is the third installment in the “Bungaku Shoujo no Utashu” series, following her 10th album “Bungaku Shoujo no Utashu” and her 11th album “Bungaku Shoujo no Utashu II – Tsuki to Kaeru to Bungaku Shoujo”. This album is inspired by the image of a mellow summer, and includes 11 songs, including new songs that give off a summery emotional vibe.
We had a long talk with Yui Horie, who unfolds her own unique emotional worldview, about this album.
–This is the third installment of the Literary Girl’s Poems series, following “Literary Girl’s Poems” (2019) and “Literary Girl’s Poems II – The Moon, the Frog, and the Literary Girl” (2022). Please tell us again about the concept of the Literary Girl’s Poems series and your commitment to this series.
Yui Horie (hereinafter Horie): When I say “Literary Girl’s Poems,” I often get asked, “Is it a story about a quiet girl reading a book?” But it’s not like that. It’s an image of people who have a vague feeling in their heart and that generation, so if there was a time when people had such feelings, I think that even an old man or an elementary school student could be a literary girl. I
chose this title because I hope that there will be people who can empathize with the world view and atmosphere of the songs in the same way, saying, “I feel like I was in this scene.” I hope that when people listen to the album from start to finish, they will feel a little emotional.
–The first film was set in summer, and the second from autumn/winter to spring, but what season did you imagine this time around?
Horie: This time, it’s the release date, but I’ve returned to summer. The first game was a light blue and white summer with a “Yay!” kind of vibe, so this time it’s more of a mellow summer. I was conscious of making it a slightly sad, quiet summer.
Also, this time it’s night and dawn. That’s the overall world view and atmosphere. I feel that summer is the most emotional of the seasons, and I thought that if I divided it into day and night, I could create a new world view.
–As the third film in the series, was there anything you wanted to make different from the previous two?
Horie: First of all, the artwork. We had a lot of photos of night scenes. Since it’s summer, there were festivals, and also lighthouses at night. The visuals that are conscious of night and dawn are definitely different from the previous work, and I chose songs that I don’t usually sing this time, so I think that somewhere I wanted to make a difference. It’s
not that I felt that I had to make something completely different, but since it’s the third in the series, I think it may have sounded like I was looking for songs of a slightly different genre.
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