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I just found a magazine with an interview of Kalafina for their Parisian show, so here's the english translation. Speaking about style!
I'm sorry if there are some mistakes... My english level isn't perfect ^^' If you want to improve the translation, please feel free! I just wanted to share this interview with you all. Enjoy ^^
Journalist: Kalafina is extremely popular in Europe. Shall we say "welcome" or "welcome back"?
Keiko: Welcome (laugh)! We are very pleased to come in France, because since our debuts it was a sort of dream. We always have been close to a certain image of Europe, with our costumes and also our producer who have lived in Germany.
J: You talked about your costumes. In every comeback you're more spectacular. Are you entitled to your say, or who does take this in charge?
Wakana: You're right, every work has its own stage outfit. On fast songs, outfits should projet an image of power and style, while in case of ballads we bet on long dresses. About the costumes we're wearing today, they have been especially created for the live we're gonna give in Paris.
J: Can you tell us more about your Consolation dresses?
Hikaru: The outfit that has the strongest image is the one we wear for "Yume no Daichi". But as a rule, all of our recent outfits show an image of elegance.
J: This sought after elegance, can we say this is in relation with the fact that you've become more mature?
Keiko: Of course, we partly follow trends but the most important is, Kalafina exists since six years and a half. It is natural that, over the years, our group become more and more elegant.
J: If you should define Kalafina with five words, what would you say?
Keiko: We always are three singing in harmony. So, "harmony". This word is the first showing up in my mind.
Wakana: Three girls, Three voices. Number "3" is also important.
Hikaru: There's also the word "live". We love to sing on stage, and this is always a chance to be seen.
Keiko: "Work", thinking to all the songs we had the chance to sing.
Hikaru: The fact that we continued, without any break, to release CDs and making lives. Maybe the word "continuation" would be the last.
J: Precisely, one of your keywords is "live". Are you rather "live artists" or "studio artists"?
Hikaru: For us, studio recordings are as important as lives. In either case, our goal is the same: singing us three in harmony. Then, it depends how our fans prefer or have the opportunity to listen to us.
J: Did you have a moment when things fell/clicked into place?
Wakana: First, there's a double album, a best of, released on the July 16th that enable to trace the six first years of Kalafina's career. But for me, what did change it all really is the first single that marked the beginning of my career as Kalafina. Even today, listen to it or perform it is like find my roots again.
Keiko: I'd say the first time we performed a national tour in Japan. A tour is the opportunity to meet utmost people. It allowed me to question and improve myself.
Hikaru: I'm currently living in Tokyo, but I come from Toyama. So, the first time we gave a concert there was very important, because I came back home.
J: You started your career six years ago. If we meet again in six years, what would you like to have achieved in the meantime?
Keiko: In six years, the objective is to continue to sing and travel in the whole world.
J: That's all we're wishing for you...
Thank you!
I just found a magazine with an interview of Kalafina for their Parisian show, so here's the english translation. Speaking about style!
I'm sorry if there are some mistakes... My english level isn't perfect ^^' If you want to improve the translation, please feel free! I just wanted to share this interview with you all. Enjoy ^^
Journalist: Kalafina is extremely popular in Europe. Shall we say "welcome" or "welcome back"?
Keiko: Welcome (laugh)! We are very pleased to come in France, because since our debuts it was a sort of dream. We always have been close to a certain image of Europe, with our costumes and also our producer who have lived in Germany.
J: You talked about your costumes. In every comeback you're more spectacular. Are you entitled to your say, or who does take this in charge?
Wakana: You're right, every work has its own stage outfit. On fast songs, outfits should projet an image of power and style, while in case of ballads we bet on long dresses. About the costumes we're wearing today, they have been especially created for the live we're gonna give in Paris.
J: Can you tell us more about your Consolation dresses?
Hikaru: The outfit that has the strongest image is the one we wear for "Yume no Daichi". But as a rule, all of our recent outfits show an image of elegance.
J: This sought after elegance, can we say this is in relation with the fact that you've become more mature?
Keiko: Of course, we partly follow trends but the most important is, Kalafina exists since six years and a half. It is natural that, over the years, our group become more and more elegant.
J: If you should define Kalafina with five words, what would you say?
Keiko: We always are three singing in harmony. So, "harmony". This word is the first showing up in my mind.
Wakana: Three girls, Three voices. Number "3" is also important.
Hikaru: There's also the word "live". We love to sing on stage, and this is always a chance to be seen.
Keiko: "Work", thinking to all the songs we had the chance to sing.
Hikaru: The fact that we continued, without any break, to release CDs and making lives. Maybe the word "continuation" would be the last.
J: Precisely, one of your keywords is "live". Are you rather "live artists" or "studio artists"?
Hikaru: For us, studio recordings are as important as lives. In either case, our goal is the same: singing us three in harmony. Then, it depends how our fans prefer or have the opportunity to listen to us.
J: Did you have a moment when things fell/clicked into place?
Wakana: First, there's a double album, a best of, released on the July 16th that enable to trace the six first years of Kalafina's career. But for me, what did change it all really is the first single that marked the beginning of my career as Kalafina. Even today, listen to it or perform it is like find my roots again.
Keiko: I'd say the first time we performed a national tour in Japan. A tour is the opportunity to meet utmost people. It allowed me to question and improve myself.
Hikaru: I'm currently living in Tokyo, but I come from Toyama. So, the first time we gave a concert there was very important, because I came back home.
J: You started your career six years ago. If we meet again in six years, what would you like to have achieved in the meantime?
Keiko: In six years, the objective is to continue to sing and travel in the whole world.
J: That's all we're wishing for you...
Thank you!