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All right, without further ado, we welcome them live into the studio.
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It's the first time for me uh meeting this band. I'm excited to do so.
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We have pretty much everybody from Larap joining us right here.
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What's going [cheering] on? >> Oh my god. Hello everybody.
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We are >> How's it going? You good? >> Yeah. Everybody good? Everybody good? >> All right.
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What's the travel situation going on right now?
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When did you arrive in California? >> Like 3 days ago. 3 days ago. Not too bad.
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We're like now adjusting to the jet lag. >> Yeah. Yeah.
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Which you can never fully master. >> Yeah.
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>> The thing is, and you know this because you've traveled so much already throughout your lives going and you know playing in front of audiences and recording and creating >> that that jet lag thing is just like [laughter] >> always always.
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>> Does anyone have any sort of like rituals?
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Like I'll give you an example.
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Like when I arrive in any city after a long flight, I have to do some exercise straight away.
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>> Honestly, I think it's just work. >> Straight into work.
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>> Yeah, we do like schedules up until like bedtime and then just accept reality. She says accept reality.
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[laughter] >> Should take it as as you're given.
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>> I appreciate your honesty.
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We're going to have a great conversation [laughter] today. >> Thank you.
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>> Yeah, you got the memo.
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We're going to get into it.
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Do you have a threshold of when you need to say, "I need to like take a break now or get some sleep or whatever."
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Or do you constantly surprise yourselves at how far you can go to get to get as close to perfection as possible? >> Oh my gosh.
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I think every album is a challenge and we're always testing ourselves to see how far we can take this spectrum of what we can express and what we can deliver.
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>> And I think as a team, we're constantly growing with each release.
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like our teamwork and how far we can take our performances, how well we can deliver our message and how diverse we can show it to the world.
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And I think with Pure Flow part one, we also took on that challenge with a really positive mindset, I think we really enjoyed doing this album and hopefully it can translate.
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>> It does artistically and stylistically.
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It covers a lot of ground to your point.
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I can tell that there's influences that are creeping into the creativity and you found a way to merge them all together.
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>> Do you have a song that you feel in particular, I mean, not a favorite per se, but one that you feel really um shows the growth >> um of the band that that we were just talking about? >> Celebration.
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>> [laughter] >> Getchech.
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Um, she says that celebration is [clears throat] the song that she would choose to best represent our development as a group because it is a song that >> um, basically says that you don't need to have an occasion to celebrate who you are and how far you've come, the road that you've walked, and That song really showcases how we have found each other in that whole process.
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And because we had this sisterhood and because we had each other by our side to let us know that we aren't alone, we were able to um find the strength in us to >> really celebrate who we are now and thank all of the history that has made us into the Saraphim today.
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>> It doesn't work without that that sisterhood as you said. >> It just doesn't work.
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all the training in the world >> and and how it looks on screen or how it sounds in a song is not going to translate >> if you don't all find a way >> to enjoy the experience together. Right. >> Yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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If we don't have each other, it doesn't it doesn't really mean, >> you know, what it should mean.
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>> We have [laughter] part one. Part one.
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>> Someone tells me there might be a part two [laughter] coming, but I don't know why. >> I don't know.
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Usually there's a one, two, three. I don't know.
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>> That would be one [laughter] of the funniest things ever is that you never do a part two. >> That would be funny.
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>> In 10 years time, we'll be like, "Where was part two?"
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And you're like, "We never intended to do a part [laughter] two."
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I just want to give an extra special shout out to the Fair Knots who are listening in all over the world right here, which is your dedicated and amazing fan base. >> Yes. Yes. Our fear not fear.
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Thank you so much for tuning in. >> We love you. >> Yeah, of course.
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I mean, this is a very important bond that you've developed with people who support you and you support them and music is the bond.
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As fun as that song is and as powerful and fierce as that song is, >> there's writing in there that that really speaks to the experience of being famous in 20 the 2020s >> and what that actually comes with.
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And how important was the message of this song iconic by mistake [laughter] >> by mistake >> by mistake you know to you as a band who appreciate your fans and your success but at the same time >> trying to find balance in life right.
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Oh, >> well, I think I would say the most important thing is resilience and really sticking to your identity as a team.
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And I think, you know, all three of these teams have been very good at that.
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And I think especially with the Sarapim, we are very big on like confidence and sticking to your message and >> going forward despite whatever happens.
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And I think definitely thanks to our fear knots, we have had that courage and because we've had each other, we've been able to stick so firmly in that identity.
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And I think my favorite lyric from that from the song is um Chenwan's lyrics where she says um >> I've barely changed >> from the fame.
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>> And um yeah, I think I think that's just really badass to just, you know, be who you are no matter what happens.
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>> How is she by the way?
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Obviously, she's not here right now, but Yeah. Yeah. >> T1.
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Tan, we miss her so much. >> We miss you, T.
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>> We [laughter] miss you.
