu ne You have to face yourself
You can't help lying to yourself.
But you still lie to yourself a lot
You don't see good things minai kute, ii mono minai shi You don't see good things
Things that are uncool, things that are embarrassing, things that you don't want to admit, you have to face yourself.
Including bad things, embarrassing things, things you don't want to admit
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