Chris is a weeeaboo confirmed!

first

Never been this early for one of your videos, so glad youtube showed it.

as surreal as having such individuals as ryotoro and natsuki to star on your platform?

I like you even more now. Drivers High is great and GTO is great.

Literally thought the same thing! Love Chris but damn, couldn't he dress a bit more metal to meet a Rockstar! lol

A proud dad and Natsuki is his obsessed son

Awww haha brilliant xD

Lmao

"call me daddy ;)" Chris plz make that ur merch...

AND I'D DO IT AGAIN

Lol!!!!!

@@AbroadinJapan I thought it was a serious project.😂

I was thinking the same thing 😂 I hate cargo shorts with a passion. But on Chris... they kind of grew on me.

Unbelievable

By the way I still remembered the time I fell in love with Hyde in the mv stay away many years ago.. he looked like a high school boy when he’s already 30yro.

He looks good for 50

He’s one good looking 54 year old. People are just bitter sometimes

He’s in his 50’s!? 😮 Well to me he’s aging well then.

in 2023, he's 54 and still all manners of sexy

do you good sire, watch anime? he sing the OST of GTO, DNA, Gundam Double 00, Full Metal Alchemist and so many more. Some of the good old classic anime. He's been singing OST for anime before it was cool my good sire.

@@rechiddoeggu2949 Ok, I didn't know about that. I watched GTO and Full Metal Alchemist. What is DNA ?

I know him for more than 2 decades now, went to a concert in Berlin some years ago. Gosh, it was incredible to experience him on stage. He knows how to control an audience, to animate them. Incredible live performer and not bad as actor as well. Watch Kagen no tsuki and you will have "cape of storms" stuck in your head!

Reckon you never seen Bruce Dickinson.

@@TheSolfilm DN.Angel. Its a manga/anime about a mild mannered kid named Daisuke Niwa who awakens to an alter ego Phantom Thief named Dark Mousy (which was apparently an inherent trait in his family). It had a 26 episode anime adaptation if im not mistaken

Hahahaha, YES, maybe its destiny.

+

Story of a lifetime

Like a magic

@@alexkwps life is a *baloon*

kinomoto chan I got a happy tear when they met. I could feel the happiness through the video

21:39

Nacchan is adorable♡lol

Haha HYDE is funny person

HYDE is cute(*^^*)

I've been playing in bands since forever, and it's true and funny that the most quiet and introverted guys can get up on stage and absolutely shred a guitar and get lost in the music like it's second nature

Autism

Remember Milli Vanilli ???

Sora The Troll JEALOUSY

Lol

omg its sora

SILENT JEALOUSY

Collaboration pls

Damn, he forgot! =)

I also really want to ask about it to him 😋

I wanted you to ask him🤭

@@user-qr1ls1by3t I wish I can 🥺🥺

I guess that'll have to wait until he interviews Araki someday.

Same

Same here, ever since I first heard the English version of "Spirit Dreams Inside" back in 2001 :D

Like most Japanese acts in music, they aren't exactly popular. You know him because you're a fan of his work, and yet if you passed famous actors or singers from other countries, you'd wouldn't even give them a second look. America is what establishes and popularizes acts.

Same here! Dir en grey, Malice Mizer, Gackt, Buck-Tick and X Japan.

Y yo soy fan mexicana 🇲🇽 de hyde ❤

hahaha

That’s what I was thinking 😂

You're delusional

@@DefinitelyNotBender And you don't understand humour

@@Boasill nothing here was humorous.

What's wrong with you? Why are you talking about me -_-

Its called exercise. I highly recommend it.

@rally vincent during recording i mean

Funfact: im 15 and same with you

@@elifinrenklidunyas8507 we're fragile buddies.

Honestly

Also genes

Hyde looks like a goddess back on his 20's. He's a unique beauty.

Black and Asians seem to age like a fine wine 😭

@@jessicamills5050 Hyde is black?

Yeah that was a smart move on Hyde's part. And yes, I noticed too.

Hyde did seem very bored and a bit annoyed by it all though.

@@AD-kv9kj What made you realize that? I think so, too. For example when he said that natsuki has so many requests..like wow 5 minutes of his life..

