Promised Land

Many fans wish they can become their idol’s wives. So they dyed their hair as something their idol prefers.

All right, we all know VAMPS got in trouble recently and maybe in trouble for a long long time, long enough for someone born in 1969 and a former heavy-smoker.

I do not dare to say I know everything about disbanding but I still know a little. First, I think the shutdown of VAMPS was sudden; I mean it did not happen after long and careful deliberation.From my perspective, they did not express something like recent ROCKING ON magazine interview done around October-November 2017 if they actually recognized the shutdown as the first choice of solving the problems of VAMPS. 

On the other hand, others in rock music scene, including hyde’s juniors ( e.g. Halloween party regular cast) and persons concerned( e.g.  Mr. Oishi) had TOO lukewarm attitude toward VAMPS’ “trouble” as far as I was concerned. Maybe I am sensitive but I do not think it is the sign of desperate and planned disbanding.

* Could someone translate the whole rocking on magzines interview into English?

My dad is somewhat a hater of Bob Dylan. He always casually describes him as a not-so-good-looking kid and not-so-good vocalist, and told me these when I was too young to distinguish these.

I finally know that my dad unconsciously criticized Bob Dylan because he is fan of Joan Baez. LOL.

I often tell others:  Feminine guys in heavy makeup who I have seen, are more than bitches in heavy makeup who others have seen. So I feel easy for feminine guys in heavy make up with their ridiculous gestures!"

I am a visual-kei fan since I was 14-15 y/o. So you can imagine everything I concerned. Weird hair colors, heavy makeup, long velvet dresses and flamboyant perfomance. Fashionably feminine was popular in this scene so I merely thought it was wrong or abnormal.

However, I should confess something which I fear:

I, a hardcore visual-kei fan, were afraid of hyde in Heavenly Flims!

It’s too sissy girly to see for teenage me OMG. I was always difficult with watching Heavenly Flims completely before my late 20-something...Yes this hyde is lovely but I cannot take it.

Now I think Heavenly hyde is...manlier than nowadays hyde. Idkw.

So I would like to go time-traveling to 19 yrs ago, then tell teenage me: Don’t nag at Heavenly hyde you will see more ridiculous things about him 10 years later. Sigh.

This mag is bijin hyakka, which means being beautiful like blooming in Japanese. What kind of girls read it? 

Usually over 25 y/o girls who would like to be lovely and popular with Trad Japanese men. Style of this mag puts emphasis on sheer, nuance and pinky makeup, frill dresses and so-called good wife image. It is useful for ordinary office girls.