Okay, so this is not an exact translation and it is not perfect at all, but a general idea of what happens in the first 10 minutes (my Japanese is not that great, but hope this helps) 2012.12.20 "But please believe. We, Versailles, will definitely have a revival". - Each member then shares a bit on whether they thought they would have a revival or not. (a la "we'll have to have a comeback", but also "it did feel like the end", along those lines) Kamijo: Kamijo finished his career with Lareine and thought he'd start a solo career now. But then he met Hizaki Hizaki: Kamijo was recruited by Hizaki as a producer for the Hizaki grace project; they both talked about their interests in music and their plans. They had similar goals, and their ideas on how to get there overlapped. It was almost like a miracle. They also found out that they both like roses a lot! "You don't see a lot of people who would say aloud 'I like roses' " says Hizaki. So Kamijo said they decided to make the best Rose band. They shared the feeling of wanting to be recognized by the world. Jasmine You: You also participated in the Hizaki grace project. He kind of asked "so when am I going to be invited", shares Hizaki. Kamijo mentions that You was always with him, so he remembers it was exciting/thrilling to have him join. Teru: - Hizaki knew Teru from playing together(?) in Kyoto: he knew he was a good guitar player. So after thinking about it, Hizaki thought Teru would be the best candidate to play guitar with the band. Since Teru was in Kyoto at the time, Hizaki was like "come to Tokyo", and Teru was like "ah, I'll go!" - Teru met Kamijo and was invited to join the band. They went out drinking, and Kamijo shared his passion/feelings about wanting to create a great band Yuki: - The band started out in June, and it so happened that they got the LIVE date before they found a drummer. So Kamijo asked [someone] to introduce him to the best-playing drummer [they] could recommend - and he was introduced to Yuki. - Yuki got the invite from Kamijo to the band. The band was already full of famous people in Visual Kei world, so Yuki thought "that's my chance". His answer to Kamijo was along the lines "if I am suitable for you, [I'd love to join]". Laughing while preparing, holding roses in their hands and standing on the stage, they decided "let's do all we can do thoroughly" The Revenant Choir First, they made the song "The Revenant Choir" - took them about a month. Teru created the intro, Hizaki made unique bridges within the song, and Kamijo was the one who wrote the melody - everyone's talents were put together. They wanted to showcase this band to the world, and with that thought created their music. Already from the first LIVE they were on TV and in media. It became a wave [of popularity] they didn't even know they would be a part of. "Anyway, first [focus on] Japan" was what they thought, but through UA-cam, coverage in Germany and other things, they started gaining popularity, thanks to all the fans that were supporting them. They started to get responses to different activities, and started thinking that Versailles is really a great band/can become a great band. (Yuki) The drummer is always in the very back, so he can see the movements of the band. From the first LIVE I thought "ah, these people are really awesome, great performance". - announcement that they will sign a contract with the music label After one year of playing, they realized that there are things they wouldn't be able to do just by themselves. Often when bands go major/ join major labels, they mention that they can't do what they want to anymore. "But for us, in order to do what we want we decided to go major". Everyone was happy about that decision.
Okay, so this is not an exact translation and it is not perfect at all, but a general idea of what happens in the first 10 minutes (my Japanese is not that great, but hope this helps)
2012.12.20
"But please believe. We, Versailles, will definitely have a revival".
- Each member then shares a bit on whether they thought they would have a revival or not. (a la "we'll have to have a comeback", but also "it did feel like the end", along those lines)
Kamijo:
Kamijo finished his career with Lareine and thought he'd start a solo career now. But then he met Hizaki
Hizaki:
Kamijo was recruited by Hizaki as a producer for the Hizaki grace project; they both talked about their interests in music and their plans. They had similar goals, and their ideas on how to get there overlapped. It was almost like a miracle. They also found out that they both like roses a lot! "You don't see a lot of people who would say aloud 'I like roses' " says Hizaki. So Kamijo said they decided to make the best Rose band. They shared the feeling of wanting to be recognized by the world.
Jasmine You:
You also participated in the Hizaki grace project. He kind of asked "so when am I going to be invited", shares Hizaki. Kamijo mentions that You was always with him, so he remembers it was exciting/thrilling to have him join.
Teru:
- Hizaki knew Teru from playing together(?) in Kyoto: he knew he was a good guitar player. So after thinking about it, Hizaki thought Teru would be the best candidate to play guitar with the band. Since Teru was in Kyoto at the time, Hizaki was like "come to Tokyo", and Teru was like "ah, I'll go!"
- Teru met Kamijo and was invited to join the band. They went out drinking, and Kamijo shared his passion/feelings about wanting to create a great band
Yuki:
- The band started out in June, and it so happened that they got the LIVE date before they found a drummer. So Kamijo asked [someone] to introduce him to the best-playing drummer [they] could recommend - and he was introduced to Yuki.
- Yuki got the invite from Kamijo to the band. The band was already full of famous people in Visual Kei world, so Yuki thought "that's my chance". His answer to Kamijo was along the lines "if I am suitable for you, [I'd love to join]".
Laughing while preparing, holding roses in their hands and standing on the stage, they decided "let's do all we can do thoroughly"
The Revenant Choir
First, they made the song "The Revenant Choir" - took them about a month. Teru created the intro, Hizaki made unique bridges within the song, and Kamijo was the one who wrote the melody - everyone's talents were put together. They wanted to showcase this band to the world, and with that thought created their music. Already from the first LIVE they were on TV and in media. It became a wave [of popularity] they didn't even know they would be a part of.
"Anyway, first [focus on] Japan" was what they thought, but through UA-cam, coverage in Germany and other things, they started gaining popularity, thanks to all the fans that were supporting them. They started to get responses to different activities, and started thinking that Versailles is really a great band/can become a great band.
(Yuki) The drummer is always in the very back, so he can see the movements of the band. From the first LIVE I thought "ah, these people are really awesome, great performance".
- announcement that they will sign a contract with the music label
After one year of playing, they realized that there are things they wouldn't be able to do just by themselves. Often when bands go major/ join major labels, they mention that they can't do what they want to anymore. "But for us, in order to do what we want we decided to go major". Everyone was happy about that decision.
Thank you so much. This is amazing! I hope you can post some more of the interview! :)
I'll try to gradually update it till the first 24 minutes are translated :)
^_^ ty
thank you very much for your effort, ganbatte!
Thanks for sharing
I was introduced to this band and their music about a decade ago. Their fans really enjoy the concerts. Incredible and amazing
Wish this had sub titles.
They don't age, incredible!!
I really love how simple they look without all the costume they usually wear on stage.
actually that are no costumes
+DeathMetal Fan I know that
Kamijo so handsome! 💋
Can you subtitles this in english or spanish? I will apreciate to much, I hope you can do it, greetings from South america
que hermoso es Kamijo sin maquillaje
lo seee *.*
天哪，大家的素颜！kamijo只要好好梳头发素颜也很帅！
lol its funny how hizaki's voice can be more manly that the one of the english speaking blonde guy in the middle of the video
I'm shocked to see them without their makeup on.
!tenes todo mi apoyo¡
Could you subbed this????
Kamijou, marry me. Arigatou.
any japanese speaker can translate and legend this?
希望不要真让versailles fans们真的等到2106年，整整一个世纪！
really?????
有点卡
When I first heard Versailles I thought Kamijo was like 50+ years old. :D
2106年9月14日w
安倍首相夫人？