J-pop visual-kei icon Yoshiki joined BBC Outside Source's Kasia Madera from his home in L.A. to speak about his COVID-19 relief efforts as a musician and desire to keep his fans and friends safe.
Introduced by Madera as a musician who has been "tirelessly telling fans to stay indoors," the X JAPAN leader explained that he has been trying to communicate the gravity of the virus to fans and friends in Japan from his own experience living in L.A., where the damage struck earlier than in his home country. "Depending on where you live, the information you get was different," he explained. "Japan happened to be… getting the information a little later.