Exclusive interview: X Japan's Yoshiki and the Last Rockstars
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- X Japan's Yoshiki, plus Miyavi, Hyde (L'Arc-en-Ciel, Vamps), and Sugizo (X Japan, Luna Sea) -- who comprise the new J-rock supergroup the Last Rockstars -- speak exclusively to Yahoo Entertainment's Lyndsey Parker from Tokyo's Ariake Arena on the day of their anticipated concert debut.
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I traveled 4 hours to see the first night in NY. Stood in line in the freezing cold. It was SO worth. They were ON FIRE!!! They hit that stage like they had something to prove - and they did. First show in America, they didn’t want to leave at the end. Amazing. As good as when I saw the first US Clash show. They are legends, they put on such a show, truly ROCKSTARS!!!
Anyone who sees them in LA or NYC is in for a real treat. You get four living legends and you get Band-Maid, IMO the best rock band in the world, in one great show.
I'm soooo ready to be shocked in a good way too AND please please make Visual Japan Summit happen in the US! I'm counting on you, Yoshiki! You are so sweet as always!
I was at VJS and the chance of doing this overseas is ZERO ( too many bands and many would be actually doing domestic tours so finding time away from Japan for so long and involving many bands like VJS did in 2016 is only going to be just empty promise unless he downscale the size and number of bands to a day as VJS were a 3 days festival.
Yoshiki is fantastic, all of the guys are , and I’d like to say I live in Tennessee on a mountain top, our town is 3 miles , bluff’s everywhere, and they all know Yoshiki and X Japan, because it’s fantastic God bless you all
昨日TLRSで泣きすぎて、朝起きたら目がめちゃくちゃ腫れててびっくりしてる… 思い出して今にも泣きそう アリーナ最前列、一生の思い出をありがとう😢
OMG!! THank you for this interview!! Yoshiki Hyde Miyavi Sugizo all are so awesome!! #jrock needs a revival !! i've seen Hyde with VAMPS many times in NYC and Boston, and MIyavi also has been live in NYC and Boston many times!! Please support XJAPAN Miyavi VAMPS Hyde Luna Sea and Sugizo and Yoshiki !
ROFL. A revival? Yeah, good luck with that. X Japan is dead. These guys are all washed up - especially Yoshiki. I can guarantee there's going to be no one at their shows and within a few years they'll be "on hiatus" like with everything Yoshiki does.
I can't wait to be shocked in a good way by the last rockstars in NY!!! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 Can't wait to see more tour or festival type of performance in the US!!
I can't wait for them to be ignored and then go on hiatus in a few years!
@@ALeaud but you can’t stop ignoring them lol
@@beatuk54 I can't. The cringe is just too much!
I'm going too! What day did you get?
@@ALeaud Watching Yoshiki being self centered as usual is also a bit saddening. I wanted to hear Hyde talk more tbh. The interviewer really doesn't seem to know much about the vkei scene at all
These are all legendary musicians, in case some of you don't know. I got into Japanese music thanks to HYDE, I found out about him by chance two years ago on RUclips and I immediately realized what an incredible and unique artist he is and how much I had missed out in music before discovering him, then little by little I started learning more about Japanese music. HYDE, Yoshiki, Miyavi and Sugizo have millions of fans all over the world, and I think that this project is a great opportunity for all of them to become more famous all over the world but also for more people in the West to learn about these amazing artists!
ROCK IS NOT DEAD IN JAPAN 🤘🤘
Thank you for sharing this and thank you, The Last Rockstars! I can't wait to see the live stream from L.A. and I will keep on supporting you from afar, I hope that I can see you guys in Italy or at least Europe if you add more dates later on! Many fans are waiting for you in Europe! 🌍
The interviewer has no idea how legendary hyde is 🙄
the interviewer doesnt seem to realize how legendary literally of them are like SHE IS SO NOT WORTHY (i mean none of us are) but she is in the presence of gods
She’s uneducated and ask pretty much the same question over and over
Yeah hyde is the survivor to be rockstar who can keep at the top.
Of course he is the legend
The interview doesn't know who hyde is
I’d hope the interviewer was briefed better. The question if they were influenced by X Japan sounds a little bit off since HYDE and Sugizo both rise at the very early stage of the V-Kei movement and their career pathed to quite different directions obviously. Hyde’s Larc-en-Ciel music roots is more 80s British new wave rather than metal. Thanks for the interview tho.
