But of course, you know, supercharging it for 2021, making it drive down a different lane, if you will. It’s like in many ways, the analogy is like taking apart an old car with new parts… Keeping the sanctity of some of the most important elements of that, so that people remember the classic-ness of it. And it’s really important to have distinguishable sounds of the original that people love, that people recognise, so that’s what I did. That balance is very careful, it’s a tightrope. How do you find the balance between staying true to the original theme song and putting yourself in the music? You know, once you hear that, and I played that in the studio so many times to the point where I’m like, “Okay, I use that as an acapella as my inspiration to start into the actual melody of the drop.” And then when I got the melody down, I started working on the soundm and I just knew from there at that moment that the track was going to get done pretty quickly. And it’s all about that sample: let’s jam. And I was taking certain elements from the record that are signature to Yoko Kanno, signature to “Tank!” But then of course, Aoki-fing it and turning it into something that I know on the drop, I’m going to get people moving, grooving, dancing and having a good time. And you know, it’s difficult, to be honest with you, going from something so important and integral in anime culture, but I love that pressure. The inspiration behind the remix was to really make a record that I know would make people groove and dance. What was the inspiration behind the remix? I mean, every time I listen to it, I’m just blown away by the masterfulness of your Yoko Kanno, which is absolutely genius. It’s now one of the most iconic openings, period. And what she’s done with jazz and with rock and with angst and with energy and with the feeling that she created with “Tank!” is art. Steve Aoki: Tank has got to be one of the most unique musical openings of not just anime, but of all episodic television series and shows. What is it about “Tank!” that makes it such an iconic opening?
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