Something I really hate is when people make up words that I didn’t say and claim I said them.
First, the lady from the newspaper….. and then some random person on the net.
First, at my interview I never said ‘I came to Japan to be an (ANIME) singer’.
I just said ‘I came to Japan to become a singer’. That is what I said.
It’s not a lie that I want to sing anime. Just that I *never* said I came here to sing anime.
Meaning I came to Japan with the dream of singing, but I didn’t know what it’d be possible for me to sing. And I never wanted to close doors, so I didn’t limit myself to saying I wanted to only sing anime songs.
…………but someone on a forum that I WON’T MENTION (you know who you are since you read my blog) said the opposite that the lady said??!! This person translated my blog in a not so accurate manner and said that *I* said I wanted to be a regular Jpop singer. What? Excuse me?
I never said such thing either.
I never said ‘I came to Japan to become an anime singer’
And I never said ‘I want to be a Jpop singer, not an anime singer’
So will people stop making me say something I didn’t say???
Did anyone that follow me up till now know how many anime song covers I did?
Did anyone know that I know far more anime songs than I know regular jpop songs?
If you don’t, now I’m telling you.
And in all honesty, I’m HAPPY that my first single will be an anime theme.
I’m VERY happy.
And if you had an idea how tough it is in the music world, you’d know why I say it’s possible I might not be able to *only* sing anime songs in my career. If I last long enough, that is.
If you also knew that I don’t have so much say because the company that is planning to sign me doesn’t listen to me…. what would you say?
I have to record this song for Animax, but they’re not a recording label.
The recording label that is wanting to take me seems to have other plans that I don’t necessarily agree with, so I can’t even promise that I’ll sing only anime songs.
How am I supposed to know?
Things aren’t that simple in the industry.
I *WISH* I can keep doing anime songs because that’s what I prefer to sing.
But when I came to Japan, I had no clue if I could sing anime or pop or ballads or whatever.
It’s not like I knew that I’d win this anime song contest.
There aren’t a lot of auditions for anime singers, if you see what I mean.
So I hope that clears up whatever people might have misunderstood.
You know…. I understand how sometimes people make up stuff without knowing…..but when people willingly twist other people’s words, I think it’s really disrespectful.
I also tried to disregard it at the time, but some people at the same forum said stuff like I hate Japan and japanese people and went back to Canada…………
I was like….what? o_O
I never went back to Canada since I arrived in march.
And I never hated Japan.
I hate my dormitory.
I guess some people didn’t understand my posts.
Oh and I hated being alone.
That has nothing to do with the country itself.
My dormitory doesn’t have any japanese people in it.
We’re all foreigners here, from various countries.
And I might have complained about having a hard time to eat too,
But it’s not like I said the food is not good.
It’s just that I’m a very picky eater and it’s hard for a person like me to find things I can eat here.
Other people who came to Japan as foreigners were very happy with the japanese food and thought it was delicious.
Me……….I hardly eat meat. Most of the time, I don’t.
I don’t eat fish nor seafood (including fish broth)
I don’t eat eggs
And I’m not fond of noodles.
So of course I miss some of the stuff I used to find in grocery stores in Canada.
In my dorm, the kitchen is dirty, I gave up on even trying to cook.
We have cockroaches and most of the time, the garbage cans smell.
The girls who go to the restroom leave their excrements leftovers/peeing on the toilet bowl very often.
Or their open sanitary napkins in the garbage cans.
The toilets smell extremely gross.
People turn the lights on at any random hour at night or early in the morning and make so much noise.
They slide their feet on the floor very loudly (with their slippers). They pat their face very loudly too (creams???). When they brush their teeth, they make this very loud throat noise like they’re throwing up.
People get their food and things stollen at times.
etc, etc.
I’m not complaining about Japan.
I’m complaining about my current living condition in a dormitory.
Easy to understand, right?
Please, stop making fake or half true translations of my blog.
-HIMEKA
