{"id":57693,"date":"2016-05-01T13:55:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T11:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zero-yen-media.fr\/home\/?p=57693"},"modified":"2022-07-01T17:25:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T15:25:15","slug":"interview-chelsy-2016-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zero-yen-media.fr\/home2\/2016\/05\/interview-chelsy-2016-english.html","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Chelsy (2016) (English)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once again, the Tokyo<\/em>-based all girl band Chelsy<\/em> was nice enough to answer some of our questions a couple of months ago.
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Zero Yen (ZY):<\/span> Hello Chelsy<\/em>! It\u2019s a pleasure to see you again for a second interview! Last September, your 4th single I miss you<\/em> was available. Do you mind explaining the lyrics please?
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\nChelsy:<\/strong><\/span> This is a story about a love lost but it starts from a place where the two persons are living together. When things don’t work out, you can’t help but drag this feeling, like you’re stuck on that love. The song was composed thinking it’s important to pull yourself out of that situation.<\/p>\n

ZY:<\/span> I\u2019m following all of you on several social media (Twitter<\/em>, Facebook<\/em> and Instagram<\/em>) and I noticed you went to Mexico<\/em> in November! I think it was for a convention called Expo TNT<\/em>. Can you tell us more about it?
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\nChelsy:<\/strong><\/span> This was our first performance abroad. We were really surprised to see, at the signing, some fans that lined up to meet us. We felt that the way the Mexican audiences were very different from the Japanese audiences : they got very excited about our shows.<\/p>\n

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\nZY:<\/span> Well, you partially answered my next question! (laughs) I know you played several shows there. How was the audience compared to your Japanese fans?
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\nChelsy: <\/strong>We noticed in Mexico<\/em> that the audience was making hearts with their hands. We don’t really have that sort of ritual in Japan<\/em>. That was very noticeable. We were also really moved that the audience would sing along with us. 
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\nZY:<\/span> In Japanese? That’s impressive!
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\nChelsy:<\/strong><\/span> The audience was very familiar with the anime culture, especially the show Ao Haru Ride<\/em> (Chelsy wrote the song \u00ab\u00a0I Will\u00a0\u00bb that was featured in the anime)<\/em>. So they knew some Japanese because of that.<\/p>\n

ZY:<\/span> When you were there, did you have enough free time to do some sightseeing? If so, where did you go?
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\nChelsy:<\/strong><\/span> We went to visit Teotihuacan<\/em> where the famous Mesoamerican pyramids are, just outside of Mexico City<\/em>. We also went to souvenir shops for our family and friends (laughs).<\/p>\n

ZY:<\/span> Which places do you recommend?
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\nChelsy: <\/strong>The very ancient site of Teotihuacan<\/em> was really amazing, we never had the chance to climb pyramids before. It really was an incredible experience for us. The three of us got matching hats there, you can get them for very cheap. We had a lot of fun!
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\nZY:<\/span> Yes, I think I saw a picture of you on Instagram<\/em> with these hats! You were cute!
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\nChelsy:<\/strong><\/span> Oh, thank you!<\/p>\n

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ZY:<\/span> I know AMI<\/em> really loves food (laughs). What did you eat in Mexico<\/em>? Anything you really enjoyed?
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\nAMI:<\/strong><\/span> (laughs) The food was very spicy there, it made me a little nervous because I’m not really strong with spicy food in general. But by the time I left Mexico City<\/em>, I really loved it! I especially liked the spicy burritos<\/em> sold in convenient stores there.<\/p>\n

ZY:<\/span> What about you SHIZUKA<\/em> and MIO<\/em>?
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\nSHIZUKA:<\/strong><\/span> There was a lot of food there compared to Japan<\/em>. I got to try tacos<\/em> and I realized Japanese tacos<\/em> are very different from Mexican tacos<\/em>: in Japan<\/em>, the vegetables are the main part but in Mexico<\/em>, it’s all about the meat!<\/p>\n

MIO:<\/strong><\/span> The nachos<\/em>! They were so good, we had them every morning! (laughs) They had cottage cheese on top of them.<\/p>\n

ZY:<\/span> Back to the music, you announced a couple of days ago that your mini-album ESCAPE ON THE WEEKEND<\/em> will be coming soon! Please tell us more about it! (this interview was done in February)<\/em>
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\nChelsy:<\/strong> There will be 4 tracks on this mini-album. Aside from compiling songs we’ve been playing at our live shows, there will also be one extra song on it. We decided to go back to the basics when making this album, the way we first started music.
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\nZY:<\/span> Any special edition planned for the release maybe?
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\nChelsy:<\/strong> The album will be just one disc this time.
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\nZY:<\/span> And will there be a new PV (promotional video) as well? We miss seeing you on video!
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\nChelsy: <\/strong><\/span>Nothing is planned as of right now but there will be a live video for the song escape<\/em>. (it was released a few weeks ago)
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