Coming from the English term Mental Health, this sub-genre is often seen as rather controversial overseas due to artists using mental health issues as a shock aspect. The genre is characterized by the use of bright pastel colors combined with taboo mental health topics like self harm, depression and suicidal ideation in the song lyrics which are often presented in a more cute way and in a more positive light.
This is often received as grotesque or morally questionable in the west, but in Japan it’s instead received as a coping mechanism for certain people who experience these issues in their daily life. (This is however not the case for everyone, so the genre is still considered to be a niche within a niche.)
You said it would be awesome if I could do an interview with L from MEME. And yes, I agree. That would be pretty awesome. So I set out to do just that. I asked L if he would be interested in doing an interview, and as you can probably conclude from this article being here now, the answer was a resounding “yes!”.
Tour organizer Kinetic Vibe already announced that the next artist they’d be touring through Europe with was going to be MORRIGAN, but at the time of the announcement they couldn’t publish any dates just yet.
Today they have, and the band is going to visit Italy, Germany, Czech Rebublic,
Starwave Records will release a new omnibus DVD, titled “Starwave Records Vol.4”, to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Starwave Records on September 9, 2015!
This will be the 4th omnibus release of the label since it was founded, and it will feature music videos from 11 different artists
Synk;yet will give away 3 pairs of tickets (meaning: 6 tickets in total), completely free of charge to fans who don’t live in Japan so they can attend their oneman live “Expanding Inner Core-THE FINAL-” at TSUTAYA O-WEST in Shibuya (Tokyo) on March 26 2015.
Synk;yet are about to release their new single, titled “愛憎のファムファタール” (Aizou no Femme Fatale), on March 4, 2015!
The single will be released through Starwave Records, and even though the official release date is set for the early March you can secure your copy early at live shows, starting
Calmando Qual are about to release their new best of album, titled “Freaks -select collection 2001~2014-“, on January 14, 2015!
The album will be released through Starwave Records, and even though the official release date is set for mid January you can secure your copy early starting
Synk;yet are about to release their new album, titled “The Graceful Savior”, on August 30, 2014!
The album will be released through Starwave Records, and even though the official release date is set for late August you can secure your copy early starting at July 20 during live shows.
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Calmando Qual are about to release their new DVD, titled “vision in the darkness”, on August 27, 2014!
The DVD will be released through Starwave Records, and even though the official release date is set for late August, you can secure your copy early by purchasing it at the release party
A new music video DVD containing songs from every artist on the label will be released to celebrate the 4th anniversary of Starwave Records. The DVD has been given the name “Starwave Records Vol.3”, and will be released on July 2nd, 2014.
Starwave Records has the following comment about
Starwave Records celebrated the label’s 4th anniversary in 池袋EDGE (IkebukuroEDGE) on March 16, with performances of Capella, Calmando Qual, lix., Magistina Saga, Misaruka, Synk;yet, 燭台(怪) (Syokudai (Kakkokai)), THE SOUND BEE HD and Tokami.
The label will release a compilation DVD of this