On the bed
In a messy room
On the way home
On a rooftop
In a school hallway
In a Japanese-style room
In front of the windmill
On the veranda
The journey home
The small steps each taken before they raise their voices
It’s never a smooth, straight road
I feel that this is a song that taught me that
Good evening
Thank you very much for opening my blog
I’m Sakurazaka46’s 4th generation member, Yamada Momomi 🙂
“Kougen”
The Music Video has been released
Have you seen, listened to it?~
I wonder what your thoughts are on this MV?
When I first watched the MV, tears started to roll down my cheeks
I didn’t know why myself
The journey home that brings a different emotion each day
When I think about it, I had such experience too in the past
I quit my club to become Sakuraza46 without telling anyone, as if I was running away
I walked alone to the station, in a nine minutes of silence
I unconsciously associated that moment with this song.
Even thought it was the same route from school, the scenery was different from when I go home with my club members
Though I don’t know if there’s some lingering regret tied to that path…
While making this MV, I faced this song and thought about what I’d like to convey.
I felt that I have many similarities with the protagonist of this song, and though it might sound strange, I tried to express “myself” in the MV.
I put all the feelings I currently have inside of me sincerely.
Especially from the second verse onward, there were many aspects of the choreography that resonated with what I am feeling right now.
Each of the nine members expresses what they feel and think
I’d be happy if you could take your time to pay attention to our expressions and actions.
What I want to convey through this feeling
are purely my own personal feelings,
But I hope that you can try to take a step forward, even if it is just a small step.
I am sure that you’ll see a different scenery and world than before,
which will lead to new possibilities.
In the MV, each person is shown to have their own worries, inner conflicts, and doubts; and I don’t think that there’s anyone who doesn’t relate to that
So in the midst of this old, unchanging every day, within those emotions, when you try to change yourself
Before you take that small step, I hope that you can do it while embracing the emotions you feel
I am sure even those negative emotions will become a source of power as well.
I hope that “Kougen” can be a relief to those who need to hear it.
I tried to think about it again
but I doesn’t quite grasp it
The meaning of “Kougen (The source of light)”
It might be some goal for us to head towards
It might be something vague that awaits in the future we are heading towards
It might be who we are right now
There are many different way to see it, and though the words will seem slightly different, it’s fun
Each one of it may bring a slightly different feeling or unique impression
What I wrote here are merely my first impression, and I may have only understood a small part of this worldview
I don’t think that there is any correct answer, so I hope that everyone can keep what you felt inside your heart just like that
Such is the MV of “Kougen”, which was created by the still-inexperienced 4th generation members
Though we still have rough and innocent aspects, we are gradually becoming a part of Sakurazaka46 and are striving to become unique performers
I hope that you can pay close attention to the current 4th generation members.
It is something that suits the current 4th generation
No
I feel that the word “suits” is not enough to explain this feeling
I think that this song in itself reflects the current state of 4th generation members.
And,
I feel very happy to have been able to deliver another 4th generation song as a 4th generation member.
To all the staff involved, starting from Director Kato Hidejin-san; and to TAKAHIRO-sensei who choreographed it and the INFINITY dancers! Truly, thank you very much.
The number of songs that will remain vividly in memory has grown.
If I keep going about what I like from the MV or which part of the lyrics do I like, there will be no end to it, so I will wrap up the blog here for today
My writing is messy and hard to read, isn’t it?
I tried my best, but I can’t really put it into words…
My mind is messier than my words
I’ll give it another try after I sort it out.
I look forward to seeing what hopes and feelings I have as I perform “Kougen”.
I am sure that it won’t be the same every time
“Kougen” Streaming&Download ↓
https://sakurazaka46.lnk.to/Kougen
Thank you very much for reading my blog until the very end
Please come and read it again
Yamada Momomi