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>Strong voiceOkayu’s strong singing feels like a new world? Right, she normally doesn’t sing songs like that, so it’s been a learning process for her. Akkanbe was actually the first song where she really learned how to do that, which is why she was able to carry that over to Dokuhai Swallow. Even though they released in the opposite order, she actually worked on Akkanbe first. She was able to go full power at the studio, but it definitely clips her mic when she tries to do it at her home one. Will that make them unlikely to pop up in utawaku? Not at all, she’ll just keep going through the clipping.
>PaboOkayu absolutely loves the bouncy music in this one. How are people liking it? You love it? That makes her so happy. The think about Pabo is that while most of the songs are going to get MVs on Youtube at some point, management told her that she has to have at least one song stay exclusive to the album. She got real spoiled and tried to complain, and management really did understand her feelings, but begged her to have at least Pabo remain album-only. Think of it like a bonus song. She’ll still sing it at times of course, the single just won’t be an upload. The others will have MVs though? That’s right. A lot of people probably misheard the “Shukkin(Going to work)” as “Shuki(Wuv)”, huh? Okayu thought it would be nice for Onigiryaa on their way to work to listen to. Give back your mishearings? She refuses.
>Kamisama NekosamaBaachan’s favorite song. Karasuya Sabou’s works have already had quite a bit of involvement with hololive, like the Curry Meshi Song, and Okayu also believes he did Onegai Muscle too. She loves the Curry Meshi song, and thought it would be super fun to have a song by him. Okayu thinks the chorus call would make a live performance incredibly exciting, though that probably can’t happen right now with the current regulations. Okayu’s already seen what’s ready for the MV so far, and thinks it’s fantastic, so please look forward to it. The song was actually a real pain to record. Karasuya was there directing, but there’s a lot of line-readings in the song, like a Puyo character combo quote. The song’s also one of the longer ones too, so there was a ton of stuff to remember. Unlike the other songs, there was no real time to chat, she just hopped in the booth the second she made it to the studio. While Pabo and Lazyroop are more about Okayu supporting the Onigiryaa, the chorus in this song feels like the other way around to her. Please feel free to call out while watching online.
>KohakutouThis song feels so pretty doesn’t it? Right, “The type of candy you listen to”. When Okayu heard herself saying that on the crossfade, she cringed a little. The more you listen to this song, the more it gets into your head. Originally the song was supposed to be about 3 keys higher, but it was pushing her throat to the limit, so it was lowered. If you sing it for karaoke, and put it up 3 keys, you’ll glimpse the worldline in which the song wasn’t changed. The whisper voice was actually layered on top, and was the idea of the sound mixer and the director. Not the same mixer who recommended the mic she bought. She works with a lot of people for this stuff. You love the little girl style singing? Eh? But Okayu’s a good adult. Beautiful Okayu? She then roleplays a mini skit:
“Did you drop this beautiful Okayu into the lake, or was it this dirty Okayu?”
“Eh? I’m not dirty! There’s just times where I wanted the Onigiryaa to think I was cute, so I piled on the mesu. I’m not really dirty or anything!”
You like both? If you said that, they’d definitely pick a fight with you, accusing you of copping out.
>LazyroopAnother song that feels kind of like an emotional ending song to something. Natsushiro Takaaki was in charge of this one and complimented Okayu on her beautiful singing. That, and his direction were the things that left an impression on Okayu the most from working on this song. It’s another song about supporting the Onigiryaa, which works great lined up next to Detabareneko. It was debated whether to lower the song by a key or not, but they stuck with this. Okayu really loves this interlude here, though she remembers Takaaki asking her if it was okay or not. People who make music are really amazing. Okayu thought a lot about how they would even learn to make it in the first place. Okayu’s gotten way better at singing? She definitely feels like she learned more about how to record things properly, but she’s not good at telling if her actual singing is any better. She supposes that the people who listen to her sing a lot would be the best judges though, so she’s happy to hear that they think so. She’s getting so much praise from everybody, but it’s not like she’ll reward you with extracurricular lessons or anything.
