{"id":748,"date":"2011-07-26T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=748"},"modified":"2011-07-16T08:28:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-16T12:28:30","slug":"july-video-challenge-gackt-arittake-no-ai-de-with-all-my-love-redemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/07\/26\/july-video-challenge-gackt-arittake-no-ai-de-with-all-my-love-redemption\/","title":{"rendered":"July Video Challenge: Gackt, Arittake No Ai De [With All My Love] \/ Redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This time I picked two videos by the same artist because I genuinely just couldn&#8217;t choose only one to share. They are both from the same record, The 11th Day Single Collection, but that is about the only thing they have in common. The first one Arittake No Ai De [With All My Love], is a sweet pop song for &#8220;the one that got away&#8221;; Redemption is a hard-rock howl of rage and loss.<\/p>\n<p>I picked the first one because it looks predictable and uncomplicated, at first, and then all of sudden there is BLOODY VIOLENCE and then Gackt comes in and literally hits rewind and redirects \/ fixes the narrative arc:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"GACKT\u300c\u3042\u308a\u3063\u305f\u3051\u306e\u611b\u3067\u300d\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_hohLjsnp0_8\"><div id=\"lyte_hohLjsnp0_8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/hohLjsnp0_8\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">GACKT\u300c\u3042\u308a\u3063\u305f\u3051\u306e\u611b\u3067\u300d<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/hohLjsnp0_8\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/hohLjsnp0_8\/0.jpg\" alt=\"GACKT\u300c\u3042\u308a\u3063\u305f\u3051\u306e\u611b\u3067\u300d\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The second one I selected because it was used as the theme song for <em>Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerebus<\/em> and so has Final Fantasy-themed costumes and also Deeply Symbolic Birds of Prey all over everywhere:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"GACKT\u300cREDEMPTION\u300d\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_LXp0v93ZRTs\"><div id=\"lyte_LXp0v93ZRTs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LXp0v93ZRTs\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">GACKT\u300cREDEMPTION\u300d<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/LXp0v93ZRTs\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LXp0v93ZRTs\/0.jpg\" alt=\"GACKT\u300cREDEMPTION\u300d\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As some context for all of this, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gackt.com\/us\/\">Gackt<\/a> was formerly the lead singer for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malice-mizer.co.jp\/top.html\">Malice Mizer<\/a>, a visual kei band, whose look and sound was essentially goth crossed with glam, punk, metal, and French romanticism and turned up to 11. Ten years ago he went solo, and in addition to his musical accomplishments he&#8217;s also appeared in several films and stage productions and lent his voice to a number of different projects.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the YouTube channel for the label he&#8217;s on, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/crownrecord\">Nippon Crown<\/a>, is full of fascinating material and well worth checking out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time I picked two videos by the same artist because I genuinely just couldn&#8217;t choose only one to share. They are both from the same record, The 11th Day Single Collection, but that is about the only thing they have in common. 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