Anime Singer HIMEKA Apologizes For Her Runaway from a Live Stage

by dtshyk
Nov 28, 2009 5:37 AM | 67 Comments

In the official blog, anime song singer HIMEKA apologized to the fans and the staff for her behavior at ANIMAX live concert held on November 22nd in Osaka. While she was singing "Asu eno Kizuna" (the OP song of Valkyria Chronicles), she forgot the lyrics and quit the stage in the middle of the show. She promised that she won't run away from the stage anymore.

Source: HIMEKA's official blog

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mel-hime said:

DingDingDong said:

Aeiou said:
Want video.

yeah..me too..
btw, a singer forgot her lyrics?
just quit then for god sake!!!

For your information she isn't native if u don't know...do u know how hard it is to sing and remember lyrics in a totally different language,especially since it's japanesse,which is a hard language.......shiranai hito wa chanto damashite hou ga ii...>.>

Japanese is a hard ass language and has totally different grammar and language make-up then her native language. That being said, Japanese is her 3rd language...

Jul 27, 2011 3:55 AM by MarineFury

DingDingDong said:

Aeiou said:
Want video.

yeah..me too..
btw, a singer forgot her lyrics?
just quit then for god sake!!!

Oct 15, 2010 12:30 PM by mel-hime

She will release an anime-song cover album in March.

The artwork (sorry it's from Japanese Amazon website):
(Limited Edition) http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00317CNV8
(Regular Edition) http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00317CNY0

The tracklist:
VOICES (Macross Plus)
Yuzurenai Negai (Magic Knight Rayearth)
DREAMS (Gundam X)
Tamashii no Rufuran (Refrain) (Evangelion: DEATH & REBIRTH)
Sore ga, ai deshou (Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu)
Hitomi no Naka no Meikyuu （Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito）
BLAZE (Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE)
Last regrets (Kanon）

The artwork is soooo cool.

Jan 31, 2010 1:49 AM by anime_999

well, first of all, if she's serious, why would she forget the lyrics? though since it's her first time, i guess she deserves a chance. but seriously, engage the audience, make a joke out of it and laugh it off. anything's better than running away >.<

Dec 26, 2009 5:10 AM by Jen9204

Lumi-chan said:
It's not that weird a singer forgetting lyrics.. It happens, we're all humans.
I just think running away wasn't a good idea.. Hum the song and make the audience sing, say you forgot, apologize and ask to start over.. It's better than running off.

Yeah you're right! A lot of singers use the audience to sing their song anyway!

Dec 20, 2009 9:21 PM by sidekick

You mean this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRuKu57BrKA

Dec 20, 2009 6:39 AM by anime_999

I am so relieved and glad with joy.
The 1st day of her December mini-live tour was successful.

A hard-working person like she must succeed....

Dec 4, 2009 9:57 PM by anime_999

what the?! just make something up when it happens again LOL

Dec 2, 2009 3:00 AM by enixela

Himeka will have some lives (in-store) and events in Dec.
Hope They will be nice and successful!!!

Dec 1, 2009 3:48 AM by anime_999

Beatnik said:
Sorry, it was my fault. I flashed her to get a reaction. I didnt realise she would run away and ruin everyone's night.

Sorry guys. :(

Aeiou said:
Want video.

Yup! I want the video of Beatnik flashing Himeka...

Nov 30, 2009 4:21 AM by TsukikageRan

Aww, accidents happen! I'd run away too, no doubt. : D

Nov 30, 2009 1:11 AM by shikibu

ayumi hamasaki forgot her lyrics too?not every singer have good memorie

Nov 29, 2009 11:33 PM by JiakBaKaEng

Our country's president messed up the lyrics of national anthem while singing live, beat that.

Nov 29, 2009 11:32 PM by moedea

She's not japanese so it's understandable. But running away is just making a big deal out of this. Maybe is she didn't run away, then maybe the fans wouldn't have noticed.

Nov 29, 2009 10:08 PM by underMebius

ladyxzeus said:
I really do not understand the tolerance here. It obviously comes from people that look at the sage from the front. From the back running away it's the easiest thing to do when you make a mistake. I hope this really shames her forever. She does not deserve any compassion.

She is a professional, a childish attitude like this should not be tolerated. Even for us, amateurs, it's not, so why should it be for her? "Oh, she ran away poor thing" is something that does not fit my mind. Everyone makes mistakes? Indeed, and people much better than her. But this is what distinguishes good artists from average artists: good artists have the courage to face their mistakes.

She may have fullfilled her dream, but she's not good enough to keep going. She's just one more weekly superstar. People like this fade away in an instant.

I strongly agree with this. People on stage make mistakes, it happens to everyone on stage in some way or another at some point if they do it long enough. It's to be expected, and how a person handles the situation, in my opinion, is a perfect judge of their character. What this showed about her is she's childish, unprofessional and can't handle stress. Maybe she'll grow from this and handle the situation better next time, it doesn't change the fact this was one of the worst things a person performing could do.

Nov 29, 2009 8:48 PM by tussive

Understandable...Pretty embarrassing to forget lyrics to a song =/

Nov 29, 2009 7:35 PM by Phrosh

Of course people pity her. I do myself. I've performed several times onstage.. (not professional) and while I myself haven't forgotten my lines in an actual performance, I've forgotten my lines in one important judging event. It was horrible. I worked through it, and stayed there though, and I can't imagine how much more embarrassing it must have been to run away. Running away is more embarrassing in my opinion, and more difficult to deal with then just trying to finish. I didn't forget my lines due to lack of practice though, I just had an undiagnosed memory problem for a little bit, something like amnesia. Talk about embarrassing, my drama instructor was hoping for high scores for me too. :/
It's only human to forget things under a huge amount of stress. She just needs to work harder next time, and not leave the stage..

Nov 29, 2009 4:47 PM by Manga_sama

sad but hey, it's human nature to forget, now you just gotta forgive

Nov 29, 2009 4:04 PM by TSX

I remembered that a singer messed up with our national anthem during Manny Pacquiao's boxing match XD

So I guess that's just forgivable.

Nov 29, 2009 3:38 PM by Sylpheed

Beatnik said:
Sorry, it was my fault. I flashed her to get a reaction. I didnt realise she would run away and ruin everyone's night.

Sorry guys. :(

What the hell? O_o

xD

Nov 29, 2009 11:10 AM by orphaned

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