Luxury Disease
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{{Infobox album
| name = Luxury Disease
| type = studio
| cover = Luxury Disease cover.jpg
| caption = Japanese album cover
| alt =
| border = yes
| artist = One Ok Rock
| released = {{start date|2022|9|09}}
| recorded =
| studio = Blackstar Studios • United Recording L.A.
United States
Decoy Studios Suffolk United Kingdom
Victor Studios Tokyo Japan
| genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|pop rock|{{nowrap|power pop}}}}
| length = 52:32 (Japanese edition)
45:12 (International edition)
| language = {{hlist|Japanese|English}}
| label = Fueled by Ramen
| producer = Rob Cavallo
| prev_title = Eye of the Storm
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = Detox
| next_year = 2025
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Luxury Disease
| type = studio
| single1 = Renegades
| single1date = April 16, 2021
| single2 = Broken Heart of Gold
| single2date = May 27, 2021
| single3 = Wonder
| single3date = October 22, 2021
| single4 = Save Yourself
| single4date = June 24, 2022
| single5 = Let Me Let You Go
| single5date = August 29, 2022
| single6 = Vandalize
| single6date = September 6, 2022}}
}}
Luxury Disease is the tenth studio album by Japanese rock band One Ok Rock, released on September 9, 2022, through Fueled by Ramen, and produced by Rob Cavallo.{{cite web|last=Wilson-Taylor|first=James|date=June 24, 2022|accessdate=September 10, 2022|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/one-ok-rock-announce-new-album-luxury-disease|title=ONE OK ROCK Announce New Album 'Luxury Disease'|magazine=Rock Sound|archive-date=August 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819085959/https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/one-ok-rock-announce-new-album-luxury-disease|url-status=dead}} The song "Vandalize" appears in the end credits from the 2022 game Sonic Frontiers, "Prove" is the opening theme of Beyblade X, and "Neon" is featured in the 2024 film Sonic the Hedgehog 3.{{Cite web |author=Natalie Music Editorial Department |title=ONE OK ROCK楽曲「Neon」が映画「ソニック × シャドウ TOKYO MISSION」劇中歌に(動画あり) |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/603130 |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=音楽ナタリー |language=ja}}
Background
On June 24, 2022, the band announced new album Luxury Disease set to be released on September 9.{{cite web |last=Lane|first=Kwase|url=https://www.altpress.com/one-ok-rock-luxury-disease-save-yourself/|title=ONE OK ROCK reveal new album Luxury Disease, share "Save Yourself"|magazine=Alternative Press |access-date=September 10, 2022|date=June 24, 2022}} According to vocalist Taka, the album's title is an English translation of their first album title Zeitakubyo,{{cite web|url=https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000140920/|title=ONE OK ROCK、ニューアルバム『Luxury Disease』のリリースを発表|publisher=The First Times|accessdate=2024-05-23|language=ja}} as they felt similar uncertainty about something. "We're making a fresh start with the experience we've gained in the US. I remembered when we released our first album in Japan, Zeitakubyo, we were in a similar situation where we felt uncertain about lots of things. So we've translated Zeitakubyo into English to show we've determined to do our best on the world stage."{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/luxury-disease/1631269650|title=Luxury Disease – One Ok Rock commentary|publisher=Apple Music |access-date=September 10, 2022|date=September 9, 2022}}
Composition and lyrics