I would have been shaking too.. Probably pass out

I totally understand him 😁

I would have been fangirling big time, and be proud of it.

I wish i was Natsuki

🤡 I thnk I hav 2 brain cells left afta watchin dis vid

@@haliaeetus8221 yee

why do you have my profile pic

Lucky☺️

Did you change your name?

Not that it matters, but "Akin na" in Filipino means "(It's/You're) mine now." :D

@Omega Sake Homie, don't kink shame just cuz you're vanila asf.

Dude, i think you just spent your whole life's luck 😂

i heard from rumors that japanese people start to look old alot later than usual people for some reason, so yea... Not sure if thats really true though. But from what i saw until now, i guess its kinda true?

I actually see some age, compared to when I saw first him in ready steady go mv, then again make up really helps hide some wrinks

Because he's a Vamp??

I think he does look his age, its just he has a modern hairstyle

Well he still looks ok than most 50-year olds

Funny. DMC5 used his song mad qualia as the theme song.

they actually made a song for DMC4, its called Drink It Down

OMG, I was thinking the same thing!

Or an intense Joker.

@@user-kg3yr2yz4t He made it specifically for DMC 5 it wasn't just used

ikr what a turn of events

He looks like my grandma. Creepy

@@thelemonddropskid5445 can you granma give me an altograph and i can sell it as if it was hyde's tho

@@SeaSerpentLevi giga Chad big brain hours sigma grind set 👆 reb pilled. Based.

@@thelemonddropskid5445 he's like 50

Looks way cooler than bon jovi

Jon Jovi

Yes, you are right 😍😍😍 both are cool, handsome but HYDE is such a precious creature 💖

He looks like the antagonist of a NTR doujin.

Yeah! He is so much 💯💥💥

Still waiting on my coffee though.

Abroad in Japan I’m sure he’ll get you that coffee soon 😔

@@AbroadinJapan well, you've got that photo on your side, so you can do some blackmail/bargaining. I'd say youre in a good spot.

@@AbroadinJapan Did you at least get those potato chips he also promised?

@@AbroadinJapan 😂😂 Lol!! I would have given you more for that honor.

Yes!!!!!

Namida Koh hide!😭😭

I 100% agree!! They are legends :')

oh yeah Gackt....

Legends that are all rocking my playlist.

Imagine a Persona style game, but it's final fantasy, and instead of being a student you're a rockstar.

Haha true

Don't call him that. We don't like it. Who are you? Do you even KNOW him exactly? 彼にそれを呼ばないでください。気に入らない。あなたは誰？あなたも彼を正確に知っていますか？Original fans.

@@kritsadanchaleekarnchanasr649 It's banter / a joke it's not meant as an insult or as disrespect

@@kritsadanchaleekarnchanasr649 I suggest not taking everything so seriously. In the end, no matter how famous a person is, they're still human. You're doing neither yourself or him any favors by making it seem like there's anything more than talent and a HELL of a lot of hard work at play. It's okay to be a fan. Don't be an obsessed fan.

@@Laluneetlombre Its definitely worth checking out his other videos, lots of really good content to be found.

He wants to make sure Hyde understands what kind of a man he's talking to. Any person that says "I don't like fried chicken" should be looked on with some suspicion.

Well he did make fried chicken his topic on his first speech contest

I love this😂

That's absolutely amazing

smashing the weirdos/weebos is the easiest way

Wow then yes he will succeed in the states.

wow thats actually crazy what a trip

Chris has some clout

Where is it??? Edit: NVM GOT IT store.vamprose.com/product/1478/T-SHIRT Edit 2: OMG EVEN ON THIS YOGA MAT AAAAA store.vamprose.com/product/1405/YOGA-MAT

I will buy to wear it at retreat

I want a t-shirt that says "fuckface"

@@anthea5040 Didn't Eminem have something like that?

Magic_Megan it’s the face that’s been changed by surgery so no..

@@VictorLugosi he didn't change much tho.

It's *Ready Steady Go

@@misaamane2850 lol yes, yes Misa. I know what it is called. I realized the mistake in the title shortly after I posted the comment. Now, go back to Death Note, Misa. Fullmetal Alchemist isn't your realm.

