On the bayfm radio program “Tonight, Under Sakura’s Tree” (every Wednesday from 24:00 to 24:30), broadcast on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
IZ*ONE’s Miyawaki Sakura talked about the dance in the music video that was released.
Miyawaki Sakura: The music video for the title song has also been released, and we have received your comments.
Ryoichi, a radio name from Kanagawa Prefecture. Thank you very much.
Listener email: I watched the music video for Fantasy Fairy Tale.
The video was very beautiful, and it was a great music video that really conveyed the charm of each member. In particular, I thought Chaewon’s dancing on the water was the coolest.
I knew that Saku-chan had been working hard on singing and dancing recently through “Sakunoki” and PLUMME, but I was able to see her performance evolve even further, far beyond my imagination, and I like Saku-chan even more.
I think the dance in Fantasy Fairy Tale was more intense than ever, but I would like you to tell me if there were any particularly difficult parts. I will continue to support you.
Miyawaki Sakura: Thank you.
Wow… it’s more intense than ever before, and it really uses up a lot of stamina. So even when we practice, we all fall to the floor after just one dance (laughs).
This song is really quite physically tough.
Um, the hardest part.
I guess it’s the “dance break”. Hmm.
First of all, “dance with 12 people” and “dance with 5 people” are completely different.
When you’re dancing with 12 people, it looks really powerful even when you’re just doing it normally, but when you suddenly become 5 people, you have to dance really powerfully or it loses all the impact and you don’t get that feeling of “the dance break is here!”. So at that moment, all 5 of us really sharpen our senses… we dance with so much energy, so it’s really tough.
Plus, I have a part after the dance break. So the live performance is really tough. I have to sing while I’m really out of breath, so that’s really hard…
Also, when I saw the music video and the performance video released and saw everyone’s reactions, I was really happy.
I think this time, I was able to perform a performance that made me think “I worked hard” with the dance break and the whole performance, and I was really excited, thinking “I can’t wait for everyone to see it” and “I wonder how they will react”. But everyone praised me and reacted to it more than I expected, so I thought “I’m glad I worked hard”, and for me, I thought “It’s because of the fans that performances and performances can exist”.
If I’m just standing on stage, something is missing, but I thought that it’s only when the fans can see me that there is meaning to standing on stage and performing. So it was only when someone saw me that I felt like I was an idol.