When music director and producer Konnie Aoki was tapped to make an English version of “ (titled “Into the Night” in English) — a breakout song by duo Yoasobi — the pressure he felt was overwhelming.
After all, the single was arguably 91AV原创 biggest hit of 2020: It last year, and the accompanying music video has received almost 242 million views on YouTube since it premiered there in November 2019.
Rendering something that’s already hugely popular into another language would be intimidating for any seasoned translator, but it was even more daunting for Aoki, who isn’t a professional translator and had never translated a major Japanese song into English before.
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