[OWV] JJ 220519

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[OWV] “We were able to appeal to our charms.” Directly hitting them backstage at the Warai Mirai Fes 2022

“We have made a new improvement!” An interview that conveys their passion

Well done at the live show! How was your first outdoor festival?
Kosuke: We felt another appeal at our first festival outside compared to indoor ones. In addition, it was a new experience to be involved in a show where not only people came to watch us but other people, too. We also learnt “how to hype up a concert in the future”, so it was a live show that made us feel “OWV has made a new improvement!”.
Katsunari: I felt the “reality of music” as it was a venue where also fans of other artists came, and as a festival we became excited all together. I think we have been able to create something good and I think the virtues of music have been conveyed through this festival.
Shuta: People who had fans or lightsticks of other artists raised their hands together with us and it made me feel a sense of unity in the music. Furthermore, this “Warai Mirai Fes 2022” made us, as artists signed to Yoshimoto Kyogo, feel the unity in “smiling”…
Fumiya: You changed the topic too much (laughs)
Shuta: But that’s because I work hard in regard to music, too!
Katsunari: But it was really good!
TN: A literal translation of the festival name could be “Smiling Future Festival 2022”

Shuta: Right, I was equipped with “the past” of the Tower Of Sun on my back, fooled around and I guess we also created a unity between “music” and “smiles”. But the name was an overstatement (laughs)
Fumiya: The Okonomiyaki we ate yesterday was extraordinarily delicious.
Shuta: What? (Laughs)
Fumiya: They became a good source of energy so I’m glad (we went).
Katsunari: Because they are Osaka’s soul food.
Fumiya: Okay! That’s enough!
(after a short pause)
I am just kidding (laughs). I think that this festival was an opportunity to truly showcase our charms as much as we wanted to. Furthermore, we barely had the chance so far to perform on the same stage as our seniors who have taken care of us so far, or senior artists who are involved with us for the first time, just like our friends with whom we have a friendly rivalry. So I believe it was an encouraging stage that will lead to the future.

“We changed the setlist too much, so (the staff) became angry” About their particulars of live shows

Is there anything you were especially particular about regarding this performance?
Katsunari: There was a lot, but wasn’t it the setlist?
Kosuke: Surely! The setlist was put together keeping in mind to have exciting songs.
Shuta: We also incorporated a summerish feeling, didn’t we?
Kosuke: Right. Normally we add a lot of dance style songs for events, but today we warmed up the audience with songs to get them excited and made up a plan to get them all lively! Hence, I think that even people who know us well, got a fresh feeling from watching us.
Katsunari: We thought of the setlist until the very last minute… and made the staff upset.
Shuta: We ended up changing it right before.
Kosuke: It was too much at the last minute…
Shuta: And yet, we wanted to show this setlist to everyone no matter how.

The second year since their formation. About the future OWV.

Kosuke: In our second year, we have established our artist image. This is also reflected in our costumes. I believe there are also a lot of people thinking “4 individuals have come together and are unified?”. However, exactly because we have this individuality, we want to aim to be an artist who can make use of multiple styles such as showing a gap in our performances or making comedy in our MCs. I hope you will pay attention to the way OWV will do our concerts and how we appear on events in the future! Especially I hope you pay the most attention to how Urano Shuta does his MCs in the future (laughs)
Fumiya: You are lecturing today (laughs)
Shuta: I’m sorry… but today I worked hard because there is “Warai” in the name! Something I don’t do normally!
Fumiya: Normally we are cool.
Kosuke: If it was the “Mirai Fes 2022” we wouldn’t have been like that (laughs)
Shuta: We appear as ikemen!

Talking about their free time the day before the live!

You went all together to eat Okonomiyaki?
Shuta: Me and Fumiya who were first in Osaka went to eat Okonomiyaki but later of course the 4 of us went together to eat Chinese food.
Katsunari: Because we are friends! (laughs)
Shuta: We also gathered in the hotel afterwards.
Katsunari: Everyone always comes into my room!
Kosuke: The others are the type not to let people into their rooms (laughs)
Katsunari: And when everyone returned to their rooms, my one was covered in rubbish!
(Everyone smiles bitterly)
Kosuke: (seems apologetic) we ended up leaving like this, yes…