** HoYay fanservice. In TheEighties and until the middle of TheNineties, the YaoiFangirl was ''not'' seen as a target market for VisualKei (much less as specifically ''existing''), and quite a few of the artists engaging in most of the HoYay ''were'' actual bisexual or gay men using the stage as a way to express themselves and their sexuality in a culture and world that rejected it. The idea caught on as a [[FollowTheLeader bandwagon trend]] for {{fanservice}} directed at the fangirls ''only'' once some straight bandmen noticed how much the fangirls liked it and with it becoming somewhat socially acceptable (at least within the subculture) to be a YaoiFangirl. [[UnfortunateImplications Unfortunately]] this led to straight men using it as fanservice, and once some other fans found out about the {{Kayfabe}}, some fans insisting that no VK artist could actually be gay or bi for real.
** EightiesHair and the ImprobableHairstyle fell out of style around the mid 90s. When even {{Music/X Japan}} except for hide toned down their hairstyles, it pretty much called an end to the era of OTT VisualKei hair, which was, at the time it was done, something entirely new and awesome. While AnimeHair and YouGottaHaveBlueHair are still common, and this trend may well swing around too, doing an ImprobableHairstyle beyond the "medusa" cut or a typical host cut is often seen as a marker of a bygone time or a parody.

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