The Third GACKT Thread

[BlackSilence]

^lol and photoshop cuz to me it looks like a good GACKT cosplayer not he himself xD but seriously speaking his photoshoots are usualy over te top with light on his face, it looks litaraly white like paper...

[SKYia]

I saw him in person 1,5 year ago and he was handsome as hell and I wouldn't tell he needs any photoshop (except for his pores) but now when I look at his new photos and the drama I was watching recently, Akumu-chan, he looked so old and different there, his head was so big.

Photoshop only makes his skin better, he has huge pores in real life, but I guess it's the style that makes him look better, the blond YFC short hair made him look younger, the black wavy drama hair makes him look old IMO, ...as well as the other drama moustache... omg, no more of those.

[Earth_maiden]

I stopped listening to him for a year or so, but recently I've been getting back into him. For me, nothing can be ever eclipse Returner.

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by SKYia

I saw him in person 1,5 year ago and he was handsome as hell and I wouldn't tell he needs any photoshop (except for his pores) but now when I look at his new photos and the drama I was watching recently, Akumu-chan, he looked so old and different there, his head was so big.

Photoshop only makes his skin better, he has huge pores in real life, but I guess it's the style that makes him look better, the blond YFC short hair made him look younger, the black wavy drama hair makes him look old IMO, ...as well as the other drama moustache... omg, no more of those.

i saw him live on his first tour in europe but what can you actually see from like few meters away, however yes he has pore just like all of us do plus he's a man so i don't quite see a problem with those really ;p
and personally i think right now when lookign at him in recent videos he finally looks of his age i mean he's not 20 anymore. And the YFC hair was the totall oposite for me a nightmare lol all that make-up and that hair was like a tranie got caught into a drunk life with a band and forgot to put on the rest of the outfit, just... no lol just cannot stand how his face looks with the headgehog haircut, but then again i am a sucker for straight black hair (i don't fancy the wavy hair tho he's had for the drama) he's been sporting for RRII it just looks so sexy to me that i am so happy it's back lol i also didn't have a problem with his longer blond hair either.

[axmish87]

I hope that he will release a new song soon
And I HOPE that he can bring BEST TOUR or whatever he calls it now to Europe
I saw him two years ago in Budapest, I would be sooo cool if he would Tour in Europe again

[BlackSilence]

nope no new music, just another "Best Of" album (more info on 5/11) like how many times do they need to recicle same old stuff?SERIOUSLY! he's got like one new studio album out in 2009 with like 12 songs from RRII tour after that YFC live CD with old stuff and then an OTHER single collection with singles from before and from the 2009 album - OLD STUFF and after that all just 6 random singles and now A BEST OF album again?... i don't get this ****...i mean yeah u've got a tour named like that but, seriously?

[axmish87]

Well It would be nice if he includes all of his previous singles since 2009 (from EVER) on this inevitable Best Of album. I was soo mad when he released ReBorn in 2009 NONE of the kamen riders songs ended on the album.

[BlackSilence]

they were special projects for him plus none of them were written/composed by GACKT either. i dunno i just think this best of is such an unnescesarry release...

[kimmeh]

If its like sixth day - where all the songs are new versions and not just the original song (like Ayu does) - I don't mind!

[BlackSilence]

^ i would aproove if he re-aranged them and re-recorded the vocals.

[kimmeh]

I'm crossing my fingers that he will. He is such a perfectionist it would weird if he didn't!

For some weird ass reason, the beginning (first verse and chorus) of "tell all" reminds me of Gackts "episode.0" .. Especially after the 2.45 mark on ep0

[BlackSilence]

^well i wonder if he will have time for that....since the our stuff started.

lol i just had o see if i can spot it and honestly that song is too different, ther is a slight simmilarity but his songs all of them have better transition instruymentaly from light to heavy chorus. He's like if heavy then go heavy fully xD

[kimmeh]

I know right?! They're not really /the same/ at all - but somehow they have one of the same sounds to me o_o... Its REALLY weird, but every time I hear Tell All I think of Episode.0, which is a good thing as I looooove that song.

This is how the song plays off in my head (A crappy mix in some free-ware sound editor....)
https://soundcloud.com/kimm3h/tell-all-vs-episode-0

[chocopockymaster]

Setsugekka is one of my favorite Gackt songs, too, and it was just released rather recently.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

Setsugekka is one of my favorite Gackt songs, too, and it was just released rather recently.

Oh yeah, Setsugekka is one of his better recent releases. Not quite in my top tier though.

