{"id":9530,"date":"2026-02-05T18:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T18:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/?p=1236173948"},"modified":"2026-02-05T18:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T18:03:43","slug":"mao-abe-reflects-on-self-discovery-personal-growth-through-new-singles-ding-dong-buddy-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarmiento24h.com\/?p=9530","title":{"rendered":"Mao Abe Reflects on Self-Discovery, Personal Growth Through New Singles \u2018Ding-dong\u2019 &amp; \u2018Buddy\u2019: Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\" data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"10140328\">\n<h3> Trending on Billboard <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> Mao Abe\u2019s first releases of 2026 are the songs \u201cDing-dong\u201d and \u201cBuddy.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/billboard-japan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_billboard-japan\" data-tag=\"billboard-japan\">Billboard JAPAN<\/a> talked to her about what went into the creation of \u201cBuddy\u201d and of \u201cDing-dong,\u201d the opening theme song of the TV anime <em>The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife<\/em>. She also shared some anecdotes about the making of the songs. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-related-artists \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-1 lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-align-items-center lrv-u-margin-l-00@desktop-xl a-glue@desktop-xl lrv-a-glue--t-0 lrv-a-glue--l-0 u-margin-t-29px@desktop u-margin-t-250@mobile-max u-margin-lr-auto@desktop-xl-max u-max-width-400@desktop-xl-max u-width-100p@mobile-max u-max-width-80@desktop-xl\" readability=\"6.6153846153846\">\n<p><h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title lrv-u-color-white a-font-primary-fancy-m lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-text-align-center a-article-related-module-title lrv-u-padding-tb-050\"> Explore <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-article-related-module-wrap lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl lrv-u-flex-grow-1 u-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl-max u-align-items-center lrv-u-position-relative u-flex-basis-100p lrv-u-padding-b-075\">\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column u-width-80 u-width-160@mobile-max lrv-a-glue-parent lrv-u-flex-shrink-0\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image lrv-u-height-100p\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/billboard\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"a-crop-1x1 lrv-u-height-100p\"> <img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" alt data-lazy-srcset data-lazy-sizes height width decoding=\"async\"> <\/div>\n<p> <\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"o-indicator lrv-a-glue a-glue--b-n050 lrv-a-glue--r-0 a-glue--t-auto a-glue--l-0 lrv-u-margin-lr-auto u-pointer-events-none lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-border-radius-50p u-width-20 u-height-20 a-icon-related-artist lrv-a-icon-after\"> <\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"c-tagline a-font-secondary-fancy-xxxs@desktop-xl a-font-secondary-fancy-s@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black u-padding-t-13 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-color-black lrv-u-width-100p\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> <strong>How did you feel when you were tapped to make the opening theme song for the TV anime <\/strong><strong><em>The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife<\/em><\/strong><strong>?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> When I write a song for someone else\u2019s creation, I want to bring the same passion to the project as everyone involved in that work, from the creator of the source material to its fans and the anime production team. A song is maybe four to five minutes long. The part of it you can hear in tie-ups like a show\u2019s opening credits is just 89 seconds long. My goal is to match the work as best I can in that short window. In that sense, I find it a very satisfying process. I try to make a song that matches the original, even if it\u2019s not necessarily flashy or packed with lyrics. So more than feeling happy or honored to have an anime tie-up, I\u2019m happy that I was able to write a song of my own that\u2019s a good fit for <em>The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> <strong>It\u2019s a romance between an invisible man and a blind woman, right?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> The whole concept is amazing. Through the story, you see that the main character, the invisible man, has been traumatized by the fact that people can\u2019t see him. Because of his own unique nature, people don\u2019t notice him, but none of that really matters much to the woman, who doesn\u2019t see using her eyes in the first place. She knows he\u2019s there because of sound, smell, and the like. That kind of miraculous pairing isn\u2019t something you see every day. The material itself is wonderful, and I think the essence of it is that it\u2019s such a joyous thing to meet someone and to discover a space where you can simply be yourself. I wanted to write a song that expressed the joy of two people meeting, in any kind of relationship, and deepening the bonds that connect them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> <strong>It\u2019s a gentle, laid-back country song that brims with the joy and happiness of finding someone you can be yourself with.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> I wrote it back in 2024. At the time, I\u2019d been listening to a lot of country. Maybe it was because of that influence, but I felt like the genre was a perfect fit. The art in the original comics is beautiful, but I was especially inspired by the coloring of the cover. Given that style, I didn\u2019t think rock would be a good fit, and even J-pop felt a bit off. I wanted it to have a bit more of an antique feel, more nostalgic. Country seemed like the clear choice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> <strong>Touching on the song\u2019s title, too, where did the idea of a ringing bell theme come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> You know how they say if you meet your soul mate, it\u2019s like a bell rings? First, I came up with melody, then I just put in random placeholder English lyrics, and then I thought about lyrics that fit with the sound I was going for, like \u201con my way home\u201d and \u201con your way home.