In an Apple Music commentary, Taka stated that the album marks a change from a pop style of the previous album to a more rock-centered sound as the band wanted to bring back the essence of rock music. "Save Yourself" is the album's first track, and its lyrics urges one to leave when love hurts deep.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/one-ok-rock-drop-new-track-save-yourself-announce-upcoming-album-3255049|title=ONE OK ROCK drop new track 'Save Yourself', announce upcoming album|website=NME|last=Abanes|first=Mariel|date=June 27, 2022|accessdate=September 13, 2022}} The second song, "Neon", giving off Panic! at the Disco vibe as Brendon Urie helped the band co-wrote the song. It tells about neon-lit city Shibuya, which known as one of a major nightlife area in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://rockinon.com/disc/detail/204070|title=ONE OK ROCK、遂に産声を上げた、一生モノのロック大名盤『Luxury Disease』。その背景とメッセージを考察する|language=ja|trans-title=ONE OK ROCK finally releases the rock masterpiece "Luxury Disease" that will last a lifetime. Consider its background and message|magazine=Rockin'On Japan|last=Koike|first=Hirokazu|date=September 10, 2022|accessdate=September 13, 2022}} The third track, "Vandalize", is an upbeat song, brings back the band's emo sound with some Japanese rock-inspired melodies.{{listen
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}} One Ok Rock explores musical and operatic rock on the fourth track, "When They Turn the Lights On", combining the sound of Queen and My Chemical Romance.{{cite web|url=https://thehoneypop.com/2022/09/10/our-favorite-5-tracks-from-one-ok-rocks-luxury-disease/|title=Our Favorite 5 Tracks from ONE OK ROCK's 'Luxury Disease'|website=The Honey Pop|author=Juu|date=September 10, 2022|accessdate=September 13, 2022}} "Let Me Let You Go" is the album's fifth track, a pop rock song co-written by 5 Seconds of Summer drummer Ashton Irwin, telling about someone who can't return the affection of the person who loves him until the relationship ends without any effort to prevent it. Next track "So Far Gone" is a heartbreaking song, about someone trying to be strong after losing the precious one. "Prove" is a motivational song, co-written by Bring Me the Horizon keyboardist Jordan Fish, reflects a person's determination to continue to grow and never give up after experiencing failure. "Mad World" is a more personal track to vocalist Taka, depicts the problems he encountered when he was 15 years old. The Japanese version of the song has the most Japanese lyrics out of the album, with only one sentence in English.
The album's ninth track, "Free Them", features guest vocal Teddy Swims, tells about the desire to release the emotions that have been kept. An alternative rock/pop rock song of the album, "Renegades", co-written by Ed Sheeran and Coldrain vocalist Masato Hayakawa, conveying an urgent message that calls into question about the current state of affairs in the world, and an anthem for the renegades refusing their battles and passions to be ignored.{{cite web |last=Carter|first=Emily|url=https://www.kerrang.com/one-ok-rock-tease-new-single-renegades-co-written-by-ed-sheeran|title=ONE OK ROCK tease new single "Renegades", co-written by Ed Sheeran|magazine=Kerrang! |access-date=September 13, 2022|date=April 9, 2021}} "Outta Sight" is an upbeat song, while "Your Tears are Mine" is a ballad with the reminiscent of Queen's rock sound. The last track of the International edition album, "Wonder", has a classic rock epic vibe with big drum fills and arena-ready chords.{{cite web |last=Rogers|first=Jack|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/listen-one-ok-rocks-joyfully-enriching-new-track-wonder|title=Listen: ONE OK ROCK's Joyfully Enriching New Track 'Wonder'|magazine=Rock Sound |access-date=September 13, 2022|date=October 22, 2021}} The Japanese edition of Luxury Disease add the songs "Broken Heart of Gold" and "Gravity". "Broken Heart of Gold" is a melodic ballad song,{{cite web |last=Rogers|first=Jack|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/this-is-how-one-ok-rock-made-their-latest-single-broken-heart-of-gold|title=This is How ONE OK ROCK Made Their Latest Single 'Broken Heart of Gold'|magazine=Rock Sound |access-date=September 13, 2022|date=June 3, 2021}} implying someone who is desperate with the situation and forces himself to endure it. The last track, "Gravity", features Official Hige Dandism vocalist Satoshi Fujihara. Its lyrics tells about someone determined not to falling for the same wrong person.
