And he is a brilliantly talanted singer-songwriter musician

TaKa is just cute .

Ashe Liu thats the title

i think mostly are made by his (Taka) and their (ONE OK ROCK) personal experiences

princess exactly...i love that sm about him

I really like your profile pic who is the artist?

Clarissa Fray its a youtuber. her name is colliscool.

Sorry for the confusion but the question was directed to +princess her pp is obviously a digital drawing by some artist.

Clarissa Fray oh lol sorry

OfficialRelyseMusic by pop, do u mean something that had a lot of melody and that was easy and fun to listen to so it could reach a wider and younger audience? Cause that's exactly what it takes for a song to go mainstream and become adopted by a huge amount of people cross culturally, not just in America. That and/or relatablility. John Feldman understands how to make popular music, and just because it's popular doesn't mean it's not rock. Also oor had a good sound, but their sound was never unique.

In one of their interviews, he did say that they're exploring other genres. Since they're making it big in America and worldwide. But eventually, when all is good, they would still go back to their own style.

This is an old video. His hair is still long, yeahh! He is cute here but personally I prefer his long hair XD Lol it may be ridiculous but his long hair makes me so happy, so nostalgic!

10969 Crazy Fangirl Oh😜 thank you for teaching it! I also like his old curly hair because it looks like toypoodleslol

Im not sure abt the other songs but nobody's home was abt his family and like when he was young

its would be a sad interview if he had to talk about nobody's home

His father is one of the Japan old song super stars, and so does his mother, I think that’s why. Sad.

theyve patched up, and he's doing well with his family, so that's a happy ending for nobody's home

time cee ))))

I knowwwwwww :) In here, he looks extra young, too like a baby 💟

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Phanic! with the yeEmø Senpai will never notice you

Fannix. - ONE OK ROCK Community Fancy meeting you here. Hope you make a piano cover of Smiling Down.

That's their job dumbass.

Kazeo Fox there's dont need to be offensive. That guy was just saying "thank you". calm down & learn some manners.

Exactly me. On a One Ok Rock concert. These December.

Sukma Oktavianthi he said, "my" not "our"😏😏😏 toruka yess❤

Seems he forgot to say "our". Maybe he was nervous a bit. Reminds me of his old interviews.

Japanese say "UTINO guitarist,Bassist, drummer " in that case. "UTINO"="my"(our or ONE OK ROCK) Taka's probably not a habit.lovable😘😘😘

He's so possessive towards his guitarist 😏

あなたが正しいです

you didnt had to say no offence coz what you are saying completely right. American songs have no uniqueness and therefore new OOR songs too...

Snow Freezer I kind of agree with what you're saying. But I think that with the Ambitions album they have now found a perfect mix of the American sound and their own unique sound :) plus they hang out with more unique American bands now like twenty one pilots and panic! At the Disco rather than typical American bands, so I would say that they've combined their original music with more unique American music to make a new, personal sound :)

Yea, I'm a HUGE fan of J-rock widely because most (if not all) of the bands are all unique. HEY-SMITH sounds different from Coldrain and Coldrain sounds different from Crystal Lake, and Crystal Lake sounds different from Crossfaith, and so on. I think in some ways they took away their Japanese sound (generally harder rock) and made it more American (pop-like). It's turned me away from One Ok Rock. Now I can't really listen to them, I like My First Story better. I just really really hope other Japanese bands learn from this and avoid changing their sound unless it's THEIR decision.

Their live editions of the ambition songs are so much better

Tom van der Stoep very true.. They change the song to make it into rock vibe!! Especially with that Bedroom Warfare song.. Its 1000% better than the recording/MV ver!

did he just cut his hair or this is old video??

this is old video

I think One Ok Rock's music in all eras had a very genuine quality about it that attracted me to them. But it seems like we're gonna just have to count on that side of them to come from only the music from here on. Why? Because I remember an interview from when they were touring with Sleeping With Sirens where Taka said Paper Planes was his favorite song to perform live. Fuck's sake man, not only is it like "Oh, who are you today?" but it shows to some extent he's already been media trained within an inch of his life to say what he thinks is the "right" answer. I think even the shit American bands would be a little bit better if they weren't trying to cater to this sad current incarnation of the American press. That or they just wouldn't exist.

ros neri me too felt the same...its hard for me to digest their new album...dun no y??😢😢😢😢

John Koch or maybe he really liked performing with kellin, his friend? Plus (especially this song), when some of the more electronic songs are converted to live, they become something completely different. Idk if you've seen the 2015 saitama performance but they perform that and it's super cool. It's funny that no one considers he MAYBE, just MAYBE might like the songs he and his own band put out.

Mikey Sikovsek okay, that's all fine, but doesn't this video give you the impression that he doesn't like the song that much, at least as much as most of the others? This is straight from Taka himself.

John Koch It gives me the impression that maybe he didnt like it at first, but somewhere along the way he decided "you know what sometimes you just have to try something new" and I'm sure once they started getting it ready to be performed live, he started to like it even more.

Amber C I may or may not have paid $40 for the Japanese version of Ambitious for that reason.

Amber C I personally like having both because it makes it easier to learn the language and have both available to listen to on music apps

Although i dun understand Japanese, i like japanese version more than the English one .

Mana Miz ya, i think about that too

Totally!