Zettaiteki Shakai Futekigousha UNDEUX (絶対的社会不適合者 アンドゥー) will disband on January 23rd, 2022 after their final performance at Ikebukuro BlackHole.
On November 1st, Zettaiteki Shakai Futekigousha UNDEUX (絶対的社会不適合者 アンドゥー) posted a news announcement of their disbandment. The announcement of their decision to disband has been translated and shown below:
*CW: Long read below
Thank you for your continued support of UNDEUX .
We would like to make an important announcement to you.
On January 23rd, 2022, we will end our activities as UNDEUX .
Due to the corona disaster, we are not able to perform live or tour as much as before, and it has become difficult to maintain our band activities in the way we had envisioned when we first formed.
As a result, each member began to think more deeply about their lives, daily life, music, and how to deal with the band.
How do we want to live our lives from now on? It meant that we had to face and think about the reality that we had not seen before.
We also came to a decision that we should each think about our future music and activities.
Nothing has been decided yet about the future of the members or anything else.
We will do our best to communicate as much as we can while thinking it over during our activities until January 23rd next year.
Although we only have a few months of activities left, we would like to unite our hearts and minds with our fans and run through this.
We have made this announcement at this time to express our desire to do our best as a member of UNDEUX to the end without looking elsewhere.
Please forgive us for making this announcement at this time.
Each member will share their thoughts and feelings about the breakup through SNS and other means.
Please support UNDEUX until the end.
MIRA (ミラ)
Dissolution. We thought that this would be a place where we could continue to breathe, a place where we would have a reason to live. I really regret that I couldn't protect it in many ways, for my sake and for the sake of all the people involved. I am somewhat afraid that today will come, but I still have to face it, so let me face it and tell you what I want to tell you now.
We are breaking up. From the day it was decided that we would break up, despair was a word that suited me well, and I spent the next few months worrying about how to face myself on stage and the people in front of me. I didn't want to show my weak self, but thanks to my friends who guided me, I can still face the band, the music, the stage, and you with a strong feeling.
As mentioned by the official site, I was wondering if we can continue to head towards where we want to go as a single band unit. We are no longer able to do what we want to do in a straightforward manner, and the things that were important to us as a band are no longer important to each of us. This is the reason why we decided to break up.
The time we spent together for about four years was too important to me, and I thought we didn't need to break up until the end. Just thinking about what I will be like from January 24th, 2022 onward, I still can't put it into words. For the sake of this band, it didn't matter what other people thought or said about me, it didn't hurt or itch. It is a place that is still too important to me.
Even if I'm angry, when I get on stage, when I make a sound, when all five of us are together, we laugh, we forgive each other, and with the support of such wonderful people, I love my days of singing, myself singing, and the people who love me.
I'm sure there will be times when you, including myself, will want to throw everything away or let go. As I said, I'm afraid of every day from January 24th, 2022, and I understand the feelings of the people who have made this band worth living for, but I'm sure it will all work out. It may be a vague and unaccountable word, but I think it's okay to be vague and uneven. While accepting the situation little by little, as a weak and fragile human being, let me really go and tell you the best I can in the remaining 2 months and 22 days.
I will continue to live, and I thought it would be wrong to talk about this here, but I am still in the midst of my aspirations more or less. There are still many things I want to do and sing. So, I will definitely come back to see you again, and when I do, I hope you will find yourself again.
Lastly, I would like to tell you that there is nothing to be afraid of, just as you saved me on the nights when I couldn't sleep or breathe, and although it may be presumptuous, I would like you to stay with me until the last moment. I'm going to put an end to the four years I spent with my best friends and members with my own hands. Thank you, my beloved sows.
ALU (アル)
As announced
We've only got a few more sessions left, but we'll see.
KAI (カイ)
UNDEUX will be dissolved on January 23, 2022.
I want to convey the many feelings that come to my mind
I wanted to share my feelings with you on the stage where we have lived together.
I'll miss you all, but
I'm going to keep going until the end with a smile and a guitar that everyone says they love.
I'm looking forward to seeing you all until the end.
GANO (ガノ)
I am very sorry for the sudden announcement, but it is not a happy news.
We've been active for 4 years, and we've been working very hard and desperately. \ We wanted to let as many people as possible know about UNDEUX, and we wanted to give a better show than other bands. \ I think my personality was also sharp at times. I think I had a fighting spirit that I didn't want to lose, which is absolutely important for people who are in the public eye. \ However, I have met many people through UNDEUX and have been involved with them. There were good people and there were jerks. I had some fun times and some hard times. All of them are my assets.
The first thing the president said to me before we formed the band was,
"A band is about patience." \ When he first said this to me, I didn't really get it, but after working hard, I realized how much it meant to me. Making a career out of what you love is something that can only be done by enduring unpleasant and painful things. But I can do it because I love music and have a strong belief in it.
Bands and groups have the difficulty of working in tandem, and it's not easy to get a group of people with different ideas and values to come together. In particular, our band is made up of five free-spirited people.
I think it's amazing that we've been doing this for four years. But I think we've been able to do this because we've worked together in this office and with these members. \ I think we spent more time together than anyone else, and I'm sure there were times when we got frustrated and wanted to be alone. \ But at the root of it all, I think we are a group of kind and caring people. I still like all the members, even when we are on stage or just talking like friends, it's a happy and fun time for me.
