【Podcast special #7】なーちゃん / A Japanese singersongwriter with beautiful voice.

Kevinvin sleepy Japanese

Kevinvin invites his friend, singersongwriter, Yurina to talk about what its like to be a singer interacting with fans and dealing with negative comments.
She sings "you raise me up" at the end. Don't miss it!!
Yurina Ueno Official
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiZP_cCvwTgIeBR2bWXQdGA
【Timeline】
0:45 Why I named myself ”kevinvin”??😂 and why “SLEEPY” japanese? 💤
2:00 Yurina ueno is a singer songwriter and translator. Her original song is called, ”日曜の朝に”.
3:30 Who is Yurina Ueno?????
4:20 We met at same university in Tokyo, at same acappella club👀
5:30 Yurina lives in Saitama, north of Tokyo, so-called “da-saitama(lame place)” I’m so sorry🤣🤣
6:30 Yurina was already a star singer from university days.
She has also won several contest on TV❗️❗️😲 She is a master of karaoke too
7:30 Winning points at karaoke machine is like a game.
9:00 How is she doing as a singer in this pandemic time?
9:30 She has her own youtube channel and she also holds concert there.
10:00 Kevinvin actually did a collaboration with Yurina on her youtube channel❗️❗️
11:30 Our video failed to get views🤣 “Posharu” means “to fail”
12:50 How Yurina obtained her excellent singing skills?
13:50 To be a professional singer, you should be objective .
She records her voice to hear if she really is singing as she wants.
15:45 You can’t sing only with technique nor with emotion🎤
16:30 Kevinvin realized that singing is acting just like he did in the film shooting.
18:10 Yurina makes it a rule not to cry while singing to engage the audience more.
19:00 Singer has to be a storyteller but not an actor, as Yurina says😎★
20:10 In the singing, you should not be drama queen but a storyteller outside of the story just like a narrator📘📕
21:45 What makes Yurina feel worth being a singer?
22:30 How Yurina deals with people leaving negative comments/smear on her?😢
24:00 She tries to listen to them for the better.
25:00 She just blocks people who are just there to abuse her. There are just jealous. 😡
27:40 What’s her goal as a singer????
28:20 Kevinvin likes her original sing called “家” my home. it makes me miss my home😿🇯🇵
29:50 Does your voice as a singer and your personality match at all? 👀
30:00 Rocker with strong voice tends to be a womanizer??? A singer with beautiful voice tends to live a quiet life???
31:00 Fans think Yurina is a decent woman but she is actually quite lazy🤣
31:30 They think Yurina is a very calm, mature person because of her voice!
32:30 She sometimes wish she had a strong, powerful voice, so do I😂
33:30 As a singer, you always wanna be thinking which song is the best for your voice.
34:00 Kevinvin has a soulmate, wolf, who has a strong, powerful voice.
We were always compared as having milk-tea-like🥛 voice and coke-like🍹 voice🤣
And our personality corresponds to our voice❗️
36:10 Kevinvin once wanted to become a singer😲 but he hasn’t found his style to be number 1.
37:45 What does Yurina want to convey as a singer?
38:00 She doesn’t want to be number 1 singer since singing is an art.🎨🖼
40:15 Do you sing just to be popular? or just do what you like and get your voice heard by audience?
42:10 Kevinvin wants Yurina to just be herself and not try to adjust too much. As they say, ”life is like a box of chocolates”
43:00 Differences b/t English songs and Japanese songs
44:30 Japanese used metaphor, poetic expressions on its songs.
45:00 You should stop learning Japanese by songs.😅
Song lyrics tends to choose words that you never sing in daily life.
48:20 Her friend learned Japanese to be super fluent by watching Anime😲