Notes on Kyo’s interview in Rock And Read 087
What I want the most is time. And being able to stay in shape without needing to sleep.
- He of course isn’t a happy person, and he also could not feel a 100%-happy person’s happiness at 100%.
- Kyo really dislikes traveling abroad and doesn’t see himself as successful. He sees more success in someone who could tour across Japan solo. For anything that he does, he feels that someone else could have done it much better.
- He started a band and did feel some satisfaction at the beginning which caused him to continue, but the adjacent feeling of continuous dissatisfaction also started from the beginning.
- He does not hate foreigners because he understands that they want to watch Dir en grey and he understands the process they have to go through to visit other countries like Japan. For him, since he does not speak English, it’s a lot of stress to have to apply for a visa and answer to questions on how many days he plans to spend in the other nation, what his profession is and what he plans to do there, etc. He would be happier if everyone could come to Japan to attend Dir en grey live shows instead. [Also keep in mind that the interview was conducted most likely before the North American This Way to Self-Destruction tour.]
- For him, love is also between men and men, and women + women. “I don’t care about gender in love.” He is not homosexual himself, but he doesn’t deny those who are, he finds it beautiful and pure. Kyo thinks that Japan is probably late in accepting this reality.
- The theme of love was not defined when he started sukekiyo, but it came to be as the band wrote more songs and lyrics.
- The idea of “statelessness” (lack of ethnic definition or nationality) was a theme at the beginning of sukekiyo.
- Kyo doesn’t want to work outside of bands, in solo.
- People apparently often say that he is in a hurry, but from his perspective, everyone is just late/slow. He doesn’t see himself as impatient or in a hurry.
- Kyo wants to finish everything as soon as possible and move on to the other thing. Even in a live show, regardless of any changes he does for example to his makeup for the encore, he is usually ready and waiting on the side of the stage early on in the break. He said: “If you think that you’re waiting a long time for the encore, know that I’m not the cause for this delay. (laughs)”
- Apparently Dir en grey’s manager Tommy said of Kyo that he was the type of person who wouldn’t live long (?).
- “As a human being, my feelings change every day. Sometimes I feel good, sometimes bad. I want to express that directly.”
- Kyo has been listening to and liking old Madonna lately.
- He is amazed by the other members (of sukekiyo). There was definitely some influence of the 80s sound in INFINITUM, and he usually mentions that he would like something and the other musicians find a way to do it.
- Even though sukekiyo’s next tour begins on his birthday, he said that it doesn’t mean much, that it is mostly the entire dedicated fanbase who celebrates. When he is celebrated, he just thinks about how his life won’t last anyway.
- He got tattoos on his legs out of feeling dissatisfied with his current state/being tired with himself, always seeking more even though he does not have an ideal in mind.
- Kyo curses himself for choosing sweets as the thing to avoid in this game between him and the fans, for three months. It’s what he enjoys the most, but he finds ways to relieve stress anyway.
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