From the previous work3Hiroshi Fujiwara's new album has been released for the first time in a year. Originally5The planned release in May was affected by the coronavirus.​It's a shape that slips into the moon. Presided over by Ichiro YamaguchiNFReleased after joining the record "slumbers(Slumbers) ", the title of this work is"slumbers 2". Beige color with a gentle hue, unlike the previous work where the dog character was lovelyHajime KuwazonoIt is an artistic jacket that reveals his portrait. This is my first work​We asked Hiroshi Fujiwara about the back side of the album production and the reason why he continued to sing.

Photo_ Ko Tsuchiya ｜ Interview & Text_ Mio Koumura

Smiley KYNE works and dancing Ichiro Yamaguchi ... Back story of music & PV production

-It's been 3 years since the previous work.

It's too early (as time goes by). I feel like half a year.2I was hoping to get it out in about a year, but in the end it grew for half a year.3It's been a year.

–The album name is "slumbers" from the previous work. It's a title like a sequel.

I didn't have any other ideas in particular, but I wonder if I like the sound of the word "slumbers". At first, I thought it would be nice to release it under the band name slumbers, but in the end it was the album title. Shunsuke-kun, who has been working with you since the previous work, looks like a slumber. It looks like I'm already sleeping. There may be that too. With himYOKINGWhen I was doing (AOEQ）After having you participate as a tour member of. I think he is a very easy-going and talented person.

-HiroshiYou used to talk about making music with humming and guitar, but how does Shunsuke finish the song from there?

It depends on the song, but sometimes we make something like "This is what this is with this kind of chord" and "This is the baseline", and to some extent we arranged what we made here and returned it as a completely different thing. It's also interesting because it sometimes comes. I made TERRITORY in the studio while exchanging ideas and wanting to make it look like a disco.

–This time is the first​Also production.

“slumbersWas released, the label president (Ichiro Yamaguchi) told me that I should make a promotional video. But last time I wasn't in time. So I asked, "Isn't it possible this time?"

-ProductionWorked on the opening animation of "Wednesday's Downtown"ODDJOBIs in charge.

ODDJOBBy chance at a cafe a while ago with Mr. Fujii20I met again for the first time in a year, and from there I often met there, but before, "Hiroshi-san's​I'll do it. " When I talked about this time, he really made it. Fujii-kun's companyCGIt seems that I draw it in analog and finish it without using.

–Off-shots during shooting were also a hot topic on Instagram. In front of that green sheet…

That is called chroma key. It has been used for a long time, and since the first serialization of Mennon 30 years ago was chroma key, I have a long relationship with chroma key.

-That name. TERRITORYThen dance with Mr. Yamaguchi, KYNEMr.'s work smiles.

TERRITORY choreography is also a teamODDJOBIt was thought by the animators of.2I mastered it immediately with people that day. KYNE's work is​During the production of, I thought it would be nice if the girl he drew appeared as a heroine, so I contacted him.

–Finished​What is your favorite work?

PASTORAL ANARCHY(Pastoral anarchy) I wonder.ODDJOB​ ​onnacodomo (Onna Kodomo*) Mr. thought, but it is interesting that it becomes a bone and decays. When I was asked, "Can I drop the eyeballs?", I said, "Please do more and more."onnacodomo It seems that the father in the middle is drawing an anatomical chart of the human body used in elementary school.

* Onna codomo ...MusicianDJ Codomo,Unique animation artist Yasuko Seki and illustrator Michika NoguchiVJunit.

–For this workJamie Reid（Jamie·Reed）Is also participating.AKA SIXfrom​ ​It seems that the shirt was released and sold out soon.

Only letters. When Yamamoto-kun of the summary listened to this song, he said "Accidental Anarchist ”Graphic​ ​He told me that it would be interesting to make this song because he puts out a shirt. So when I asked him, he kindly agreed.

–It's gorgeous. I feel that the process of making such an album is similar to Hiroshi's fashion work.

I agree. I'm sure everything is the same in manufacturing. Maybe it's the same when making Ferrari with Diagostini (laughs).

Now that evolution is over, why make and sing songs

-3Has there been any change in your music production when you made the album for the first time in a year?

The way you make music is basically the same. What is born from me is made through an analog process, and I think that it will always be analog. But isn't this the case for everyone? Everything starts with analog, guitar, humming, piano.

–Makes you feel nostalgiaMellowThere are many songs, but do you sometimes make them with past songs in mind?

I'm not conscious. But in that sense, I haven't evolved, and it's the same with the music of the world. at least,90Here from the age30For the year.

–Has the evolution of music stopped?

That's right in terms of method. Isn't it not just music, but fashion as well? I think the evolution is over.

-What kind of work is it for Hiroshi to create new songs now?

Still, it's fun to make new things. Even after the evolution is over, there is still something left. Music, piano and violin. It stopped as it used to be, and music is still made using it. Even if it's not about developing a new method or creating a new expression, let's create it with the feeling of that time, and try to mix it. That kind of thing nowIs interesting.

–As a musicianHow do you analyze yourself?

I'm still a rookie in music. There are no people in the music industry to quit, so there are many seniors around me, and everyone will continue to play music until they die. Hama-kun, Watanabe-kun, and Yamaguchi-kun are all seniors who participated. It ’s here that I started music properly​Because it's about a year.

–As a music producer"I was playing music"I think.

It's completely different. Formerly a stylist, now a designerI think it's like that.Making music and having people play it and sing it is different from playing the sound yourself. It used to be all about featuring, but now I don't want to make it a singer, so I don't invite vocalists anymore. As a posture. I wonder if it's different now to have a good person sing and under the name of Hiroshi Fujiwara.

–Tell yourself your songIt is that.

I agree. I wonder if I have grown up too. Like musical instruments, songs, and pictures, there are many good people. I used to work with good people, but good things don't always make me attractive. Even a poor picture can be cute, and the song can be more emotional. I haven't been able to play it at all, but I've become fascinated by the fact that this guitar really touches my heart.​ ​So, in that sense, I'm still a rookie​ ​

-Do you want to be a major?

I don't need to be (laughs). I don't think the current major songs are interesting, and the music I make is different from the major ones. But Yamaguchi-kun's lyrics are amazing. Whatever I praise the president, alwaysListen and reflect.

– Hiroshi's lyrics are also interesting. For example, "white" that wrote about albino is also a subject.

There is such a song every time. This work is pastoral anarchy (idyllic anarchy). There is a place called Monte Verita in Ascona, Switzerland, on the border of Italy. Architecture is BauhausI'm sloppy1897Thinkers and artists who became disgusted with the high-growth German society in the year made a commune, made vegetables on their own, away from the hustle and bustle, talked about ideas, and lived naked. With interest.

-"Mai and Paul" is your home painting, isn't it? There are also lyrics that show and hide Hiroshi's daily life.

I agree. TERRITORY is boiled down in the lyrics, and at the endAt the recording studio, I saw the shadow of the blind on Mr. Harada's (manager)'s head ... It may be born at such a time.

–Finally"slumbers 2 ”by yourselfWhatDo you think it's an album?

There are songs, instruments, and programming. I'm not aware of it, but it's an album that follows the trend from slumbers in recent years. So after all, I think my favorite music is like this. Even so, it was good to be able to make a disco-like song this time. Especially, TERRITORY was a long time agoIt's like playing as a DJ, but until nowI didn't make this kind of music, so it was fun. I want to make that kind of music again.

藤原ヒロシ新アルバム「slumbers 2」、Deluxe EditionはTシャツ付き

■ HIROSHI FUJIWARA "SLUMBERS2"
https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/fujiwarahiroshi/slumbers2/