NEWS news (week of Oct 22) - Part 2

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• Sorashige Book (Oct 21)
  
  
  • The first letter was from a listener who said that they read NEWS’ article in Lettuce Club and brought up how Shige said that once he was looking forward to when he would be finished filming for his drama.They asked if he wanted to write or go places or what else he wanted to do once he finished.
    Shige said that he did want to write though it’s not an easy process, but he is making progress on it. He said that he does also want to take time to refresh, and after not having time to for awhile he was able to go see a few movies. He watched movies, read books and manga and went fishing. But if he spends too much time playing then his time to write will dwindle so allotting time has still been not the easiest task. So he’s grateful to be getting a lot of work, but a complete refresh hasn’t really been possible. There’s a lot going on towards both NEWS’ future work and his own, where’s he’s trying lots of new things. Among all that he also is working on writing. Because of that he hasn’t had the time to really missing filming for zero like he thought he would. He thinks it’s also a testament to how he put everything into it.
  
  
  • ♪ ‘Ikiro’ ♪
  
  
  • For music club this week Shige talked about Zazen Boys formed by Shutoku Mukai, who he’s played on the radio before. He talked about a video he saw of various artists performing, including Mukai and he thought he was super cool. He talked about how the song ‘Roppon no Kurutta Hagane no Shindou (The Vibration of Six Crazy Steel Strings)’ really resonated with him. After that he had filming for Typewriters so he talked to Matayoshi about it, and they talked about how amazing it was and Matayoshi recommended him another video of a song of their to listen to, ‘Jimonjitou’ and Shige thought that was great too. He said that he’s really encouraged by Mukai, and other artists’, music when he’s at a standstill. It also made him think about how lucky he is to be in that position as an artist as well and that he can’t sing half assedly. He played the song ‘Roppon no Kurutta Hagane no Shindou’.
  
  
  • The next letter was from a listener who asked Shige if there’s anything he likes cooking right now.
    Shige said that he’s finally had time to start cooking again, around when Zero started he was losing weight, but once the drama fully started he was eating a lot of single dish meals, for example curry or rice bowls so he’s been thinking that he wants to get back in shape and lose some weight. He said that around the time when he lost a lot of weight he ate a lot of horsemeat- horsemeat and mushrooms, for about half a year that was the base he would start from when cooking. It’s pretty good with instant ramen.
    During the drama filming there were times when he really wanted to shop, say for home electronics, not necessarily for stress relief but since he couldn’t really go anywhere he wanted to buy something new. He talked about buying a Sous vide, a bar-like cooking device that you use by sticking into an airtight container and cook things at a low temperature for a long time. It allows you to cook high quality things really easily. He bought it though he didn’t have much time to cook. Char siu for example would take about 15 hours to cook, so if you don’t have a lot of time it’s hard to use, as he wrote in his NEWS RING entry. He said that it’s been fun to use and talked about a new things he’s been able to make how it keeps things tender. He made various things with it, getting it set up when he’s taking a break from writing and then returning to writing while it cooks. He said that during that time, by chance, he saw his dad and he told Shige that he recently got hooked on using Sous Vide. Shige said that they always end up getting hooked on things at the same time and it made him laugh. Before they’ve both gotten hooked on smoking things (cooking). He said that that amused him, but that it’s really fun and convenient so he would recommend it.
  
  
  • The next letter was from a listener who said that they watched him on ‘Fuka ii Hanashi’ they said that they couldn’t stop laughing when even when the prank was revealed [to the young shige fan on the show] and she still didn’t realized the listener couldn’t stop laughing. They asked for him to share behind the scenes stories.
    Shige said that it really was an honor for someone to want him to surprise someone on TV. He said it made him feel like a star and he was excited. It also took place in Mie-ken where he had never been before. He said that it was fun, even though in general he doesn’t like surprises or pranks, so part of him also felt bad for tricking her since he’s not good at lying. So he felt really bad when she started crying, but he was glad that in the end she was really happy [to see him]. Though he knows that there are a lot of people out there who support him, there aren’t very many opportunities to hear their voices in person, so it really made him feel supported and like he wanted to continue to do his best. It made him feel like a star and also guilty for making her cry.
    He said that though he’s been in the studio before, it’s rare to be able to go on location for Fukaii Hanashi, so it was refreshing and he got to see staff he’s worked with before too so it was a fun shoot.
  
