Music video for “Chudoku-sei no Chuu,” a track from Three’s original album “Gradation”

In the year 3820, the daughter of an archaeologist whose family descends from people who left Earth and settled on another planet sees a baguette—food from more than 1,000 years ago—for the first time, and is carried away by thoughts of the distant past, imagining a romance. Incidentally, at this point in history, humans no longer obtain nourishment by eating food through the mouth, but by bathing in light, so it’s anyone’s guess how they were able to get nutrition from a baguette. When developing the concept for this music video, I asked Mr. Nakamura, composer/pianist of UN.a, about the background of the song. It seems to be a redefinition of the “ballad,” which began with Chopin, and a pop love song. So I thought I’d try to portray an epic love story. Love in the memories of DNA from far, far away... What will become of this long-distance romance that transcends time and space!? The role of the daughter is played by Utae, who is herself a DAW artist. The costumes feature rare collection pieces from AKIKOAOKI’s 18SS collection, a notable up-and-coming Tokyo brand. The striking accessories are by moil.

The lyrics were so good that I aimed to create an MV like a sound novel. Although it didn’t rain during filming, the wind was so strong that we weren’t able to shoot as planned. For the parts we couldn’t film, I later made full use of my smartphone and digital camera and gathered as much material as possible, such as flowers and skies I found in everyday life, using them to fill in the gaps between scenes in the work.