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Interview in Finland

Aoi, you and Uruha both play guitar solos in your songs. Is there any competition between you two because of this?
Aoi: (laughs) Of course there is no competition between us, because after all, our working is based on continuous teamwork. Uruha plays a solo if he has a deeper emotion or affection towards the song and vice versa. Many our songs have guitar solos from both of us, though, so we are very equal as guitarists.
NIL and STACKED RUBBISH were such different albums. Will your style change in the future or are you now what you ultimately want to be as a band?
Reita: You can never be sure about the future, because everything is possible, so that's hard to answer. We don't want to be labeled into one category. We'd rather make the kind of music that feels good at that moment. And our present musical style represents us the best now.
How are your music videos and songs related to each other?
Reita: Our songs are almost never directly related to the videos.
Aoi: The material in the video is rarely related to the lyrics. We want to give our fans some space for imagination. Music videos that are related to the song are, in my opinion, rather useless. They, almost without exception, ruin everybody's personal images that the music gives.

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UNTITLED live

“During the chorus there are lights that are constantly moving and shining on the ceiling and crowd resembling the stars in the night sky.” — the GazettE Fukuoka live during ｢UNTITLED｣ @sixth_bullet via twitter (via snakedlows)

Kai�s B-Day celebration @ FUKUOKA LIVE

[ Double Encore ]

Ruki still doesn’t come out. One of the staff comes out to retrieve Ruki’s mic from his platform and the crowd cheers. Aoi and Reita laugh and point at the staff member in a “That’s not Ruki!” kind of way. And then we hear Ruki slowly sing the first lines of Happy Birthday from backstage. The room darkens, a spotlight is focused on Kai and “Happy Birthday” is projected behind him as a massive rectangular cake with 30 candles is wheeled out onto the stage followed by Ruki who is singing the Birthday song, we cheer and sing along with Ruki and clap to the rhythm of the song.

The song finishes and Ruki beckons Kai to the front centre of the stage by saying “Kai-san” and waving his hand at him. Kai comes down from his platform to the front centre of the stage and Ruki passes the mic to Kai and Kai has a big smile as he points to the cake and says “Eh!? We did this yesterday!” and playfully punches Uruha. After that he blows out all the candles and the room is lighted up again.

Kai says, “Eh… This year was pretty good [laughs] I’m happy we can celebrate (my birthday) Thank you! But, hey! They’ve already given me (a cake)” As he says “They’ve already given me (a cake)” the other four slowly walk off backstage in a “I don’t know what you’re talking about” manner, leaving Kai all on his own. He looks at the crowd and makes a little thank you speech that ends up sounding a little like “Well, I… [long pause] anou… Arigatou gozaimasu!” then he bows a little, looks to the left of the stage and says “You guys can come back out! [laughs]” the others come out with smiles on their faces and Kai passes the mic back to Ruki as the cake is wheeled off stage.

[Credits: @sixth_bullet via twitter]

Fool's Mate

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