カネコアヤノ -Kaneko Ayano- ( born 30/01/1993 ) is a musician, actress and model.… Read Full Bio ↴カネコアヤノ -Kaneko Ayano- ( born 30/01/1993 ) is a musician, actress and model. She was raised in Yokohama City , Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, the younger of two sisters by six years.
She started playing guitar in third grade of junior high school after not having success in learning the piano. The idea to play the guitar came because she was a fan of Chatmonchy. She played at home but hated practising and studying. According to her she was really bad at guitar, just playing G and C all the time. The band she liked the most was Happy End, but she also liked Tama, Ko Machida and INU, Masamune Kusano (Spitz), POLYSICS, Tokyo Karankoron, Kegawa No Maries, SEBASTIAN X, Siamese Cats and Jun Togawa. In her high-school years she had been in a band for a short while, and mostly she frequented a lot of live houses in the Shinjuku and Shimokitazawa area since her second year. She started writing songs around third year highschool but without showing it to anyone.
In 2012 while she was a second-year student at Wako University after a period of writing less she went back to singing and making music again because "all of her friends seemed to be making music at the time" but she continued to keep it for herself. It was until one of her friends, Natsuya Hamano, -who would be become her guitarist next- eventually heard some songs and showed it to his father, Yasumasa Hamano, who was a music engineer. He proposed her to record -he would become the drummer and music engineer- and that's how the the self-released mini-album 印税生活 came to be. It was an album released before doing any lives.
For the first formation, they called themselves カネコアヤノと印税生活 (Kaneko Ayano & Royalties Life) which is how the name for the mini-album came to be.
Next she would be contacted by a manager from Kitty Entertainment, after hearing the song はっぴいえんどを聴かせておくれよ(仮). This was the manager for the band Scandal, which is how she got to open for them in their Zepp-Tokyo Tour that same year.
In 2013 Takuma Motomura joined as a bassist.
In 2014 she released "来世はアイドル". Kaneko was a fan of the idol group Hello!Project at the time but she recognised she was too old to be one of them. Apart from them, Kaneko especially liked the 70's idol-group Candies, Pink Lady and the 70's idol Asaoka Megumi. She explains the song S・O・S by Pink Lady was used by an animation she watched when she was little. In her teens she remembered it and searched the original and that's how she got hooked up with this music.
In 2015 with the same backing band she released a new album 恋する惑星
In 2016, she cancelled her contract with Kitty Entertainment and self-released the mini-album, "hug". After this she got contracted to "we are" with a new manager. Hirotoshi Hayashi became the new guitarist. Later that year she released the EP さよーならあなた
In April 2017, she released an EP ひかれあい and later that year she released the album 群れたち
2018 saw Bob as the new drummer, and later the release of the album 祝祭ひとりでに. Yasumasa Hamano continued as a recording engineer. The end of 2018 saw her changing record label, now 1994.
In late 2019 she released the album 燦々
In 2021 she released the album よすが

セゾン
カネコアヤノ Lyrics

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いろんな話をしてきたね二人
落ち着いてきたよやっといま
ミモザが揺れる

何も起こらない一部屋に響く換気扇の音
やけに落ち着くプリズムは光る

たぶんこれからも続いていく

テーブルの上雑に置かれた財布と鍵
丁寧な愛油断した心に
安心するんだよ不思議とさ

雑に抱きしめあいたいだけ君と
間違ってなかったってうん
幼いことを気にしているのか

ミモザが揺れる 4月も終わる
4月も終わる毛布をしまう

たぶんこれからも続いていく
綺麗と思うもの空の色
キャラクターのキーチェーン
丁寧な愛醒めなくてもいい

たぶんこれからも続いていく
テーブルの上雑に置かれた財布と鍵
丁寧な愛油断した心に
安心するんだよ不思議とさ

幼いことを気にしているのか
ミモザが揺れる 4月は終わる

気にしているのか幼いことを
気にしているのか気にしているのか

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to "セゾン" by カネコアヤノ describe a quiet moment shared between two people in a calm room. The sound of a humming ventilation fan echoes through the otherwise silent space, while a mimosa plant sways gently in the background. The song alludes to the idea that sometimes, it's the simplest of moments and interactions that can bring about feelings of comfort and safety in our lives, particularly in the context of a relationship.

Throughout the song, the singer acknowledges the presence of the other person, indicating that their bond will likely continue into the future. The objects on the table serve as evidence of the couple's lives and experiences together, as the singer notes the haphazard placement of a wallet and keys. The concept of "precise love" is also referenced, implying that despite moments of vulnerability and doubt, the singer ultimately feels a strong sense of security and understanding with their partner.

The final lines of the song address the idea of innocence and youth, questioning whether the singer's own insecurities are rooted in this idea. The mention of April passing and storing away blankets may signify the notion of moving forward and growing older, yet the mimosa still continues to sway, providing a sense of continuity amidst change.

Line by Line Meaning

いろんな話をしてきたね二人
We've talked about a lot of things, the two of us

落ち着いてきたよやっといま
We're finally starting to settle down

ミモザが揺れる
The mimosa flowers are swaying

何も起こらない一部屋に響く換気扇の音
The sound of the ventilation fan echoes in the quiet room where nothing is happening

やけに落ち着くプリズムは光る
Strangely calm, the prism glows

たぶんこれからも続いていく
Maybe it will continue from now on

テーブルの上雑に置かれた財布と鍵
A wallet and keys are haphazardly placed on the table

丁寧な愛油断した心に
Careful love soothes the careless heart

安心するんだよ不思議とさ
It's strange, but we find comfort in it

雑に抱きしめあいたいだけ君と
I just want to hold you tightly, no matter how haphazardly, my love

間違ってなかったってうん
Yeah, we didn't make a mistake