Q: do you know what initially pushed you to start working on this video instead of working on songs?
A: yes. i was trying to do a mixed content schedule, with assorted short/medium videos, leading up to some 2min and 3min songs. but people got really really angry about the short videos, especially the 5-6 second ones. i realized i really don't even need to do those anymore. the only reason i was doing it was to keep the fans 'happy' and keep uploads happening. when i saw the rage i figured what's the point. there was also anger about 'not doing another history video' which i really don't care about, because i gotta do what i'm gonna do. but then i saw people come to my defense and say 'he only wanted to do 1 history video' that was when i realized something was wrong. the japan one was just for practice. it was not supposed to be the only one. so that's when i knew it was time to go all the way and get it over with, before moving on to the next major egg to crack, which is a regularly scheduled stream of medium / full length song releases forever