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Malice Mizer - Syunikiss~Nidome no aitou~
Back when Gackt claimed to be a centuries-old vampire and Mana would only whisper answers to questions in bandmate’s ears during interviews 🤣
okay so while i love the hard fanservice from the mars tour, i just laughed out loud at the “i’m coming!” at the climax of vanilla.
how did i forget about that?
exhibits a and b:
「 ah いくつ朝を迎えれば ah 夜は終わるのだろうか
ah 空に散りばめられた ah 白い花にかこまれていく
(いくわ!)」
“ah how many mornings will we meet, ah at the end of the night, I wonder?
ah studding the sky, ah white flowers are everywhere
(i’m coming!)”
Let's talk about EXILE
Laughter and good art are probably in my top ten best things about the human experience. It's not hard to make me laugh, and a lot of things make art “good”/enjoyable for me, so I have a pretty nice time.
I started listening to EXILE after I first heard their song "Together" on the jdrama HOTMAN. The music video was surprising because it featured the two singers surrounded by the four backup dancers, who turned out to be permanent members of the group.
This was so different from acts I'd seen before, like Chemistry with its two singers, or Morning Musume with its large rotating roster of singer/dancers, or even w-inds. with its backup dancers who were also backup singers/rappers. It had a chaotic vibe that appealed to me, but also showed the dancers respect for their contributions to performances.
A couple years later, a genius came up with the idea to have EXILE, a jr&b group comprised largely of dancers, to collaborate with GLAY, a progressive rock band. The song was cool and apparently sold super well, but the music video was so silly.
On the left, you see one of EXILE's singers dancing between two of GLAY's guitarists, while three of EXILE's dancers dance in a circle around them. On the right, all four members of GLAY and all six members of EXILE stand lined up against a wall, looking tough(?). So unnecessary. It was ART. I loved it.
When Atsushi, my preferred singer (sorry, Shun!) went solo, I followed his career and forgot about EXILE for a while. I looked them up again recently and discovered that at their highest enrollment, they had seventeen members, and as of 2022, they had fourteen, with still just two listed as "vocal" on their official website.
This is my favorite live performance of “song for you.” It’s apparently Shun’s (black hat) last performance with the group before he withdraws for his solo activities. Atsushi loses composure briefly at the end, and Shun checks in with him to make sure he’s okay. Meanwhile, the song they’re singing is reassuring the listener that they’re not alone during whatever ordeal they’re experiencing and it’ll be okay. What a beautiful moment between people who care about each other.
Cue the dancers doing body rolls in the foreground. ART. 🤣
I LOVE THIS GROUP SO MUCH.
「もう独りで歩けない 時代の風が強すぎて Ah 傷つくことなんて 慣れたはず だけど今は・・・
Ah このまま抱きしめて 濡れたままの心を 変わり続けるこの時代に 変わらない愛があるなら
Will you hold my heart 涙 受け止めて もう壊れそうな All my heart」
" どこに隠れているの？ 欠けた月の裏かな "
Plastic Tree - Sleep Walk
Hide my beloved
