If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.
If I don't think about anything, and start with a clean slate, in terms of what I have to do, a lot of different ideas come up, and I can think about things more openly.
My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.
Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.
People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.
I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well.
Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.
Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles.
Up until now, I had ideas that I wanted to try but didn't have the opportunity to do them.
When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn't have time to think.