"Hyde’s Larc-en-Ciel music roots is more 80s British new wave rather than metal."
A bit incorrect.
Some of, if not his "biggest" influences are metal singers: Morrie (Dead End), Baki (Gastunk) & kyo (Saver Tiger / D'erlanger).
Especially his early years, Hyde's imitate Morrie in terms of singing & fashion.
@@jakeslater3246 yes but nothing to do with Xjapan. I don’t like the blindness to make YOSHIKI the only Japanese rocker ever existed.
@@jakeslater3246 Hyde also mentioned in a previous interview on another video by a famous videographer that he was mainly originally influenced by motley Crue. Years later in the L'arc en ciel tribute album, Vince Neil, the lead singer of Motley Crue, covered one of Laruku's most famous songs, blurry eyes, in English as well.
I can’t wait to see them live this Saturday!! Best birthday ever!! 🤗
I’m so jealous
We are the rockstars!!!!!
can't wait guys 🎉
“The rockstars strikes back” 😁
seems the interviewer had a lack of research about Hyde. So disrespectful. He’s a BIG ROCKSTAR IN A BIG AND HUGE BAND; L’Arc. THEY LOVED AROUND THE WORLD EVEN AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AND IN MY COUNTRY, INDONESIA. A COUNTRY THAT SO FAR AWAY FROM JAPAN. SOMETHING THAT MAYBE X NEVER ACHIEVED WITH HIDE AS LATE GUITARIST.
Kasih paham mas! Ini mbak yang wawancara kayak separo2 aja research-nya, semacam makan gaji buta. Sampe aku matiin di menit kedua 😡😡😡 Keliatan cuma Yoshiki aja yang dia kulik2 padahal Hyde (dengan Laruku) dan Sugizo (dengan Luna Sea) juga legend banget. Dia yang kerja aku yang malu
I was thinking the same thing. Hyde has been touring the US on and off for the last decade solo and with Vamps and had the L’ Arc anniversary tour as well. Miyavi lives in LA with his family and has been working on different projects here in the US in the last decade as well as touring and has even been in Hollywood movies. The breaking america or breaking the world questions were not fully flushes out. Japanese rock avengers for sure.
Males ah nontonnya. Dia cuma ngobrol ama yoshiki aja. Dia jg ga tau hyde, duhh..
So hyped for this concert been a huge fab of modt of them sense I was a teen. (I'm 30 now) and stikk just as excited to see them all live. I live in LA. But yes , I was hoping for the interviewer to know a little more. I could tell they were quite nervous here.
I hope they'll come to the UK ♥
Bout to go to the Friday show tonight and I have tickets for the show tomorrow LOL NYC BOTH DAYS LETS GOOO
I like the new songs!
im seeing them in LA!!
Thanks!!! Good interview!
Salen muy lejos y ella muy cerca, queríamos verlos a ellos xD
HECK YEAAAAAAHHH
the last rockstars miyavi ❤ yoshinki hyde ❤ sugizo ❤
🔥🔥🔥
❤️❤️❤️
the last rockstars ❤
What if you research about ALL of them BEFORE the interview?
Why bother? These people are all completely irrelevant in Western countries and they always will be.
@@ALeaudI suggest you to do some research, these artists are legendary and they all have millions of fans all over the world, they might not be super famous in all countries yet, but these are all artists who sold millions of records and collaborated with many famous musicians, also from the West.
@@marinacantoni664 "they might not be super famous in all countries yet"
ROFL. Yeah, I'm sure so many people will start listening to 50-something aging "rock stars" from Japan in Western countries. I'm SURE this will totally happen.
@@ALeaud why not? What does age have to do with it? First of all, they don't age (even in their looks, they all look great, but that's not the point): their energy and their talent are incredible now, just like when they started. And besides...that's exactly what I started to do in 2021, I started listening to HYDE after discovering him on RUclips by chance, when he was already in his fifties (and looking amazing and much younger by the way, but this has nothing to do with it). I don't judge artists from their age or their looks but what matters to me is their talent, their creativity and how unique they are and I found all this in HYDE and in these wonderful Japanese artists. I've listened to music all my life and I know when I see talent.
