Category Archive for Visual Kei + Music
HELLO! PROJECT HARAJUKU: FEMALE J-POP IDOLS PHOTOS AND TOKYO MUSIC STORE.
J-Idols fall outside my jurisdiction. I’ve heard horror stories about Akiba-kei concerts – sweaty otaku packed in a small room, waving their arms in frantic choreography for six hours straight while two kawaii “singers” prance around the stage in short skirts…
I did, however, enjoy the Hello! Project store window in Harajuku. I don’t know much about H!P, but I hear it’s the umbrella company for a number of female Japanese pop idols – including Hangry & Angry. The official store sells photos of the bands and various concert goodies…
… but I only stopped to take pictures of the window, which displays Goth/Punk band costumes (some of which can be bought). It’s fun to see how the outfits are individualized and yet belong to one band/brand image.
What do you think of J-pop Idol culture? It gives me the willies, sometimes…
Song of the Day #62: Morning Musume – W Robo Kiss
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VISUAL KEI MAKEUP TUTORIAL VIDEOS: VIDOLL, PHANTASMAGORIA, 12012.
How do our favorite Visual Kei J-rockers transform themselves into space oddities? I always picture them yelling out, “Let’s Get Visual!!” ZAP, a lightning bolt and instant transformation…
The reality is only slightly more mundane. The “Style Council” segments from the Cure Japanese Rock Collection DVD follow three artists from fresh-faced to Visual Kei-ed. (I’m in a punny mood; forgive me.)
I previously posted a link to the makeup tutorial starring Kisaki of Phantasmagoria. The one below features Giru from Vidoll; I like how he put sparkle-dots between the spider-lashes:
Tooru from 12012 wears (relatively) more subtle makeup, but his hair is straight out of Dragonball!
Which one do you like best? What do you think of the no-eyebrows look?
Song of the Day #52: Yoko Oginome – Dancing Hero (a Japanese cover of the Angie Gold hit, “Eat Me Up.” The costumes are phenomenally bad in the best possible sense! (Watch below.)
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