\u201d And then I used that as a springboard to think about other things. The two main characters in the story often go on dates after work. Work ends in the evening, and you know how there are those bells that chime in the evening? So for me, it\u2019s also a reference to the 5:00 p.m. bells. I combined the mental image that when the bell rings it\u2019s time to go home, where that special someone is waiting for you, and the idea that you hear a bell ring when you meet the right person. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> <strong>The music video is wonderful, too.<\/strong> <strong>You look so cute wearing all those different outfits.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> We filmed it in Hakodate over the course of two days in mid-November. We woke up at 3:00 a.m., and it was so cold. I talked to the director about my ideas for the song, and she said, \u2018I want to film you wearing all kinds of different clothes, like you\u2019re going to meet your significant other, you\u2019re going out on a date, or you\u2019re on your way back home, and connect those all together.\u2019 It felt like that\u2019s the kind of video that would fit the anime\u2019s aesthetic, if there was a live action version. I didn\u2019t really have a mental image of the camera being tightly zoomed in on my face while I sang or anything like that. So I said okay, and they looked for a place with clean, fresh air, a lake, and a lot of nature. It was even nicer than I\u2019d expected, and all that effort that everyone had put forth turned out to be worth it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> <strong>Have you seen the song actually matched up with the anime?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> Yes, I saw it! The opening credits were so cute, I was moved. You can tell they really took their time with it. I think it\u2019s a wonderful opening for an anime. Also, there\u2019s a subtle link between it and my own music video. In the anime\u2019s opening credits, the backgrounds behind the two characters keeps changing as they walk, and in the \u201cDing-dong\u201d music video, the first chorus has a similar scene. It\u2019s just a coincidence, but it made me happy to see it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> <strong>I hope it strikes a chord with overseas anime fans, too.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> Me, too. When I wrote \u201cKeep Your Fire Burning,\u201d the ending theme for the TV anime <em>The Unwanted Undead Adventurer<\/em>, I got comments from people overseas saying it was the first time they\u2019d heard a Japanese country song. The melody of \u201cDing-dong\u201d is easy to sing, and I\u2019d be happy if people realized through this that there\u2019s at least one musician in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/japan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_japan\" data-tag=\"japan\">Japan<\/a> who sings country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> <strong>On February 18, you\u2019ll be releasing \u201cBuddy,\u201d right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> Right. My mental image of the protagonist of the song is an older elementary school kid. I thought about how there will be a kid you play with a lot, without particularly thinking about it, and you\u2019ve assumed you\u2019re friends, but then there comes a day when you think, \u201cWait, I consider us friends, but I wonder how much of a friend he sees me as.\u201d In this song, the boy in that scenario is thinking how he hopes that the other kid also sees them as friends. Like there\u2019s a boy with a bike, and he\u2019s looking up at the sky, and he\u2019s thinking \u201cI hope he thinks the same about me\u2026but either way, I can\u2019t wait to play with him again tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> <strong>The lyrics share the faint hopes of the character singing the song, but they don\u2019t reveal what the other boy really thinks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> Right. The character expresses his desires and feelings, but he don\u2019t push his friend. He isn\u2019t like \u201cThink of me as your friend.\u201d He\u2019s more modest than that. The song is just expressing that he\u2019s scared, but that he really values his friend. When I started writing it, I envisioned the character of the singer to be very reserved, and I really liked that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> <strong>You\u2019re ringing in 2026 with anime theme song \u201cDing-dong\u201d and \u201cBuddy.\u201d What are your plans going forward?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> I\u2019ve been going through a process of personal transformation over the past few years, and the end of last year was really the culmination of that process. I\u2019ve finally gotten a good hold on my own spirit, and I\u2019m ready to perform live. I\u2019d like to write a lot of new songs while I have this sense of release. I also feel like if I performed my past songs, and the new songs I write, the way I am now, I could put on a great show. I plan to take a more active, dynamic approach this year, led by the sense of honesty and acceptance about myself that I\u2019ve finally gotten back. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"> \u2014<em>This interview by Atsuo Nagahori first appeared on Billboard Japan<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trending on Billboard Mao Abe\u2019s first releases&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entretenimiento"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mao Abe Reflects on Self-Discovery, Personal Growth Through New Singles \u2018Ding-dong\u2019 &amp; 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