HAPPY TEARS

## **HAPPY TEARS feat. Aile The Shota**

* Cover 1

HAPPY TEARS cover

## Audio

**HAPPY TEARS** is the eigth single from rapper Novel Core featuring his good friend and fellow BMSG artist Aile The Shota. It was released as a digital single on April 6, 2022.

## Background and release

On April 3 Novel Core announced his new single would be released digitally on April 6. It features his very good friend Aile The Shota. The two first met during THE FIRST when Novel Core made a visit to the training camp and they have been very close ever since.

Although HAPPY TEARS is their first duet collaboration, the duo worked together before as songwriters on labelmate BE:FIRST's coupling song First Step from their debut single Gifted., and both are featured on the Brave Generation -BMSG United Remix-.

The song's concept of "happy tears" reflecting friendship came from the fact that both Novel Core and Aile The Shota cry together many times, but they're always tears of joy.

"Produced by Matt Cab, the groovy track with a positive vibe is a supportive song that echoes Novel Core's rap and Aile The Shota's enveloping vocals with the message, 'As long as you go on living you may be able to laugh at the negative things in your past that you wish you could erase because they were necessary to make this day happen.'"

Novel Core further explained:

"Looking back on my past, I honestly regret many things, and there are times when I think that if I could go back in time now, I would do things differently, but there are sights I was able to see and people I met because of that time. I feel very strongly about that. In that sense, I wanted to convey the message that if you accept what happened in the past, and depending on how you move forward from now on, you can see the past in any way you want."

## Other Credits

### Song

* Recording & Mixing Engineer : SHIMI from BUZZER BEATS (D.O.C. / NEW WORLD STUDIO shibuya)
* Mastering Engineer : Stuart Hawkes (Metropolis Studio)
* Choreographer: DAACKY

### Music Video

* Cast：Sanjuro Kobayashi
* Director：Kota Watanabe (ROM Inc.)
* Director of Photography：Kota Kimura (ADC Inc.)
* Camera Assistant：Shuma Ito, Kaito (ADC Inc.)
* Lighting Director：Shunichiro Murakami
* Lighting Assistant：Yuki Ogawa, Akito Saito, Hiroto Motegi
* Hair ＆ Make Up：Megumi Kuji (LUCK HAIR)
* Hair ＆ Make Up Assistant：Rei Kurokawa
* Camera Car : Yasuo Kasama (Act company Inc.)
* Location Coordinator : Koji Maeyama
* Transport : HORSE, FINI
* Production Manager：Kaoru Nakayama, Masahiro Watanabe, Yoshifumi Egawa
* Producer：Masaki Ogino (XM Inc.)

## Performances

* [2022.04.07] BMSG Artist Showcase 2022
* [2022.05.29] MTV LIVE MATCH 2022.05.29
* [2022.06.03] Novel Core 1st ONEMAN LIVE "I AM THE TROUBLE"
* [2022.06.05] Munakata Fes THINK ECO KITAKYU
* [2022.07.16] Date fm Fantastic Forty RAD DAY 1.5
* [2022.08.17] Coca-Cola SUMMER STATION Ongaku LIVE
* [2022.08.21] SUMMER SONIC 2022
* [2022.09.17-18] BMSG FES '22
* [2022.09.23] ODD BRICK FESTIVAL 2022
* [2022.09.24] TOKYO ISLAND 2022
* [2022.10.10] FM802 MINAMI WHEEL 2022
* [2022.10.21] MUSIC FUN! LIVE
* [2022.11-12] No Pressure TOUR 2022
* [2023.01.21] Novel Core ONEMAN LIVE -Untitled-
* [2023.02.11] OSAKA AUTO MESSE×FM802 CUSTOMIZE ARENA
* [2023.02.12] SOUND CONNECTION - NO LIMIT -
* [2023.03.11] Chou Onpa VIVIVI SONIC
* [2023.04.15] KOBE COLLECTION 2023
* [2023.04.30] Novel Core × OWV
* [2023.06.18] MTV PRIDE LIVE 2023
* [2023.07.17] LuckyFes'23
* [2023.07.28] Date fm Fantastic Forty RAD DAY 2.5
* [2023.09.23-10.01] BMSG FES '23

## Lyrics

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**Featured Members**Novel Core, Aile The Shota

**Lyrics**
* Side-by-Side View
* Japanese
* Romaji
* English

**Romaji Lyrics + Color Code**
Don’t let it get you down

Tte sou kantan janai

Omoidashitaku mo nai you na kako kara kyou

Machigai darake no haikei wo tsunagu

Konkyo nante nai “Alright”

