Tag: ソフトビジュアル (Soft Visual)

Like the name already suggests, ソフトビジュアル (Soft Visual) is a more toned down version of the ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) genre, “created” when some artists toned down their visuals after the 2000s without letting go of their more alternative rock, grunge and new wave sound.
This resulted in a group of artists who were too dressed up to categorize as your average rock band, but weren’t dressed up enough to fully earn the category of “ヴィジュアル系” (Visual Kei) anymore.
Nowadays these bands can range quite a bit in genre, but the majority plays rock music, occasionally with some pop influences, sticking to so-called “soft” genres.