one artist who's been tirelessly telling
fans to stay indoors is the Japanese
musician Yoshiki he's also donated
$100,000 to the Grammys fund which
supports musicians who have been
affected by Co vid 19 and he's also
accompanied Bono will.i.am and Jennifer
Hudson on piano in their song sing for
life which was inspired by Italians
singing from their balconies let's have
a listen
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so we saw Yoshiki there on piano he
joins us live now from his home in Los
Angeles it's great to see you I know
you're in our isolation and lockdown
like so many of us now when it comes to
telling your hundreds of thousands of
fans to stay indoors you're really
strong with that message what response
are you getting Yoshiki well first of
all I mean Japan and Los Angeles so
including my family friends so you know
depends on where you live the
information you get this was different
so because in America even was like
people didn't think about that it was
such a big deal the suddenly just state
of emergency and you know delaying the
information so getting the information
little later I was like I was urging for
my Japanese fans to be prepared for this
don't take this one lightly you know I
was really concerned about my fans
Harris and everything and so are your
fans because you've got a lot of fans
let's be honest about it how are they
reacting to you when they when you tell
them look it's really important just to
save lives protect yourselves protect
others stay inside are they listening to
you yes completely I mean you know
Connie I mean yes okay seriously I told
him it's the extra cautious this verse
is very unknown you know so just better
safe than sorry that's been telling them
throughout past several weeks yes they
took it very seriously yes and you shaky
you got into a collaboration with
will.i.am with Bono Jennifer Hudson how
have people been reacting to sing for
life is it going down well yes so I mean
you know our purpose was trying to lift
up your spirits so even though you know
we are kind of stay home and alone but
we are kind of
or distancing Albertus a physical
distancing over social distancing so we
are not completely alone we can still
connect you know we can you know share
our thoughts our heart and everything so
that's the songs all about we are not
alone and I know as a musician you're
concerned for fellow artists who've been
affected by kovat 19 just tell us a
little bit about what you've been doing
personally to support them yes I donated
Grammy music here
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you know again as a musician I would
like to really support my you know
fellow colleagues at the same time we
haven't even hit by this cop in 19
crisis so I would like to support you
know as of now health care workers are
the most important I mean they are the
one saving our lives so I'd like to keep
supporting you know these people yeah
because I care about all those people
and again you know first of all my
family most important maybe more than my
life because my life was supported
surrounded by death my father committed
suicide my band name bug died but my
father once saved me saved my life so I
really want to support my fans I mean my
friend Yoshiki I'm sure that they will
be very heartened to hear your support
thank you for your kind words and thank
you for your time Yoshiki there the
musician joining us live from Los
Angeles thank you for joining us as well
here on outside source do stay safe
you