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i just wanna tell yall how much i fucking love you because yall are so tolerant (most of the time anyway) of me no matter how shitty my opinions are and are willing to have a civil discussion instead of just pushing me away meanwhile anime fandoms are shit and so is cancel culture, literally fuck cancel culture in the ass btw

Sadly the guy is too well established in the VK scene, despite his shitty behavior. Imo it's not just that japan thinks differently of people like him, but guys like him have so much support behind their back they really can get away with a lot of shit. See also Marilyn Manson or Chris Brown. They too did some horrible, abusive shit and still have so many people cheering them on and excusing their acts. And this is why idolizing people, really any people, in the media and entertainment industry is wrong.

I'm over 2 months late, but it's been 2 years since I joined MH.. Maybe it's just because my activity is so sporadic, but it feels like a fast 2 years!

Seems like there's no stopping Kaya with the VK covers! Just yesterday he covered MALICE MIZER, and now a SHAZNA classic! Curious to see what he will sing next~

I do not understand musically limiting yourself to one genre and I also don’t understand going out of your way to express you don’t like something to someone who clearly likes the thing. Do people expect to change others opinions on what they like? Stop trying to decide what other people should and shouldn’t like? Stop trying to dictate what is and isn’t good music? Just listen to what you like and talk positively about the things you like. If you don’t like it, why waste energy on it?

They're uploading videos from their newest live DVDs. Today's video is from this one.

Fung Shui & Chill

tfw your angura folk band wasn't getting the audience you wanted so you have to hire a poledancer to come onstage with you

I don't think he had any input into the album, given most, if not all of the music was written before he joined. The dude's been doing covers and drum play-through videos on his twitter for ages and he slays them skins.

who's the original artist though

Here's a few that always got me (most of 'em are great bands though) Sex Virgin Killer Sister's No Future THE PIASS With Sexy Dad aroma [The lost sequel to 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'?] Nega [Can't talk about this band irl without getting arrested for hate speech 😕] Billy and the Sluts More [I love Loki's projects but he always picks the worst band names; finding sugar's stuff is also a pain in the ass] NTT FUCKS This is a PEN. [I think the band existed for like 5 seconds before the Ensoku cease and desist but they're 100% real] 少女-ロリヰタ-23区 [Apparently most of the name is silent but if you read it in full it's "Shoujo Lolita 23ku"]

cancel moix diś moisse and give us femme fatale with Mana taking over iori 😭

I did, but I made some mistakes while recording, so some minutes are missing. Plus, I can't upload the video. But this dude did: https://www.dailymotion.com/ROBICONIC

Let's be friends. 🤗

a vk version of David Lynch's daily weather report but it's by Gackt and it's about bitcoin and diamond stocks

https://open.spotify.com/album/00h3KZkU9rensO7qAZiZ8F?si=-O5NOqRuTMWZePLJrgLnUg it's out x

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHqXpnUOrCOCqdB7LLSwpAQ Kanta has started a YouTube channel.

real gamer shit only

I had a dream reita saved me from being kidnapped lmao thanks dream reita

What about Dear Bitch? I liked their music, but the name... V-last. , which was pronounced Burasto, even the venues started to accept that foregine fans couldn't say it right. XD Dautos first spelling D=OUT was missleading too. People said D out or D is out. XD

Despite google translate, that English wasn't so bad. Better than his music.

Man DISH were so good

'Dive' by ILULIY/Lulileela. I love the bass licks.

as we know, he is not a man of much words

In spanish we say, "qué tiene que ver el culo con pintar", which could be translated as "what [the fuck] has ass to do with painting".

I can't say I know much about Japanese hip-hop, but I've been liking a few of the kind of rock-influenced acts lately. Particularly TYOSiN, because he's got a vaguely emo/goth vibe going on - he almost looks VK sometimes, tbh. He's also got a big Hunter x Hunter Phantom Troupe tattoo on his neck, and I'm a huge Hunter x Hunter fan, so that helps. I'm not wild about his older work, but from mid to late~2018 on I think he's kind of figured out what his strengths are. I find Tohji's energy and sense of humour really charming as well. I like Jin Dogg's dark, vaguely macho vibe too. I find his tracks a bit more hit or miss for my own personal taste than the other two, but I saw this MV the other day and thought it was cool. I think the kind of hoarse, high-pitched way he screams is charming.

A lot of people can't tell apart Japanese from Chinese or Korean but I'll never forget that one time someone asked me to "read the Japanese" on their hoodie and it was actually Hebrew

My favorite part about the relaxation of the anti-corona measures over here is that it's apparently instantly become acceptable again for people to just open mouth cough without covering their face while out on the streets or something

chelmico are good

Not really a fan of rap in general (unless it's from before the 2010s) but here are some artists/mvs for those that would like to further explore this genre:

$87.00 CAD for 1 ¥3000 CD after shipping. I am so done with Canada and our crap dollar/shipping rates FML

Even 6ix9ine's pedo money got denied from charity, Rokumeikan must be desperate 👀

pay your taxes x

And talking about cages, why isn't he in one yet

Rather enjoying this album. I prefer it to ANGELS mostly in the sense that it takes the more poppy/electronic experimentation that album had and runs further with it, whereas ANGELS tended to fall back into more safe, familiar-sounding territory quite a bit (BAD DREAM, Everything, Close to Me, etc all sound very similar to previous tracks they've put out). It also feels more tightly-themed than ANGELS, and having very strongly-themed releases is something I really like about the majority of THE NOVEMBERS discog in general. To be honest I felt rather down on THE NOVEMBERS post-Elegance. Hallelujah felt kind of like a glorified best-of album (all new songs, but the majority of them felt like stuff they'd explored more in-depth in previous releases) and TODAY was pretty weak IMO, but these last two releases have both been pretty good.

...and the album recording continues! MOONIES NOT DEAD!!

as long as there are people buying them...

can't wait to hear same stale BOPS ever again! I hope they're all Donetsk live recordings!

ASEUL dropped a new album today titled "Slow Dance". The album is a bit hit and miss and I think she's still refining and perfecting her songwriting, but there are some really good tracks on here. She's really nailed that 80's pop / shoegaze-y / bedroom pop sound and I think she's one of the more unique artists in the k-indie scene right now. Listen Bandcamp: https://aseulmusic.bandcamp.com/releases Cassettes available (edition of 100 / *bonus track) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3UpUxciy04 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/785adWJo2uSCmUXhqQcGIa

I made this "tutorial" for all you guys and girls who struggle with the makeup. I work as a makeup artist and this is my tips on how to look visual kei even if you are not asian! This look is the basic visual kei look that most artists use, you can create different looks using this as a base which I will get to later! Let's begin! Step 1: Always start off with a clean face. Moisturize heavily and put on a good primer that minimize pores and smoothens out the skin texture. A primer helps to keep your making looking fresh all day long, also it protects your skin. Step 2: To really get a visual look you should get some colored contacts! The ones portrayed here are called "White Zombie" and you can get them at regular halloween stores, costume shops and also online. Circle lenses are also commonly used in visual kei, those makes your iris/eyes look bigger! Always put on your contacts before you put on your makeup to avoid damaging your eyes. As you can tell, the girl in the photo doesn't have any eyebrows! That's because I recommend you to either pluck your eyebrows, shave them off or just cover them up using a glue stick. Why? Well... because we are going to create a different eyebrow shape that fits the style better! Step 3: Put on a full coverage foundation that is a little bit lighter than your skintone. It has to be full coverage to cover up any redness and imperfections. You want your skin to look flawless! Also use a concealer to cover up dark circles or other imperfections the foundation didn't cover. Don't use too much foundation because it might look cakey, you want your skin to look as flawless as possible! Step 4: Set the foundation and concealer with a lot of loose powder to get rid of any shine. This will make you look completely matte and also help your makeup to stay in place during the day. Visual kei artists doesn't follow the glowing skin trend so keep it matte. This also makes your skin look even more flawless! Make sure the powder you use is either transperant, or the same color as your skin or a little bit lighter. Never use a powder that is darker than your skin! Step 5: Now it's time for shading/contouring! This is what makes your face look more defined. Visual kei artists doesn't do regular shading/contouring since most of them are men and want to look edgy. What you are going to do is to either use a bronzer, a face powder or a contouring powder. It doesn't really matter what you use, just make sure that the powder is 2-3 shades darker than your skin and is brown in color. Avoid anything shimmery, go for a matte powder. You place this powder using a brush inside the areas I have marked with red and make sure to blend it out. Don't use too much, less is more and you will end up looking dirty if you use too much. If you accidentaly use too much you can just go over it using some more of the powder you used to set your foundation. It should look something like this: Step 6: Now it's time to highlight! This is what is going to make your face look brighter, defined and polished. Use a matte light powder, or eyeshadow for this. It should be about 3 shades lighter than your skintone. Again, very important to make sure the powder is matte! If you are very pale you could get away with using a white eyeshadow or a clown white pressed powder. Apply this inside all the blue areas I marked on the picture and it should look something like this: Step 7: Now it's time for the eyes! Start off by creating a guideline using a black eyeliner pencil. Recreate the same shape as the red line shows in the picture above! The green line shows where the shape should stop on the bottom eyelid.(While looking straight forward, the shape you create should stop right where your pupil begins.) Hope it makes any sense lol? It should look something like this: Step 8: Fill it in using black gel liner, or the same eyeliner pencil you used to create the line. Make sure to set it using a matte black eyeshadow to make sure that it lasts all day long! Put a white, or a very light beige/off white eyeliner pencil inside of the blue marking shown in the picture above. This is what makes the eye pop and look more defined! Now your eye should look something like this: Now.... Last step of the basic eye makeup is to add shading in the areas marked in red as shown in the picture above, this creates a fake aegyo-sal which is very popular in asia, also it makes the eye look a bit more interesting! Just use a brown eyeshadow that is a bit darker than your skin, or use the same product you used when you shaded your face. Add some mascara and the basic eye makeup is done and should look something like this: If you want you can add things to this such as rhinestones or stickers! If you want to add a color, a lot of visual kei artists puts a colorful eyeshadow around it like this: If you want a more feminine look you could add long fake eyelashes or more mascara, like this: Step 9: Now it's time for the eyebrows! You want them to be kind of thin, further down towards the eye, slanted upwards so that they look angry and pretty close to the nose bridge. If you have grey hair they should be grey, if you have pink hair they should be pink, etc. I recommend using a waterproof liplinerpencils if you want unnatural colors such as pink, red etc. Eyeshadow works fine though if you want softer/"natural" brows. Avoid black eyebrows, they look harsh. Use a dark brown instead! I picked grey eyebrows, this is what they look like: Step 10: Last step! Lips! You can do whatever you want with your lips. Block them out using a concealer, wear black lipstick, red lipstick, purple lipstick.... It's all up to you! Visual Kei artists often times wear gradient lips. That means you block your lips out using a concealer, then put lipliner in the middle of your lips and blend it outwards! That way your lips look soft, no sharp lines around them etc. In the picture above I tried to show you easy visual kei lips. It's so hard to draw makeup, but I think I did alright. To achieve that type of lip, you forst put on a regular lipcolored lipstick that is slightly darker than your lips. Then you dip your finger, or a brush, in black eyeshadow and blend it into your lips. Using eyeshadow on the lips is very common in visual kei. It makes the lip last longer! Instead of lipgloss you could use a very shimmery eyeshadow or powder highligter for example! Now you just need to fix your hair and you are all done! Hope this tutorial helped some of you, feel free to ask if you have any questions! ❤️

Jun from Braymen posts about his cat on twitter more than anything else @jun_braymen

at least she has good taste

Because of the recent announcement of MCR’s reunion show, a Spanish-language tweet featured a screenshot from the Mexican telenovela “La rosa de Guadalupe” with the episode title “Soy emo” featured. In that very same episode, there is a poster of Ayabie featured in the protagonist’s artistic bedroom.

This one from Pokemon episode 45

유카리 changed her name to ASEUL and will release her new album "NEW POP" on 05.10.

Since I've been living in Korea I've come across a few artists that I really like, so I figured I'd share them here. Unlike my other posts, these are artists that I'm actually listening to on a regular basis rather than just recommendations from friends or bands I've heard about but don't care for so much. Tierpark Really cool mix of dreamgaze and post-rock with a little bit of math-rock added in for good measure. They remind me a little bit of a Japanese indie band called COgeNdshE but with more emphasis on melodic vocals. Their 오희정 (Oh HeeJung) Her sound makes use of both electronic and 'real' instruments to create a distinct and incredibly relaxing dreampop sound. Both of her EPs are available on Bandcamp and although I'd say Everybody here wants you back slighty beats 표류기 overall, I can comfortably recommend both of them. 유카리 (YUKARI) 유카리 is one of the most promising dream-pop acts in Korea at the moment (despite her Japanese-sounding name). Her work varies from very chill, almost cokiyu-esque, numbers to more up-tempo songs, but everything has a distinctly dreamlike quality to it. Like the previous two artists her album ECHO is available on Bandcamp and she supposedly has a new album on the way too. 실리카겔 (SILICA GEL) A combination of predominantly-instrumental progressive and psychedelic rock with a healthy dose of synth mixed in for good measure. Unfortunately their work doesn't appear to be available on Bandcamp but you can find their EP on iTunes nevertheless.