  
  • The last letter was from a listener who said that they’re a 4th year university student and they’ve gotten all their credits all that’s left it to write their thesis, however they still haven’t found a job for after graduation. Most of the people around them have gotten offers so they feel very uneasy and they’ve lost confidence, they’re giving up. They asked Shige what he would do if he were in their position. Would he keep chasing his dream or give up?
    Shige said that he really wants to be able to tell her that he wouldn’t give up on his dream, but he’s lived his life never having thought that deeply about  a crossroad like that, so he’s not able to empathize with her situation.
    He said that recently he saw Amuro Namie on ItteQ say ‘Your dreams will come true’ and though everyone probably knows about it, those simple words gave him courage. He knows the phrase is a bit irresponsible, but having Amuro Namie say that with a smile right before her retirement, it transcended reality and responsibility- it’s a bit obscure, but it made him look up to that strength. Though it’s not his own words, he thinks that perhaps it could have meaning coming from him, and lately he’s been thinking that reality doesn’t matter, and the importance for following your dream like a fool. You’ll face tough times, even if your dream comes true you will. But he wants to tell them that their dreams will come true. That’s what he personally thinks. But it’s the listener’s life, so the final decision is up to them. He encouraged them to do their best and said he’s supporting them.
  
  
  • ♪ Orihime ♪
  
  


• Kchan NEWS (Oct 23)
  
  
  • The guest this week was Tegoshi
  
  
  • T: Hello, this is Michael Jackson!
    K: Hello, Michael Jackson
    T: This is it! Woo!
    Koyama said that usually they record this fairly late starting around 8 or 9pm, but this time they’re starting after noon and this is Tego’s second job today but it’s the first one for him so this is the first time he’s spoken today. Tegoshi said he must have spoken to Milk, and Koyama said that he does tell her good morning, but he doesn’t just talk to her. Tegoshi yelled a bit and Koyama asked him if it’s ok. He’s worried since it’s only just after noon, and Tegoshi replied that he’s fine because
    T: I have stamina, my gasoline is diesel.
    T: What do you call that again? What is it that can go for a long time?
    K: Hm, what was it….
    T: It’s about 30 liters
    K: Let’s think of it together
    T: What engine is it? It’s not called Eco or high octane…
    K: Hmm, I know what you’re talking about…
    T: Like a Prius
    K: Yeah yeah…. Hybrid!
    T: Hybrid!! My synaps are dead! My brain’s synaps are dead!
    They laughed at themselves and how they couldn’t come up with the word hybrid, then talked about how it was announced that they would be doing the countdown concerts. They said that they’re really happy and thankful, and that this is the first time they’d be welcoming in the new year in Osaka. They said that they wanted to do Hatsumode in Osaka too.
    Koyama also talked about how they’re inheriting this opportunity from the Kinki Kids who have done it for a long time. So they wanted to do it properly as their Kohai, and still want to appear in the Johnny’s Countdown broadcast if possible through VTR.
  
  
  • The first letter was from a listener who said congratulated them on the New Years concerts and brought up how they said in the Neverland MCs that they wanted to do both arena and dome concerts in the same year. When they heard the news they cried. They said that this year has been so happy with the Epcotia arena tour, Strawberry stadium concerts, Dream Festival, and now the Epcotia Dome tour.
    They said they really have had a lot of opportunities to perform for fans this year. Koyama brought up how even though Tegoshi loves performing for the fans, he also really wanted to perform in a different setting too. Tegoshi said that being able to performing for non-fans is an opportunity to try and show off NEWS. For example, Dream Festival and Songs of Tokyo were both good chances to show the lives they create with the fans in other places. Tegoshi said that it’s important work to entice new people to come see NEWS’ concerts. They also talked about how it was nice to see fans waving other artists’ towels. They said that it felt really good to do the festival.
  
