GACKT Official X Update. Translation below
“Do you think I’m a normal person?”
Reading this report, I was reminded once again…
I apologize to anyone who came to see the “Demon King Symphony” expecting a “classical concert.”
The audience screams.
The conductor wildly waves his baton,
the orchestra goes mad, and everyone watching finds themselves participating in a ritual.
By any measure, this is not a well-behaved classical performance.
But I never intended to create something like that from the start.
Sitting quietly, listening to the music politely, applauding, and leaving—anyone could create such a predictable harmony.
What I wanted was a world where the boundaries between performers and audience break down, the boundaries between orchestra and band break down, and in the end,
a world where you no longer even know what you came to see.
That’s it, that’s it.
No, that’s the Demon King Symphony.
“So, what exactly was the Demon King Symphony?”
If someone asks me that, I’d answer:
Figure it out yourself.
I don’t really know either.
That’s what makes it interesting.
Those who find comfort in predictable outcomes don’t need to come.
I’m always desperately trying to assemble various things, and just when I’m about to finish, I want to tear it all down.
Then I assemble it again.
Yes, it’s a mess.
Well, someone who isn’t a mess wouldn’t give it a name like “Demon King Symphony,” right?
『ボクをまともな人間だと思ってるのか？』
このレポートを読んで、
改めて思ったのだが…。【魔王シンフォニー】を
「クラシックコンサート」だと思って来た人には申し訳ない。客は叫ぶ。
指揮者はタクトを振り乱し、
オーケストラは狂い出し、
見ているみんなが、
気づけば儀式に参加している。… https://t.co/DERMUmbwR1 pic.twitter.com/ZtZevM4xHk— GACKT (@GACKT) August 31, 2026
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
Translation © GACKT ITALIA