In mid-February 2013, Shibuya Channel’s Artist File #07 sat down with drummer-vocalist Shishido Kavka the day before her second single “music” hit shelves (20 February 2013). The conversation tracked how a lyric lands on a melody, why jacket art has to look chaotic, how cold outdoor MV shoots feel, and which Shibuya one-man live still sat heaviest in memory.
Who she was in early 2013
Born in Mexico and raised partly in Argentina, Kavka started drums at fourteen and turned professional at eighteen. Collaborations with Kenji Oshima (THE HIGH-LOWS) and producer Satoru Hiraide (UVERworld) helped lock the drummer-vocalist identity that later defined her stage silhouette. Delivery debut “Daydream Rider” arrived 16 May 2012; CD debut single “Aisuru Kakugo” followed 19 September 2012. By interview week she was also visible in Ezaki Glico Pretz TV spots — tall, kinetic, and hard to miss in a Shibuya scroll.
How “music” was written
Asked where the lyric for “music” came from, Kavka said the word itself locked onto the opening melody first, then expanded outward. The CD jackets — different art for limited and regular editions — were long-held studio fantasies: the first listening keyword was chaos, and the lyric “music” suggested color spilling out of her own face. That collage of self-portrait and overflow became the sleeve.
MV shooting memories were blunt: cold. It was her first outdoor music-video set, and winter weather punched harder than the finished clip reveals.
What music meant, and how the kit was set
Music, she said, was something she always chose — and something that always helped — even through stretches when she doubted whether performing suited her. Stage sound flipped the question from “can I?” back to “I want to.”
Live prep ritual: clean the house. Throwing things away was framed as making room for whatever the night might bring back. Kit setup dropped toms so the drummer-vocalist silhouette stayed visible; the rest was simply “look cool.”
Shibuya stages and a favorite alley
The live that stuck was the “Aisuru Kakugo” debut one-man — first solo headline, first hour-plus set, first time facing that many people who had come specifically for her. It ended too fast and still felt like the fullest night she’d played.
Asked for a Shibuya tip, she named Nonbei Yokocho: strong shop personalities, comfortable even when you’re only watching the alley breathe.
Closing message: treat “music” — jacket included — as a full-body listen. Shibuya Channel also recorded a short video greeting exclusive to the site.
Single facts (2013)
- Title: music
- Release: 20 February 2013 (Wednesday)
- Limited: maxi CD + DVD (MV, 19 Sept 2012 debut-live digest, Pretz CM making)
- Regular: maxi CD + 8-page booklet; bonus demo of “music”
- Coupling tracks: Recovery / Muteki no Rockstar
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