"Go vote and eat out," Tsunku tells the secret story of his birth October 24, 17:27
"On Election Day, I'm going to vote and eat out for some reason."
Morning Musume was a big hit.
This is a passage from the hit song "The ☆ Pis!"
Why vote and eat out?
Is there an election in the lyrics?
I hit Tsunku-san, who wrote and composed the lyrics.
Tsunku x Morning Musume.
generation
Tsunku, who had his vocal cords removed by surgery for throat cancer seven years ago.
The interview was conducted remotely.
The listener is Maho Kuwako, a 34-year-old NHK announcer who talks about "Morning Musume. Generation".
Kuwako Anna
I'm just Morning Musume.
It's the same age as Tsuji-chan and Kago-chan.
So I'm really happy to meet Tsunku-san!
Tsunku-san
I wanted you to audition (laughs) I'm sure it wasn't the case when I was studying for the exam.
Election for "The ☆ Pis!" !? The secret story of its birth
The story goes to "The ☆ Pis!", Which became a big hit song.
It was released in 2001 following "Ren'ai Revolution 21" written and composed by Tsunku.
"The person I liked was kind"
"The person who went by was kind"
There is a passage in the lyrics that describe the happiness of peaceful everyday life.
"Why do you vote and eat out on Election Day?"
Why
did
the words "election" and "vote" suddenly come up?
Kuwako Anna
I don't think you often hear "election" or "voting" in the lyrics, but how did you come up with these lyrics?
Tsunku-san When
I was in elementary school, I remember a boy about two years younger in the neighborhood happily wearing nice clothes and smiling.
When I said, "Where are you going to wear good clothes?", He said, "My dads are going to the election and then going to the restaurant."
I was very happy.
That was something that left a lasting impression on me.
I thought, "It's nice to have a good election so much that I'm looking forward to going to the election," so I think I wrote that phrase.
As one of everyday
Four days after the release of "The Peace!", July 29, 2001 was the day of voting for the Upper House election.
Tsunku ♂
Let's put elections and politics in the lyrics!
I didn't have such a theme.
It's just a happy song, and the title is "The ☆ Pis!".
Shortly before that, there was a single called "LOVE Machine", and I put the phrase "Koi wa Inflation" in it.
There was a bit of talk about business terms.
The members sang without understanding the meaning.
I think the election was just around the corner for this song, but I think it was just taken up as one of the daily lives of the Japanese people, rather than a difficult story.
Kuwako Anna said
that the lyrics were about everyday life at that time.
That is still attracting attention in this way.
Tsunku-san At
that time, the important thing for my family was "let's eat out."
I think there are various scenes of the family's "The ☆ Pis!", But I wrote one of them.
Morning Musume.
I think that the members of the group also had such a feeling that the society did not feel like another person.
Don't be like, "You only have to sing a song."
Kuwako Anna
How do you perceive that you are still attracting attention at every election?
Tsunku-san
I don't think there are any other songs related to the election (laughs), but I'm honored.
I think the members were quite busy at that time, so I don't know how far I read the lyrics, but recently I've been told that the meaning of the lyrics at that time is ingrained.
I'm glad I put it in the lyrics.
Everyone's "Go vote and do XX"
Before interviewing Tsunku-san, we asked for ideas and episodes of "go voting and do XX" that would make you want to vote, and many posts were received.
It will introduce a part of.
First of all, three people in their thirties
vote and go to the park.
"My child is still small, but I go to vote together and go to the park as it is. I go to the election by taking me to the election every time. I wish it would become a matter of course. ”(Mr. Nagaru) I
voted and reminisced.
“ The elementary school in the neighborhood is the voting place. I told him while remembering the story of my elementary school days. ”(Mr. Keitaburu)
Vote and buy and eat.
“ Go to early voting after dinner at night and buy and eat cup desserts and ice cream at the supermarket. , The "night play" that goes out after dinner and the atmosphere of the voting place at night make me feel strangely excited. Voting is fun! "(Mr. Torineko)
Among them, Tsunku picked up ...
Tsunku-san is
cute, isn't it?
"I'll give it to SNS" and "voting discount" are good for ice cream.
It would be nice to have a place in the polling place that "shines".
It's popular to take pictures there!
Like.
However, I think it would be nice to have an idea that if you take a picture on the spot and upload it, you can get a discount at the shopping street or show off to your friends.
The rest is an idea that makes your child want to go.
Because distributing balloons in the shopping district is to pull parents.
If a child without the right to vote incorporates an idea that he wants to go there, will young parents in their thirties also participate?
I think.
Other people in their teens and twenties sent me this message:
"I've loved Morning Musume since I
was
little, and when I was able to vote, I definitely wanted to vote and eat out. Thanks to that, I've been going to elections every time. I'm wondering if something will change if our generation goes to vote. I'm grateful to Tsunku and Morning Musume. " Abe-chan)
"Because I'm 18 years old, this election is the first national election. I'm really excited about this song when I go to the first vote. It may be good to think of it as one event like the lyrics of!. After voting, I would like to go to a ramen shop! "(Aoi-san)
Excitement from the idol general election with a feeling of excitement!
Recent elections have pointed out a decline in turnout.
How do many people become interested in elections?
Mr. Tsunku
It's a sense of participation in voting.
From an entertainment point of view, it's exciting, a little bit crazy, and a feeling of excitement.
Even in a fun amusement park, I have to pay because I feel some kind of excitement.
If you just want to be healthy, you can go to the park.
I pay for the roller coaster because I'm thrilled, and even though I'm scared, I pay for the haunted house.
I'm thrilled here.
If a politician sets up excitement and excitement that is entertaining in politics or society, it should be more exciting than the general election of idols (laughs).
"Go vote and do XX" What do you write now?
At the end of the interview, I received a message.
Tsunku-san
I was wondering what I would do if I voted now, and how would I write the lyrics now, but the original meaning of the song "The ☆ Pis!" Is "I'm happy to vote." I think.
It doesn't mean that you will be happy suddenly by going to vote, but if you entrust it to politicians, the goal is to make you happy!
However, at present, "I'm hoping for happiness by voting" is the reality so far.
thank you!
When.
After all, I entrust the future to politicians.
But don't be irresponsible.
I want to cherish every step of the day, not because I entrusted it to the end and because I voted.
As Mr. Tsunku drew in this interview and "The ☆ Pis!", If "election" and "voting" can be captured as one of everyday life ...
"A wonderful future" is waiting for you. I feel like that.
This "election day" is October 31st.
What do you vote for?
* The interview will be announced on the 25th (Monday) at "Good Morning Japan".
(Network News Department Shinichiro Kuninaka, Election Project Takuya Sakurada)