I think everyone’s been a bad friend at some point, and I wanted to write a very pure song about it. Before I went in to write that, I’d just seen an old friend. She’s had a baby. I’d seen that on Facebook, and I hadn’t been there for it at all, so I was like, “What!” We fell out, basically. In the song, in the first verse, we talk about Japan and the mad, fun group trip we went on. The vocoder in the chorus sort of reflects just the emptiness you feel, almost like you’ve been let go off a rollercoaster. I do have a tendency to fall head-first into new relationships, romantic relationships, and leave my friends a little bit. She’s been through three of my relationships like a rock. Now I realize that she just felt completely left behind. I’m going to send it to her before it comes out. We’re now in touch, so it’s good.

My favourite song on the album. This was inspired by someone I used to be best friends with, and how falling out with them in my early twenties made me point the mirror at myself and look my own insecurities that make me sabotage friendships. We’ve all been bad friends sometimes, but why?

– Rina Sawayama, Avex

• Portuguese Translation