@@marinacantoni664 They look like old aunties lol. Give me a break... they're not getting ANYWHERE outside of Japan. I never said that they weren't talented. They're all talented but they will not be getting popular in the United States. It's not going to happen. Furthermore, "The Last Rockstars" is the lamest name ever. It's ridiculously stupid. Hyde can't even speak English.
They will not get popular here. Ever.
I don't really like how she treated the other members. Like she clearly didn't know HYDE and Sugizo's names even tho she had met Sugizo before. And in the documentary only Sugizo appears and he appears as both a Luna Sea member and X Japan member and offers his insight and experience with hide's death. I always felt like he had a standout interview and she had no clue who he was. Also the way she talked about the other groups their in it felt like she didn't care about them.
It kind of felt like she was more focused on talking about herself instead of the group.
Gr8!
THE LAST ROCKSTARS✨
最強敵なし四人✨
The interviewer is disrespectful to the others . She praises only Yoshikis work . I mean come on Laruku is awesome I adore Hyde for his work since I was 16 now I’m 37 😅 he tours the world and she never heard of him ? WTF and Miyavi is perfect I adore him as actor as well . I know not much about sugizo but I know all of them are legends
No offense to the interviewer here but she seems to know very basic history about these legends. I get the vibe that she's is a "mainstream bot" mostly. Meaning she mostly listens to what she's told to listen to mostly. I don't think that she fully understands that she is in the presence of MASTER musicians. I love Beyonce but Beyonce should also be honored to be in the presence of them because these men have been making musical history since the late 80's and 90's. Beyonce is a Legend but so are these men in music. Beyonce has producers, writers, engineers, These men write and create their own music with their own instruments. Idk why she even brought up their Beyonce gig, that's like randomly bringing Beyonce to a death metal concert idc how great she is, she will get booed off stage and again i actually really respect Beyonce. She's an amazing singer and performer. Idk if i'm super in love with the last rockstars music yet but these men are some of the greatest musicians walking this earth.
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Wow this is a very painful interview.
👏🏻👍🏻🫶🏻🙂
HYDE🤩
No offence but do your research before interviewing people as these guys especially Hyde are well known with extensive careers . It’s really disrespectful of you to bring Hyde down to the level of “ I saw you but don’t remember anything except Duran Durans song which he sang , then you fail to compliment his performance or even acknowledge it, but continue to big note yourself by saying you’re connected to Yoshiki because your friend mercy was there not only irrelevant but just rude and demeaning of Hyde’s appearance in general …this shouldn’t have been about you and your background and the documentary you had a 5 second part in years ago which again you’re using to try and inflate your sense of importance relating to being connected to Yoshiki. You’re reporting that’s all you should be doing right? . A really missed opportunity I hope the bands management do better scouting for interviewers . You’d manner is just so dismissive and self serving and I hate myself for these comments I don’t want to ever be rude but …just a bad interviewer I’m sorry
I'm agree with your comment. 👍
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Right? They've all been in the biz longer than she's been alive
Agree with you
Totally agree!
NYC roll call lmao
Look. Yoshiki gives rich aunt vibes
Essa entrevista começou tão estranha, não tive boas impressões de quem está entrevistando a TLRS. Moça, você estava ansiosa?! Hahahahaha Não consigo terminar de assistir. Sucessos a TLRS! ♡ HYDE ♡ YOSHIKI ♡ SUGIZO ♡ MIYAVI ♡
wish hyde got more questions but yoshiki gonna yoshiki hahaha
Band Maid opening for them is going to blow people away
who cares about beyonce any x japan fan or visual kei fan would have been watching x japan at coachella
BTS has tie ups with English movies and the huge number of radio plays for Butter and Dynamite help popularize their songs and group. Media and social platform are huge on breaking through the language barrier, providing materials with English subs or appearing on American TV. All the talk shows or video released by them have Eng subtitles, so that the messages are fully captured and transmitted to the audience where deeper connection can be built.
Japanese language is not as foreign as it used to be in the 90's due to the high penetration of Japanese culture into America through Anime and Netflix, games in the recent decades, across all age groups.
BTS' songs are also listenable and they seem "cool" to all the otaku fangirls.
