Artist SANTA follows success across Asia with first single of 2024, ‘Voyage’, in collaboration with singer-songwriter Daiki Ueno!
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Voyage/ Futari no Sekai jacket Cover
Up and coming vocalist SANTA, who has found phenomenal success across Asia, has released his first single of 2024 across all digital streaming platforms. The two songs included on the single, ‘Voyage’ and ‘Futari no Sekai’, both share the theme of “distance”. The songs are filled with gentle kindness that guides the way, a source of inspiration as we navigate our lives amid complicated relationships and measures of closeness.
SANTA has previously danced on stage to a backing of ‘Love Song’ by singer-songwriter Daiki Ueno, an artist he deeply respects. Now, at SANTA’s request, Ueno has written the music for this special collaboration single. Be sure to check out the single across a streaming platforms here!
About the songs
‘Voyage’
“In the gap between the stage and the audience, between one street and the next, in the moment as the lights turn from off to on, distance seems to extend forever – and the more you want to see that special someone, the further away they seem to be. Like a call and response, an exchange of hearts, a trading of worries and anxieties... With differences that nonetheless bear similarities, this song is a signpost that guides us to coexist in this era and face the future. SANTA’s gentle, reassuring voice can help us to overcome the sadness, and we feel sure he will remain by our side forever.
“Like everyone else, SANTA has times when he feels powerless and struggles with the feeling of distance, and so we created this song along with an interpretation that only he could bring to the lyrics. Through this song, I hope we can share the voice of his heart and express hope and love to everyone who hears it.”
‘FUTARI NO SEKAI’
“This song is about the sense of distance between lovers, and it asks questions that probably have no answer. Two people, each in their own world, try to pretend that everything is coincidence and fate. It’s a song about the place that can be broken when we offer one another confirmation, yet can exist if we do not. The closer we get, the further apart we become, so we try to maintain an appropriate distance. Until two people are able to shine only upon each other, the shining light unites them as one, so as not to forget.”
