"Ambiguous, Swaying Night!"- an Interview with Penguin no Yuuutsu
Summer 2022 was a whirlpool of academic busyness for me. Exam season doesn’t usually allow for attention to be diverted elsewhere outside of revision material, but this year’s June is memorable to me for more than just the frantic exam preparation: it was also when I first discovered Tana’s music project Penguin no Yuuutsu. A new discovery followed by an immediately strong curiosity, that results in continuously renewing comfort, is a process so intrinsically tied to my enjoyment of music: with only 6 songs released under the project’s name, I cycled through them all multiple times. This cycle continued on for weeks, which culminated in helping define my entire summer. Despite it being a new music project, there was a strong sense of familiarity with the tone of the music right from the beginning as it spoke to me with a reassurance that sounded sung from a mutual realm of personal reflection. This exact recurring feeling I experienced in response to her music made me ever more c