Then, you are late knowing it ✌️😁

*respect

@@aloysfudanshi *repect

@@sideside9040 depect

Whattttttttttt !!?????? My dad is 52

Halford is 70

Have you checked out his band L'Arc~en~Ciel?! If you haven't, please do 😊

True !

Probably because he isn't into heavy drugs or an alcoholic like American rock stars have a reputation for.

He seems like a humble & laid-back guy.

As he says. Always eating candy 😁♥️

SharJ24 well j rock stars are also notorious for their alcohol and cig/tobacco abuse lol and Asia beats America in terms of both 😬

Some of the most popular anime in the last almost 30 yrs have had L’arc songs. DNA^2, Rurouni Kenshin, Great Teacher Onizuka, Full Metal Alchemist, Gundam, etc

He stuck in 20 yo 😆

That plastic surgery sure didn’t help. I thought he was an old woman lol

@@ThomasinaJefferson-ke7xs Or... hyde’s just asian. Asians dont crack.

it's fine i just hope he will embrace his aging gracefully without forcing himself to look like 20 years old

@@ThomasinaJefferson-ke7xs which plastic surgery? 🙃🙃

We have a mutual connection who put us in touch!

@@AbroadinJapan Risottoro?!

@T3m33p That scheming mastermind! He's scary for sure.

@@T3m33p He wanted to get Chris killed because Hyde is an actual vampire disguised as a rock star

sam? sam hyde?

For me the smile era 2004 to around season's call 2006 when its peaked. He is too damn beautiful to handle.

Same here, I heard his song when I was middle school. And so I was hook to every since then. I’m now 33 years old and I’m still a fan of his.

Wait how old is he? It's the first time I hear about him tho he looks quite young

i’m 19 and i tot he looks super young, he’s damn hot for a 51 y/o dude.

😁

That's the real reason 😂

Ahahahah that's a good reason 😁❤️

😆😆😊😉👍💕

I'm pretty sure because HYDE is the most popular rock star in Japan

SAME

Ever seen fma? He sings many of their ops

Ever heard of L'Arc~en~Ciel? He is the singer.

if you've watched anime, you've probably heard a few of their songs. (GTO, SamuraiX, Gundam, FMA - to name a few.)

count me in, i know Hyde is laruku vocalist. but didn't know he's still exist solo-ing until now.

Without his sunglasses on too!

I have no idea why he’ve accepted the offer. Awesome!

@@beatritos Or people who knew him have came across this channel and this video at random? Im in here due to the fact that I'm looking for info useful for my students who are passionate about Japan and would love to go there and learn japanese. I like his music but I had no idea that he has ever had any interview as this one.

And well maybe I can add to this that I started to listen to him while living in Sweden, so... well, so much for Europeans not knowing who he is or not listening to this band ;-)

@@beatritos Well for me it worked. I qam german and i watch anime all my life but never got into Hydes music. After that video right now i think i need to listen into it ^^

True.

Yes but much better than Depp.

Yes, this is so true 💖🙃😊 HYDE THE BEST 💖

I don't think so.HYDE has himself style.

Have you seen his cosplay of Jack Sparrow at the Haloween concert in Japan? ;)

Or Spirit Dreams Inside, from the Final Fantasy movie

But that's larc en ciel as a whole band. Hyde alone, I hate saying this never made a crack in the states. Don't get me wrong I love Hyde but I feel like he's new songs are way too Americanized to the point of caricature. I loved his first 3 solo albums! They were awesome but his new stuff is too engrish for me. I feel like Miyavi made a better transition. Hyde could have easily done a better transition to the states if he tone down the character and sticked to his laruku appearance.

@@eldirtyfaygo5395 Can't be much worse than how DeG turned out >>

Attack on Titan too. :3

@@eldirtyfaygo5395 Dont get me wrong, i dont know this dude, but hearing his music... Its typical Japan and will never be big in America or the EU. Offcourse there will be fans here.

Simon Johnson best fuckin comment mate

The Natsuki!!!

And somehow, I love Natsuki even more.

That's a great song, but you can't beat "Cycle Bicycle".

no one i know heard of this guy till you mentioned him. very interesting artist

@@mejeff7478 Could it be a difference in generations?

