lichtlune

so proud of him for upping his falsetto game

Getting Dani Filth 20 years ago vibes.

From  a recent photoshoot  

"The scarf belonged to Japanese singer yoshiki". 🤨

Thank you 😃

From  a recent photoshoot  

From  a recent photoshoot  

😮 Nice catch. Lol

yoshiki doing just about anything (besides releasing that album) to stay relevant in these trying times
 

GODDAMN LIBERALS AT IT AGA--*squints eyes* ohhhhh...

From  a recent photoshoot  

From  a recent photoshoot  

People always assume I listen to K-pop the moment they see me. Fun fact: I've never listened to a K-pop song the entire way through besides Gangnam Style and Gentleman by PSY (and that's only because they were pretty much inescapable when they first came out). Not that I have owt against it, I just haven't really listened to it, that's all.
 
I remember showing a VK guy to this guy in my class last year at college and he didn't really think much of him until he put two and two together and realised he was a guy, not a girl. Oh, lordy, I'll never forget the way his face contorted in utter horror and confusion.

"nobody wanna hear that ching-chong music"
"why u be listenin to dem Chinamen?"
"they make music in Japan???"
"they could be singing 'i hate niggers' and you wouldn't even know it!!!"
 

 
Just a few examples of the ignorant things ppl have said in the 20-something years I've been listening to Japanese music
 
Granted, I can understand why they'd be perplexed. I still don't understand why a poor little black boy in the late 90's took a liking to Japanese music. My only explanation for that would be: "I just like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
 

I always thought people had a sort of racist passive objection to any type of Japanese music so I've pretty much avoided showing my music to many people anymore. 

I guess that's one reason. Granted, I myself have never experienced that myself but I often get judged for it or just get called a "weeb".
 
Even if I show VK to some classic rock or metal snob who refuses to look for good modern music I'd get the whole "WHAT IS THIS FAGGOT SHIT". 

I always thought people had a sort of racist passive objection to any type of Japanese music so I've pretty much avoided showing my music to many people anymore. 

I don’t shit on people who enjoy K-Pop, I’m just against the music and the labels. Labels treat artists like shit and they overwork the groups they work with. Plus, even though I enjoy western pop, K-Pop is just soooo boring and unoriginal. I find western pop artists to have some creative control over their work. With K-Pop, it gets annoying and repetitive.
 
Every time I say I hate K-Pop, I always get the “YOU JUST HATE IT CUZ ITS POPULAR” argument. No I don’t, I just hate the industry behind it.
 
I have listened to a few K-Pop artists and all of their songs don’t click with me. Im sorry but oh well. Like they say, music is subjective. 

Honestly, I hang with a buncha G's that wouldn't want to be associated with VK in the least
 
Granted, some of them look at me sideways for enjoying Japanese music in general anyways 🤣

I used to be friends with a fellow VK fan and I was gonna go see KAMIJO with her in September last year but we had a huge falling-out and because of that I didn't get to go and I'm still salty about it 🙃

i have no friends

Kanon is such a mood, and LIA did an excellent job with the opening theme. To be honest, all visual novels with snow environments have some of the best OSTs regardless of how good they are plot-wise (SNOW, Hatsuyuki Sakura, Mashiro-iro Symphony, etc.)  I'm likely just a sucker for winter themes, lol.
 
Visual novel adaptations are actually a guilty pleasure of mine b/c I find them really relaxing (usu mindless fun.) It's unfortunate that we aren't getting solid adaptations anymore. (Now it's just ultra-budget ones of otome games :/)

Just finished watching Kanon (2006). Not a perfect show by any means since it was adapted from a visual novel but still had me in tears at many points. Also the opening song is probably one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in a long time. 
 
 
 

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