[BlackSilence]

so.... there's been SERIOUS tabloid **** that got even OHP in a statement of denial. I am posting it here since it's a closed forum of a certain artist and probbaly wont be spred too much around the internet.

Just gonna quote one of the members of the GACKT comm on LJ.

I debated for a long time about whether to post this or not as I do not want to give the story any publicity. But, there is a news item about it on GACKT's OHP and I feel that it's better that GACKT's fans hear about it from other GACKT fans, instead of from another source that may troll or take enjoyment from the story.

The tabloid FLASH magazine has printed a story about GACKT today. There is a firm denial of the story on his OHP and also threats of legal action against the magazine and possibly the woman involved.

The story is accusing GACKT of raping a woman.

The story is that in September 2011, GACKT and two friends went to a hostess bar. GACKT didn't drink as he had a live two days later, but he brought many drinks for the hostesses. When his car arrived to pick him up, he asked a hostess to accompany him home. She declined but he took her home by force. Sexual contact happened in the car and later at his home over a course of six hours. He allegedly hit her.

It was reported to the police in November 2012.

There are other details both from this source and other sources but I really don't want to get into details too much.

Again, GACKT and his office are firmly denying this.


I have no idea if this story is going to blow up or blow over. I know that all Japanese tabloids are terrible, but I don't know exactly how terrible FLASH is. The Japanese fans don't seem too stressed about it from what I've seen on Twitter, so I'm going to lean towards FLASH not being particularly believable.

On a happier note the tour for BEST OF THE BEST vol I just started;

Spoiler:

Setlist of the oppening 5/11 show:
WHITE LOVERS -幸せなトキ
REDEMPTION
GHOST
絵夢 ～for my dear～
Journey through the Decade
Last Song
U+K
Mirror
小悪魔ヘヴン (Koakuma Heaven)
Papa lapped a pap lopped
Faraway ～星に願いを～
Vanilla
Graffiti
君が追いかけた夢 (Kimi ga Oikaketa Yume)
Stay the Ride Alive
サクラ、散ル (Sakura, Chiru)

and there's gonna be two new compilation albums [BEST OF THE BEST vol. I MILD] and [BEST OF THE BEST vol. I WILD ]with two new songs - Sakura, Chiru and CLAYMORE which is also going to be a theme song for the Silent Hill 3D movie in Japan:

[axmish87]

So is this what the tracklist for one of the best albums is going to be like?
I sure hope to see LONGING included in one of those releases

[BlackSilence]

i suppose those will be the tracklists, tho the songs i posted are just a part 1 list the other album will have a different tracklist.

[kimmeh]

Tracklist!

BEST OF THE BEST vol.1 -MILD-
[CD]
01.WHITE LOVERS-shiawase na toki-
02.DISPAR
03.GHOST
04.emu～FOR MY DEAR～
05.JOURNEY THROUGH THE DECADE
06.shiratsuyu-HAKURO-
07.LAST SONG～UNPLUGGED～
08.VANILLA
09.koakuma heaven
10.GRAFFITI
11.kimi no tame ni dekiru koto
12.MISSING～egao wo misete～
13.sakura, chiru...

[Blu-ray/DVD]
WHITE LOVERS-shiawase na toki- PV
GHOST PV
JOURNEY THROUGH THE DECADE PV
shiratsuya-HAKURO- PV
Koakuma Heaven LIVE
GRAFFITI PV
sakura chiru PV


BEST OF THE BEST vol.1 -WILD-
[CD]
01.DOOMSDAY
02.DEATH WISH
03.REDEMPTION
04.UNTIL THE LAST DAY
05.CLAYMORE
06.FLOWER
07.SAYONARA
08.BLACK STONE
09.ANOTHER WORLD
10.EVER
11.jounetsu no inazuma
12.JESUS
13.STAY THE RIDE ALIVE

[Blu-ray/DVD]
UNTIL THE LAST DAY PV
CLAYMORE PV
FLOWER (G only) PV
EVER PV
JESUS PV
STAY THE RIDE ALIVE PV

The albums will drop on July 3rd. The DVD-version costs 4410 yen, the blu-ray-version 5040 Yen and the Limited Edition box-set 12075 Yen (with DVD) and 12650 Yen (with blu-ray).

I'm pretty MEH on this. Maybe i'll get the WILD one

[SKYia]

I'd totally get the limited edition because everything I have from Gackt is his YFC releases, but the price is far too high, I'd get it maybe for 6.000Y top, but 12k for sth that's not even new material is too much. I'm waiting to see pictures and how many pages this B3 booklet has.