  
  • ♪ ‘Ikiro’ ♪
  
  
  • While they were chatting before the first listener mail, Tegoshi suddenly realized that Gai wasn’t there and Koyama said that Gai wasn’t available in the afternoon. It’s just Koyama and Tegoshi in the booth this time. The first letter was from a listener who said it was their first time writing in. (K: Wow, and it got picked! T: You have amazing sense!!!) They said that they wanted advice from the love master, Tegoshi, and Koyama. They said that they were invited to go out to drink by someone they dated in highschool 12 years ago. They replied that they wanted to, but they haven’t ever spoken since they broke up and their memories of when they were together are pure and they don’t know how to react. They wanted advice on how to ease their nerves, and added that they’re doing their best dieting.
    Tegoshi wondered if it was really necessary to ease them. He said that he thinks you should treasure this feeling and even encourage it and Koyama agreed. They commented on how nice the situation is, and how it’d make you excited. Koyama commented that if she’s dieting then she might also want to get back together. Tegoshi said that maybe she doesn’t want him to think that she’s changed or gained weight since he knew her 12 years ago. He praised her strictness to be able to keep with it. They commented on how she should show him that she’s grown into an even better woman, and Tegoshi said that the man can’t let himself slip either. They’re at a good age now, and said that they wanted an update. Tegoshi said that it was fate that neither of them have married yet and Koyama agreed.
    T: How nice. LA LA LA LA LOVE SONG~♪
    Koyama asked Tegoshi if he were to be in this situation, and Tegoshi started singing Yuzu.
  
  
  • The next letter was from a listener who asked them what they thought she was most happy to have Tegoshi say to her.
    T: Eh? EHHHHH??? AHHHH!
    K: You don’t have to shout like that. You don’t have to join in like that.
    T: Why! Why!
    Koyama said that the correct answer was ‘cute’ and Tegoshi said it made sense since women are all princesses. The listener said that they’re of course happy to hear ‘Thank you’ and ‘I love you’ but ‘cute’ makes them feel recognized as both a person and a woman. They said that Tegoshi saying his fans are cute is enough to make them happy. They wanted to know what Koyama and Tegoshi like hearing from their fans the most. What do they think about being called cute?
    Koyama said that there are a lot things that are included in the word ‘cute’ and Tegoshi listed personality, mannerisms, looks, everything. Koyama noted that affection is also included and Tegoshi agreed.
    Tegoshi said that from men it’s ‘Tegoshi’s such a great guy’ that makes him really happy and Koyama said that he agreed. Koyama said that recently when he went golfing, the caddie said to his friend when he wasn’t there, ‘Koyama’s really a good person’ and it made him happy. Tegoshi said that since they appear on TV, they end up just being judged on that character they show on TV. Of course there are people who are different on screen and off, and Tegoshi said that he likes between told that he’s the same on and off screen, and he gets told that a lot. And Koyama said that it’s really true for him, most people probably have a strong image of him as being lively and energetic and he really is like that. Koyama said that actually he would like Tegoshi to be quieter off screen, rather than being different on screen and off, it’s like Tegoshi has no off switch, he also has no ‘neutral’ setting he’s always on ‘drive’.
    They said they also like it when women say that about them, but that there’s also a bit of distance there. Koyama said you want a bit more friendliness, like ‘It’s always fun when I’m with you, Tegoshi’ and Tegoshi added ‘You’re more than just your looks’ and Koyama said he thought for Tegoshi ‘You’re actually pretty mature’ since Tegoshi’s mischievousness can come off as childish, but when you talk to him he actually has a pretty manly side to him.
    T: And it makes me happy when women call me ‘kind’, since my looks go without saying.
    K: Yeah- huh? What? What?
    Tegoshi burst out laughing and said that everyone says he’s cool so it’s like ‘ok ok I know’ and Koyama jokingly scolded him for saying that and Tegoshi pretended to laugh obnoxiously to which Koyama said that people would say ‘Tegoshi, you’re so annoying’ He then said that he did understand though, being told you’re kind makes you kinder. He said that men are simple so women’s words are like magic. They also talked about how women might not think it’s good to make physical contact, but men really like it, it immediately makes their heart race. Tegoshi said it’s like that Buruzon Chiemi bit, it’s like ‘you want it from the cellular level and did a weird ‘Muhahaha’ laugh that he then tried to get Koyama to imitate. Koyama played along for a second before saying that he can’t empathize and wouldn’t do it.
  
  
  • ♪ Winter Moon ♪
  
  
  • The last letter was from a listener who said that when Massu or Shige are the guests on Kchan NEWS they have no problem falling right asleep after, but when Tegoshi is the guest even though they want to sleep they can’t because of his sheer energy on the radio. They said that since they think it’ll be the same this time they asked Tegoshi to do something about it.
    Tegoshi said that they must get excited just seeing his face and hearing his voice. Koyama asked Tegoshi what he thinks they should do and he said watch a DVD of a concert or music show or something. Koyama said that lately when he can’t sleep he also doesn’t try to force himself to sleep. Tegoshi agreed and said that if he goes to bed and can’t fall asleep he’ll get back up and  go to his living room and not resist his body that doesn’t want to sleep.
  
