Month: August 2022

Hummingbird

I have released a new album. The album title is “Story”. There are 13 stories inside. There are a wide variety of songs, from songs that feel the absurdity of the world and cursing the world, to songs about Buddhism and dances in samba.

Most of these songs are songs I discarded when I was younger and songs that came to mind in my 30s. When I was younger, I used to think that this song was bad because of trivial things, but at this age, I’ve come to be able to take on everything. (smile)

The jacket of this work is also characteristic. Nine hand-drawn birds are lined up. It’s a clumsy hand-drawn bird that I can’t even brag about, but it’s all my work. (laughs) All my music is handmade, but this time I even made the material for the jacket. (smile)

As far as I’m concerned, I created the jacket with the feeling that these nine birds are humming a “story”. I am very happy if you listen to this “story” and feel this hum.

All hand-painted hummingbirds are waiting for you.

“STORY” track 1 “sunflower” version 2

You can download YUKIO original Japanese songs! Would you like to listen? You can also listen to it.

I also distribute music on other sites.

something

Hello English speaking people. I’m Japanese and I can’t speak English. (Laughs) I often hear that Japanese people are not good at speaking English, and I am a typical Japanese person. (Laughs) Japanese and English are so different in structure that it takes time to understand. I can’t speak English, French, or Spanish, so why am I writing this embarrassing blog? It’s all because I want people all over the world to listen to my music. It started.

I think language is closely related to creating music. There are many Japanese people who sing in English without even singing in Japanese. However, if a song is an expression of one’s emotions, wouldn’t it be most natural to sing in the language we speak in our daily lives?

Songs are born from simple everyday life, but I think that simple daily life is universal and has nothing to do with race. Even if you don’t understand the language, you can somehow convey your feelings through gestures. We are the same person!

I don’t know what you are singing, but I can feel something. In the same way, you don’t know what is written in this blog, but I think you can feel something.

Race and language are important, but life seems to be about feeling that “something”. At the moment when I feel glad that I was born, I feel “something”.

I don’t know if my music has that “something” or not, but I just try to do my best to make others feel that “something”. That is why I write this blog.

Race doesn’t matter, career doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter if you can’t speak the language. Feeling like this, I sing a song in my heart every day.

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You can download YUKIO original Japanese songs! Would you like to listen? You can also listen to it.

I also distribute music on other sites.