Singles and release
The first single "Renegades" was released on April 16, 2021, used as the theme song for the live-action film Rurouni Kenshin: The Final.{{cite web|last=Mortensa |first=Mala|url=https://www.altpress.com/one-ok-rock-return-with-ed-sheeran-co-written-anthem-renegades-watch/ |title= ONE OK ROCK return with Ed Sheeran co-written anthem "Renegades"—watch|magazine=Alternative Press|date=April 16, 2021 |access-date=July 2, 2022}} The film also uses the second single from the album, "Broken Heart of Gold", for Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning, released on May 27, 2021.{{Cite web|title=ONE OK ROCK Drop Epic New Single 'Broken Heart of Gold'|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/one-ok-rock-new-single-broken-heart-of-gold|date=May 27, 2021|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=Rock Sound|last=Wilson-Taylor|first=James|archive-date=May 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527154738/https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/one-ok-rock-new-single-broken-heart-of-gold|url-status=dead}} Third single "Wonder" which had performed live in 2020, released on October 22, 2021. In 2022, the fourth single "Save Yourself" was released on June 24 along with the music video and announcement of the album's title and release date.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/one-ok-rock-single-save-yourself-tour-dates-1235103706/|magazine=Billboard|title=ONE OK ROCK Set to Release New Single 'Save Yourself,' Announces North American Tour: See the Dates|date=June 21, 2022|access-date=June 22, 2022}} The fifth single "Let Me Let You Go" was released on August 29 alongside an accompanying music video.{{Cite web|url=https://gekirock.com/news/2022/08/one_ok_rock_let_me_let_you_go.php|title=ONE OK ROCK releases the second lead single from their new album "Luxury Disease" "Let Me Let You Go" & Video Release!|publisher=Gekirock|date=August 30, 2022|access-date=September 13, 2022}} The sixth single from the album, "Vandalize" was released three days prior to the release of the album on September 6, 2022. The censored version of the song featured as one of the ending themes on the soundtrack for Sonic Frontiers, a video game in Sega's long-running Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/sonic-frontiers-now-has-its-intro-and-ending-themes|title=Sonic Frontiers now has its intro and ending themes|website=Eurogamer|last=Nightingale|first=Ed|date=September 9, 2022|access-date=September 13, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://noisypixel.net/sonic-frontiers-ending-theme-preview-vandalize/|title=Sonic Frontiers Reveals Ending Theme; "Vandalize" by ONE OK ROCK|publisher=Noisy Pixel|last=Joshua|first=Orpheus|date=September 6, 2022|access-date=September 13, 2022}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Luxury Disease {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Save Yourself
| writer1 = {{hlist|Takahiro Moriuchi|Toru Yamashita|Rob Cavallo|Tyler Carter|Andrew DeCaro|Sasha Sirota|Luis Martinez|Pink Slip|Charles Roberts}}
| length1 = 3:17
| extra1 = {{hlist|Cavallo|Falconry}}
| title2 = Neon
| writer2 = {{hlist|Jake Sinclair|Mike Viola|Brendon Urie|Moriuchi|Yamashita|Cavallo|Carter|Slip|Roberts}}
| length2 = 3:04
| extra2 = {{hlist|Cavallo|Slip|Inverness|Sinclair}}
| title3 = Vandalize
| writer3 = {{hlist|Moriuchi|Cavallo|Carter|DeCaro|Sirota}}
| length3 = 3:14
| extra3 = {{hlist|Cavallo|Falconry|Sirota}}
| title4 = When They Turn the Lights On
| writer4 = {{hlist|CJ Baran|Moriuchi|Yamashita|Cavallo|Carter|Sirota|Sinclair}}
| length4 = 3:27
| extra4 = {{hlist|Cavallo|Baran|Sinclair}}
| title5 = Let Me Let You Go
| writer5 = {{hlist|Colin Brittain|Ashton Irwin|Madison Simmen|Elisha Noll|Moriuchi}}
| length5 = 3:00
| extra5 = {{hlist|Cavallo|Brittain}}
| title6 = So Far Gone
| writer6 = {{hlist|David Pramik|Griffith Clawson|Moriuchi|Yamashita|Cavallo|Carter}}
| length6 = 3:35
| extra6 = {{hlist|Cavallo|Pramik}}
| title7 = Prove
| writer7 = {{hlist|Dan Lancaster|Jordan Fish|Mike Duce|Jamil Kazmi|Moriuchi|Yamashita|Carter}}
| length7 = 3:46
| extra7 = {{hlist|Cavallo|Lancaster|Fish}}
| title8 = Mad World
| writer8 = {{hlist|Pete Nappi|Jordan Benjamin|Moriuchi|Yamashita}}
| length8 = 3:02
| extra8 = {{hlist|Cavallo|Nappi}}
| title9 = Free Them
| note9 = featuring Teddy Swims
| writer9 = {{hlist|Jim Irvin|Julian Emery|Moriuchi|Sirota|Kazmi}}
| length9 = 3:12
| extra9 = {{hlist|Sirota|Cavallo|Emery}}
| title10 = Renegades
| writer10 = {{hlist|Ed Sheeran|Janee Bennett|Masato Hayakawa|Moriuchi|Pramik}}
