GACKT Official Blog update. Translation below:

Starting from the end,
you can say that for this year as well, I somehow cleared it and came back.
Honestly,
it’s pretty tough on my body but
I once again felt strongly that
humans are basically beings that can do anything as long as they have KiAi after all.

In Shinagawa Prince’s Hiten, I got myself ready from morning until past 10 p.m.
and, in two portions that were split into the afternoon and the night,
I had a proper and peaceful birthday party with the LOVERS.
It was a time that could only be described as peaceful,
while the party went on with everyone’s warm gazes and all kinds of thoughts in my head.

I really feel blessed that
I can celebrate my birthday with everyone like this every year.

And the scariest part of every year….
is the birthday tequila festival from hell that goes on all night long after this.
This time it’s being held at Roppongi but
every year, we get so violent that any venue we go to will definitely blacklist us.

I can’t remember what time the tequila festival that started at 11 p.m. ended at all…
The only thing that I remembered most clearly was
that this year’s pace went much faster than usual.

Normally, tequila is consumed in shots but
in GACKT’s tequila festival, we start drinking from the bottle and passing it around halfway through.
This started because of something big but
this year, the timing of it was much earlier,
and many of my friends came up on stage, one after another, to drink with me,
and shared the suffering with me.
It’s crazy…

Honestly, there were those who drink in such a way that makes you wonder

『Is this really okay?』

but getting worried won’t make a difference.
Even I, myself, am already criticising those who drink like this.
At last year’s party, quite a number of my friends were sent to the hospital.

This year,
I first notified those who don’t drink that they shouldn’t come,
and maybe it’s because all those who can drink were gathered,
that the pace of people getting crushed was much faster than usual.

I remember that the birthday cake came out at the end but
memories of what happened after that are vague.
Then,
I regained consciousness around the time I arrived home.

And this is the picture I took.

This year as well, I somehow arrived home safely…

Again,
I’ll properly do my best from today until I celebrate my birthday next year.
I need more KiAi…
GACKT, do your best!!

Source: GACKT Blog

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA