Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#21 - 60 Songs (July 26 - August 24, 2025)

. What will the content of this live show, titled "60 Songs," be? We spoke to Yuki Kajiura, who turns 60 this year, at her newly built studio.
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So thats what 60 is about.

I moved here last year while doing my Asia tour. I built my studio in the basement, so it was pretty busy getting it ready to use. It's finally fully operational now, but I get the impression that I've been working hard for my studio for the past six months or so.
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Thats why there were 0 new releases before the studio was finished.

We're finally choosing songs. In fact, we're writing songs to play at the next live show, and we're now putting together the set list including those.
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NEW SONGS IN THE TOUR CONFIRMED :sohappy:

You're right, I think Kajiura's songs have particularly complex part allocations.

We might do the same song with three people, or with five people including a guest, or with four people, or even just one person, so there are about five different vocal scores for one song (laughs). We start rehearsals with questions like, "Which version will we sing this time?", so as the number of versions increases, it means we have to relearn it, and I think that's a lot of work for them. The band members stay the same in terms of performance, but the singing...
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interesting in terms of how they rehearse songs with different singers lineup.

--So what is your impression of Suzuki Emiko?

Suzuki Emiko was introduced to us by our producer as someone who caught our attention, and I think the recent trend in songs is to sing small notes with good pitch. It's not like the old days when being a good singer meant singing powerfully with long tones, so it's not as easy as it used to be to find someone who sings long tones with volume and power.
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How she met Emiko

--I guess it's because I've grown attached to it that I want to do it every year.

Last year, I changed workplaces and thought, "What do I want to do in the future?" When I thought about what I needed to do to continue making music in the future, I honestly thought that since I'm 60 years old, there aren't many things I have to do, and I didn't have to do anything I didn't want to do.
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--Just do what you like.

Yes, when I was in my 30s and 40s, I actively tried things that I didn't want to do at the time for the sake of my future. I felt like it didn't suit me at all, but I did it for the experience. But when I actually tried doing that, I found it to be a lot of fun and I gained a lot, and I often ended up regretting my narrow-mindedness. But when I turned 60, I realized that I only had about 15 more years of work to do, and that from now on, I would be able to do just what I like and want to do. I thought that I didn't need to work hard for the future. I thought that I would be forgiven for just doing what I enjoy (laughs). So, when I thought about what I wanted to do, I decided that I wanted to do a live show.
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This also explains the slow down in projects. :tea:

She also menthions she started to sleep alot more (7-8 hours) 2-3 years now, because before she was sleeping 4-5 hours per day
 
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We talked about a lot of things. We also talked about Yuki Kajiura Live vol21, which is coming up soon! Currently, I'm in the middle of preparing for the acclaimed tour, and I'm gradually transforming from the reclusive Kajiura who writes to the slightly brighter Kajiura who will be performing for a limited time only at the live shows (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و ✧ . I'm also writing new songs for the live shows. I can't wait for you to hear them! #YKL21
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Confirming again new songs~ Something for Emiko probably. Something for muh Joelle plis.
 
色々お話しさせていただきました。間近に迫ったYuki Kajiura Live vol21についても！現在絶賛ツアー準備真っ最中で、書く人な引きこもり梶浦からライブ期間限定プチ明るめ梶浦に徐々にトランスフォーム中であります(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧。ライブ用新曲も作っているの。聴いていただくのが楽しみ！ #YKL21
Translated from Japanese by GrokShow Original
We talked about various things. About the upcoming Yuki Kajiura Live vol21 too! Currently in the midst of intense tour preparations, the reclusive writer Kajiura is gradually transforming into a slightly brighter live-performance Kajiura (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧. I’m also working on new songs for the live show. Looking forward to having you listen to them! #YKL21

My favorite part of her X post:
"the reclusive writer Kajiura is gradually transforming into a slightly brighter live-performance Kajiura"

Only slightly brighter? 😅 Well, her music "covers up" massively.

I imagine an alternate scenario where Kajiura had to hold a mic and sing her songs in front of an audience by herself, and be accompanied by someone else.
 
When a new person comes, I want to do something that makes them look cool, and I'm always thinking about how to make them look cool in this song. Of course, there are a lot of main characters, so it's difficult to give everyone a chance to shine in every song. But when the singer changes, the parts are divided differently.

This reinforces that Emiko's presence will lead to changes in the vocal arrangements. I'm curious if she'll be mostly relegated to lower ranges with Kaori, and how much LINO LEIA will be used in the middle-to-upper regions.

When I first met JUNNA, I was really surprised that someone so young could sing so well. It wasn't just that she had good pitch and a great voice, but that she was so good at breaking down music, and I was surprised that she could get into the groove so quickly, even though she was so young. I wondered what kind of music she listened to and sang to become like this?

I am always interested in Kajiura's impression of the strengths of her singers. JUNNA'S still fairly young and is getting appreciated by composers with strong vocal expectations like Kajiura and Chiaki.

When I work with ASCA, I imagine him as a Scandinavian-looking bassist with scruffy beard, two keyboard players with some kind of quirk in the background, and a woman in a red dress singing between them (laughs). His voice is a little languid and husky,

This was beffudling to me - the imaginative description Kajiura gave. I'm still trying to work it out.

She's right, though, that ASCA speaks and sings in a soft and smooth style. "Hibari" is just a perfect song for her, not fast or exciting but flowing.

When harmonizing with four people, even in a fast tempo song, there are parts where you need to extend the beautiful long tone for four bars, so in that sense, someone with singing technique like Suzuki is very valuable. And above all, he has a great voice. He's busy with musicals now, so I'm glad he accepted.

This was the end of her talk about Emiko and how she can hold long notes and singing with power.

I'm curious about her potential duet harmony sections with Joelle, Yuriko, and Kaori, and how they would play off each other.

I'm also curious about the interplay of control with power when she's belting, how finely it's tuned.

Because, I think that even if I die and am taken to any paradise, I can never go to a happier place than having the best players and singers play and sing the songs I wrote, and the audience laugh, listen, and applaud me. It's still the same now, but the more I do it, the more I understand the fun, and the more I form bonds with the band members and singers. It's becoming a place I love so much, and I've started to feel more attached to live performances than I ever thought I would.

This made me smile. She often expresses how much she values her regular collaborators and offers them lots of praises.
 
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