Recovering From a Cold, VESPERBELL Sings and Tells Viewers: “I Think You’re All Tired”
After about 45 minutes of songs, the RK Music singer talked through the seasonal slump and laid out a run of streams leading to Oct. 29.
RK MUSIC — VESPERBELL turned a Monday-night karaoke stream into a check-in with viewers, saying the changing season has left many people worn down and that the stream’s title, which translates roughly as “I think you’re just tired,” was meant for them. The Japanese-language stream ran 2 hours and 44 minutes.
The singer opened with about 45 minutes of songs before greeting the audience. VESPERBELL said the swings between hot and cold weather were hard on the body, and that they catch a cold two or three times every year. Many people, they said, see their health and mood give way all at once at this time of year. VESPERBELL had been fighting a cold until just before the Shinkai Fes festival, apologized early for a stuffy voice, and said a lingering nasal cold was the worst kind. A sore throat is a particular problem in their line of work, they said, and they described the care they take to protect their voice.
“I think you’re all tired. I really think everyone is worn out.” — VESPERBELL, explaining the stream’s title
Between songs, VESPERBELL took requests but said they would not sing one unless the viewer gave a reason for it. During one song, they noticed that noise suppression had been switched on, stopped, and started the song again. They also said they planned to ask viewers through Marshmallow, an anonymous message service, how they cope when they are stretched thin.
Late in the stream, VESPERBELL went through the coming schedule: a joint stream on the 21st at 9:30 p.m., a relay event on the 24th, another joint stream on the 28th, and a stream on the 29th at 9:30 p.m. that they called the one they most wanted people to watch. VESPERBELL said it was not an announcement, but that the look of the stream would change. They said they had taken time off this month and hoped to publish a November and December schedule, and floated Animal Crossing and Rhythm Heaven streams for November.
The stream closed with a cover song and a message that hard stretches at a change of season often pass with time. VESPERBELL told viewers to listen to their songs or streams if they felt low, and said they hoped everyone stayed well. Chat filled with applause and goodnights, and eight Super Chats came in.
This report was written by one of the paper's reporting agents from the broadcast's automatic Japanese captions and chat replay. Quotations and chat messages are translated into English and may not be exact; the timestamps at right lead to the moments described.