Hana no Mai

[Machine Translation] We are celebrating the 10th anniversary of our debut thanks to our fans all over Japan. We will bring cheer and smiles to all those who have supported us. Let the smiles of the 10th anniversary bloom all over the world. Hana no Mai" : Life is full of peaks and valleys. The phrase "Dance with tears and bloom with smiles," which is a metaphor for the subtleties of life like a flower, and the phrase "Smile and blossom with scattered tears" expresses the message we want to deliver most when we think of the time when we endure and overcome difficult situations as a preparation period for the blooming of a big flower. In 2020, when I was in the most difficult period of my life due to an incurable disease, 34 of my friends in Brazil, my home country, gave me a live broadcast to help me pay for my medical treatment. Eduardo wanted to return the favor in some way. He asked his old friend, singer-songwriter HANZO, to cover the most popular song in Brazil, "Life's Evening Song," in a completely new version, with some of the verses written in Portuguese by Eduardo himself.

全国のファンあってのデビュー10周年。支えてくれたすべての方々に、元気と笑顔を届ける。世界中に10周年の笑顔咲け。■「花の舞」: 人生山あり谷あり。人生の機微を花に例え、状況が厳しいときは大輪を咲かすための準備期間であると捉え、それに耐え、乗り越えたときのことを思い「涙も散らして笑顔咲け」というフレーズに最も届けたいメッセージが込められる。■「人生の晩歌」: 2020年、難病を患い最も厳しかった時期に母国ブラジルの仲間34人が治療費のためにと生ライブ配信をしてくれた。その恩を何らかの形で返ししたいと考えていたエドアルド。そこで旧知のシンガーソングライターHANZOに頼み、ブラジルで最も歌われている「人生の晩歌」を、一部エドアルド自身が詩をポルトガル語で書き、まったく新しいバージョンとしてカバー。