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