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RADWIMPS - Light The Light [Official Music Video]
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RADWIMPS – Light The Light [Official Music Video]



The global outbreak of novel coronavirus has shaken up the world and many of us are being forced to let go of the life we are familiar with. Those who are infected with the virus were first treated as victims, but now they are considered as victimizers, a threat to others, and are feeling unnecessary indignity and distress in the process.

Not knowing who is infected, including ourselves, creates and spreads fears that lead to bigotry and discrimination pitting one community or one nation against the other. Fears that the whole nation may be put in a state of chaos and paralysis are causing all sorts of social disruptions such as hoarding facial masks and other supplies or the rise in racist sentiment including hurling abuses and refusing entry to restaurants and public facilities. Fear, hatred, and cruelty of human beings seem more terrifying than the virus itself. That is why I strongly believe that it is necessary to remain calm, get facts right, and reach out and help each other.

We and the supporters in China discussed and decided to create a song for Chinese people living in anxiety and fear, and I immediately started to work on a piece, hoping to help in whatever way possible. The work is now finished and we decided to distribute it for free in China. And this music and video is now available for streaming in other countries as well.

In the process of creating this piece of music I recognize that this is a song for not only Chinese people but also Japanese and all the people around the world who are fighting the threat of COVID-19.

There is only so much what music can do, but I believe that many of us find solace in music. As I wrote in the lyrics to this song, I truly hope that when the outbreak winds down and normalcy is restored even if we are not totally unscathed, we will be able to laugh about it with our families and friends. Until then, we are going to hang in there.

Yojiro

世界的な流行をみせる新型コロナウィルスの流行にともない、多くの人が普段とは違う生活を強いられています。本来「被害者」であるはずの感染者は、いつのまにか「加害者」へと見られ方を変え窮屈な想いをしながら日々を生活しています。どこに感染者がいるか分からない、自分が感染しているかもしれないという恐怖が伝播し、それは地域単位、国単位の差別的な偏見をも助長させます。社会機能の麻痺や混乱が来る恐れから、あらゆる歪みも生じてきています。マスク、生活用品の買い占め、特定の人種への迫害、心ない言葉、飲食店や公共施設などへの立ち入り拒否。ウィルスよりも恐ろしいのは人間の恐怖心や憎悪、冷酷さなのかもしれません。こんな時こそ冷静な判断、情報収集、そして手を取り合う心が必要なのではと強く感じます。
　今回、中国でお世話になっている方々から「中国で不安な生活を送る人たちを励ます曲を作ってはもらえませんか」と提案を受けました。ぜひ力になれるのならばと、急いで楽曲の制作に入りました。そして今回完成にこぎつけることができ、無料で中国内の皆さんへ配信することを決めました。
　曲を作りながら、これは中国の方に向けたものであると同時に日本、そして世界中でウィルスの脅威と闘うすべての人に向けた曲だと感じました。そして今回、他の国々でのストリーミングと映像の公開もできることになりました。
　音楽にできることはとても小さいです。でも時にその小ささに救われることもあるのではと、僕は思っています。歌詞の中でも書きました。この事態が無事終息し、無傷ではなくとも平穏な日々が戻ってきた時には「あの時は本当どうなるかと思ったね」と笑いながら皆大事な家族や友と話ができたらいいなと心から願っています。その時まで、皆で頑張り抜きたいです。

洋次郎

■Lyrics
English
https://radwimps.jp/lightthelight/lyrics/en/
Japanese
https://radwimps.jp/lightthelight/lyrics/
Chinese
https://radwimps.jp/lightthelight/lyrics/cn/

■Music streaming
https://linkco.re/1ErEycQ1

Alive Painting : Akiko Nakayama

Director : Daisuke Shimada
Assistant Director : Mizuki Jin
Cinematographer : Yuki Nakamura（Gonshiro）
D.I.T : Yosuke Tominaga（Gonshiro）
Lighting : Osamu Yamamori
Producer : Koji Takayama

22 Comments

  5. Vicky Reid

    this song meant so much to me I suffer with really bad mental health and I hate myself for it but this just says it's ok to feel that way no one is perfect thank you Radwimps for this awesome song

  7. valendir

    its been 2 years, and i remembered this song by reminiscing about my quarantine life and how it affected me. i remembered it all by listening through this wonderful music. thankss radwimps may we laugh at our hardships when we grow up.

  9. It's Heather.

    Thank you. I really needed this. I've been depressing, lonely and lost of myself. I think those words are the words that I needed the most now. Due to our nation's military coup and we all are becoming the victim of depression day by day. I really hope that day could come asap (The day we can laugh about our hardest and darkest time). Thank you again. Every words in this lyrics comfort me and at the same time, they heal me.

  14. Bobi ‧⁺

    glad to see this song has helped others as much as it’s helped me,, this song has singlehandedly saved my life.

  15. フケキノコ

    ラッドで1番好きな曲なのに知ってるラッドの曲の中で1番再生回数少ないの草
    俺って変人なんかな

  17. Ren

    I feel so thankful for discover these amazing guys a couple years ago. Summerdaze help me to stop thinking about end my life and just enjoy my life. Now this song help me from these again. Thank you for making these amazing song

    Someday I'll talk about my hardest time with someone and im trying my best to not hate myself.

  18. jenita rizkiana

    I heard this song for the first time today on Spotify. When I listen to it I cry because it relate with my situation so well. The lack of faith and hope is the result of deteriorating mental health coupled with the challenges and situations one is facing.

  20. 桜

    ありがとうございました♪
    素敵な曲ばかりです。