Yoshiki and his band are laughable - aging dudes trying to reinvoke the 80s and this band will get nowhere outside of a few hardcore X Japan fans or so.
BTS actually were poor when they started out. They got their first big break because another team dropped out and none of their videos had any english subtitles because their company didn't have the resources and couldn't invest time and money into that unlike other kpop groups' videos. They got famous through RUclips where they used to upload videos of their practices and backstage/chill videos through a small but dedicated Korean fan base that would translate their Korean into English and that is what helped them gain international fans. Since most of them are from the Korean countryside, there are a lot of innocent "duh" moments and their honesty and straight forwardness made them likable in addition to their talent which was being overlooked in Korea because money. They became famous internationally first. South Korean music scene is so narrowminded, they only realized their talent when they topped the billboard chart and received U.S. recognition.
As Hyde has proven in recent years, in this day and age if you have social media presence and show people who you are as a person, they will support you because not only do they like your art but they like who you are as a person. Because of that you can gain more dedicated fans. When I first discovered Hyde, he had very little media presence but since 2019, he started releasing his old and new music videos on YT and started doing lives and his following has doubled on YT and he went from having 0 instagram fan pages to multiple. I think if they play their cards right, they just might achieve their dream. Never say never.
@@Cksncrm "I think if they play their cards right, they just might achieve their dream. Never say never."
HAHA. Yeah, no. No one is going to listen to aging Japanese dudes in Western countries. No one. It's not going to happen. Keep dreaming. These guys are lame as hell. Their entire project is pathetic. No one wants to listen to "The Last Rockstars" or whatever cringe fest this is.
@A. Leaud it piqued your interest that's why you clicked on the video😛 You are so negative, you must be an old fart who did not achieve even one of your dreams. Too bad. If you don't take a step towards what you want, you'll never have any chance of achieving it. That way you can die with a sense of peace in that you strived for what you wanted. The rest is up to fate. And that's the philosophy yoshiki used in his japanese interview about why they started the Last Rockstars.
@@ALeaud well, i don't give a damn about Yoshiki and care only about Hyde and Miyavi. It's not like Yoshiki is the only one who has fans here. I bet there are more people who care about others. And it was Hyde's idea to create this band in the first place.
Congrats to the Lyndsey for being a great interviewer in a difficult sound, and language barrier and handling it like a pro. Her experience is coming through clearly.
Who is Lyndsey? This color haired girl who is totally unprofessional? If the answer is yes, then congratulations to her for hopefully ruining her carrier
ニューヨークですか。遠くなりましたね、！
ワタシはニューヨクタイムが苦手になりつつありますが、まだ自己鍛錬の真最中なのです。
また日本が浮上すれば、まだ何かを期待できるかもね。
SALOME
BUT I have ニューヨクタイム
➔everyday for 2時間3時間
➔MORNING ENJOY (=^・・^=)
➔PHYSICAL OK
ところで、ハイドさんの誕生日もうすぐですね。
ヨシキさんは、11月でしたっけ？
MIYAVIさんとスギゾウさんは、4月1日ですか？(^o^)それか２月３日？(=^・・^=)
Not the interviewer only caring about Yoshiki and ignoring the others... I can see she didn't do research either... hope they NEVER want to be interviewed by her again!! This has to be the worst interview I've ever seen...
Like honestly... Let me first fan girl a little then I'd do a good job interviewing them...
Excuse me you didnt do your research 😤
Dear Yoshiki...please start X Japan activities for the fans who have been waiting.
it's a dead dream, Toshi already confirmed that the band has broken up
@@luna-tick5554
Really??
When did he conferm?...Please refer to realiable news sources.
X Japan is finished. It actually finished when hide died but now it's really dead. Yoshiki just keeps trying to reinvent it and relive the memories but it's pointless.
When Hide died, X is already over. Like forever you know. He’s man behind man. The rock soul of the band. Stop talking X. Also Toshi is now hard to handling. He’s the one that may take a responsibility to Hide’s death.
This will never happen
God, what a bad interview...
I recommend you investigate before doing an interview, you have to be more professional.
They are all great musicians and legends not only Yoshiki.