Hade ni yoroketemo ne

Hitogomi ni mata umorete

Arifureta nayami goto de atama kakaeru

Toru ni taranai peeji

Dareka ni hekomasare

Dareka ni hagemasareru

Nakama no uta de namida nijimu yoru

AURORA ga kakaru TOKIO

I’m singing No No No No No No

Koukai wa No No No No No No

Ureshinamida ni shiyou

’cause I’m singing “Alright”…

Mina sorezore ga yamu shi nayamu shi

Tsuyogari misete hontou wa yowamushi

Nigiyaka na machi demo tesaguri

Hitoribotchi no hachijuu oku nin

Waraenai zasetsu ya shippai

Kakechatta meiwaku shinpai

Naitemo warattemo ritaia nai

Jinsei wa ikkai

Demo sono okage de deaetan da na

Aisuru hito ya tomodachi

Kuro ni shika egakenai azayakasa ya

Kuuhaku ni shika nai manzokukan ni kizuketa

Izure wa kimi ni mo wakaru sa

Kanarazu mukuwareru tte no wa uso

Demo ikiterya nantoka naru

Daremo kawarenai you na kako ni

Yume ni miteita you na iro wo

Ai ni waraeta kyou ni hanataba wo

Kono uta wo

I’m singing No No No No No No

Koukai wa No No No No No No

Ureshinamida ni shiyou

’cause I’m singing “Alright”…

**English Translation**
Don't let it get you down —

It's not that easy

When the past I don't even want to remember

Connects with today's background, full of mistakes,

There's no basis for "alright"

Even if I stumble spectacularly

I'm just lost in the crowd again

The mundane problems that haunt me

Are just an insignificant page

Getting beat down by someone,

Being encouraged by someone

A night filled with tears at my friend's song

Tokio with an aurora

I'm singing no no no no no no

Regrets are no no no no no no

Turn it into happy tears

'Cause I'm singing alright...

Everyone's got their own suffering and worries

We all try to seem strong, but the truth is, we're weak

It's a bustling city, but we're all fumbling —

Eight billion people, all alone

Setbacks and failures you can't laugh at

Worrying about the trouble we've caused

But whether you're laughing or crying

You can't just quit — life is one time

But it's because of that

That I've met people I love, and my friends

And noticed the kind of vividness

That can only be drawn in the dark

And the kind of satisfaction

That can only come from a blank space —

You'll get it eventually

It's a lie to say

You'll definitely be rewarded

But as long as you're alive

It'll work out somehow

To the past that no one can change

In colors like the ones in your dreams

And to today, when love made me laugh,

and this song,

a bouquet of flowers

I'm singing no no no no no no

Regrets are no no no no no no

Turn it into happy tears

'Cause I'm singing alright...

**Japanese Lyrics**
Don’t let it get you down

ってそう簡単じゃない

思い出したくもないような過去から今日

間違いだらけの背景を繋ぐ

根拠なんてない “Alright”

派手によろけてもね

人混みにまた埋もれて

ありふれた悩み事で頭抱える

取るに足らないページ

誰かに凹まされ

誰かに励まされる

仲間の歌で涙にじむ夜

AURORAがかかるTOKIO

I’m singing No No No No No No

後悔は No No No No No No

嬉し涙にしよう

’cause I’m singing “Alright” …

皆それぞれが病むし悩むし

強がり見せて　本当は弱虫

賑やかな街でも手探り

独りぼっちの80億人

笑えない挫折や失敗

かけちゃった迷惑　心配

泣いても笑ってもリタイアない

人生は1回

でも　そのおかげで出会えたんだな

愛する人や友達

黒にしか描けない鮮やかさや

空白にしかない満足感に気付けた

いずれは君にも分かるさ

必ず報われるってのは嘘

でも　生きてりゃなんとかなる

誰も変われないような過去に

夢に見ていたような色を

愛に笑えた今日に花束を

この歌を

I’m singing No No No No No No

後悔は No No No No No No

嬉し涙にしよう

’cause I’m singing “Alright” …

**Romaji Lyrics + Color Code**
Don’t let it get you down

Tte sou kantan janai

Omoidashitaku mo nai you na kako kara kyou

Machigai darake no haikei wo tsunagu

Konkyo nante nai “Alright”

