Japanese rock quartet King Gnu talk about taking their 2023 album, THE GREATEST UNKNOWN, on tour, what the success of their Jujutsu Kaisen smash hit ‘SPECIALZ’ means to them, and what excites them about visiting new cities.
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00:00 Hi, Band Wagon Asia. We are King Gnu.
00:06 Nothing. Nothing.
00:19 Nothing. Nothing.
00:27 King Gnu is a band.
00:30 If we play with the world view,
00:35 the reality of music will be gone.
00:39 We value our music.
00:44 Of course, we use it as a trick.
00:49 But it's important.
00:54 That's it.
00:56 Compared to other J-pop,
01:06 there is a higher percentage of music.
01:11 The music is more important.
01:15 In other J-pop, the song is more important.
01:20 The song is more important.
01:24 The arrangement is more important.
01:29 We don't have to be unique.
01:34 We don't have to be unique.
01:46 The music video of "Teenager Forever"
01:50 is about four teenagers who got rich.
01:55 They are going to spend a lot of money.
02:00 In the Philippines,
02:04 they were just playing with girls.
02:09 The four teenagers have their own personality.
02:15 The music video is about the four teenagers.
02:19 I think it's a fun music video.
02:24 This album is not a band sound.
02:36 It's a song with a lot of sound of the band.
02:42 We are arranging the band for the live show.
02:46 I think it's going well.
02:51 We are trying to make it more physical.
02:56 We are trying to make it more physical.
03:01 I think we can attract a lot of people.
03:06 For example,
03:11 the drums are more aggressive.
03:15 The bass is also more aggressive.
03:20 We play a synth-based song with an electric bass.
03:25 The guitar solo is also included in the album.
03:30 It's like a live show.
03:35 I think it's a good song.
03:39 I think it's a good song.
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04:23 I think it's a good song.