I don’t thin SKIN was a turning point on anyone’s carreer but Yoshiki talking up to someone I can believe. I still don’t know any specifics on how he was promoted but It kinda worked I guess…
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i remember watching his 30th birthday live stream and hearing an unreleased track that later turned into ahead of the light. then, a few years later, the final version of that came out and it was a huge letdown. i think that was the beginning of the end for me. i’m not a fan of…whatever this genre of music he does now but also i am getting old. this may be tangentially related lol
It was a very stupid controversy yes, just like most Japanese media controversies I feel lol oh well
@nekkichi right, was including SKIN in the overseas touring bullet point but maybe connections? huh maybe (and living in LA in the Melody bullet point but IDK if his living in the US was even related to that or not)
but to be completely fair his popularity has always had a lot to do with being likeable too I feel - like, … just more down-to-earth and approachable than most vk guys maybe lmao (easy feat)
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Damn that EAT song and this Stay Up All Night are so embarrassing and cringe. It is so obvious that he wants a viral hit like a kpop song. Maybe the PVs are enough for some garbage viral thing, for the tiktok generation, but the songs are too weak and generic to become it.
He is having a superstar status abroad? 46k views in 3 days is that big? Of course its good numbers for a japanese artist, but if he keeps releasing stuff like this I don’t think its… hm what should I say… It won’t last forever.
I finished the PV just above just for the lulz, and I literally got goosebumps from the extreme amounts of cringe. A classic Oh Oh Oh can never go wrong, right.
By the way wasnt this guy on some kids show the other day?
This GUY, Miyavi san, is DESPERATE AF. He might be making some money from all of this but it truly hurts to see. Ugh. I have always known about Miyavi but I never thought it was this awful.
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Someone is annoyed bc I got too real in the Miyavi topic huh lol but obviously everyone is making music for the money no matter if you want to think your faves aren’t, are free souls, etc. Can’t have a lot of artistry with 0 money for the producing expenses.
But the idea that this stuff is just what others want not what he wants again seems to be v misguided.
When people in his concerts scream his “oldies medley” songs yet that’s not the focus you just know it’s not about the money as much as it is about doing what he wants to do lol.
I feel like the real turning point is when he was cast in that Angelina Jolie movie, he got real hollywood connections as this mystical asian rockstar an then the sellout era began.
Then he pivoted to that kpop adjacent soundscape that was becaming increasingly more popular by the end of the last decade.
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But is he really THAT popular? Fake news? lol
I dont mean to offend any miyavi fans, just ignore my posts and think that im a clown.
I just don’t understand how you can lose this kind of creativity over years, was this all fake forged persona? idk, his visual era just hits different
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this is such a throwback, but this was some of his best music imo