Do you know a type of group called "Visual-kei"?
Basically it is a genre of musicians or bands, but also there is a group of people who like their songs.
It is not official, but according to wikipedia.com, it's said that the word "visual" come from one of X Japan's slogans, "Psychedelic violence crime of visual shock".
My image of "visual-kei" was black clothes, kinda dark and they put on make ups and so on. But actually it wasn't right. It was just a image in my head. They says the fans' and bands' styles have been changing.
In 80's, they dyed their long hair blue, red, gold, and they put on showy make-ups.
In 90's, it became more feminine. Then, in the end of 90's, their make ups incited fear in people around them.
It is said that the fans are almost women aged teens to 20s, and they wear the cosplay of the band they support or some other fasions like punk, gothic and etc.
As I mentioned above, they are interested in similar musics. However, there are many different types of musics in visual-kei. There are toooooo much so that I cannot explain about them...
It's said that some people used to be influenced by the songs about self-harm in 90's.
I think they don't have any paticular place to gather, but at the concert, maybe??
In my opinion, I was a little bit scared to see them from their make ups at first, but I think I can be with them if they are not a huge number of people gathering. Because I have some friends who love those kind of clothes and musics, and they are nice.
If I misunderstood about visual-kei, I'm sorry because I'm not 100% sure about this peer group...
So, do visual-kei people dress like that all the time or only at special events like concerts? It would be scary to see one on the train!
ReplyDeleteI saw some people dress up like that in public places. But on the other hand, I have some friends who love visual-kei music and don't wear that clothes everyday. So, I guess there are some people who wear that kind of clothes all the time. We might have chance to see them!!
DeleteThey must spend a LOT of money on various cosmetics, hair treatments etc!! I don't know much about them, but they seem like a lot of self-indulgent mommies boys to me. More "sad" than "scary", I think.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I agree that the items cost a lot. Oh, I thought many people in any peer groups spend lots of money. They might be good for economy!!
DeleteAh, I've never think about "self-indulgement". I remember a song called, "女々しくて(memeshikute)" by Golden Bomber in Japan. I think it's similar to "self-indulgement"
I'm not sure about "visual-kei", too..
ReplyDeleteBut when I see them on the TV, I always think their make-up is great and it gives me the impact. But sometimes I will confuse when I see many kinds of "visual-kei" group because they look same www.
It's difficult for me to tell the difference between one band and another band. I like some of "visual-kei song", but not sure about their faces, oops
DeleteI want to know how long does it take for Visual-kei people to set their hair...:) I think it takes at least 15 min.
ReplyDeletehaha I've never thought about that. But I'm sure it takes quit a long time. Also their make ups too
DeleteI don't think they can get job because hair style and fashion. If they earn enough money that's ok. But most of them are struggling with money.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's true. It's interesting point. I wonder how they deal with it.
DeleteActually I have some friends who are VISUAL-Type of people. As you write, their appearence is a bit scally because most of them dye their hair and wear FANTASTIC clothes as well.
ReplyDeleteTalking abput their appearance, I saw two or three people who painted their hands and arms red as if they hurt themselves. I was so shocked then.
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