An Cafe in London

Last night, I saw J-rockers, An Cafe, perform at the Islington Academy.

Imagine rock mixed with power pop, with rocking guitars and a funky keyboard, if you can picture that, you are half way there.

Visual Kei is not just about the music, it's also about the clothes, Miku wore a neon pink hooded overcoat, mixed in with a bandanna and green earrings, which somehow strangely suited him.

Miku apologized saying that he can't speak English properly and said, "I love you," to the audience, which was greeted by a deafening roar, but turning around I was surprised to see it wasn't the fan girls screaming- it was the fan boys!

Miku was bouncing across the stage, cheering the audience on to sing along, the highlight was seeing Miku pull out pink and white pom pom's and do a little routine, he was quite possibly the cutest cheerleader in the world.

By the end of the evening, Miku says he wants to see the audience smile, but there wasn't any more room on people's faces to widen their smiles.

Miku clearly carries the band, his happy-go-lucky attitude refreshing, and despite the language barrier, he wants everyone to have a good time, but that's the power of music, even in Japanese, it can move you and get you jumping around.

Waving goodbye to the audience, Miku is both timid and an extrovert, saying he will come back to play London again, but unknown to Miku, he has already won the hearts and minds of everyone in the audience.