He's truly a gem. You rarely have artists nowadays that say out loud what they think, so blatantly like he did, and be absolutely charming while doing so. I'm still sad that I discovered him so 'late', my teenage self would have loved him.

話してるhideを見るのも大好き。声のトーンが癒される。空の上にいってしまう前日だなんて信じられない。彼女がいることも即答している所が俄然カッコいい★☆

HIDE is the greatest guitarist in Japanese history. He is a legend. His solo work was so different from being in X Japan. You can tell he was much happier as a soloist and doing his thing. He was the show no matter what he was doing. Such a musical magician and obviously a heart throb to those women who saw him. The fact he liked Ace Frehley of Kiss, Jimmy Page of Zepplin, and came here in the 90's to get a better understanding of twin guitars just amplifies his stardom. He was willing to learn from the best because he wanted to be the best and he is ranked #1 by so many guitarist experts of the Japanese culture. Pata close 2nd. Sugizo also right there. R.I.P. Hide you are sorely missed

OMG! I went from a very sad video about his death and now this clip. I agree that it is so much easier to celebrate his wonderful inspiring life, rather than keep grieving for his passing. I know it hasn't been easy. He is such an inspirational musician. RIP hide. We'll never forget you!

5:19 His shoulder is in discomfort, in which Yoshiki claims his death was accidental as he was trying to alleviate the pain (from the guitar strap) with a towel tied to the doorknob but he reckons he fell asleep due to being intoxicated.

I just discovered hide not even a week ago. When he died, I was only 4 years old. Why do I feel so guilty for not knowing what happened or being there to help him? Sometimes my thoughts rabbit trail into thinking that I'd rather give up my life for his. I know it's the wrong way of looking at it, but it's an urge that's just there. hide, I just met you and I already miss you.

There's no one who can come close to hide. He was a beautiful, intelligent, talented man. He had love for others. In return we love him. Miss you hideto, my hero 💙

"I'd screw around like a motherfucker" I made a good choice when I chose him as my role model.

これ見たら、絶対絶対、自ら命を絶つ人なんかじゃない！!

これの次の日にhideちゃんはお星様になっちゃった。。。。全然そんなオーラないよね。。。人間って本当にどうなるかわからないね。。。

4 years later , i'm coming back to this video just to see the last look of him before he left us . What a huge and tragic lost , we miss you hide . if only you were here today , Rock In Peace . once again we miss you .

I have no strong opinion on whether his death was accidental or intentional, and I think the constant focus on that question is missing the forest for the trees. One could argue his regular heavy drinking appeared to be a symptom of un-wellness. Some speculate it was the cause. Either way, he died due to attempting to alleviate his pain, either physical or mental, and the line between those two things is negligible. Though only one of them is unfairly stigmatized... Many are spreading myths about how suicidal people look/act by saying there's no way he could have those thoughts due to appearing at ease in certain moments. There are multiple examples of celebrities conducting 'happy' final appearances, even recently the Korean idols Sulli and Jonghyun, who both uploaded images of themselves smiling and laughing in the weeks leading up to their suicides. Not to mention the collectivist mindset of countries like Japan that encourages people to keep quiet about their problems in public and never 'rock the boat.' It is not unthinkable that hide had these thoughts. Instead of denying the possibility so easily, try thinking about why you even feel the need to do so. Would it make him a bad or foolish person if it were intentional? (the answer is no.) And what of a number of his fans, who killed themselves in the wake of his death? For them, at the very least, hide's death could've been used to have a national-level conversation in Japan about confronting prejudices surrounding mental illness, and then one positive thing would've come out of all this. Instead people would rather pretend depressed individuals are 100% miserable 100% of the time, thus continuing the situation that makes it so difficult for struggling people to seek help with their pain and resort to 'self-medicating', like hide's departed fans did. It is totally lacking in compassion and is a fucking insult to their memory and his.

He says his shoulder hurts. This may prove Taiji's theory to be accurate.

