• facebook
  • twitter
  • rss

X JAPAN's YOSHIKI Joins SKRILLEX On Stage At Japan's FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL

July 30, 2018

This past Saturday (July 28),X JAPAN leader Yoshiki made a surprise appearance on stage with DJ and producer Skrillex at one of Japan's biggest outdoor music events, Fuji Rock Festival '18, held at Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata, Japan.

The 40,000 fans at the main stage were shocked by Yoshiki's arrival, but soon began cheering and shouting for the unexpected collaboration between two globally famous artists. As Skrillex played a special mix he created for Yoshiki, Yoshiki began to perform X JAPAN's "Endless Rain" on a crystal piano. At the otherworldly intro, loud cheers shook the venue, and the voices of tens of thousands of fans sang the song's famous chorus while Yoshiki played accompanied by Skrillex's guitar.

Yoshiki then moved to his drum set for one of Skrillex's top hits, "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites", creating an amazing fusion of classical and rock music with EDM. Yoshiki shared his thanks with the audience: "Thank you, Skrillex! Thank you, everyone here! You all are awesome!" Skrillex responded in Japanese "Domo arigato! (Thank you so much!)", gaining further applause from the audience. Fans continued chanting "We are… X!" long after Yoshiki left the stage.

Yoshiki and Skrillex, a multiple Grammy Award winner who is counted among the top 10 "DJ Mag Top 100 DJs," became fast friends when Skrillex visited Yoshiki's L.A. studio several months ago and pitched the surprise collaboration. Yoshiki accepted enthusiastically and made last-minute changes to his recording schedule for the forthcoming X JAPAN album to return to Japan for the Fuji Rock Festival appearance.

After his performance, Yoshiki appeared on Yoshiki Channel to talk about the event. "It was so satisfying," he said. "The fans were warm, and I was touched to hear everyone. The audience was wonderful." Skrillex also joined the Yoshiki Channel broadcast and revealed the reason for choosing "Endless Rain". "I've visited Japan a few times, but this was the first song I sang here," he said. The pair talked further about being artistic comrades from different genres who mutually inspire each other. "Like hip-hop expanded through collaborations," said Yoshiki, "I want to expand as well and contribute to the revival of rock in this world."

Find more on X japan
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).