@@RaeneTheFaerie maybe im 33 now. he is not on our radio here or in our charts that i know of. maybe its because im from England, maybe hes just much more famous in east europe or asia? :o but hes very good i admit

@@mejeff7478 well he's famous in japan not england, if you watch anime chances are you've heard one of his songs before because he's made countless anime soundtracks.

So Japan likes old people to be their rock stars?? Strange. . .

I first knew of him because of the film Moon Child, and then, later I attended a VAMPS concert in Seattle, WA.

Right? I have a lot of his songs in my iPhone lmao

Had his songs on my ipod

My idol, Korean superstar Jaejoong idolizes and looks up to Hyde so of course I've long appreciated his amazing talents. Jaejoong has become friends now with Hyde and you can see the love and respect in his eyes when they are together. He gave Hyde an extremely costly designer bracelet of his own and when Hyde found out how much it cost he tried to give it back but Jaejoong refused, because it symbolized his great love and respect for Hyde.

There's even more his russian fans since L'Arc-en-Ciel made several anime-openings back in the day. L'Arc-en-Ciel, Gackt, Dir En Grey, The Gazette are well-known here in Russia among japanese pop-culture enthusiasts.

The men audience in anime concert are creeps. Weebs.

@@Hetzerg when life is tough people tend to pursue digital characters

one of my most unforgettable moments in japan, a girl group performing in Osaka where the audience are mostly adult men, some are even dancing to the songs. I was questioning reality when i saw it.

@@carmcam1 I just love that about Japan. I saw a documentary about Japanese culture in the world outside Japan and there was a bit about how non-Japanese anime fans and their affection for anime was conceived by Americans and Japanese respectively. The video showed a guy showcasing his room which was nothing short of a shrine to a particular anime. When prompted, he reenacted the intro dance to the anime in a not too choreographed way but clearly knowing all the moves. The American reactions were all along the line of: - 18ish teen boy:"dude, wtf. Just stop already." - late twenties woman: "jesus, cringy *embarrassed laughter*" - 20-something male anime fan: "eh, basic weeb. It's guys like him that give the rest of us a bad name" - Man, mid 30s: "eternal virgin walking! *laughter*" etc. However, all of the Japanese reactions were either positive, surprised, or a bit of both: - Male, older teenager, very surprised: "Wow, he even knows the dance? He must really like this anime!" - Woman, 20s: "Really? Anime is this popular outside Japan!? I had no idea!" - Male pensioner: "Is this young man living in Japan?" *When answered no* "So how is he watching anime?" *explaining about dvds sold abroad and streaming services* "And he prefers these (anime) to American ones? Well, that makes me feel proud!" - Woman 30-something: "I know this anime, it's really cute! I like the song, too!" *proceeds to do some of the dance moves, the guy in the video was doing, too* Amazing ^____^

@@carmcam1 That sounds amazing though?

i had the same thought

Yes. That's true. He is still very relevant in the eyes of JRock fans

Trinity, mate, people need a frame of reference. They're similar. That doesn't mean that anyone's saying they're the same people or that hyde copied bowie.

@@Kibannn Indeed. Clearly he was influenced by that kind of music/subculture. However, he's still his own artist. That said, it's not very difficult to draw comparisons to the artists who influenced him. Clearly "white music" from America and Europe also had other influences from other cultures and ethnicities. It's simple comparison about his music and artistic expression, not race. That's how creativity works, and why exposure to different cultures is so important for the advancement of human creativity.

Good times

Ahh a comment from the times before Corona got even worse

@@prvtthd401 ah yes a comment from earth time travelers before what's left of Humanity abandoned earth

MetalUnistoned God : ahh a comment when my children were tasked with an unbelievably hard test that I brought upon them and look at where they are now.

@@cappycat215 ahhh a comment from when earth was still a thing

yeah, he's so cool

That is supposed to be disrespectful according to traditional japanese culture.

@@yakuza2123 From what I know it's disrespectful if you use that term for people older than you esp when you just met the person.

honestly he probably just forgot his name and knew it started wit "nat" lol

@@amnos180188 Yeah it only disrespectful if you said Chan to older person because technically you placing yourself higher or older than that person. I mean Hyde was 51 Years old, it was still better to use San prefix because obviously, but it was Okay? For him to use Chan.

i would have died if i were him

50yrs old

@@kuyborja before Chris said the "3 decades" line, I thought Hyde was in his 20s or 30s!

