GiGs December Kyo Interview Part 1 | As time goes by...

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I'm gonna break it into 3 parts


-Do you feel that you have accomplished something very big when you guys completed "UROBOROS"?

Kyo: I was really hard. I feel that I did but more than usual. It was an album that didn't let us finish in every way(laughs). Recording took 3 times as much longer that it usually takes. I was quick to writing the lyrics and thinking up of a perspective but it just took a really long time to record. And then we've recorded as much singing as we can and then took out some parts later on and did really minor changes. That changes what the songs holds so we've been careful with that.

-As the songs came to shape did you have a theme as a vocalist?

K: It was really broad at first but I've always had a image in my head of what kind of album I wanted it to be. I wanted to bring what we have in our recent shows and take that energy to a newer level to this album. Something really strong that we can only do.

-Seems that you've really gotten creative as a vocalist. Growls, whisper, clean, vibrato, whistle. I hear many different emotions in one song. That's why I can't get a grip on the song with just listening to it once. Seems like all my energy is being taken away.

K: When I make something 100% original I want to take to a point where no one else can do it and express myself. It's like challenging myself. But it's not like I'm trying to make the spectrum wide and the lyrics are supposed to fit the scene with the right tone on the voice. I've tried to make it natural. You know how Japanese people have a bad habit of making the song structure "Verse 1 to Verse 2 to chorus"? I don't do that at all. I don't have a set place for a chorus ore a verse. That's why there some parts in the song where it's only used once throughout the song. But I do it from how it sounds so it should never sound weird. I thought that was really interesting for me to do. I've made things without thinking too hard and when I opened the lid I was able to do everything at my best.

-What the song that took you the longest to sing with the song.

K: All of them. Seriously. There was no time for recording and there was so much I wanted to put in. I sung like 8 hours a day every single day. I was tired mentally(laughs).