The Story of MARIA CROSS - The Most Hated Visual Kei Musician

[@demmiborgir]

someone saying "however, he's not sexy...at all" would have been my villain origin story 2

[@karolinedemon]

One thing is that he sounds way better on recordings than during his street performances

[@FIyingSheep]

Those poor fans around him during the street performances looks like theyre being held at gunpoint to be there holy crap

[@cynatriss]

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!! maria cross is. absolutely the person of all time. i remember when the SA accusations came out and there were debates on those which was bonkers af? but it was exactly as you said: nothing really came of it because of japans weird age of consent, she was an older minor. ofc that doesn't excuse it and i always make sure to inform people lmao it's also possible he was arrested for like a day and bailed out, which can explain why he was tweeting/blogging but just laying low on music production. and i am but an internet person, so you can choose to believe or not, but the nudes DO exist. ive. unfortunately seen them. the gay porn does exist, but is extremely hard to find - ive only seen snippets of it. the fact he named his project tsunagari is also hysterical to me, like very meta maria. what a bonkers human being kazuhiko naoki is. someone should study him, kisaki, and kenji (golden bomber)'s brains. there has to be some secret to the world we're missing.

[@reinatakagawa]

The rumour at the time was exactly that he was arrested at first, and then released a day later after some details had been checked or something (presumably due to insufficient evidence, or maybe even the case being withdrawn by the victim, who knows).

[@pizzaengrey]

what did kenji do

[@riri_doesnothingatall]

kenji???😭🙏

[@reinatakagawa]

@@pizzaengrey Presumably this refers to him having a sex meet with a 15 year old French boy after a concert and then ghosting him. That's the one I remember anyway

[@cynatriss]

@@reinatakagawa that's what i remembered too!!! but the vid mentioned maria won up against kenji for the most cursed bandman of 2024, so maybe theres something else? i'm not familiar on my golden bomber, i just remember the french fiasco

[@warumonokurenai]

Oh the good old times where this was going on and nobody really understood wtf was happening

[@demmiborgir]

Thts what im saying! Folks think today's news is drama, never knowing the true tea

[@Pierrue]

I never knew about him until now and it feels like KZbin recommended me some weird obscure vkei lore I missed since I wasn’t super exposed to vkei in the early 2000s. Great vid btw! I appreciate the research that went into it and it wasn’t boring to me. I loved your calm voice and accent.

[@alostkoi]

I hadn't laughed this much in such a while... What a piece of work this man was, but your video was 10/10

[@unknown6390]

I understand you not being satisfied with the video but I'm impressed with the research you did and I'm happy this story got told. I'm a newcomer to vkei and videos like yours are a huge treat

[@NeiraNorte]

Hey, just stumbled upon your channel thanks to the Gackt tier list. Your content is very unique and NOT boring. Such a trip down memory lane to the 2000s. Visual kei was so huge back then when I was in my late teens and early twenties. So, thank you for all these videos.

[@brifyjek]

Thank you ♥️

[@ch0nc]

Lets goo, i love your videos about obscure vkei stuff!

[@N3RURIN]

This was very interesting! His music is surely ,,, something. The 'he's not sexy, at all' comment killed me 🤣

[@dylric]

I’m absolutely fixated on visual kei;as of recent & i’ve always been fixated on history of music/fashion & subcultures in general, This is a great introduction to your channel to me 🥹

[@pinkxlulu]

Wow, VKei from the early 00s I never wanted to remember. Thank you 😅

[@canarykasey]

great video friend

[@brifyjek]

Thank you ♥️

[@nimhard]

After Romantica I knew I had to watch this!!

[@Vicky-fl1xo]

New Brifyjek video lessgoooo

[@Virgules]

thank you for this video omg i was surprised to see my scans at 14:35 lfmao

[@brifyjek]

Thank you for your service in scanning

[@0svvan0]

what is he, the Dahvie Vanity of Japan?

[@ThouShaltSuffer1]

The original Dahvie

[@ClarityZSS]

No, Dahvie Vanity is the Maria Cross of America

[@allureidea]

maria cross walked so dahvie could run

[@toxiknao8826]

Japan has a certain age of consent law compared to america

[@SOBEKCrocodileGod]

Or the 6ix9ine of Japan lol

[@mistekful]

As a composer his music is actually not really bad although his singing might be questionable at times.

[@Aliceundeaddoll]

Thank you sooo much for making this one!

[@Dreamystardust12]

Babe wake up Brifyjek uploaded and it's on my birthday🫶

[@brifyjek]

Happy birthday! 🥳

[@jknkjnkjnkj8967]

wait mine too! hbdddd

[@brifyjek]

@@jknkjnkjnkj8967 Happy birthday to you as well!

