Tell us about:

Your first single and how you felt when it was released:

The song was called “2062”. We recorded it in a studio used by a band we admire called Petrolz. The music video was made with a director who had won an award at the Berlin International Film Festival, and we shot a scene where we had to run through Chinatown at 2am. It’s a good memory.

Your favourite song that you have created that is an album track: 

“Waterfall,” I think. This song is on the EP “So What”. It’s not a single, and it’s not very well known, but I personally really like it.

Your favourite song to play live:

I think the song is called “Yoru”. It’s the song we play at the opening of our shows, and I find it calms me down when we play it first. It’s a good warm-up for the gig, because the song gets more and more exciting. I can feel the audience getting excited along with me.

Your most emotional track:

 “A rainy Friday in June”. I haven’t released this one yet, but we often play it at the end of our gigs.

The best lyric you have ever written:

 “Dissilient”. Do you know the Japanese phrase “flower, bird, wind and moon?”  It’s a motif that I use in turn in the lyrics. And I think this is the first song I’ve been able to write about love that’s a little bigger than a man and a woman.

Describe the feeling you get when you walk on stage to do a show:

I’m gonna fight ’em off. A seven nation army couldn’t hold me back.

The hardest track to play live: 

Hmmm… there’s a convenient synchronization system these days. Oops, now that’s a secret!

Essential items you always take on tour with you?

Whey Protein Isolates.

Describe your fans in three words: 

City-pop-nerd

A song by another artist or band you wish you had written:

 “Deacon blues” (Donald Fagen)

What we can look forward to from your band this year: 

In 2022, new singles will come out in January and March. It’s on a label in the UK. After that, we have more exciting plans.