Quite Simply, Gackt, full name 神威 楽斗 Kamui Gakuto is a Japanese Visual-Kei Singer. His name literally means God's Brilliance, Music Fighter. Aha, judging from that badass name, he must be awesome.
Well, As mentioned, he's a visual-kei singer. According to wikipedia here, is a musical style in Japan where singers put on a lot of white makeup and have androgynous appearances. But anyways, Gackt is somewhere in the middle. Androgynous, but male all the same.
I first heard of Gackt from this movie.
Kamen Rider Decade. He sang the theme song, which really coincidentally just came on in my random itunes playlist.
Journey Through the Decade. When I first heard this song, I was like, 'Wow, this guy sure has nice vocals'. I immediately went to Ares and downloaded this song.
Immediately, I was taken aback with this song.
I was somewhat surprised to hear that Gackt sang this song as well, since I PREVIOUSLY heard this song, and it was awesome. Soon, I was moving on to the third song of his DECADE trilogy.
Stay the Ride Alive. One of his better songs, I may add. After that, I was hooked on the voice of Gackt.
I typed in Gackt into my Ares search and several songs came out, among them JESUS, GHOST and several more. But 1 song caught my ear before all of them.
Last Song. It reminded me of her, her smile, her beauty. I remember the tears in my eyes as I first heard this song. The emotions....well, anyways, I soon moved on to his Final Fantasy Projects.
Oh, right. I forgot to mention that Gackt is also Genesis Rhapsodos from Final Fantasy VII Collection. This guy.
His costume, here.
Genesis is the result of project G, and he was the first SOLDIER to rebel against Shinra. In case you were wondering where had you heard this before, it happened to this guy.
Sephiroth. In a way, Gackt's character, Genesis was the original Sephiroth.
The buddies are pictured here. ANYWAYS, back to the topic. He recorded 2 songs for Dirge of Cerberus. Redemption and Longing.
But eventually I moved on to what I consider his best song-Flower.
This song always sends a shiver down my spine. Now....Gackt has other projects, such as Show Your Heart and whatnot. I LOVE GACKT!!!!