:: 20 Aug 2013
My first confession has to be kept for my future marriage partner
First solo single, beautiful ballad poetry
Yutaka Ozaki’s ‘I Love You’ has been
covered in Korea before as well. It is very popular and it is a song that I
like and also very familiar with since my junior high school days. As it’s a
famous song, when I got invited to cover this song, compared to my uneasiness
and pressure, I feel happier. Before recording, I will listen to the song first
then combine my voice with the song in my brain. Normally I am always very calm
before recording but this time round, I feel slightly confused. However, when
in the studio recording with Hakase Taro, when I heard his violin melody, my
mind cleared and I received courage from there. In such a short time, one take
was ok. I only met with Hakase Taro once and I find him to be a cheerful and
interesting person. Also, the producer Seiji Kameda is a funny person too so I
was able to relax and enjoy and also focus on my work. This is a disc that I
can complete thanks to the help of many people. Although I did try listening to
it once again, but there are so many cover version of ‘I Love You’ everywhere.
Yutaka Ozaki’s original version ranks first, so doesn’t the second ranking
belongs to me? (laugh) I still have confidence!
The recording was done in Japan and the MV was filmed in Korea. I had my first
kiss scene for this MV. But the kiss scene was not requested by me so
everybody, please do not misunderstand me. I am very satisfied that this piece
of work can be completed perfectly (both MV and song) but I do not wish for my
family, Bigbang members or anybody to see that kiss scene, very shy.. very shy
(laugh) Although I was very nervous for my first kiss scene, I still had to
enjoy doing it. I completed filming with only very few NGs. Now that I think
back, it’s good if I had NGs for kiss scenes right?! I am just joking. At that
time, my mind was really empty and I couldn't think of anything else.
Although I am singing this song, but the truth is, I do not have experience
confessing my love to others. Thus, my first time saying ‘I Love You’ will be
reserved for the girl who will be marrying me in future. Ah, I am sweating now
(laugh) For me, rather than using a direct method, I would rather have people
using an awesome method to confess their love to me. The type of girls I like
are girls who work really hard because I think it is handsome and sexy.
Japanese girls give me the vibe that they are gentle, have beautiful smiles and
very charming. Bigbang’s dome tour will begin in November so I will be able to
enjoy such smiles again.
In future, let us use my ‘I Love You’ to create new memories together. When
listening to the song, let us find out the charm of the song and reminisce
about the past. Right now I am also frequently listening to BOYZ II MEN songs
and it allows me to think back to my trainee days. When listening to Bigbang’s
album, I will then think about the world tour. So, I would really like to sing
songs that allows others to look back to their memories.
Source: MINA magazine
Translated by: nakedae@SMILE HOLIC www.dsholic.com
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