★THELASTROCKSTARS★の全世界のファンの皆さん来月デビューツアーで降臨します！🥰どんなパフォーマンスになるのか？凄く今からファンの皆さん楽しみですね！🌟🌟🌟🌟
Why interview she sitting in the house?
This interview is a disaster.
The interviewer basically kept insulting them the whole time.
She'd be right to do so. They're delusional if they think they're going to get everywhere.
@@ALeaud They are delusional indeed. Still its not right to insult them.
I didn't find it insulting. I think overall it was a good interview but most of her questions were for yoshiki, probably because she knows yoshiki more but I would have liked to hear the others opinions especially Sugizo's because he doesn't do many English interviews but the few I have seen he is very philosophical and interesting and Hyde's because from the English subs I have seen he also has a unique perspective and has a witty/funny way of saying and doing things. Let's just say he's quite chaotic himself lol
@@Cksncrm I truly dont like how easily offended people get these days. Im also not fond of any of them as people and have nothing but criticism for this project which in my opinion lacks inspiration and creativity and is just egotistic money grabbing project. Yet she was behaving so badly that even I got annoyed at the constant disrespect directed at them all (yes, Yoshiki included). It was that bad.
The mic condition was so terrible! Too bad! Hope the next time better condition.
What a chance to interview X JAPAN ,but the interwier ....🙄🙄🙄
OMG this was painful to watch, this girl had the opportunity to do an amazing interview but it seems she didn't make any research on any of this super rock stars and only knew (barely) Yoshiki, plus super rude, come on girl if you're interviewing someone at least learn their names, say thanks repeatedly (specially with Japanese artists) and overall try to be more empathetic, they looked super lost. Yahoo, next time, please choose a better interviewer.
Italy with Maneskin? Nice, but I'd pay the tickets only for watch HYDE, YOSHIKI, MIYAVI, SUGIZO 😅 then I wouldn't stay there because I would go looking for them. Ah Ah 🤣💖
However could be fine for THE LAST ROCKSTARS to be known better even in Italy finally 🇮🇹 🥰 and Finally I will be able to meet my beloved HYDE. 🥰🤗💖
congratulation
@@noreenaulia9977 Congratulations for what? Sorry? 😅
@@DebChan89 for your happines to meet hyde.
You need to chill lol get a life
@@noreenaulia9977 I haven't said this..
My answer here is another. And your answer is nosense here in this context.
I don't want to pay a ticket of a band for see THE LAST ROCKSTARS 15-20 minutes, Okay?
I wanna a whole concert of THE LAST ROCKSTARS or HYDE solo or or .. Okay? You got it what I meant to say?
I wish to see HYDE someday, yes, and Could this be a possibility? Could be..
Just this I said, surely I'd be very Happy to meet HYDE in person. I wouldn't know what to say him yet. But.. my wish is to meet HYDE.
But at the moment the very lucky here are Americans Fans, as always.
I bought a ticket on veep, if you want to see the concert in L.A. February 10th, it is in worldwide livestream, it's not expensive, but at the moment I just can do in this way to see HYDE's performances.
Anyway thanks for the comment. ❤
How difficult was this interview to watch... Really disrespectful, such an unprofessional interviewer...
Im not a intevievier but I think I can do far better than that girl
Well, you probably could. She's an actual interviewer. You'd likely just kiss ass and tell them how amazing they are and let Yoshiki be delusional (which he is).
this lady is out of knowledge for all the members, I'm sorry in behalf of all the members
More about #TLRs and less #XJapan & Yoshiki. There are three other members.
Just from the first minutes you can see it's not a good interview. I don't know how many times this girl has talked about her and her connections. It's pretty clear that she did no RESEARCH nor cared about doing one. There is no RESPECT to the Artists, the legends that she has the honor to interview. What a wasted opportunity. But don't worry yahoo! We didn't need this lame interview to "know" them 🤙🏽 so skipping it won't be an issue.
She doesn't know how to interview stars
What a waste. The interviewer is very rude.
長らく佳樹さんと結婚したいと言ってきましたがいじめられるのでもういいです
Me too, honestly
How it gonna be a rockstar’s and successful rockstar’s wife. 🎉🎉🎉
何の意外性もない想像通りのバンド。結局、彼らの方向性は、私の想像を超える事はなかった、退屈
おつかれさまでした。