The Sky

[Machine Translation] This is Guiano's third original album after a gap of five years. Since his last album "A" (2021), Guiano has expanded his activities as an artist and writer, and has provided songs and collaborated with numerous artists. In 2025, he held two one-man live concerts, both of which were SOLD OUT. The experience and growth of the past five years have culminated in the musical and ideological depth of this album. The theme of this album is "Kuu" ("Emptiness"). Taking the Buddhist idea of "Ku (emptiness)" -- the idea that everything is essentially without meaning or form, but merely exists -- as a starting point, Guiano pursued "the beauty that lies in the space between the meaningless and the meaningless. This is a work that captures, in the form of music, the "beauty of existence" that lies beyond meaning. The album also includes "The Painter's Journey," a collection of short stories inspired by the same theme. Words and sounds resonate with each other, weaving together the poetic question, "To draw = to live. The Sky" is the philosophy and conclusion Guiano has reached over the past five years, and it is also a prayer for living in the present.

Guianoが5年の時を経て放つ、3枚目のオリジナルアルバム。前作『A』(2021年)以降、アーティストとしても作家としても活動の幅を広げ、数々のアーティストへの楽曲提供やコラボレーションを重ねてきた。また、2025年に開催された2度のワンマンライブはいずれもSOLD OUT。その5年間の経験と成長が、今作の音楽的・思想的な深みに結実している。本作のテーマは「空 (くう)」。仏教的な「空」の思想――すべてのものは本来、意味も形もなく、ただ在るだけという観念を起点に、Guianoは"無意味なものと、無意味じゃないもの、そのあわいにある美しさ"を追い求めた。意味づけを超えたところにある"存在の美"を、音楽という形式で掬い取った作品である。アルバムには、同テーマから着想を得て執筆した短篇集「絵描きの旅」も収録。言葉と音が響き合いながら、"描くこと=生きること"という詩的な問いを紡いでいく。『The Sky』――それは、Guianoがこの5年間で辿り着いた哲学・結論であり、今を生きるための祈りでもある。