{"id":507003,"date":"2026-03-06T09:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/507003\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:47:07","slug":"sakurai-reveals-that-he-wrote-the-lyrics-for-kirby-air-riders-main-theme-song-explains-why-he-kept-it-under-wraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/507003\/","title":{"rendered":"Sakurai reveals that he wrote the lyrics for Kirby Air Riders’ main theme song, explains why he kept it under wraps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Director Masahiro Sakurai was behind the lyrics of the main theme song in Kirby Air Riders, he\u2019s revealed. That news comes from an interview<\/a> that just went up on Nintendo\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Sakurai said that he hadn\u2019t spoke about this previously because he believes \u201cyou shouldn\u2019t have that work\u2019s world associated with a single person.\u201d He added that he wouldn\u2019t like it \u201cif people thought that the world of Kirby Air Riders was a certain way because I\u2019m the one who made it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sakurai explained in the interview:<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the way, regarding the lyrics for the theme song, I haven\u2019t mentioned it yet since I wanted to keep it under wraps, but I wrote them myself.<\/p>\n

Animation directors, for instance, sometimes use a different name when releasing music, right? As a child, I really couldn\u2019t understand why they would do that. Now I understand that you shouldn\u2019t have that work\u2019s world associated with a single person. Of course, there might be completely different reasons for it too.<\/p>\n

It would bother me a great deal if people thought that the world of Kirby Air Riders was a certain way because I\u2019m the one who made it. I want to keep fantasy as fantasy, to have a certain theme song because this or that happened in the Kirby world. I\u2019m only bringing this up because we are discussing the circumstances behind the main theme this time around\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on to talk more about the theme song in the same quote, stating:<\/p>\n

\u201cI had been thinking of the main theme as basically one song, but the lyrics I wrote had two sides to them. On the surface, the song expresses the joy of being together with the machines, but underneath all that is Zorah\u2019s wish to regain his lost freedom as well. Iwadare sent me three great songs, and it occurred to me that we could use the third song, his third take, and integrate it into a Zorah-themed ballad of sorts.<\/p>\n

But I was a little lost on how to actually make it work. The track that was sent to me was really just the first step. From there, it was going to be a very long road until it became a complete song. Even so, I decided to go ahead with it because I\u2019d personally never heard a song where the lyrics conveyed two completely different sets of emotions through layers of connotations. This felt novel to me, so I asked Iwadare to take on the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking of Kirby Air Riders, we also got to hear from Sakurai this week about the general approach to Kirby Air Riders\u2019 music and wanting kids to be able to sing along. Read more about that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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