| length10 = 4:04
| extra10 = {{hlist|Cavallo|Pramik}}
| title11 = Outta Sight
| writer11 = {{hlist|Brian Lee|Evan Gartner|Moriuchi|Cavallo|Carter|Sirota}}
| length11 = 3:22
| extra11 = {{hlist|Cavallo|Lee}}
| title12 = Your Tears are Mine
| writer12 = {{hlist|Nick Long|Ava King|Moriuchi|Cavallo|DeCaro|Sinclair}}
| length12 = 4:16
| extra12 = {{hlist|Cavallo}}
| title13 = Wonder
| writer13 = {{hlist|Moriuchi|Hayakawa|Pramik|Bennett}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Pramik|Cavallo}}
| length13 = 3:47
| total_length = 45:12
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Luxury Disease {{nobold|– Japanese edition}}{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/jp/album/luxury-disease/1631260679|title=Luxury Disease – One Ok Rock |publisher=iTunes Store. Apple Music |access-date=September 10, 2022|language=Japanese|date=September 9, 2022}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 52:32
| title14 = Broken Heart of Gold
| writer14 = {{hlist|Moriuchi|Yamashita|Hayakawa|Long|Lancaster}}
| length14 = 4:13
| extra14 = {{hlist|Cavallo|Lancaster}}
| title15 = Gravity
| writer15 = {{hlist|Moriuchi|Lancaster|Duce}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Lancaster|Cavallo}}
| length15 = 3:12
| note15 = featuring Satoshi Fujihara
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Luxury Disease {{nobold|– Japanese limited edition (bonus DVD)}}{{cite web| url=https://tower.jp/item/5478387/Luxury-Disease-%5bCD+DVD%5d<初回限定盤>| title=One Ok Rock – Luxury Disease [CD + DVD, Limited Edition] | publisher=Tower Records Japan| language=Japanese| access-date=September 9, 2022}}
| title14 = Vandalize
| note14 = Studio Jam Session Vol.5
| writer14 =
| length14 =
| title15 = Your Tears are Mine
| note15 = Studio Jam Session Vol.5
| writer15 =
| length15 =
}}
Personnel
One Ok Rock
- Takahiro "Taka" Moriuchi – vocals
- Toru Yamashita – guitar
- Ryota Kohama – bass guitar
- Tomoya Kanki – drums
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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=Monthly charts=
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Monthly chart performance for Luxury Disease ! scope="col" | Chart (2022) ! scope="col" | Peak |
scope="row" | Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2022-09 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2022-09/ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=October 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012041331/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2022-09/ |archive-date=October 12, 2022}}
| 4 |
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scope="row" | Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2022-09 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2022-09/p/2/ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=October 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012041348/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2022-09/p/2/ |archive-date=October 12, 2022}} {{small|International version}} | 16 |
=Year-end charts=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Year-end chart performance for Luxury Disease ! scope="col" | Chart (2022) ! scope="col" | Position |
scope="row" | Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2022/p/4/|script-title=ja:年間 アルバムランキング 2022年度|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|trans-title=Annual Album Ranking 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222010058/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2022/p/4/|archive-date=December 22, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=December 22, 2022}}
| 39 |
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scope="row" | Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan){{cite web |title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums Year-End 2022 |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums_year&year=2022 |website=Billboard Japan |access-date=December 9, 2022}}
| 36 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Luxury Disease}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|award=Gold|artist=One Ok Rock|title=Luxury Disease|relyear=2022|certyear=2022|certmonth=9|salesamount=|salesref=|access-date=October 12, 2022}}
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References
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External links
- {{AllMusic|id=luxury-disease-mw0003750663|title=Luxury Disease}}
{{One Ok Rock}}
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