ItalianoGACKT Official Blog update. Translation below:
Finally finished a song today.
Work was pretty difficult.
Even though I’m singing it the same way,
I even had to sing it for 80 takes.
Actually, because of things going so badly,
for the first time in awhile, I really unintentionally screamed in the studio a number of times.
To top it off,
I even had to redo parts of earlier recordings.
Although I thought that it could be done better,
I’m endlessly irritated
by me not growing despite persevering this far.
There are many things that weren’t going well despite how many times I do them.
However,
at such a time, there’s a simple phrase that I don’t want to say.
『I don’t have enough talent』
I hate this phrase the most.
It’s not only the phrase I don’t like saying the most,
it’s also one that I don’t want to hear from those around me.
The only people who can be forgiven for saying things like “you don’t have talent”,
are those who keep doing only one thing for their entire lives,
but were still unable to accomplish what they wanted to do.
To say whether someone has talent or not after simply doing something for a few years,
no matter how you think about it, it’s presumptuous.
Even so,
there’s definitely nothing nice to easily say about
someone who says they’re unable to do something after just giving it a little try.
『Big bro…
Just like how big bro can’t do many things,
I, too, had a time when I had a lot of problems!』
The words came from TAKUMI.
『I see… As expected, you had that too.
That said, everyone has had such times…』
Everyone has definitely had a time when they were unable to
reach the heights that they seek.
When there are those who seem to easily execute what you’re suffering over,
looking at them, you’ll definitely have felt envy or shock at how bad you are at it.
But,
you never know if they have had the same period of suffering.
If you’re envious, when you have some free time, it’s good to spend it by
putting in effort to surpass yourself.
『Yeah, big bro, that’s right…
even for me, there are times when I’m envious too though.
But, when I have that free time, I practice!』
Yes.
That’s right, TAKUMI!
Even those who seem to easily accomplish things might have been through suffering in the dark.
If I feel envy or something, when I have time,
I’ll put in more effort, and give my all
to be able to make everyone smile.
Well, back to work.
Source: GACKT Blog
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
Translation © GACKT ITALIA