I couldn’t move forward unless I put a lid on my troubled emotions

–When paying homage to past works such as “BOYS,” do you look back on how you felt at the time and reflect that in your songwriting now?

SOPHIA – Mitsuru Matsuoka

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For 30 years, we have been active as SOPHIA, experiencing the turning points of the times. The media, the environment we live in, and the people around us have all changed. We have been tossed about by those rough waves and experienced fear during those 30 years.

At that time, I felt very rough, resigned, and lonely. There was not just one reason, but many factors. However, I couldn’t move forward unless I put a lid on those feelings. If I had said, “No more, I’m quitting everything,” it would have ended there, but I didn’t. But I haven’t erased the feelings I had at that time.