{"id":2895,"date":"2015-06-30T09:47:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T01:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/staff-blog\/?p=2895"},"modified":"2015-12-28T18:30:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T10:30:27","slug":"lisa-another-great-day-for-an-interview-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2015\/06\/30\/lisa-another-great-day-for-an-interview-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"LiSA: Another Great Day for an Interview (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2896\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/staff-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/06\/IMG_8014_res-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8014_res\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The day was warm, but her smile was even warmer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Philippine Primer was able to catch up with the pretty, bubbly and <em>kawaii-<\/em>all-over JPop idol <strong>LiSA <\/strong>at the F1 Hotel, Taguig last Friday, June 26, 2015. With her coming in all the way from Japan on that day itself, she must have been tired. However, one cannot see a trace of this exhaustion as she waves enthusiastically to everyone, greets everyone with her own version of the traditional bow \u2013 and even gives out unexpected hugs. LiSA truly made sure that everyone felt how happy she was to be here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&#8220;[The Philippines] is really tropical. [I imagine it having] many banana trees and mango trees,&#8221; she laughed. &#8220;It&#8217;s like Madagascar!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Last Saturday, June 27, LiSA performed for the first time ever at the Samsung Hall in SM Aura, providing an up-close and personal meeting with some of the most important people during her concert: her fans. She did an acoustic set, following her tradition of performing without a full band when doing so for the first time in a country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&#8220;Whenever I visit [a country for the] first time, I want to make the meeting with my fans special,&#8221; she smiled. &#8220;[So] I want to know Tagalog\u2026[but I] only know <em>Mabuhay<\/em>!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Despite not knowing how to speak the local tongue, LiSA\u2019s thoughts on her music, among other things, was heard loud and clear:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>On music.<\/strong> &#8220;I don\u2019t think that my music is always [of] the same taste; I sing in many music genres [&#8230;] I always think of what I want my fans to do. When I made songs that you can dance to, I was thinking of how my fans would look cute during my concert. They look really cute when I see them from the stage. I don\u2019t think anyone can see them but me. (laughs)&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>On her latest album.<\/strong> &#8220;This album contains many singles, and I want this album to be about things which make you excited or make you say, \u201cBe strong!,\u201d \u201cWe sing even if we commit mistakes over and over\u201d, and even \u201cLet\u2019s goooo!!\u201d.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>On being a singer.<\/strong> &#8220;[My strength as a singer is in] concerts, rather than being heard on CDs. During concerts, I decide to say, \u201cLet\u2019s play like this during this song\u201d and make my concert fun for all fans who are there.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>On going acoustic.<\/strong> &#8220;When I play acoustic, I focus on the space. I can hear your voice; [I] think my voice can reach you better. My acoustic concerts are like one-on-one conversations.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>On full-band concerts.<\/strong> &#8220;If an acoustic concert was table tennis, a full band concert would be soccer. I love \u201cband music\u201d and want to have concerts with band members. So, when I make music, I try to mix &#8220;band music.&#8221; When I say this phrase, I can\u2019t help but imagine my band members. I want them to think, \u201cI want to try LiSA\u2019s difficult music;\u201d &#8220;I want to play it&#8221;.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Our entire conversation with LiSA was fun and lively \u2013 something that fans were able to feel during her concert as well. With her winning grin, awesome hair and perky personality (not to mention her really cool jacket), LiSA has won our hearts over. If she does decide to come back to the Philippines, we\u2019d definitely go to her soccer game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #ffffff\">&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Article and photos by Madeline Castillo<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; The day was warm, but her smile was even warmer. 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