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Singer-songwriter milet revealed the circumstances behind her hiatus on Nippon TV’s “Yoru no Oto -TOKYO MIDNIGHT MUSIC-.” After five or six years of nonstop work since her debut, her body gradually stopped moving freely starting about a year before her break, and doctors diagnosed her with depression. Unable to speak clearly or get out of bed, and forced to miss a festival she was scheduled to perform at, her team decided to pause her activities in April 2025; she returned that August after four months of recuperation. On the forum, reactions ranged from opinions on her songs and live shows to plenty of jokes mixing her up with her “sister-like” contemporary Aimer, with opinions split on her singing ability.
Singer-songwriter milet appeared on the Nippon TV music program “Yoru no Oto -TOKYO MIDNIGHT MUSIC-” (airing Tuesdays at 24:24) on the 15th, where she revealed the reason behind her hiatus.
The show ran a feature on milet, who abruptly announced her hiatus on April 1, 2025, and returned that August after four months of rest. Asked why she decided to take the break, she revealed a change in her physical condition: “I’d been running flat out for five or six years since my debut, never looking back, writing and singing songs nonstop, but about a year before the hiatus my body stopped moving the way I wanted it to.”
She then confided, “When I went to the hospital, they told me I had depression,” adding, “I never thought I’d become depressed myself, but apparently one of the symptoms is that your body stops moving — I couldn’t even speak properly, and I got to the point where I couldn’t get out of bed at all. I ended up missing a festival I really wanted to play, and once my mind and body both hit their limit, the team decided it was best for me to rest for a while, so I was given some time off.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Yeah, I could never tell them apart either, that's exactly it
This one did a drama too, right?
That's Aimer. The one with glasses.
She should sing in a cuter style
Yeah, her voice really does sound kind of middle-aged
But I think milet's song fits Frieren well
She's got that thing where she does a quick breathy exhale on t-sounds
The songs themselves must want to cry
Thought this was about hiking gear for a second (milet is also an outdoor-gear brand)
Had no idea, lol
If the last letter were a 'y' instead of a 't' I'd have been able to read it (like 'Miley')
I thought so too, but she's actually done Budokan and Yokohama Arena shows
Wish her management would sort this out
She didn't need to headline a movie
The movie flopped and her acting got panned a lot from what I heard
Maybe that's what broke her mentally?
milet, Aimer, Da-isu
Vivant, SixStone, right? (garbling idol/group names to sound in-the-know)
Suddenly being thrown into unfamiliar acting probably wrecked her mentally
Her co-star was an idol, so I bet she got relentlessly harassed by obsessive fans
it'd be nice if regular clinics could just prescribe meds
Going straight to a psychiatrist feels like a high bar
Uh, psychosomatic medicine clinics have existed for decades now lol
Background and Discussion Points
Depression doesn’t only cause low mood — it can also produce physical symptoms like an inability to move or speak clearly, and what milet described closely matches what’s medically known as the “somatization” of depression. Her demanding schedule, including expanding into film roles, was cited as a possible contributing factor, but no causal link beyond what she and the program described has been established. While thread reactions were split over her songs and live performances, most comments focused on jokes about mixing her up with Aimer, who debuted around the same time, with relatively few addressing her actual condition. Some comments linked depression to “being spoiled” or “mental weakness,” but since that reflects popular misconception rather than medical understanding, such remarks have been excluded from this article.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Singer-songwriter milet was diagnosed with depression — the truth behind her hiatus revealed: “My body stopped moving freely,” “My mind and body hit their limit”.”
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