When I heard the band’s image for the piece, I decided to build it from the feelings I had in my own youth. I directed it with the intention of turning those everyday moments from back then, and the emotions that strangely remain when you look back on them, into the visuals as they are. The apples that appear in the work are a visual expression of memories of youth. For me, youth is strongly connected to cinema as well, so I’ve also included a few slightly film-like scenes and ways of showing them here and there. By using an old compact digital camera and having the cast actually take some of the shots themselves, I think I was able to create a texture that feels close to the perspective and memories of the people who were there.

VALIS, a six-member virtual girls’ group from SINSEKAI STUDIO, performs as a mysterious virtual circus troupe that appears and disappears at will. This is the music video for their 10th original song, “Reconstruction Weaver.” The past and the present are all connected. Because we had our friends, we made it this far. This is where we belong, after all the stumbling along the way.

I wanted to create a sense of unease. The lyrics were all scanned from labels made with a Tepra label maker.

I was in charge of directing Official HIGE DANDism - Make Me Wonder.