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Yeah, we just texted her this morning after the drop of the the new song.
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>> And yeah, we we really miss her, >> but fans will just want to know she's okay. She's doing good. >> She's doing good. She's doing good.
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She's doing a lot better. >> Great.
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>> I think resilience, I think it's a great word. I think it you need it.
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It's something that people don't um I think give enough credit >> to bands who have fast success >> that you require resilience in order to to perform at your best.
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And also this idea of no fear, the fear knots and this idea of >> um that's what pure flow is, isn't it really?
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Isn't it about trying to move past those doubts?
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>> Pure flow is the def definition of that that album.
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really draws back to our roots as a team because we debuted under the Nameless Saraphim which is an anagram for I'm fearless and I think over our time as a group together over all of our history and experiences we've really grown to know that there's no such thing as being fearless.
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It's the matter of accepting your fear and acknowledging your anxieties and worries and doubts and in that acceptance you actually are able to become more powerful and powerful is an anagram of pure flow or pure flow is an anagram of powerful.
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So that's kind of how we tied together all of those themes of what Lareraphim stands for but also kind of showcase how we have grown as a team.
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So Pure Flow part one is by definition Fearless 2. 0. >> Yeah.
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Well put and the beginning of a new era as well.
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I mean, again, we joke about the part one to part two, but it's [laughter] clear you've landed on something that you feel >> um will continue to speak to you and through you for some time. >> Mhm.
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>> I want to talk a little bit about some of the songs um that really came out of nowhere for me and surprised me.
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I want to talk a little bit about Need Your Company.
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>> Oh, >> I love that song. I love that song. >> Same.
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Who wants to tell us all story about about Need Your Company? >> Oh my gosh.
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Well, I think it's most fitting for me to talk about because I wrote it about about the members. >> Amazing.
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>> It was actually a phrase that came up during a dinner we had together after a show at Saitama.
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>> Um, we were just talking about how we could grow closer as a team.
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I think the most authentic story that we can tell right now is about our bond and our teamwork and how all of our experiences have tied us even closer together as not only, you know, friends and co-workers, but sisters.
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I think in any relationship there are times where you doubt, you know, if I am I the only one who cares about you as much as I do.
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And um I think it just uh sheds light on the reality of a lot of relationships, in this case, teamwork, and how you can take different approaches to wanting to be more intimate and vulnerable with somebody.
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And I think the start of true bonds are when you can admit that, oh, you have the power over me to maybe hurt me.
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which is amazing because so much of the training side of things I can imagine is about focus and practice >> and getting to a place where >> you know you really understand your craft >> so you're ready to present the best you can at that time.
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>> Kazawa, I wonder if what song for you has been a real learning experience. Oh god. Soch.
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>> [clears throat] >> Yeah. Yeah.
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>> Pure flow part one, everybody.
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Pure flow [laughter] part one. Powerful. Powerful. >> Powerful.
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There's a lot of power in that.
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>> Your life stories are is fascinating to some degree before we even got to know you, you know, your journeys.
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I mean, you were studying ballet, I believe, in the Netherlands. >> Yes. Yes.
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>> What was that experience like for you?
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Because that is such a disciplined art form.
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Oh, >> [laughter] [gasps] >> Thank you.
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>> Thank you for my life.
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[laughter] >> Every step leads to another another step until you find somewhere where you feel like you're home, which is obviously >> so true.
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>> So, I want to talk a little bit about the sacrifices that you choose to make in doing this.
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you know, leaving family, >> friendships, >> you know, the life that goes on while you're p following and chasing your dreams.
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And, you know, just how that makes you feel as grateful as you are.
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Just the reality of of what it takes and what it costs to do this. very wise words, man.
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I mean, there's obviously a lot of like self-realization that goes into into this process, even if you don't realize it.
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talk a bit more about this music.
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Uh let's talk about liinal space.
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[laughter] >> Let's talk about liinal space on come on then.
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Let's talk a little bit about [laughter] >> in my job the person who goes yay to the question answers the question. [laughter] >> Oh my god. >> Yeah. Yeah.
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So what do you love about that?
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Obviously it's great hearing the chemistry cut through the creative process bringing a bit of real life into that and just the making of that song and what it means to you. Mhm. Um Okay. Nice. >> It's beautiful. It's friendship. It's fearlessness.
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It's self-affirmation and and realizing what you what you're capable of seems to be where you are. Yeah, for sure.
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And we came up with the idea of it uh on our last stop of the tour last year, which was in Mexico.
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>> Wow, the crowd's in Mexico. >> Oh, crazy.
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Oh my god, the energy was insane.
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So excited to be back one day.
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But um >> yeah, we had the idea for like an outro track and I had always been pondering on the idea of liinal spaces and it kind of felt like during tour we were constantly, you know, at the airport in elevators, in hallways, moving from one space to another, >> literally living in lial. Yeah.
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And it felt like in this point in our career, it felt like a liinal space, but that place that we're headed, although it's still a question mark, it no longer felt like fear.