However, due to the Corona disaster that started last year, I was not able to do my activities as much as I wanted to, and the days that I was so busy and desperate for what was right in front of me suddenly stopped, and for the first time, I had time to think about many things calmly and see and feel many things. I spent my days rethinking my position and situation. \ In the midst of all of this, we released an album, our live performances increased little by little, and our activities themselves started to resume.
But it was clear that there was a gap in values among the band members.
For better or worse, there are those who see reality and those who want to continue to pursue their dreams. I don't think there's anything wrong with either, but it's extremely difficult to correct a fundamental misunderstanding.
When I see other bands breaking up, I often think how selfish bands are when they have people supporting them. \ I don't know if I would be able to accept it if my favorite artist announced that they were breaking up or taking a break.
I started to think about how much I had been supported by the people who were supporting me and how I had been spoiled. \ Whenever I had a hard time, I would read their letters and messages, and when I saw everyone who came to our shows, I was encouraged. \ I don't know how much I've been able to do for them, but I'd like to repay them until the end. With only 2 months and 21 days left, I am going to express my gratitude to these important people in my own way.
I don't know what will happen in the future, but I have no regrets even if my last band is UNDEUX. \ The songs will remain. I will do my best to deliver a live show that will be engraved in everyone's heart until January 23rd next year.
Luchat (ルシャ)
~Regarding the announcement of the dissolution~
I'm sorry for the sudden announcement of the breakup. \ I would like to write about my personal feelings.
For me personally, ever since this decision was made, there has been a gaping hole in my heart. \ During the time when I was active, I was thinking about the next song and how I could make it better.
I was staring at my computer smiling, thinking, "This is the song I want for the next album!" \ After the band decided to break up, I couldn't write any more songs. \ I think that's how much I loved this band. \ I can't even finish the songs I've been working on.
I've been holding my head in my hands. It's the same as now.
I know I'm only talking about composing, but if I were to walk into a live house as an audience member and they played this kind of music, my body would naturally move.
I think it's because I was conscious of creating such a song.
I'm sure I'm also a performer, but I wrote the songs because I love UNDEUX.
I was always writing songs from the same perspective as everyone else, not from the performer's perspective. \ I know the theory is to make the last piece as a thank you to everyone, but I don't like to make it for business.
This is just my own subjective opinion, but I think that if you make something intellectually, it's probably just a song released under the band UNDEUX, and not a song with UNDEUX's personality.
The more I think about it, the more I feel like I'm not satisfied with it.
The more I think about it, the more my head freezes and I can't do anything.
The songs that people thought were good and were enjoying at the live house were not the songs that I worried about and wrote. It's just something I thought would be great to play.
That's why I don't have the confidence to write them now.
I'm really sorry to all my fans. If something comes to mind, I'll make it. If it doesn't, I won't make it.
I don't know what I'm going to do about this yet.
I'm really sorry for being so vague.
To be honest, I don't know if I should say this, but until this band started, I had never written a song, and I never wanted to write one.
I bought a guitar even though I couldn't play, decided to write songs, bought a PC, turned down invitations to hang out with my good friends, and just focused on writing songs.
To be honest, the songs I write are very rough.
I didn't put any lies into the songs I had in mind.
I think it was because people thought it was good and enjoyed it, and praised it, that I was able to keep working hard and not get discouraged.
To be honest, I can't put my words together, and I'm an idiot who can't speak Japanese at all, so I'm just scribbling what I think.
As I said before on my Instagram story, this member is also a good friend of mine who said he liked the songs I wrote without complaining a single bit. I think it's a miracle that I was able to meet such a nice guy. \ At the time, I was not used to being praised, so I guess I was very happy.
But it's very frustrating and sad because it's the members that I really wanted to continue with for a long time. \ I'm also very happy that there are people who support me in this environment, and that's why I ended up betraying them. I wondered if I was able to repay them as a performer. I'm really bothered by this.
There are a lot of people in the world who write higher quality and cooler songs than I do. I'm sorry that you chose this band and paid the not-so-expensive ticket price to come and see us. That's the only word that comes to mind.
To be honest, I don't know what I'm going to do in the future, because I don't really have anything in mind. But if someone with a passionate heart invites me to play again, I will.
But at this point, I don't know what the future holds, and I have no intention of thinking about it.
For now, I will do my best as UNDEUX's Luchat until we break up! That's all I'm thinking about.
So I'm going to do my best and stand on the stage with all my might, even though I may not have many days left!
I'm going to stand on the stage with all my might as an artist, and I'm going to make sure that the people who come to see us have a good time, and feel happy that we're a band they like.
I will do my best to create an environment where people who come to see us have a good time and feel happy that we are their favorite band.
This place is my reason for living, and it is the only place where I can experience happiness.
From UNDEUX Luchat (ルシャ)
The band will embark on a final oneman tour. Titled as "Andou no Manyoukai Shuuen Geki" (安藤の曼妖終焉劇), the oneman tour will cover the following dates and venues:
Zettai Teki Shakai Futekigousha UNDEUX(絶対的社会不適合者 アンドゥー) flyer
- 2021-12-10 HOLIDAY NEXT NAGOYA
- 2021-12-11 Shizuoka Sunash
- 2022-01-10 Shinsaibashi Bigtwin Diner SHOVEL
- 2022-01-16 Ikebukuro BlackHole
- 2022-01-23 Ikebukuro BlackHole
