Like This

* Cover

## Audio

**Like This** is a song by Aile The Shota featuring artist Nenashi of origami PRODUCTIONS. It is track 2 of his first EP, AINNOCENCE.

## Background

**Like This** is a neo soul song about obsession with life and wanting to live forever featuring the mysterious artist Nenashi

The collaboration was in part SKY-HI's idea. He wanted to work with someone from origami PRODUCTIONS to which SKY-HI said he'd like to hear a song produced by him and Nenashi. After listening to Nenashi's Be (Vis ta Vie), Shota decided he wanted to do it and they made an offer. Shota was blown away by the demo that would later become the song, He described it as "sparkling and pop with a strong sense of atmosphere and worldview" with "a melody line I could never come up with."

Regarding the lyrics, he said "the melody line was so original I thought it would be a waste to use ordinary Japanese words." As for the theme, he wanted to write lyrics that were obsessed with the idea of living. Like a dream of immortality as he himself often thinks, "I don't want to die," but instead of saying it outright he wrote the lyrics with "a vague outline, like 'I want to savor this moment,' or 'I want to stay forever.'" After giving Nenashi his verse, Nenashi came back with his own lyrics that Shota was amazed by. "It was a lyric with a great balance that conveyed the message without being too straightforward, and the hook was also very well thought out."

**Like This** was selected as datefm's Mega Play song for the month of February 2022

## Credits

* Lyrics: Aile The Shota , Hiro-a-key
* Music: Hiro-a-key , Kibunya
* Producers: Hiro-a-key, Kibunya
* Visual Director: Creative Collective F A T I M A
* Designer: Shoji Uchiyama (THE HAPPY DESIGN HOUSE)
* Photographer: Satoshi Hata
* Hair & Make-up: Megumi Kuji (LUCK HAIR)
* Stylist: Yuji Yasumoto

## Performances

* [2022.02-04] SKY-HI - SKY-HI HALL TOUR 2022 -Hachimenroppi-
* [2022.03.04] JFL presents LIVE FOR THE NEXT 2022
* [2022.04.07] BMSG Artist Showcase 2022
* [2022.04.09] Origami SAI 2022 Tokyo
* [2022.05.15] LOVE SUPREME JAZZ FESTIVAL JAPAN 2022
* [2022.06.04] Munakata Fes THINK ECO KITAKYU
* [2022.06.05] SAKAE SP-RING 2022
* [2022.07.16] Date fm Fantastic Forty RAD DAY 1.5
* [2022.09.08] Pass the Groove
* [2022.09.17-18] BMSG FES '22
* [2022.10.09] FM802 EVENING TAP Diggin' Night-MINAMI WHEEL EDITION-
* [2022.10.10] FM802 MINAMI WHEEL 2022
* [2022.11.04] Place of Mellow
* [2023.03.20] claquepot crosspoint 2023
* [2023.04.01] Grooving jam
* [2023.04.07] Place of Mellow Vol.2
* [2023.04.30] AREA DIP '23 in Tokyo
* [2023.06.11] TOKYO ISLAND 2023
* [2023.08.27] Namy & TALK presents Playlist Live
* [2023.11.26] tonun presents "TOUCH"
* [2023.12.05] Aile The Shota Oneman Live "Epilogue"

## Lyrics

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**Featured Members**Aile The Shota & Nenashi

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

**Romaji Lyrics + Color Code**
Haikei parareru nounai mei kasane ourai

Harete karete shougai douwa

Hakanai koukei wasureru yuukei ima

Subete koutei raise kuusou ue

Negatteru dake towa to fuhen

Inoteeru dake shouki no yume

Ajiwaitai no

Samayou itai no

Omotteitai no

Ai wo miteitai no

Mayoi mo like this

Itami mo like this

Kokoro mo like this

Tsunagari mo like this

All of this is it real for you?

Don't know which dream we're livin' in

Alternate universe right there

Lay them chips, roll the dice

Connect the dots just like a puzzle

Hope it fits right this time

Everything pops like a bubble

And I'm left with blankness

I can't admit

You sleep in lies

I want to forget it

You try to deny

I just wanna bite it

Somewhere along the line

Could be another life

Hoping I can find it

I might even like this

Waking up just like this

Pain is always like this

Life is always like this

Hagurakashite me wo sorashite wa toki no naka e

(Is it real or fantasy? Is it real?)

Osore wo daite uso ni nigete owaranai de

Ajiwaitai no

Samayou itai no

Omotteitai no

Ai wo miteitai no

Mayoi mo like this

Itami mo like this

Kokoro mo like this

Tsunagari mo like this

**English Translation**
Dear parallel intracerebral lost overlap correspondence

In broad daylight, withered, a lifetime, a fairytale

Ephemeral heirs forgotten tangible now

All a process, the next world, a fantasy, above

Only wishing. Eternal and unchanged.

