Beatlesと同じタイトルの曲Tomorrow never knowsに心躍った14歳。
このリフの元ネタはこの曲からなんだとかこのドラムの叩き方はこの曲の影響を受けてるのかな？って思いながらBeatlesを聴くのが楽しかった。
90’s年代に青春時代を過ごした私たちの世代って実は、直接アメリカやイギリスに影響を受けてる訳では無くて、
アメリカやイギリスに影響を受けまくった大人たちがカッコよかったのかもなって。この年齢になって思います。

古い友人からは
『中学生の頃から好きな物、やってる事変わらないねってよく言われます』
私もある意味Mr Chirdren

公衆電話から電話したり、病室眺めたり。
14歳の私が受けた衝撃を、今度は少しでも良いから与える側に回りたい。

『幼すぎて消えた帰らぬ夢の面影を、すれ違う少年に重ねたりして』

When I was 14, I was so thrilled at the song of Japanese band, Mr. Children, that has quite a few songs with the same title as the songs of the Beatles. The JP band got heavily influenced by the Beatles and I really enjoyed listening to them and finding some phrases, guitar riffs, drum beats in their songs inspired from the Beatles.

The 90’s was a huge part of my youth and at that time I thought the US cultures and the UK cultures were what influenced me a lot in many ways including fashion and jeans but maybe that’s partly wrong. Now some decades passed and I came to think that I might have admired JP adults of those days who had been heavily influenced by the overseas cultures. They looked so fresh and cool to me.

My old friends always tell me ” Hey Hajime, you haven’t changed at all since junior high except for your body size and beard. And you still love jeans and that’s your work now”
I understand Mr.Children sounds a bit funny in English but I might look like an adult with a child’s heart in my friends’ eyes.

When you were a kid, you all surely had some dreams and hopes but time and reality might have faded them out of your life. There might be a day or two in a year when you gaze out the window thinking about nothing, see a random kid on the street with your eyes following what they do, you might unconsciously cast those dreams and hopes on him or her knowing it’s completely nonsense and meaningless.

I’m not being arrogant or anything but luckily I can now make things that 14 year old Hajime boy longed for back then. Hope our new release will make you guys with a child heart as excited as me!