  


• Tegomass no Radio (Oct 24)
  
  
  • At the opening, they talked about how there are only 2 months left to the year, and that the 2018-2019 concerts have been announced.
    T: Po! Po! PO! PO! PO! PO! PO!!!!!!
    Sakura: That was too many “Po”s and you hesitated at the beginning, didn’t you.
    They talked a little about holding a countdown concerts and Sakura asked if it was their first.
    T: We do it every year in my heart though.
    M: Hmm?
    Sakura: Wait, are you tired or something today?
    T: No, no, no…
    They said that while they’ve been participating in Johnny’s Countdown since they were 18, it’d be their first solo countdown concert. Tegoshi said he’s really looking forward to it. Massu said how the countdown concert would only start at 10pm, and last past midnight, since they had to countdown. But then there’s another concert the following day at 5pm, so he’d really want to sleep earlier so he might just sleep at 11:50pm or something.
    Sakura: No, don’t! Do the countdown.
    T: You see, we’ve been taught by our parents to sleep and rise early.
    Sakura: Hang on, do the countdown.
    M: We’ll do it till 11:50pm
    Sakura: No you can’t do that! You’re adults, you can hang in there for another 10mins, can’t you.
    T: Hotel.
    Sakura: Hotel??
    M: We’ll jump in the hotel, going “YAAA!”
    Sakura: Go “YAAA!” alone?
    T: Jump from the bed or something.
    Sakura: Come on, do this properly.
    M: How about we appear after the countdown?
    T: Ah that’s nice.
    Sakura: Think of the audience’s feelings.
    M: Hurhurhurhurhur…
    They continued fooling around a bit, saying they have no idea how to do it since it’s their first time and finally moved on to the request.
  
  
  • The request this week was from a pair of husband-and-wife who loves NEWS. They didn’t manage to go to the Ajinomoto concerts because it was the day they held their wedding ceremony. They’d really wanted to go, but had to settle for just playing NEWS songs at their wedding. The groom prepared a surprise of singing “Full Swing” with the guests present, and the bride was so touched she bawled. It’s now an extra special song to them. They’ll be welcoming a new member to their family this December and are letting their child listen to the song already. They’ll continue supporting them, and asked them to please take care of their bodies.
    They talked about how they’re really happy and it’s a wonderful story. Since the child will be born in December, it’d probably be hard for them to join the countdown concert. But it’d be nice if the 3 of them can come to their concert together someday. They hope the couple can be happy always.
  
  
  • ♪ Full Swing ♪
  
  
  • Before getting into the second mail, Massu repeated the listener’s name in a funny way and Tegoshi rode on it. Sakura told them to stop, and said it’s Massu’s fault for starting it since Tegoshi would definitely join in. So the second mail was from someone who wanted to know where they’d first look at when they walk past girls. Their father would always look at the ankles first. (T: Meaning he’s always looking down!? M: Maybe he’d only look up at their faces if they had nice ankles?) Massu said the eyes, or face, and demonstrated it on Sakura. Sakura said he’s staring too much and it’s scary. He claims to look from eyes all the way down to the shoes, and Sakura said there’s no way he can look at so many things just in that moment by walking past someone. He started saying how he’s got super good vision and will start looking from a distance away. Tegoshi threw up how there are people with fetishes, like boobs or hips.
    M: He’s quite the pervert to start from the ankles, isn’t he!
    Sakura: How can you say this about the father! It’s must just be a coincidence and not in any bad sense!
    T: It is a fetish though, an ankle fetish.
    M: What about you?
    T: It’s the face for me.
    (silence)
    T: Why! Why do all of you freeze up! It’s normal isn’t it. Normal! What if I walk past Sakura-chan, and just kept staring at her chest?
    Sakura: That’s scary!
    T: Somebody like that is worst isn’t it! Face is the most normal!
    They threw out more weird places, like the belly button, hairstyles etc. And that looking near the face is the most normal (M: The area that shows up on your license!)
    Sakura wondered if she looks at people when she walks past them (M: But you know you’re walking by people right?). She will avoid walking into people, but won’t look at them. She’s also the type who won’t realise if she walks past people she knows until they call out to her. Massu said he pretty much notices people he knows from a distance away and would call out to them. Sometimes people mistake him as some weirdo on the street and run away. They concluded the father isn’t weird, in that he likes clean people so all’s good.
  
  
  • The third mail was from someone who wants to know what ingredients they like in their miso soup. Tegoshi started naming some ingredients, before realising he might be naming ingredients for tonjiru instead as he just had it the night before. He can only think of tonjiru now. They discussed a bit on what differentiates tonjiru from miso soup. Massu then randomly said how if they were singing “Miso Soup” at a Tegomass concert with footage of miso soup on the screen. Then pork lands into the soup from above, and turn the soup into tonjiru.
    M: Ah we can use this!
    Sakura: You can?
    M: I can just this tonjiru thing. Let me note this down.
    T: (at the same time) Note that down!
    Sakura: Tegoshi-san, this is just going to turn cumbersome so please stop.
    They also said Tegoshi had this face like he’s not there anymore and asked him to not do that. Massu then talked miso soup with just potatoes, or different types of fungi, and types of seaweeds, like aosa nori.
    T: Yeah.
    M: You don’t get it do you.
    (laughter)
    Sakura: Why do you go “Yeah” to things you don’t get!
    T: It’s fine isn’t it! Stop talking about things I don’t know.
    M: There’s his disengaged look again.
    They continued discussing more ingredients for miso soup and Massu tried to be funny when they were figuring out if the clam soup sold outside is miso soup too or just clam extract.
  
  
  • The fourth mail is from someone who’s a picky eater and managed to start eating Japanese ginger this summer. Is there anything the 3 of them managed to start eating recently? Tegoshi said he has - coriander. He won’t ask for them, but can eat a bit if they come in the dishes he orders. He still can’t eat celery though, because he was raised in a different environment. (M: You just wanted to say that, didn’t you!) Massu doesn’t have anything he doesn’t eat, though he doesn’t like extreme spicy or extreme sweet stuff. Tegoshi apparently started getting disengaged when Massu was talking and Sakura got exasperated and asked Massu to help take care of him too. Sakura can’t eat Japanese ginger, but she started challenging herself to overcome things she can’t eat this year, since it’s the final Heisei year. She’s inspired by the listener and would try to eat Japanese ginger too. She can’t coriander either. Massu talked about how he gets touched when he thinks about how small items like ginger and coriander can have such strong tastes.
    M: I mean, aren’t they cute? Such tiny leaves, but such strong smell.
    T: Yeah I guess, I guess.
    Sakura: This is such a novel opinion.
    Massu continued talking about leaves, like how the average leaf would just taste, you know, like the green leaf-y taste and he dislikes those more. While things like coriander and shiso are edible and he gets touched. When he first found out about coriander, he thought it was amazing. As he started eating it, he grew to like it. Sakura said she’ll learn from the listener and do her best too.
  
  
  • For “Quiz! Tegomass ni Oshiete” this week, the first question was a riddle. What do you get when you hug udon real tight? Massu got this pretty quick - gyuudon. (playing on the sound for hugging in Japanese - gyu, so gyu + udon = gyuudon). The listener who sent this question in apparently also wrote that this is a question that Massu would probably like and he said in a low voice that it’s embarrassing.
  
  
  • The second question was a riddle too - what is the legendary animal you get from boiling corn? Sakura hinted that the point is the boiling bit, and it might be easier to start thinking from the legendary animals. Massu got this right after a while - unicorn. (playing on how it sounds similar to putting corn into hot water, “yu ni corn”) Sakura commented on how Massu’s in good form that day, and Massu said it’s because Tegoshi’s spacing out.
  
  
  • The third question - what is something you have to pay for even if it’s just something you picked up? They had problems getting this, and Tegoshi negotiated for this question to be worth 3 points in the meantime. Massu got it - taxi. (M: [in English] THANK YOU!) So Massu won today, 5-0. Tegoshi said “tuk-tuk” would work too, but they told him he’s too slow. And it must be because he’s disengaged all the time, like from the second word after the opening. Tegoshi said it’s because it’s the 7th anniversary episode next week and he’s saving energy up (and threw in some soccer references here).
  
  
  • At the ending, Massu repeated that he won 5-0 again, and they promoted the Epcotia Encore 2018-2019 concerts.
  
  
  • Chino san, who was the band master of Tegomass band, tweeted on Oct 26 to say he’ll be guesting on the Oct 31 episode of “Tegomass no Radio”, which probably means he’s going to play the guitar for them for the live singing section!  (Source)
  
  


• Masuda Takahisa no Master Hits (Oct 26)
  
  
  • At the opening, he talked about the 2018-2019 Epcotia Encore concerts, sharing how they did consider making it a different tour, but thought it would be nice to continue with the same tour in the same year. It’s probably going to be the first time they don’t spend New Year’s Eve in Tokyo, though he hasn’t managed to countdown to the New Year with his family since he was 18. While there will only be four shows, it would be nice if they could create a concert unique to the venue, so to those who can come, please look forward to them.
  
