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Taka noticed Hiro was watching and they collaborated!! Hiro wished his big bro a happy birthday in the comments. Taka explained that they speak to each other in keigo even though they're siblings. MFS has a concert today.
Randomly woke up and checked my phone to see that Taka literally just went live on IG. Unfortunately it wasn't a very happy stream though.
Taka went live right after their Shanghai concert to apologize. Apparently the band & their staff were warned by the Chinese public security
Taka announced a
#ONEOKROCK
world tour! There will be a concert in Japan for two days on the tour. They're planning a really big concert but he hasn't announced what venue it will be at.
The tour will be about a month long. Tickets for some locations will go on sale tomorrow?
#Junho
said that he's never forgotten his heart of a singer and that he writes music all the time. Fyi "Can I" was written last year.
#LeeJunho
#이준호 #준호
First day was amazing. Stop complaining about the setlist. Taka and the guys looked so satisfied being able to sing to a crowd that will enthusiastically respond to them🤘
#ONEOKROCK
#OOR
#ワンオク
#LuxuryDisease
All Taka can say about the album is that it is rock. It'll have different genres of rock. It'll be ONE OK ROCK's "rock." They thought about self-titling it, but they released an EP with their band name already during their indies days.
Tomoya posted on IG that his present from "Takahiro Santa" was dance homework. Taka basically told him the day before, "We're recording this tomorrow. You guys' parts are easy." Tomoya stayed up half the night practicing. 😂So much love for these guys!
#ONEOKROCK
#OOR
#ワンオク
Taka: We've been doing this band for 13, 14 years now...
Toru: You've got a baby face so it totally doesn't look like it.
Taka: Yeah, when I go buy alcohol in the US, they ask me, "Where's your mommy?"
Toru: *laughs*
Taka: Toru's on a roll today!
#ONEOKROCK
#OOR
#ワンオク
When Taka stayed with Toru, Toru's father took him around the neighborhood in Moriguchi and introduced him to all the older people as Mori san's son and said that his son (Toru) was in a band with him.
There were these 2 cute little girls in VIP and I guess one of them gave Taka a letter. She told him about how much she liked him and wanted to become an adult like him. Her dream to have a meal w/ him with her little bro & sis. Taka said that he can't use foul language tonight🤣
"Deeper Deeper" was one of the few songs written by Tomoya and Ryota. At the time, they spent a lot of time in the studio at night because they thought something might just come to them out of the blue at night rather than during the day.
While Ryota was fiddling with his bass
#Junho
kept doing the finger touch thing from "Zero Point" after the song was over, saying that he likes how people are happy with him just doing that. He joked that that's all he'll do for the rest of the concert🤣
#LeeJunho
#이준호 #준호
Taka didn't introduce the title of the new song. My guess is that it's something like "You Matter to Me" because that's what I think I heard being repeated during the chorus. It was like, "You matter to you, you matter to me, you matter to you-ooh-ooh," or something.
#ONEOKROCK
Guy asked me about my license plate when I was getting gas today. I explained that it's an album title and he asked about the band and what music they play. Turns out his son is into anime and Japanese culture, and he likes it a bit too so he said he'd check out the band🙌🔥
The new album that they're working on is rock🔥🔥🔥
Rock might be considered the "old generation" in the U.S., but Taka believes is it necessary in the music world.
@Rt_YourFavBands
Why are ONE OK ROCK fans so passionate? It's because the band speaks to us on so many different levels. We want to see the band we love be recognized. We want to break the stereotypes people have of Asian bands.
Sometimes you have to stand out to fit in.
Tomoya chose “Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer” as the first song on his channel because it’s an important song for the band. It was the first to be released after their half-year hiatus when they lost a band member.
Takeru x Taka summary!!
Video:
Taka doesn't usually appear on YouTube and only does it for his very good friends. He isn't in the media often because on camera he has to be careful what he says and that takes a lot of energy, so he avoids it if possible.
I clocked the "Clock Strikes" long note at exactly 30 seconds 😱😱😱 It seriously feels like an eternity when you're watching it live
#ONEOKROCK
#LuxuryDisease
Went to get air in my tires today. Guy at Discount Tire asked about my license plate. I explain and he asked what song I recommend. I told him my favorite is "The Beginning" and he started playing it on his phone on the spot🤣 I hope he liked it🤘🔥
Taka hasn't dated in a while so he doesn't know the feeling. In Taka's case, he feels like, instead of confessing to someone and starting to go out that way, he just hangs out with them a lot and naturally they end up dating.
Luxury Disease will be released 9/9. The release date was actually supposed to be announced later. They got a phone call from their management where they apologized for accidentally announcing it earlier than planned. Oops 😂
Seeing all the comments from
#Muse
and
#Evanescence
fans who've never heard of
#ONEOKROCK
saying how good they were just makes me smile. They probably have no idea that these guys sell out venues larger than the United Center in Japan and EVERYONE is into it at their concerts😏
(1/3) Translation of Taka's MC during SOFI in Toronto
"I'm sure there are a lot of Japanese and Asians studying abroad in Canada with various thoughts. But let me tell you one thing. As the next generation, you guys are the ones who will change the times. Don't ever forget that.
