So, this was the song I wanted to translate and had it on my drafts, this time on paper, lol, but couldn't finish for reasons... and now it's done, but since today is a holiday (for me) I decided to plug my harddisk I got to listen to this amazingly sad ballad that puts me in my mood~
So this is one of the songs that have a PV from their last single, double(?) I can't tell for sure lol, called Edge of Days released in November, so you can tell how long this was delayed in my drafts, lol, either way, I think this was the song that caught my attention and I rather like the PV, so I decided to give this a try.
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here, this time the lyricist is the same from SZ's Honey Honey and Wonder Love, which means it's the same from songs pretty recent such as Kinpuri's Oh My Girl and Naughty Girl and also working with Kisumai's HUG & WALK all of the previous mainly in lyrics, but in this song, it's also the composer as in Senga's I miss your smile. It's really interesting how the same person more or less is setting a style ...I guess... either way I love most of those songs... So, here's my try, I like the tone of the song and by the lyrics, we get to discover is an encouraging song, to continue after a long hard working day.
Kis-My-Ft2
Mr.FRESH$
Lyricist:Kanata Okajima・pw.a
Composer:Kanata Okajima・pw.a
Are you ready?
You ready for Mr.FRESH?
さあ Call me Mr.FRESH!!
誰もが抱える Junk & trash
今日は片付けてみませんか?
沈む夕日を合図に
頭空っぽ 準備はOK?
期待は MAX!
高まるボルテージ Upper Stage
一瞬でみんなバッチリキラリ Clean Up
ほらこっちおいで
今日もお疲れ様です
居場所はここにあるよ
ビートにカラダ預け
気張らず 語り合おう
僕らに任せてよ
だからもっともっとみんな ラクにいこうぜ
キレイにしちゃいましょ
スッキリしちゃいましょ
君の心のスキマに寄り添い Refresh
感情がウェーブしちゃう
瞬間に高まる
最高のブギウギウギ 明日もファイト
さあ Call me Mr.FRESH!!
そばにいるから Mr.FRESH
一回リセットしてみませんか?
息抜きも必要さ
ほら着替えて 準備はOK?
もっと Relax!
肩の力 抜いて
イヤなこと みんなまとめて Delete
ネガティブだって
たまには吐き出さなきゃね
僕らが受け止めるよ
めくるめく世界に
僕らは生きている
自分らしくあるために
ほら もっともっとみんな ラクにいこうぜ
感情がウェーブしちゃう
最高にマジカル
君の心のスキマに寄り添い Refresh
キレイにしちゃいましょ
スッキリしちゃいましょ
せーのでブギウギウギ 明日もファイト
さあ Call me Mr.FRESH!!
C'mon どんだけ過ごしても まだ足りない
無限に続く 俺のパンチライン
鳴り止まない 歓喜 ファンファーレ 最高だぜ
笑い飛ばし タフに生きてこう Mr.FRESH
キレイにしちゃいましょ
スッキリしちゃいましょ
君の心のスキマに寄り添い Refresh
感情がウェーブしちゃう
瞬間に高まる
最高のブギウギウギ 明日もファイト
さあ Call me Mr.FRESH!!
(English translation)
Kis-My-Ft2
Mr.FRESH$
Lyricist:Kanata Okajima・pw.a
Composer:Kanata Okajima・pw.a
Are you ready?
You're ready for Mr. FRESH?
So, call me Mr. FRESH!!
Everyone is carrying some junk & trash
How about putting it away today?
At the sign of the evening sun going down,
let's have a blank start, are you ready?
The expectations are at its MAX!
the rising excitement is in its upper stage,
in a blink of an eye everyone is perfectly shiny and cleaned up.
So, come here,
you've worked hard today,
the place where you belong is here.
Leave your body to the beat,
let's talk effortlessly.
Leave it to us,
so, let's all get more and more at ease.
We'll get you bright
we'll get you to freshen up,
shielding the breach in your heart, refreshing.
Your emotions will wave
rising up in a moment,
doing the best boogie-woogie, so you can do your best tomorrow as well.
Come on, call me Mr. FRESH!!
Because Mr. FRESH is with you
how about having a fresh start?
You also need to take a break,
hey, let's get dressed up, are you ready?
Relax more!
Loosen up your shoulders
and delete the unpleasant things all at once.
The negativity, you see,
sometimes you need to discharge it,
we will take it.
We're living
in a dazzling world
to live according to our identity.
So, let's get more and more at ease.
Your emotions will wave
in the best magical way
shielding the breach in your heart, refreshing.
We'll get you bright
we'll get you to freshen up,
doing the best boogie-woogie at the count of three, so you can do your best tomorrow as well.
Come on, call me Mr. FRESH!!
C'mon, no matter how much, is not enough
so my punchline will continue endlessly
keep on ringing, in delight, fanfare, it's the best.
Let's laugh and live tough, Mr. FRESH.
We'll get you bright
we'll get you refreshed,
shielding the breach in your heart, making it like new.
Your emotions will wave
rising up in a moment,
doing the best boogie-woogie, so you can do your best tomorrow as well.
Come on, call me Mr. FRESH!!
[T/N]:
So, I'm not going to lie, this was complicated and the main reason is the same for me not usually picking main singles, and I think it's because they're mainly done to sound cool, to seem fresh, I overused that word and it got stuck in my mind and usually only contain one simple message. Also sometimes like this one, the song is full of English, that doesn't usually connect so well into the song. Mainly because they're words on their own, partly translating the meaning they're already stating in Japanese, which makes the translation sound super repetitive. So, I'm sorry for my mistakes, I tried to tie this up the best I could and this was the result. So a few notes,
- because of what was stated previously, I don't know why I sound so serious today lol, I did change some English words, especially the last refresh, and I took the chance to use the intended meaning in my mind... that's the highlighted line, but to be honest my fave line is Yokoo's delete LOL
- I left the 'junk & trash' because it was like a whole phrase there, but I guess you get the meaning... Actually, when I started this I was wondering if this song was for a cleaning product LOL, they talk so much about cleaning up
- In Tama's stanza of the world, I was doubting about how to put in English the '自分らしく', it could also be 'to live in our own ways', like in your unique way, maybe that was better...
- It's actually 'so you can also fight tomorrow' like in the meaning they give to the word 'fight', I wasn't sure if that sounded in this intended way in English, so I used 'do your best'.
Last, I'm not sure about the 'punchline' stanza but it does sound cool in the original, lol.
So, the last couple of days I was able to watch their last concert and it was so fun, so cool, I really like it. And it made appreciate a lot more many songs such as Distance, actually, this was in my pending list, in my head, also Chudoku and also #1 Girl but again, this was also a fave of mine since first listening to the album.
Well, maybe if I have some time, I'll attempt some of them or maybe the easier one... in my mind I want to do them all, I like them that much.
And you have to check the Multi-angle wide version of Distance, I loved it, maybe because I love Tokyo Dome, it has such a beautiful view...especially when the camera is going round and round and not completely static and in a one-and-only direction as in JUMP's last concert, that bothered me...
Also, KimiNashi was super cool, and I already did that one.
On other news, I was doing my year summaries, actually, I'm still on 2018 lol, and got distracted by Unnatural, that was such an impactful dorama! Also, it's so hot in here right now, and it's not yet 24, so I won't say Happy Bisday Aiba-chan! just yet...let's finish with a beautiful fanart...pics aren't mine~
And actually, I also got distracted by Fuma's concert again and there I discover this amazing ballad by Pi, Pi has so many great ballads, the music is so good also... I would have definitely attempted to translate if I would have been interested in him musically back then...
My Junba heart ~