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*squinting at that "poc in alternative music" tumblr post* okay either one of us got wrong information somewhere or laruku has two bi guys in it.

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From:

hitokage

I mean.... *gestures at hyde's pansexual ass*

From:

stardust_rifle

*tenthands* elaborate?

(i'm actually being serious here, i would like to have more Info on the subject than "some rando on a forum said it")

From:

hitokage

I'd have to ask wife if she remembers the exact source, but hyde himself says he doesn't like to be labeled, but if pressed, he would say he leans pansexual. But his first preference is to not be labeled at all, so we mostly stick with that.

(I feel like it was maybe a video interview for YT? If it's the video I *think*, it wasn't some big name press service, it was some indie journo who got to spend a day shadowing hyde and interviewing him in a mix of Japanese and English, but I could be confusing my videos and lort knows my brain can't remember when this was, other than he was preparing for solo show(s).)

[eta] I asked and sadly she can't remember exactly when/where it happened either. XD Sometimes our shitty memories can combine to make most of one decent memory. Other times not so much. XD I wish I could remember enough to have a hope of finding the exact interview again... it's not a question he's usually asked, so it was almost definitely a nosy American who asked, and yet he had an answer ready, so.... :shrugs:

Edited (see eta) Date: 2022-05-05 03:17 am (UTC)

From:

stardust_rifle

don't worry, this was interesting!

[and so the post (which said that tetsu was bi) was wrong in like. three separate ways. that's impressive.]

(unless tetsu's bi also)

From:

hitokage

I mean, it's not a question that's regularly asked by ... pretty much anyone covering VK, but especially not in Japan, so... In the 20+ years I've been following the band, I can't remember any time tetsu's made a statement about it one way or the other. There've been theories, but then he got married and since People Are Dumb, that was seen as the end of it (because people are dumb). These days, my inclination is if someone's still deeply embedded in a counter-culture genre in their 30s, 40s, and beyond, odds of them being straight are, imo, on the decline the longer they stay in it.