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Visual kei (Japanese: ヴィジュアル系 or V系, Hepburn: Vijuaru Kei , lit. "Visual Style") is a music scene and movement that originated in Japan during the late 1980s, influenced by glam rock and other 1980s rock music styles. It is sometimes called a genre, a style, or a music scene, similar to how Shibuya- kei is described.
Defined by its emphasis on visuals and performance, musical artists involved in the movement incorporate varying levels of make-up, elaborate hairstyles and costumes, often coupled with an androgynous aesthetic.
Visual kei was pioneered by groups including X Japan, Dead End, Buck-Tick, D'erlanger and Color and gained further notoriety in the 1990s through the success of groups like Luna Sea, Glay, L'Arc-en-Ciel and Malice Mizer. Its success continued through the 2000s with more musically broad bands such as Dir En Grey, the Gazette, Alice Nine, Girugamesh and Versailles, a period which some critics termed "neo-visual kei".
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- Added: Jul 20, 2024