After Toru's hospitalization, they did a Zoom meeting and because it had been a while since Toru saw everyone, he talked a lot 😂 Usually he doesn't haha
@Rt_YourFavBands
Linkin Park was the reason why ONE OK ROCK started their band. They both highly respected each other so here's to hoping that the fans can respect each other in the same way.
If you haven't heard of OOR, please do check 'em out! Any fan will be happy to give recs.
Alright, here we go. Summary translation of Taka's live stream from last night, which he did not put up an archive for (grr!).
They're at Taka's house in LA. Nissy, who is also in LA for work, is visiting him and also live streaming on his own account.
Toru being the company president sounds fun. Taka is predicting that fans will call Toru "shachou" at the next concert. Taka might be called "buchou" 😂 He hopes that doesn't happen haha
Taka isn't watching Coachella. He does have connections with BTS though they've never met in person. He spoke with Hong-ki recently.
Taka mentioned he's leaving for another country the day after tomorrow. He hopes to do another IG live soon to formally address the Ga-shi issue.
Re: news of
#ONEOKROCK
doing
#DemonSlayer
#KimetsunoYaiba
theme song...
🎤Taka: Eh? I didn't hear anything about this... Someone tell me what's going on. They'll let us do it? 😁
🥁Tomoya: I wanna do it! Let's do it!
#OORKnYthemesong
😂😂😂
#ワンオク #鬼滅の刃
Takeru's explaining to Taka what a one-sided love is, like thinking about the girl when going to sleep, wondering how they feel about you, etc, and now Taka says he's never felt that way. 😅
Toru played guitar a lot in this album. Taka suggested they go back to rap after this. Ryota said that's going back too far LOL. And since they'd perform in the U.S., it'd have to be all in English
Takeru feels Japan can't completely copy Korea right away. What they come up with now is like what Korea was putting out 10 years ago. They need to build up the foundation and work from there.
Up until now, Taka and Toru had always written songs together, but lately there haven't been as many chances. Taka says it feels weird to have a song Toru worked on sung by a vocalist other than Taka.
This is what I imagine happening as this photo was taken...
Ryota farted and fails to keep a straight face. Tomoya can't hold it in and bursts out laughing. Taka's like, "Typical Ryota🙄🤣" Toru goes, "I don't know these guys..."
😂
Time for some
#ONEOKROCK
staff appreciation!! Kimura san, the band's guitar tech, always posts what loading and unloading at each of the different venues is like.
For the past two shows on the
#Muse
tour, he's lamented that they have very little time to set up and practically no
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Not-so-live translation/summary of Taka's IG live!
Taka greets the audience and says it's been a while. Some people might be surprised because he didn't say ahead of time that he would be going live, but he'll put up an archive.
Yojiro: Taka, you don't wanna try doing movies?
Taka: Naah, cuz I can't remember the dialogue.
Yojiro: But you remember lyrics.
Taka: I forget lyrics too!
😂😂😂
This is just from my memory but Taka was saying how he doesn't hate Ga-shi- and wants to understand him. The videos haven't affected Taka at all and the only things Taka ever worries about is how he can make hands happy. He hopes Ga-shi- was watching and that they can talk.
Waiting for encore. They played a little but of "Yume Yume." It's been a while since they've played "Clock Strikes" that Taka forgot the timing for his long note😂😂😂 He just suddenly started going "ahhhhhhhhh" at the end🤣
#ONEOKROCK
#LuxuryDisease
(1/3) Taka's JP MC in Vancouver:
We tour various countries like this, and today it kind of feels like we're at home. There are sometimes differences in languages and such and it can be difficult, but I'm having so much fun today. Thank you all for coming tonight.
#ONEOKROCK
Taka is the eldest but he lives as he wished.
His middle bro is younger by a year and he teased him a lot. His youngest bro is a lot younger so he probably grew up with Taka being "OOR Taka" and doesn't think of him as a brother
Akkin, the support guitarist, has actually worked with OOR since their debut. He produced a lot of their old songs, and he also taught Toru and Ryota how to play their instruments back when they weren't that great yet. This was the first time the band performed on stage with him.
Seeing a bunch of
#Muse
and
#Evanescence
fans who had never heard of
#ONEOKROCK
before say that they're the best opener they've ever seen is absolutely music to my ears. 🥰🥰🥰 Waiting for the day
#OOR
brings their Japanese arena shows to the U.S.🤘🔥
The archive for the concert will be available for a longer time than first announced!! It will be available 10/12 12PM until 10/15 11:59AM Japan time🤘🔥
#ONEOKROCK
#FIELDOFWONDER
I admire how OOR doesn't think only about themselves. They want to make the industry better for future generations of music artists and to help Japan become recognized not just for anime and samurai, but for music as well.