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Like we were excited to be going wherever we're going because we know that we have each other. >> Okay, Yanin. Okay, >> it's great.
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It's got such a a a reflective sort of ' 90s alternative feel to it.
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And I'm just going to say it starts it sounds like the start of the next song that opens your next album to me.
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[singing] I don't know why you'd use a riff like that for 30 seconds and not do something with it. I'm just saying.
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I mean, you're calling it part one, so I don't really know. [laughter] I'm reaching.
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But I do think that opens the door for a really interesting sound for you >> because you didn't develop that piece of music outside of the the canvas for you to communicate with each other and share that with fans, which is a beautiful gesture. >> Yes.
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>> Um, but it's not a song yet. >> It's not a song. It might be. >> It might be. >> It might be. It might be.
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>> Let's talk about taste.
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>> None of us are here sitting here doing this without knowing what we like >> and what drives us. Yes.
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>> Um, who's the Messi Star fan? >> Is that you? >> That was me.
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>> You're the Messi Star fan. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, they're great. They're great. Yeah, of course. Gosh.
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Um, for me, music is my way of um, connecting with the world and knowing that on the other side of the globe, there's someone that feels like me and I can find myself wherever I am through music.
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Um, and when I'm writing it, it feels like I know you said when you're not writing it, but I feel like even when I'm not like thinking of Lucarif, I'm always thinking about music and how to um document my stories through whatever medium and right now it's music.
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>> Could it have been something else for you?
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I know that you have a really broad curiosity. You like you like art.
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Was there another life that could have been waiting for you if you chose not to focus on music? >> Oh, for sure. For sure.
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Um, ever since I was a little kid, my dream has always been to be a storyteller.
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And at first it started with like novels.
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And I would love to like uh ruminate on these imaginative ideas, on story lines.
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And my first work was um at 8 years old when I wrote a book about a vegetarian vampire. So, >> how many pages?
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Like, how how big was this? >> Oh my gosh.
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You know those like composition notebooks that you get in like elementary school?
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I would like fill those with drawings and um >> and really bad writing.
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>> When [laughter] was the last time you went back and read that or looked at it? >> Oh my god.
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It's It's in my uh my high school bedroom in New York, so I haven't been in quite a bit, >> but it's really funny.
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>> What else is in that high school bed? What's on the walls? Who's on the walls?
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[screaming] >> The walls. My Chemical Ro.
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Of [laughter] course they're on the walls.
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Of course you're a teenager in the 2000s living in New York. >> Yeah, of course.
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In the red streak in the the the hair, the emo hair. >> Such a good time. >> Yeah. Such a good time.
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Highlight of my life almost. >> Literally.
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Literally the highlight of your [laughter] life. The red highlight.
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Literally the red highlight of your life.
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>> Uh so I want to ask you the same question.
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Music to you and what it means to you. Kazawa for you music.
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These are beautiful answers.
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Um, it's up to Un to ruin the vibe now with [laughter] a terrible and boring answer.
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No, >> you have to explain that to her because otherwise it's really [laughter] >> Give us your words. Give us your words. >> Yeah. Whatever's on your mind. >> Oh my god.
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So, >> you can say music is nothing to me. >> I don't even like it.
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I'm [laughter] more of a film person. >> No, no, no. Come on. [laughter] Come on. Come on. Make us cry. Make us cry. Make us cry.
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[laughter] >> Music to me. Music to me. >> Oh my god.
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It's the name of a new show. >> Oh my god.
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>> Welcome to music to me with [laughter] [gasps] [laughter] >> I'm just doing it because of it's my job. >> OH, THERE IT IS. NO. NO. PLEASE. >> Thank you.
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[laughter] >> Hey, where's where's our clip running? That's our go. >> One more time.
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[laughter] >> One more time. One more time. One more time. >> Just jokes. Just jokes. >> One more time. Just jokes. We like the jokes. Go ahead. >> That was so good. >> Music to me. >> To me. [laughter] Yep. >> Yep. Mhm. >> You get it. >> Yeah. [laughter] Thank you. >> And it's the job.
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>> No, those [laughter] were really fantastic answers.
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And and you know, everyone, the fear knots and people who are discovering you for the first time, um, music fans like us.
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>> We really only spend majority of our time focusing on you or artists in music for the reasons that it moves us the way it moves you.
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>> So, a lot of people around the world are listening into this because they love music.
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This isn't a passive environment, right?
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>> So, thank you for being so honest with us and coming through.
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Um, >> I've had a good time.
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>> Oh, we have had a great time.
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>> Fun to get to know you.
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Um, sending our best to Shayan.
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Hopefully, we'll see you all together soon. >> Oh, please.
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>> In the meantime, Pure Flow this uh part one of [laughter] 12 album cycle. No, >> 12.
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[laughter] >> Laran, thank you so much for coming. >> Thank you so much. We had the best time.