  
  • The first mail is from a listener who wanted to know if Massu prefers kebabs or tacos. Massu first wondered what kebabs were, and chose kebabs (faltering over the pronunciation).
  
  
  • ♪ Fighting Man ♪
  
  
  • The second mail was from someone who recently had a discussion at their workplace on how they don’t understand people who wear camisoles over their tshirts. Is there anything about women’s fashion that Massu feels he doesn’t get? He first talked about camisoles over tshirts, how men don’t have camisoles etc. He likes camisoles over tshirts, though it also depends on how people wear them. He thinks wearing dark camisoles over white tees are nice. He continued talking a bit more about this, including getting confused about whether cami dresses count as camisoles.
    As for what he doesn’t get… he doesn’t like long denim skirts very much. Especially those with an entire row of buttons in front, or those lots of design details. (M: Hurhurhur… this is the first time I said this in public) It probably depends on how it’s worn, and it might just that he hasn’t seen anyone who looks good in it yet. He might change his mind once a brand he likes releases such an item, but for now he doesn’t like such skirts so much. He looks at women’s fashion and fashion magazines a lot, and there isn’t anything much he doesn’t like. He used to not understand straight bangs, but have come to realise there are people who look good in them.
  
  
  • The third mail was from a male NEWS fan who wanted to know how much time they usually spend preparing for a concert. Massu said they probably start around 3 months before, decide on the general stuff. Two months before, they’ll have a general idea on what to include. Then a month before, they’ll going into full preparation mode with more frequent meetings, dancing and singing practices etc. They’re always thinking about concerts regardless of the timing though. For instance, they were already thinking about the W concert when creating the “NEVERLAND” tour. Like, because we’re doing this here so let’s do this then. And do this for the E concert. Do this for the S concert etc. They don’t only start thinking of what to do just 3 months before the concert, but already have something in mind by then. He also meets up with the concert staff to discuss possibilities, even if there aren’t concerts in the plan at the moment. He feels it’s better to always be ready and prepared. The staff probably start preparing even earlier than them, though there’re times when they don’t get enough time too. The period when they’re creating the concerts are the best. It’s the time when they’re still imagining up possibilities, before making them into reality. So it’s an interesting and fascinating period for him.
  
  
  • ♪ Sayonara Boku no Machi ♪
  
  
  • For Masterpiece this week, he played “Strawberry”. He shared how there was actually the idea of them composing the melody for this song too, but they decided they wanted her0ism to compose it for them. They thought it’d be best for them now, to have her0ism compose the song for them, and them filling in the lyrics. He then talked again about how his lyrics were created during his stage play. Their music producer went to his holding room after the play, and they threw out lots of different anniversaries. The producer talked about how the child’s birthday becomes the most important once a child is born, even if it used to be other dates, like the wedding anniversary or their own birthdays. When Massu heard that, he agreed. So he decided to take that bit from the producer’s story, replacing the details with that from his own family. For the chocolate bit, it seems the trivia came from one of the Brain Master questions from Master Hits, though he can’t remember that and he thought it was something he already knew. It’s as if telling a friend this trivia you heard from the same friend. He talked about the blocks on chocolate bars, how they’re actually there so the chocolate cools faster, as well as to make it easier to remove from the mould. But because everyone likes chocolate, we interpret the blocks in a positive way, thinking they’re there to make it easier for sharing. This bit of the lyrics is him trying to throw a little question out at us, saying that no matter what happens, a lot can change depending on how you see things. So let’s try to stay kind. The chorus bit of his lyrics is him wanting to write messages on his hand - “thank you” and “I love you”, like how he sometimes writes them on his hand during his concert. Like how the other members have said in other radio programmes etc., he talked about how this is the first time they each wrote their parts with zero idea of what the rest are going to write. It’s also named “Strawberry” because of the play on how it sounds similar to “15” in Japanese. It’d be nice if this could become a significant song to NEWS, their fans, and those who hear this song in the future.
  
  
  • At the ending, he promoted Epcotia Encore concerts, and joked how maybe they should start counting down from 10,000 instead of the usual 20 or 30 seconds to midnight people usually do.
  
  

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