the recording… The lyrics are about loving someone too strongly like “I can’t live without you”. The song is about an insecure girl. Kobato thought too much about the lyrics in a tour van, and got a little sick mentally.

I really wanted Toshinari Ohnishi-san, who wrote The non-fiction days in the 3rd mini-album Brand New MAID, to arrange a song by all means, and this is the result. It was already fast in the demo stage, and it got technical phrases by his arrangement, so we instrumentalists had quite a hard time at

the recording… The lyrics are about loving someone too strongly like “I can’t live without you”. The song is about an insecure girl. Kobato thought too much about the lyrics in a tour van, and got a little sick mentally.

I really wanted Toshinari Ohnishi-san, who wrote The non-fiction days in the 3rd mini-album Brand New MAID, to arrange a song by all means, and this is the result. It was already fast in the demo stage, and it got technical phrases by his arrangement, so we instrumentalists had quite a hard time at

The lyrics the composer wrote for the demo suited it perfectly, so we decided to co-write. Kobato wrote the second half to match with the first half he had written. It expresses an unfocused cry coming from where your weakness and strength cross, so we named it “CROSS”.

closer to the album and use a pad. There are quite a few ways with it so I am looking forward to it.

Akane: In [PAGE] and [At the drop of a hat], I recorded without using actual drumming for the first time ever. In [PAGE] I drummed everything other than the bass drums, and added electronic drum beats. Because of that, I am thinking on how to play it in future services. Actually play it, or make it

and.

When the lyrics go like this, we will vent the same emotion in performance, and we are rather used to that in Band-Maid songs. Like, going with an explosive vibe, or a speedy feel, all the way through. In that sense, it was easier to record it than the other songs. We knew how to work on it beforeh

isn’t it? It has an unleashing feel. Like, you want to blow away the black fog that appears in the music video of Unleash!!!!!. I guess this song has such feelings, just like Unleash!!!!!.

Saiki: Yes. I think that’s true. Also, this song will stand out at servings too, won’t it?

All: Yeah!

Akane:

yrics were purely inspired by the music. When I listened to it for the first time, I had the impression that Kanami was pissed off by something. Like, she was irritated (laughs).

Kanami: That’s not true, though… However, I had an image of explosion about it.

— That’s exactly what Unleash!!!!! is,

hut you out again in HATE?, which is kind of awesome, po! (laughs)

— The title has a question mark, so I expected you had some feeling that might be hatred and would end up saying “I hate you but I love you”…

Saiki: Not at all. Because I say “It’s meaningless” at the end (laughs). However, these l

, “I hate you”.

Akane: Cool. You suddenly used English (laughs).

— It’s so intense from the first line, like you don’t let men say anything. I even wondered like “Does Saiki-san have any problem?”

Saiki: Ha ha ha!

Miku Kobato: It occurred to me just now, po, that we shut you out in Balance and s

it was.

— Saiki-san, you wrote the lyrics. Was this intense scene of the lyrics inspired by the music?

Saiki: Yes. Around when I listened to the music, there happened to be a lot of terrible news stories. That was when I was going through irritating events myself, and I honestly thought to myself

instrumental, and then we decided to add a vocal melody to it. She asked me if she could sing the instrumental melody already there as it was, so I had her sing it… [Note: the speaker is noted as Akane in the original Japanese text, but I changed it to Kanami.]

Saiki: Yeah. I had her complete it as

— So, Track 8 is HATE?. The very last song has a scary title. I believe it was written rather early among the songs on the EP, wasn’t it?

Kanami: It may be the oldest song among these. I wrote this song back when when I was writing a lot of riffs. Originally, I was thinking of writing a riff-based

and.

When the lyrics go like this, we will vent the same emotion in performance, and we are rather used to that in Band-Maid songs. Like, going with an explosive vibe, or a speedy feel, all the way through. In that sense, it was easier to record it than the other songs. We knew how to work on it beforeh