2019/12/15

[To the Readers of my Blog]

Sorry for very very late post.
Some readers asked me about my plan to translate BABYMETAL's new songs.
I'm sorry but I will not translate them for now.

I translated BABYMETAL's songs for better communication of members and foreign fans. BABYMETAL's early songs had many references to Japanese (pop) culture. By explaining them, I wanted foreign fans to know Miss Suzuka, Miss Yui, & Miss Moa were ordinary Japanese teenage girls in their private life and their daily life was something like depicted in such songs as "Doki Doki * Morning".

BABYMETAL's later songs, however, have few references to Japanese (pop) culture, so my advantage as a native speaker has become less. And I've come to realize that I cannot choose a better interpretation among several possible ones because what I think is important to the lyrics seems much different from what the lyric-writers or the producer thinks is important to the lyrics, so I've come to think I can contribute less to the translation of BABYMETAL's songs.

BABYMETAL seems to have been changed. I heard [ SU-METAL, YUIMETAL, & MOAMETAL are such characters as Mickey Mouse in Disneyland ]. And YUIMETAL left BABYMETAL. Miss Suzuka & Miss Moa and Miss Yui have all been hidden.

BABYMETAL's songs also seem to have been changed. At glance, I can't find something I should/can tell about the songs of "Metal Galaxy", but, if Amuse Inc. has taken visible actions to support Miss Yui, I will try to translate them.