Name: Interview with MIYAVI - "DAY 2" World Tour 2018 in Warsaw
Uploaded: 2019-08-27T12:51:41.000Z
Duration: 23 min 12 s
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So, how do you feel about being in Poland again?

Always, Polish fans are really, really hot and enthusiastic

They really like rock music, I really feel it

And then, you know, even the hotel staff is really polite

Before I came to Poland for the first time

The same as Japan, I mean (there are) some rock musicians in Japan

but Poland - I didn't have that kind of image

But the thing is, of course, people love music

Do you have any special memories or specific things that come to your mind when you think about Poland?

So I, as an artist, always try to make new stuff

because that's what I feel, that's what I think

to take my audience, my fans to the next level

especially as a guitarist, I wanted to make something new, especially now

So always making new stuff and sometimes I make

So every time when I play old music, old songs, it's pretty special

And then, maybe for the first time or the second time in Poland

when I performed one of my old tracks, "Selfish Love"...

That was the hottest moment I've ever had when I performed that song

I don't know how to describe it, it was really, really-

Yeah, I was really happy to play that song

because, you know, that energy, the energy from the audience is really, really important, every show

So at that moment, I was blown away by my Polish fans

I actually have been there and I remember we were singing very loud-

Do you like when fans sing along or you're like, annoyed that they are interrupting you?

You know, that's what I mean when I say we cannot make a show special without the audience.

So the energy, and also the voice from the audience, from the floor, is really, really crucial for us.

So, you know, we are professional performers, musicians

Always take care of our health, condition, even on a tough road, we do perfectly

But also we are human beings and we get affected by the audience.

If the energy level form the audience is really high, we get affected and we go higher as well

Yeah, that moment- I strongly remember that moment, and I was really really happy.

On your latest album, "Samurai Sessions vol. 2" you work with many different artists with different styles

but you still managed to create a very consistent album.

What was the most challenging thing in the creation process?

Yeah, collaboration, you know, always need to make sure that the timeline and the direction of creation is okay

So of course it's harder that creating something by ourselves

But at the same time there's always chemistry during the session

So especially now I don't know how my fans, my core, strong fans might feel,

but as a guitarist I want to kind of find a new path

because you know, "rockstar" is not shining in this generation

Yeah, it's really crucial to find a way to be able to collaborate with other singers

So this time although it was not easy to handle the timeline and everything,

but it was great to explore the new style, new sound.

As long as you have your own style, I mean, as a guitarist

I think we can say "this is the new Miyavi sound".

So, you know, I'm still singing, but like

But no need to be categorized or stuck in a box

The thing is, the way, let's say, the visual kei was born, is like freedom

But people say "Oh, you're in visual kei, you cannot do that, you cannot have a rapper" or "you can't have a tap dancer"

That's just one of the styles, one of the expressions

To me, now, as a musician, as a creator, as a guitarist, I want to find something new

To be able to pursue and also challenge new things

Which one, out of all of your songs, represents you the best? Like says: "This is Miyavi right now"

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