桜内梨子/エピソード/EN/Episode 7 Composing Joy
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Player | Riko, do you start with the music or wait for the lyrics to be made first when you compose songs for Aqours? |
Riko | Hmm, the lyrics come first. That's why I get a little anxious when Chika is having trouble writing them. 1 |
Player | *Laugh* I can see why. You can't get to writing any music if the lyrics aren't settled. |
Riko | But she comes up with such wonderful lyrics when she mulls over them. The words are packed with her hard work and intense desire to shine. 2 |
Player | I get that sense, too. My heart lights up when I listen to Aqours' songs. That includes both Chika's lyrics and your music, Riko. |
Riko | *Giggle* Thank you. 3 |
Player | Not only do your songs cheer me up, but I also learn a lot from your songs as a songwriter myself. |
Player | I understand why you use certain chords in certain places and get surprised by the different combinations of notes you come up with. |
Player | I mostly listened to and played classical music before I came across school idols, so everything about school idol music is new and interesting to me! |
Riko | The same goes for me, too. There was so much I didn't know about school idols, so I often found myself perplexed when I first joined Aqours. 4 |
Riko | It felt as though my whole concept of music began to change when I listened to some of the school idol songs Chika recommended to me. 5 |
Riko | And now it's the music I listen to and make practically every day. 6 |
Player | It just goes to show that you can't predict what might happen. I make new songs by researching music every day and thinking about what songs will match everyone, too. |
Riko | Now that you mention it, the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club that you're in performs solo, rather than as a group, right? 8 |
Player | That's right. |
Riko | That means you're always composing songs for nine different people. Isn't that tough? 9 |
Player | Well, I can get away with writing fewer songs when only some of the members have scheduled live shows. |
Player | But when everyone is performing at the same event, I have to write nine songs at once, which can be... *Laugh* Yeah, it's pretty tough. |
Riko | I'll bet it is. For Aqours, all nine of us sing the same song, so we usually only have to write one song. Even then it takes a really long time to finish composing it. 10 |
Riko | But writing nine songs all at once... I can't even begin to imagine what that's like. 11 |
Player | I'm so exhausted at the end of it that I wonder how I'm even managing to breathe. |
Riko | I don't blame you. It does seem like it'd be quite satisfying, though. 12 |
Player | It definitely is! All the Nijigasaki members tell me they love the songs I write, and it feels amazing to hear the girls finally sing them on a spectacular stage. |
Player | And then, the audience goes wild for their performances. Seeing all of that makes me glad I wrote the songs and could have the girls perform them. |
Riko | I know how you feel. That's exactly what I thought when I performed the first song I ever composed on stage with all of Aqours. 13 |
Riko | When Chika's and You's voices filled the stage with the melody I created, it felt like that was enough to wash away all of my troubles. 14 |
I think we might be on the same wavelength. | |
Player | *Giggle* I think we might be on the same wavelength. |
Riko | *Chuckle* Maybe you're right. Perhaps it's because we're both in charge of writing songs. 15 |
It sure does bring joy to have someone sing one of your songs. | |
Player | It sure does bring joy to have people you trust sing your songs. |
Riko | Yes, I don't think I would've been able to experience that feeling if I hadn't joined Aqours. 16 |
Player | Hey, Riko? Do you wanna come hang out at Nijigasaki High School some time? There's still so much I want to talk to you about. |
Riko | Can I? I might just drop on by, then. 17 |