Hade ni yoroketemo ne

Hitogomi ni mata umorete

Arifureta nayami goto de atama kakaeru

Toru ni taranai peeji

Dareka ni hekomasare

Dareka ni hagemasareru

Nakama no uta de namida nijimu yoru

AURORA ga kakaru TOKIO

I’m singing No No No No No No

Koukai wa No No No No No No

Ureshinamida ni shiyou

’cause I’m singing “Alright”…

Mina sorezore ga yamu shi nayamu shi

Tsuyogari misete hontou wa yowamushi

Nigiyaka na machi demo tesaguri

Hitoribotchi no hachijuu oku nin

Waraenai zasetsu ya shippai

Kakechatta meiwaku shinpai

Naitemo warattemo ritaia nai

Jinsei wa ikkai

Demo sono okage de deaetan da na

Aisuru hito ya tomodachi

Kuro ni shika egakenai azayakasa ya

Kuuhaku ni shika nai manzokukan ni kizuketa

Izure wa kimi ni mo wakaru sa

Kanarazu mukuwareru tte no wa uso

Demo ikiterya nantoka naru

Daremo kawarenai you na kako ni

Yume ni miteita you na iro wo

Ai ni waraeta kyou ni hanataba wo

Kono uta wo

I’m singing No No No No No No

Koukai wa No No No No No No

Ureshinamida ni shiyou

’cause I’m singing “Alright”…

**English Translation**
Don't let it get you down —

It's not that easy

When the past I don't even want to remember

Connects with today's background, full of mistakes,

There's no basis for "alright"

Even if I stumble spectacularly

I'm just lost in the crowd again

The mundane problems that haunt me

Are just an insignificant page

Getting beat down by someone,

Being encouraged by someone

A night filled with tears at my friend's song

Tokio with an aurora

I'm singing no no no no no no

Regrets are no no no no no no

Turn it into happy tears

'Cause I'm singing alright...

Everyone's got their own suffering and worries

We all try to seem strong, but the truth is, we're weak

It's a bustling city, but we're all fumbling —

Eight billion people, all alone

Setbacks and failures you can't laugh at

Worrying about the trouble we've caused

But whether you're laughing or crying

You can't just quit — life is one time

But it's because of that

That I've met people I love, and my friends

And noticed the kind of vividness

That can only be drawn in the dark

And the kind of satisfaction

That can only come from a blank space —

You'll get it eventually

It's a lie to say

You'll definitely be rewarded

But as long as you're alive

It'll work out somehow

To the past that no one can change

In colors like the ones in your dreams

And to today, when love made me laugh,

and this song,

a bouquet of flowers

I'm singing no no no no no no

Regrets are no no no no no no

Turn it into happy tears

'Cause I'm singing alright...

**Credits**
**Japanese:** Lyrical Nonsense
**Romaji:** Lyrical Nonsense
**Color Code:** Chanting
**English:** Shoceted

## Videos

* Novel Core / HAPPY TEARS feat. Aile The Shota from “I AM THE TROUBLE” at KT Zepp Yokohama

## Trivia

* Novel Core and Aile The Shota had planned to write a song together for Novel Core's previous album, A GREAT FOOL. However, they decided to wait until each of them had established themselves uniquely as solo artists first, so the song would not simply viewed as just a BMSG artist collaboration.
* *HAPPY TEARS* was Aile The Shota's most played song of 2022 (which Novel Core found very funny) .

## References

1. ↑  https://rollingstonejapan.com/articles/detail/37515/3/1/1
2. ↑ *Billboard - Novel Core×Aile The Shotaのコラボレーション楽曲「HAPPY TEARS」配信リリース, 2022/04/02*
3. ↑ *rockin'on - Novel Coreが新作『No Pressure』を語り尽くすインタビュー！ 過去の傷に向き合ったからこそ湧き出た、ピュアな音楽への想い, 2022/8/4*
4. ↑ DAACKY's Twitter
5. ↑ *Billboard Chart Insight*
6. ↑ *Billboard Download Songs, 2022/4/13*
7. ↑ *Oricon Weekly Digital Song Ranking (screenshot)*
8. ↑ A reference to Aile The Shota's debut song, AURORA TOKIO
9. ↑ BMSG's Twitter
10. ↑ *rockin'on - Novel Coreが新作『No Pressure』を語り尽くすインタビュー！ 過去の傷に向き合ったからこそ湧き出た、ピュアな音楽への想い, 2022/8/4*
11. ↑ Rolling Stone - *Aile The Shotaが振り返る2022年　増幅する「愛」の力*. 2023/01/18.