What kind of days do you imagine when you hear the phrase �Rose colored Days�? A definate image doesn�t really come to mind, does it? I didn�t think so. That�s because other than in books and movies, we don�t use the phrase �Rose Colored Days� in normal conversation. So it�s not strange at all that MAX was very uneasy about that title before they recorded the song.
LINA: Because this song is a Backstreet Boys cover, we knew it before we began singing it, but....
REINA: We never imagined that MAX would sing a Backstreet Boys song!
LINA: We were worried about whether Japanese lyrics would fit well to a Western melody.
MINA: And we were also worried about the phrase �Rose colored days� since it wasn�t a one that we personally had ever used.
NANA: But once we sang it, it was really easy to sing, and had a nice beat.
MINA: I think that the stregnth of the Western back sound, and the [unreadable kanji] of the Japanese lyrics go really well together, and it came out great.
Just as she says, the finished �Barairo no Hibi� has become a cool number with a crisp melody and lyrics with a punch, a song with impact enough not to be overshadowed by the back track, overflowing with a Black taste.
NANA: At first we weren�t sure what kind of dance to do, but after we listened to the finished version, ideas of �Oh, let�s do this kind of dance�, or �Oh, let�s do that kind of dance� gradually came to us.
LINA: To explain it in a phrase, �Funky and Sexy�, I guess. The song itself is strong, and since it was also originally a song sung by men, I want to take the underlying coolness as a base and use it to make it feminine and funky, rather than just making it feminine, or just giving it a lewd feeling.
It must be because with their previous single �MAGIC� and the one before it, �Never gonna stop it�, they moved up a level as artists, trying their hands at self-production, that this trial ended in sucess. And the coupling song is a hip hop tune with lyrics that make an impression, and the theme of Internet romance, which has now become so popular.
REINA: We all use e-mail and the internet.
LINA: We mostly get joke mail and stuff, but...(laugh)
NANA: Once I went into a MAX chat room with Mina, and talked with fans in real time. But I used a different name, saying �I�m 0000, a fan of Nana-san.� (laugh)
MINA: And that was around the time when Nana-san cut her hair short, so we wrote, �Today I saw Nana-san in Shibuya. I was really shocked, she cut her hair!�, and a fan said. �I bet she looks great that way!� (laugh)
NANA: It was before any photos had come out, so I thought I�d input it before anyone could see me. (laugh)
They say they�re working over one idea after the next for their new album, which they want to release this year, and we look forward to seeing what ideas they�ll suprise us with next.