GACKT Official Blog update. Translation below:

Today started with training too.
It was around 9 a.m. when I fell asleep so
when I woke up, it was 1 p.m..

At this rate, it seems like the jet lag will never get fixed.
I’m screwed… I thought, and headed to the gym.
Maybe because my body is a little sluggish, but I didn’t really have much power.

After moving my body for awhile at the gym, I went back to the room and prepared to head out.
A few days ago, I dropped my phone and my screen was shattered.
With this, it looks like a phone that belongs to a mentally unstable girl…
I decided to head towards a mobile phone shop.

Well then…
news about me seems to have accumulated in these few days, hasn’t it.
For some reason, I got described as having 【delinquent behavior】,
or 【delinquent flair】
because of me happening to post a picture with my middle finger up.

Ahahaha, stop it, it makes me embarrassed when I read that
I’ve got 【delinquent flair】 and such just because I stuck out my middle finger.
So uncool…
It makes me think, just how uncool is this definition of delinquent?.
It’s the end of the world if a person becomes a delinquent just because of a middle finger.

Internationally speaking,
sticking out your middle finger is just another way of expression.
Not like it’s a place of formality…
Do I have to seriously explain point by point
for crap like this?
How absurd…

Also,
there were comments like
『I didn’t think that you were that sort of person』
being said on my Instagram post,
so, in the first place, what kind of person did you think I was?
I didn’t just start taking photos with my middle finger up now,
and I’ve always been uploading such pictures here and there.
Like,
please use such lines, which sound like opinions of a female high school student who just started dating,
on other idols instead.
To me, it’s full of the feeling that it’s too late.

Why not you tell me what kind of gestures I should be using in that situation too?
Isn’t this the same pattern as those news who specifically pick up certain photos
and say things like “The actual meaning of the reverse peace sign is…”?
It’s really stupid.
Or rather, is Japan ignorant of the world…

Moreover.
My staff looked into it and
in the 800 comments on Instagram,
the number of those who reacted like this were so few that can be counted on one hand.
Furthermore, after the news came out,
most of those comments appeared as if with timing.

In addition,
of all things, I’m living overseas, so saying something like 【foreigner wannabe】 to me…
You know…
I’ve been sticking out my middle finger
since the 【Rokudenashi Blues】 era so,
that’s already been 30 years…

Clearly, you know too little about me.

If you look at my old photos,
you’ll know that I take photos with a variety of gestures so
if you’re going to write an article about GACKT, please study a little more about me.
From here on, I’ll be taking photos with all kinds of fingers sticking up.

In conclusion,
if you’re going to overreact,
you just don’t have to look at my Instagram and you’ll be fine right?

Oh well,
because such things become news in this world,
I suppose I should think that 【Japan is extremely peaceful】…

Also, this is a digression but,
it writes 【If you look at the comments by netizens…】 but
when you click on the source that’s provided, 2ch jumps out.
Hey hey, it’s exactly because your news is based on comments from 2ch
that this world is going to end.

How dirty…
It’s just full of such shitty news.

Well, in the end, with these things,
I suppose they do it to increase the view count and earn more ad revenue but
instead, don’t you think that such rotten 【piggyback businesses】that ride on someone’s story that they posted,
and makes use of it more, before attacking me, is a bigger problem?

I suppose everyone uses all means and ways to increase the hit count though.
Oof, cold, cold…

Also,
there’s also a reason why I uploaded such a crass video of me downing a bottle of tequila in one go.

That’s because at my private birthday party,
it is something that is usually kept low profile,
and I had no intention of drawing attention to it but
here and there, someone started leaking a video they took,
so before those around me start to talk irresponsibly about this and that,
I uploaded it myself.

Well, they’re also say that I’m showing 【delinquent flair】 through this too
If you become a delinquent by drinking alcohol in one shot, then Japan is filled with delinquents.

Also,
unless you’re extremely stupid, I don’t think anyone will imitate that though.

Let me put this in a way where I won’t get misunderstood.
I know that an amount of this extent is one that I can drink.
That’s why, at the closing of the party, I’m only lightly drinking what was passed to me
and I’m not overdoing it so it’s not a lethal amount to me.

The limit of each person is different isn’t it?
There are those who collapse and need to be carried after one beer
while there are also those like me or YOSHIKI or Ayano Go, who are exceptionally strong with alcohol.
This is obvious but each person should drink responsibly within their range.
Because we’re all old enough to know better.

Those who write such articles,
and the 2ch users who commented and were waiting for this too.
Before finding fault with others,
please handle yourself properly.

Before this, I had a conversation about
『What should I do if people write about me online?』
with a certain female celebrity,
I guess there are quite a few people who become neurotic
because we start to worry about such things in this internet era…

Well, in that sense,
I suppose its a good thing that I’m pretty insensitive though.

The people who write such articles are probably depressed.
I guess there are a lot of people who will slander famous people, celebrities,
athletes, and of course, politicians, online, even if they’re just living life normally.

People who write daily in the difficult to understand internet world.
Do you want to draw attention to yourself,
or do you want to relieve your stress,
or do you want to make attacking other people your reason for living,
or is it that you’ve got nothing to do,
or does your entire life revolve around ad revenue?

Even if I say that those people should be ignored,
I suppose there are still people who will feel bothered.

It’s better if you live happily in the way you’ve been living so far,
and in the way that you think you should.
Life is far shorter than what you think it’ll be.
There’s nothing dumber than to
be bothered by other people’s silly voices online.

【Listen to what others say】 and
【Take note of what’s written about you online】 are
completely different in their fundamental meanings.

Getting angry when reading such articles is a waste of time.
Instead, you should think of it as a stupid story that was posted.

Otherwise,
you won’t be able to spend the day with a smile right?

『Your life belongs to you.
Instead of being bothered by others, please spend the day with a smile』

Source: GACKT Blog

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA