THE BLACK SWAN will disband

[Alkaloid 3143]

THE BLACK SWAN will disband after their oneman at Tsutaya O-WEST at 2018/5/1.

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THE BLACK SWANは2018年5月1日(火)渋谷TSUTAYA O-WESTのワンマン公演をもちまして、全ての活動を終え解散する運びとなりました。

応援して頂いたファンの皆様、関係者の皆様には、感謝の思いと共に、メンバー一同、最後までTHE BLACK SWANらしいライブを皆様と一緒に作り上げていきたいと思っております。

残り僅かな活動期間となりますが、応援の程宜しくお願い致します。

2017年10月19日 
寺子屋
THE BLACK SWAN

 

[suji 8317]

w h a t

[yuuzhea ikubaru 539]

what the hell

[frayed 404]

I - huh??

[anadentone 478]

U LYING! KOTETSU CHANS HOOMIN BAND WILL NEVER DISBAND *walks off in a huff*

[Himeaimichu 1535]

Comments from the members can be found here, if anyone cares to translate:

http://www.theblackswan.jp/news.html

[Kiryu999 3336]

Fuck this

[ambergris 1585]

why?

Their new single sounds amazing.

[-NOVA- 3027]

noooooo </3

[emmny 4139]

they've been stagnating in popularity for a while, i dont think they were able to gain new fans recently

tbh they've probably already spent too much on promotions/recording/stuff that it wouldn't make sense to continue--that 8 string cross over prolly wasn't cheap and i doubt it paid off the way they wanted it to

 

hence im not surprised, i was expecting it ;______;

[Licio123 181]

*facepalm*

[Seimeisen 4406]

Ugh, I don't know what to say. Last year they released one of the best VK albums of the year, and while they've really been phoning it in on the post-album singles, I had hope that they'd still be able to write really good albums. Oh well, this is making me not wanna listen to/buy the new single, and honestly, I'm ready to just ignore them/be a bitter bitch about them. Thanks for RUVISH, I guess.

[tetsu_sama69 1119]

Aw shit. Well, at least we'll most likely see Jin again soon. He's not one to simply fade out.

[Saishu 1589]

Look I was no fan, but how the fuck is TBS crumbling before The Thirteen?!

[Kathy 825]

Omg my heart, NOOOO 😭 whyyy

[Tokage 5930]

... Does their label even have any other bands left now?

[Manji 卍 743]

i'm not even a black swan fan but this was so unexpected that made me remember that any of my fav vk bands

can disband at anytime...we never know

[nekkichi 6043]

disappointedT, but not surprised

something tells me their new single b-sides won't be good too ://

 

1 hour ago, Tokage said:

... Does their label even have any other bands left now?

ensoku, I think. TBS only signed with them before releasing the full album, though, so they were either self-published or had an even smaller deal prior to that. 

 

2 hours ago, Saishu said:

Look I was no fan, but how the fuck is TBS crumbling before The Thirteen?!

tbh considering sadie were much more popular than an average vk band throughout their entire insipid career, nothing about the thirteen (except for bumped up PV production budgets) surprises me.

 

 

 

[johnesh 52]

Well this is unexpected. Loved their album, though I'm still a bit pissed at them for not putting a proper lyric booklet in it.

[Yukimoto 1237]

UGHHHH I thought they would be around for sometime but I do remember the issues with them gaining fans so I guess it was expected .-.

[Karma’s Hat 3107]

Not surprised. Afaik ( don't quote me on this ) Jin's vocals are polarising even outside of this forum and they have a style that is just a tad too hard and dark to not be in vogue. I remember late Nega sales being brutal and Black Swan is kind of like an extension, or a natural development of that sound.

 

The real reason I believe is that they lost all their fans after Rena cut his hair

[nekkichi 6043]

weaves are cheap... :<

[Tanishi 598]

I sort of expected it but I thought they would release one last album and maybe disband next year. Sucks though.

[Takato 144]

unexpected 

[Ada Suilen 652]

Shocking news... they were doing great releases and even the next single seemed at the same level... hoping to see them under a new name, a la Lycaon...