Yeah! I was like, _did he have a career before he was even born!?_

my thoughts exactly..

He's 50 years old??? Omg he looks super young. (0_0)

Oh, there is still plenty of rock and metal culture in western culture, it's just that the most popular radios stations seem insistent on blaring the auto-tuned pop, rap and hip-hop drivel 24/7. There are *some* pop and rap songs I like, but none of the ones in the last decade have been any good. I wish they would play more rock and metal during the day instead of leaving it to a lot of late-night shows or specials.

@@hedera1332 There’s still some great pop songs but usually not the ones that are mainstream

After this video you actually listen more about Hyde ?

Stevphie Ricardo Then tells HYDE to draw him, lmfao

The most notorious dude, he even missed BBC live broadcast because of he did not charge his phone

Even worse, CARGO shorts

The legend himself, Chris! Lol

A Brit

There are a lot immortal animals in the world, aging is not natural, it is a disease.

@@segment9007 Not a lot of "animals" only bacteria and fungi.

@@bananasaur5209wrong.

@@bananasaur5209 Turritopsis dohrnii and rough eyed rockfish of the top of my head, both are not bacteria or fungi.

@@segment9007 salamander?

That’s so cool!!

omg that's my dream guitar... One of them at least haha

@@BlackWhiteCloud They're not bad. I mean, obviously they look awesome - I don't know much about this 'Ken' chap, but he has good taste. And Fernandes make a fine guitar. The one drawback is it doesn't have a tone knob. You could pretty easily add one if you were so inclined. There's probably enough space in the cavity to drill one in. Or you could use a concentric pot - but in that position it might get in the way. Otherwise they sound decent, and the locking tuners are always nice. But mainly you would just look really cool rocking one on stage

owned meaning you don't have them anymore?

@@TheBeatak Correct. I went through a brief phase of buying guitars from Japan in bulk and flipping them. There was a period when vintage Japanese guitars were sorely under-valued, and you could pick up a made in 70s strat copy for about $300 - that was every bit as good as the original. The market's caught up since then and tbh, for the same price you're better off just buying a new Fender. But the MIJs were great value until the cat got out of the bag.

Agreed hahaha

Agreed hahaha

He not boast true humble guy

I disagree. Hyde's voice has changed from his 90s to 00s recordings. Again, Hyde is trying to branch into America solely as himself, without L'arc en Ciel. To my (limited) knowledge, Hyde doesn't have a song on his solo-artist repertoire that was an anime song.

@@munmunyee mad qualia was the opening song for devil may cry I think, but im not sure that counts. Maybe it was a trailer or something nevermind

@@reizer05 That's true. He is probably showing Japanese-style humility. Although I find it frustrating at times, it is a part of Japanese culture that I truly appreciate. The excessive bragging in western culture is embarrassing. Shameful, even.

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HES 51? he doesnt look it at all

This January 29, he is 51yo.

Almost 51, still 50 years old right now ahaha.

😁👍💞

@@BeanMachine360 It's from his time in the band VAMPS, that damn vampire life gave him immortality :P Check out L'arc~en~Ciel too if you don't know them, he's the singer there, on top of his solo work as HYDE

and for the newer weebs, he is the singer in attack on titan Opening 4

@@saddocatto9245 lol yes he is 😀

Obviously he's speaking in general terms.

I've been covering his songs in English for a while to get word out, yet no one sees them 😔

yea pretty sure l'arc en ciel world tour was a sold out globally

I think so too!

I was surprised when Hyde started talking. Even the voice tone looks the same.

Yes yess exactly how I felt!!!

That's not just limited to the Japanese. Every metalhead/rocker I know has the exact same vibe.

@@OLBarbok That's not what he actually meant though

@@OLBarbok Vibe means tone of voice, behaviour and characher. Example: He has quite a stern and serious vibe about him. And while this behaviour is not exactly identical it is similar enough

YES LOL!

in fashion yes but that skin is Keanu Reeves!

True lol 😂

@@MADEbySOUL i cant agree moree!!!!!!

Guyz have you checked his Edward Scissorhands cosplay?? Waaaay Depp than Depp's