I've only been a fan of X-JAPAN for a few weeks. But I cry every time I listen to Hide's interviews or watch their old lives. I love you Hide

I wonder why there arn't more interviews that are subbed, i only learned about hide today and i'm kind of sad that i can't watch and understand the other interviews and learn more about him, thank you for subbing this one i really appreciate it :)

Its sad watching this now and make it more worse is find out that this interview held a day before his death. Omg.. if the time turnel is exist I'll definitely wana be back to that day and save him. But reality check he is gone now. I've been listening to XJapan 6 years now. And yea like any others fans out there, I MISS U SO MUCH HIDETO MATSUMOTO. R.i.P

Mellie you are an absolute star !!! Thank you so much for these subs - priceless !! Thanks, thanks and thanks again :)

So sad.. watching this interview and knowing he died the day after

Millie, thank you for translating this interview😎 I wish more Hide videos had subs, he was an incredibly talented man. If you get a chance check out Eng translations of his book (also Taiji autobio)

永遠に大好きだ　Hideさん Hideのファン　from Thailand

THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THIS WITH SUBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your colours will never fade, hide! we love you!

Thx for English subtitles.... hide.. I luv you..... forever...

its so weird to see hide's last act in his career is being in an interview. Not that theres anything wrong with that, its just so unreal that he dies the next day. Still, he still rocks in our hearts. hide is

今日も元気もらいました！！！！！

RIP Hide..so beautiful

For once the interviewers werent annoying..especially the lady, shes cool...people like hide only come once in a lifetime...R.I.P....we still remember you, forever and always

He was such a badass.

Oh shit, i love this man ):

I miss him so much 😭

*sigh*...it's so painful to watch this....hide seems to be in such a good mood...yet we know that just a day after this he left us forever T___T death comes so suddenly and unexpected...*sigh* At least he will live forever in the memory of his dear fans...I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU

Thanks a lot!!

Isn't this like - the day before he died? R.I.P. hide - you'll forever be loved.

End of an era. :( RIP Hideto Matsumoto (1964-1998)

すきだーーー

確かにhideさんの曲は四文字熟語とか格言とか多いよね(^^) 知らないものはさりげなく辞書で調べてしまう・・笑。

あなたはいつも私の意識の中にいるでしょう。

yeah, you're right . i'm impressed as well, i think he had took english classes as well !!

2 days ago I was in the X Japan final round World Tour. My heart, mind and soul are still in the concert up untill now. That's why I came here to see Hide. And another reason I came here is because Yoshiki was telling a story in the concert about how they established the band and all the pain they went through when they lost beloved Hide and Taiji ; ( ...@StarlightDreamer12 Thanks for looking up the meaning of that proverb. So, I don't need to look it up myself. Lol

Awwwww Hideko and Rie, beautiful names

11 years today. R.I.P.

5:19 From here you can see that he had the pain on his shoulder..

He said he was in x japan for Yoshiki, for what bound them together?

He had been drinking with his brother later on this day. Sometimes too much alcohol wasnt good with Hide, he would get into confrontations with his bandmates but always apologize afterwards. I believe he took his own life sadly, but it was under the influence of alcohol. Sucks. I still idolize him to this day. Very creative, very a head of his time, and influential. A damn shame, the music industry would've beem very different. I remember his Pink Spider song being used on a music channel in WA called The Box. RIP Hide.

If you know what the rest of the members said, they said it was a stress relief thing that they all did, Hide just happened to stay there too long.

A day after this show, Hideto is no longer in this world

missyou... RIPHIDE

yes, they can. U can search on youtube.. hide made few songs in English such as Electric Cucumber... Yoshiki can speak fluent English as well

"i'll screw around like a mother******" hmm, i begin to love this guy :)

Hide was looking so good in everything 💗 he was so kind hearted and polite person 😥💗

I Love him...

