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Too pretty they made me Nervous (Utsukushisugite Nervous) Q I could feel Umeka-san’s love for the group from your narration or your announcement posts on X (= Formerly Twitter) Umeka: I’ve been working with them since “Keyaki tte, Kakenai?”, and I’ve watched over the members like a parent would. I am someone who works in the entertainment industry as well, so I could understand some things that they are going through. It’s not all just fun, there is also the hardship of having to continuously be in the spotlight. Because each of their hard work is being conveyed, I wish that they could all bloom and do their activities with a smile. In “Sokosaku”, characters are made for the girls who don't really stand out often, and it makes me happy if it makes the theme even more fun. Q Such as the “Kousaka Marino DEATH GAME”. Umeka: Yeah, that’s right! (laughs) Her face popped out in my mind right away! Q I interviewed you for BRODY ~3 years ago , and what do you think of the 2nd generation’s ...

  Q 9Lana’s “Let me battle” that was composed and arranged by Giga-san and TeddyLoid-san received a huge response. What were your thoughts going into this new work, “Pikkaan!”? TeddyLoid: ”Let me battle” that I created with 9Lana-san showed a new side to Pokemon songs that has never been seen before, and I think it has become a song that surprised everyone. Pokemon is a work that we are all familiar with, so when the offer came, I was like “It’s finally here”. Giga-chan and I talked about sublimating the maximum performance we have in our music as we took this on Giga: I was really happy to receive another offer, and it was both challenging and fun in trying to set it apart from our previous work Q In addition to the two of you, DECO*27-san is also credited as the songwriter for this song. This is the first time the three of you worked together after Ado’s “Odo” TeddyLoid: In the first place, I wanted to ask DECO*27-san, who I thought to be the best lyricist and music producer, to ...