Only praying. Sane dreams

I want to taste it

I want to wander

I want to think of it

I want to see love

Lost like this

Pain like this

Heart like this

Connection like this

All of this is it real for you?

Don’t know which dream we’re livin’ in

Alternate universe right there

Lay them chips, roll the dice

Connect the dots just like a puzzle

Hope it fits right this time

Everything pops like a bubble

And I’m left with blankness

I can’t admit it

You sleep in lies

I want to forget it

You try to deny

I just wanna bite it

Somewhere along the line

Could be another life

Hoping I can find it

I might even like this

Waking up just like this

Pain is always like this

Life is always like this

Shrug it off, don’t look away, in the moment

(Is it real or fantasy? Is it real?)

Embrace the fear, escape into fiction, don’t end it

I want to taste it

I want to wander

I want to think of it

I want to see love

Lost like this

Pain like this

Heart like this

Connection like this

**Japanese Lyrics**
拝啓　パラレル　脳内　迷　重ね　往来

晴れて　枯れて　生涯　童話

儚い　後継　忘れる　有形　現在

全て　工程　来世　空想　上

願ってるだけ　永遠と不変

祈ってるだけ　正気の夢

味わいたいの

彷徨いたいの

想っていたいの

愛を見ていたいの

迷いも like this

痛みも like this

心も like this

繋がりも like this

All of this is it real for you?

Don’t know which dream we’re livin’ in

Alternate universe right there

Lay them chips, roll the dice

Connect the dots just like a puzzle

Hope it fits right this time

Everything pops like a bubble

And I’m left with blankness

I can’t admit it

You sleep in lies

I want to forget it

You try to deny

I just wanna bite it

Somewhere along the line

Could be another life

Hoping I can find it

I might even like this

Waking up just like this

Pain is always like this

Life is always like this

はぐらかして　目を逸らしては　一瞬の中へ

(Is it real or fantasy? Is it real?)

恐れを抱いて　虚構に逃げて　終わらないで

味わいたいの

彷徨いたいの

想っていたいの

愛を見ていたいの

迷いも like this

痛みも like this

心も like this

繋がりも like this

**Romaji Lyrics + Color Code**
Haikei parareru nounai mei kasane ourai

Harete karete shougai douwa

Hakanai koukei wasureru yuukei ima

Subete koutei raise kuusou ue

Negatteru dake towa to fuhen

Inoteeru dake shouki no yume

Ajiwaitai no

Samayou itai no

Omotteitai no

Ai wo miteitai no

Mayoi mo like this

Itami mo like this

Kokoro mo like this

Tsunagari mo like this

All of this is it real for you?

Don't know which dream we're livin' in

Alternate universe right there

Lay them chips, roll the dice

Connect the dots just like a puzzle

Hope it fits right this time

Everything pops like a bubble

And I'm left with blankness

I can't admit

You sleep in lies

I want to forget it

You try to deny

I just wanna bite it

Somewhere along the line

Could be another life

Hoping I can find it

I might even like this

Waking up just like this

Pain is always like this

Life is always like this

Hagurakashite me wo sorashite wa toki no naka e

(Is it real or fantasy? Is it real?)

Osore wo daite uso ni nigete owaranai de

Ajiwaitai no

Samayou itai no

Omotteitai no

Ai wo miteitai no

Mayoi mo like this

Itami mo like this

Kokoro mo like this

Tsunagari mo like this

**English Translation**
Dear parallel intracerebral lost overlap correspondence

In broad daylight, withered, a lifetime, a fairytale

Ephemeral heirs forgotten tangible now

All a process, the next world, a fantasy, above

Only wishing. Eternal and unchanged.

Only praying. Sane dreams

I want to taste it

I want to wander

I want to think of it

I want to see love

Lost like this

Pain like this

Heart like this

Connection like this

All of this is it real for you?

Don’t know which dream we’re livin’ in

Alternate universe right there

Lay them chips, roll the dice

Connect the dots just like a puzzle

Hope it fits right this time

Everything pops like a bubble

And I’m left with blankness

I can’t admit it

You sleep in lies

I want to forget it

You try to deny

I just wanna bite it

Somewhere along the line

Could be another life

Hoping I can find it

I might even like this

Waking up just like this

Pain is always like this

Life is always like this

Shrug it off, don’t look away, in the moment

(Is it real or fantasy? Is it real?)

Embrace the fear, escape into fiction, don’t end it

I want to taste it

I want to wander

I want to think of it

I want to see love

Lost like this

Pain like this

Heart like this

Connection like this

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

## Playlists

* Amazon Music Breakthrough Japan (Like This)

## References

1. ↑ *Barks - Aile The Shota、1st EP『AINNOCENCE』の詳細およびアートワーク公開, 2022/1/19*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Rolling Stone Japan - Aile The Shotaが語る『AINNOCENCE』の全貌, 2022/3/15*
3. ↑  BMSG Twitter
4. ↑  BMSG Twitter