Hide i miss you a lot ... so sad T.T

Evidence of the fact that he was doing the shoulder relief towel thing when he died!?

happy Birthday Hideeeeeeeeeeeeee

yeah I speak french too, but I'm not fluent. On a conversational level, I'm ok but to work with French professionally, I would need to travel more to boost my vocabulary and my hearing skills (etc.) But to teach Spanish or French in the school setting, you really don't need much, and that's what I'm about to do, in the meantime. I'm really impressed with Yoshiki's English however, and from the way he speaks, I can tell he was an avid studier and good at foreign languages.

break my heart ;____;

Hide rocks

When i die i really want to meet him. But what if i can't find him or he isn't there? I'm worried now -.- ....

this video makes you think his dead was definitely an accident

Maybe hide reincarnated like a girl named Rie :)

Back when VK musicians didn't have to hide there personal lives like idols.

thats why well never see the end of the jo bros if zilch had gone as far as hide wanted wed all be lisning to him right now

yes

He died just like every GREAT musician...not by natural death (like John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Elvis, Freddie Mercury...) sad but true. I miss you a lot Hide. R.I.P. *sorry for my crappy english u,u*

lol the camera man is pissing himself laughing a some points in the interview!!!

@0625chao domo arigatou, I just wondered what they ment

@LuminaBlade seriously it was 16 hours?? O'O

❤️

eh? the interview was done one day before hide's death?? oh god...

french is easily harder than english, yoshiki himself said it. and i know it since i speak french

omg i love u soo much hide-san ^^

Obviously it's impossible to know, but from this interview it does not seem like he is suicidal. Maybe his mindset changed quickly but in my mind I find it more likely that it was an accidental death now that I've seen this interview.

It was actually. I know it's hard to believe but it was. He was found in his bathroom the next morning.

No way in hell he committed suicide. Was def. an accident

hide's cute...he's funny when the part of this vid that he said he wanted to be a girl,wow! super fun

감사합니다

this interview was filmed a day before his death

画竜点睛も結構響きがガキがきしてると思う。

That Information I diden´t know of. So thanks for sharing that info with me =) But what a way to take care of stress... Never heard of that solution before. But what a great loss -_-

funny enough i was thinking the same thing

もしかして・・・これは・・・hideが永遠の眠りにつく数時間前の映像ってことですか?あれから20年のhideの日はこの映像を見ながらワイン飲みます・・・この映像が見れて嬉しいです。ありがとうございます。

I freaked out with that cause my name is Hideko xDDDDDD

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OMG did he die the day after he has done this interview ??

my name is rie!!!!!

#hidememorialday

I Love u...

I have the whole vid of HIDE his invincble deluge evidence and i need someone to sub it if you can i will email it to you

Female version of hide? My body is ready. (I would've also picked the girl).

1:25

사자성어는 한국에도이고 중국에도잇을텐데. 히데노래쫌 더 들어봐야겟당

He looks withdrawn here..

Hide as a girl .. a slut xD damn i love this man, RIP hide :)

It was the last interwiew that he did right?

isnt it kind of a coincidence that he was asked whether he liked solo work or playing with X, and the next day he was found dead, and many pressumed suicide with the reason that he missed playing with X? I dont know, i dont even wanna think about it. I just think that hide would have been a great man today as much as he was back then. Rock in peace, hide.

T.T...

for sure was an accident...

the right side of his face (from our view) looks so strange could be he had a stroke? or he had cancer? but him talking is looking so different from "normally", in earlier interviews one side of his face is kinda dropping and he touches it several times

by the way, i had become a huge hide fan (fan of his music, i mean, i never tried finding out about who he actually was) long before i discovered he had died...it was like a huge shock...thats why that response is like that...what's your problem?

I believe hide was fluent. I believe Toshi speaks English pretty well (may be fluent) and Yoshiki is definitely fluent. I'm not sure about the other members.

one night he got drunk and accidentally hung himself with a towel on a doorknob