[@Dreamystardust12]

@jknkjnkjnkj8967 happy birthday!!!🎉

[@Dreamystardust12]

@@brifyjek thank youu!!🥹

[@chaotic.content]

it's absolutely amazing, the level of self confidence this human has in his singing abilities and vocal range. makes me feel like i can do anything

[@ThouShaltSuffer1]

Lastfm comments shows the news about csa are around 2008, I have the magazine pics of the lemon somewhere if you want to see and the aoc being 13 in japan was technical but only one one uninhabited island due to other laws overrunning it

[@itsrayyyyxd]

he makes me confident abt my singing skills... but hey bring his hairstyle back I think its cool (unlike him)

[@LichCrypt]

Outsider Music: Visual Kei edition

[@bassplayer8815]

I appreciate the freedom units mention.

[@0therun1t21]

I think I get the picture, cute happy metal mixed with whatever with gory lyrics has been done to death in Japan though, by people who can actually sing.. Maybe with opera lessons he might be able to do something. I don't like him so far and I feel bad for his girlfriend. I don't care about the p0rn. I do care if he hurt people, especially children. Yeah Japan's legal priorities should probably be reevaluated, like ours in the U.S.

[@ΓιώργοςΚαϊάφας]

only thing the algorithm does right

[@klc9807]

AAAAAAAAAAAHHH I was hoping for another funny one like the Romantica vid. :( But nah, fr love your videos! (Commented after the warning, before watching the whole video)

[@meisa.]

maria cross is my religion, i feel defeated once again

[@cherrisaki]

omg me too :((

[@jam_4769]

I really enjoyed the video

[@coldzzzzxxxx]

Kisaki is actually worse but never went to jail and other VK people are still f*cking with him which is disgusting. But why TF is Kenji from GB cursed? I couldn't find anything on google.

[@manasamatherealmanasama]

because he has pictures with his whole bum out

[@dececiled3525]

i dont think i couldve predicted any part of this video at all... ty 4 making it tho very funny :P

[@tomgibson6801]

8:40 god tier impression of a peacock if he was aiming for that

[@vicentgalvan70]

Great video! Can you consider doing one on Satsuki from Rentrer en Soi? He went from a successful band to doing cover of Kpop songs on Russian anime events.

[@brifyjek]

Thanks for the suggestion. I've never heard of him but this sounds very interesting.

[@milkxyie]

yay a new vid :33!!

[@Arshiya_fun_crystal]

Inside of some of the beauty, There are darkness

[@xaagripha7326]

if it wasnt for being a sex predator I could get behind the low quality performance in a ironic never say die kind of way. because they may not be a good Vkei act as a musician they would be great as a comedy act like a parody to the Vkei culture. which is a niece in japan that desperately needs creativity and new ideas. becuase its like a tim and eric sketch. and at some point in the video I was reminded of the aqua teen hunger force birth day song spirit journey formation. holy shit.

[@SOBEKCrocodileGod]

Why am I not surprised that the guy with 6ix9ine hair is a predator

[@KurayamiEris]

Helloween is from Germany and the way they spell Halloween over there is well, Helloween. As a Helloween fan myself, it dissappoints me that a person like this is also a Helloween fan...

[@elivile.]

This actually hurts my ears.

[@pyshicalnurose]

After watching your romantica and your Maria cross video will you ever do one about Kisaki 😅?

[@brifyjek]

I do have this guy in mind

[@OtakuGunsoNY]

wow I remember that dude :O I did used to follow him on ameblo way back then o-o

[@maggiesand8726]

HELLOWEEN MENTIONED

[@d0b0d0b]

Interesting! Especially his voice 🤨😳 ty

[@別れ道]

is there any chance you're from poland? 😭😭

[@brifyjek]

Yes, I am

[@karolinedemon]

I wondered too and i think i found confirmation on twitter and was so happy that i was right

[@RAFAELsantos-s1p]

7:02 Maria Cross girfrilend aura 1000%

[@mioatomic]

Why was imai on most cursed LMAO???

[@InYourFacePeaceOfSht]

I wonder the same

[@priscilavazquez3422]

I guess is because in the nineties he ended up in prison for drvgs tenency or something...?

[@m0sdet-s1ctvx]

Unrelates but was that the BandLab vaporwave pack?? EDIT: I meant BandLab. I was confused.

[@brifyjek]

I have no idea

[@m0sdet-s1ctvx]

​@@brifyjekI forgot, it was BandLab. My apologies.

[@fishthroat5928]

It’s so bad…I can’t lmfao

[@Ksawier2137]

Are you from Poland? I can hear our accent 😭

[@brifyjek]

Yes, I am

[@RAFAELsantos-s1p]

A coisa tá feia quando usa tv tropes de fonte

[@cherrisaki]

Maria sama is a drake???😭I thought he was pretty cool...

[@Zzz-zi5ox]

bro you have good ideas for videos but your voice is so monotonous i hope you can improve that in a near future, saludos desde Calama :D

[@astrooo_]

me doing my makeup before school : 7:26