GACKT OFFICIAL YOUTUBE channel “Gakuchan” update. New video with GACKTm transcript below:

Hello, this is GACKT.

Well, let’s see. This is sudden, but regarding my (upcoming performance on) Music Station… It’s been cancelled. Yes.

So… Since there are quite a number of parties who are involved in this, I won’t provide a detailed explanation for this, but…

Right in the beginning, when I received the offer, they said to me that they would like me to appear as a guest and sing a cover of a summer song. And on my end, I decided, ‘Well, if that’s the case, alright then.’ This time, I gave my consent in the beginning.

However, when information about the program’s content was released, I thought, ‘Wait a minute? Isn’t this different than what I was told?’ So… After that, I checked in and received confirmation that… for some reason, between the TV station and the middlemen was a situation where the communication of information was not getting through properly at all, and everything kept piling up and (eventually culminated in a case where) what I understood and what the other party understood was a little… quite… well, it’s not a little, it was very different.

It got me thinking, ‘Isn’t that kind of discourteous?’ And so, I decided to tell them, ‘I’m afraid I must decline (to perform).’

This isn’t about pinning the blame on anyone, but it’s simply a case where there was a break in communication and information did not get conveyed well. And, well, I just consider this with the hope that such a case would not have to happen again in future.

However, what I feel bad about is… I’ve received a lot of messages from those who have been looking forward to enjoying the song, those who wanted to listen to it, wanted to watch the performance. And I’m really really sorry to those people.

You could say that this is an apology. But I thought that it would be nice to bring to you the song I planned to sing on this program from my studio; Shima Uta in acapella.

Since this is the situation we’re presently in, I’ll be glad as long as this song can bring healing to even at least one person’s heart.

Without further ado, do have a listen.

And now, I’ll head to the studio to prepare too.

Transcript: Yoshi @ GACKT ITALIA Team

Transcript © GACKT ITALIA