Jinsei×Boku= Explained

Jinsei×Boku=
Type:Studio album
Artist:One Ok Rock
Cover:Jinsei x Boku = album cover.jpg
Studio:Victor Studios
Heartbeat Studio
Innig Recording Hostelry
Alive Studio
Foxy Studios
Length:53:50
Label:A-Sketch
Prev Title:Zankyo Reference
Prev Year:2011
Next Title:35xxxv
Next Year:2015

Jinsei×Boku= (人生×僕= Jinsei Kakete Boku wa, lit. Life Times Me Equals) is the sixth studio album by the Japanese rock band, One Ok Rock. It was released on March 6, 2013[1] and reached second place on the Oricon weekly chart.[2] This album brought ONE OK ROCK to worldwide popularity, especially after the first single, "The Beginning", was selected as official soundtrack in the live action adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin.[3] [4] The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 45 weeks.[5] The next single, "Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps", was featured on the ("Nothing Helps") game and used for Suzuki Swift TV commercials ("Deeper Deeper").[6]

A DVD special bundled with the album released for limited pre-order only, consists of an acoustic performance in the studio of "The Beginning" and "The Same As...".

The song "The Beginning" can be heard in the 2012 film Rurouni Kenshin. "Clock Strikes" was featured in the PS3/PS4 Sega game Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin!.[7] The song "Be The Light" was used in the animated film Space Pirate Captain Harlock, starring Shun Oguri and Haruma Miura.[8]

Background and development

After their first two nights live in Yokohama Arena, One Ok Rock stated that they "wanted to begin recording a new album." Songs like "The Beginning" and "Clock Strikes", had been made long before Zankyo Reference was released.In mid-2012, they were asked to make a song for a new live adaption of the popular manga Rurouni Kenshin. The single "The Beginning" was used for the live adaption movie.

Promotion

One Ok Rock held their first national arena tour in 2013, engaged more than 100,000 audiences, six cities and 11 days, started from 11 May to 6 June 2013.[9] [10] They recorded 22 songs from their second day in Yokohama Arena released on Blu-ray and DVD, entitled Jinsei×Kimi= (人生×君=) Tour Live&Film, together with a one-hour documentation of the tour.

Later the band conducted their first world tour, consisting of concerts in 11 countries of Asia and Europe from October to December. Additional dates were added for Los Angeles and New York in early 2015. In the spring of 2014, they participated in Vans Warped Tour, successfully reaching new audiences abroad.

Track listing

Notes

There are seven kinds of music videos uploaded on the band's Official YouTube including English subtitles, Japanese subtitles, French subtitles, Chinese subtitles, Spanish subtitles, Portuguese subtitles, and no subtitles. The contents are the same in all versions.[11]

The song was made for their friend, Kei Goto (also known as K), vocalist of Pay Money To My Pain who died in the morning of December 30, 2012 due to acute heart failure.[12]

Pronounced rokku (ロック, "Rock"), the track's name is an answer to the album title: "Life Times Me Equals Rock".[13] The song title is a goroawase.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Jinsei×Boku=.[14] One Ok Rock

Additional musicians

Design

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Jinsei×Boku=
Chart (2013)Peak
positions
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] 2
Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[16] 2

Year-end charts

Yearly chart performance for Jinsei×Boku=
Chart (2013)Peak
positions
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[17] 24
Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[18] 19

Singles

TitleYearPeak positions
JPN
Oricon
JPN
Billboard
"The Beginning"20125[19] 2[20]
"The Same As..."52[21]
"Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps"20132[22] 3[23]
"Clock Strikes"27[24]

Accolades

Award ceremony! scope="col"
YearCategory Result
CD Shop Awards2014Finalist Award[25]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 人生×僕=. One Ok Rock official Website. 2024-06-22. ja.
  2. Web site: March 18, 2013 . ONE OK ROCKの人生×僕=·ランキング . ONE OK ROCK - 'Jinsei×Boku=' Ranking . December 1, 2020 . Oricon . ja . December 1, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201202153/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/395502/products/1008930/1/ . live .
  3. Web site: Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin's Theme Performed by ONE OK ROCK. 2012-05-29. .
  4. Web site: Richardson, Jake . June 10, 2013 . The 10 moments that made One Ok Rock superstars . December 1, 2020 . . October 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201024233526/https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-10-moments-that-made-one-ok-rock-superstars/ . live .
  5. ONE OK ROCK Chart History (1). Billboard. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011124834/http://www.billboard.com/artist/6178963/one-ok-rock/chart?f=848. 2016-10-11.
  6. Web site: ONE OK ROCK's "Deeper Deeper" chosen as CM song for SUZUKI . Tokyohive.com . 2013-01-05 . 2017-03-02.
  7. Web site: ONE OK ROCK、『龍が如く 維新!』楽曲提供「Clock Strikes」のリリックビデオ公開. Barks Japan. Japanese. February 24, 2014. November 4, 2017.
  8. Web site: ワンオク、最新アルバム曲 "Be the light" が映画「キャプテンハーロック」主題歌に . Tower Records Japan. 2024-06-22. ja.
  9. Web site: Past Tour. One Ok Rock Official. 2024-04-26. ja.
  10. Web site: ONE OK ROCK、『"人生×君="TOUR』を映像作品としてリリースすることが決定. Rockinon. 2024-06-22. ja.
  11. Web site: ONE OK ROCK、6ヵ国語字幕付き「Be the light」MV公開. Barks Japan. Japanese. March 11, 2013. September 8, 2017.
  12. Web site: ONE OK ROCKが教えてくれた、悲しい別れに向き合う事. UtaTen. Japanese. September 8, 2017.
  13. Web site: ONE OK ROCK「人生×僕=」インタビュー. Natalie. Japanese. October 14, 2017.
  14. One Ok Rock. Jinsei×Boku=. 2013. booklet. Amuse Inc./A-Sketch.
  15. Web site: ONE OK ROCKの人生×僕=·ランキング. ONE OK ROCK - 'Jinsei×Boku=' Ranking. Oricon. Japanese. 2013-03-18. 2017-12-01.
  16. Web site: Top 100 Albums Sales. Billboard Japan. Japanese. 2013-03-18. 2017-12-01.
  17. Web site: Oricon Album Top 100 (2013). Oricon. Japanese. October 14, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20131218220853/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2013/musicrank1215/index05.html. December 18, 2013. dead . December 15, 2013.
  18. Web site: Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Year-end Charts. Billboard Japan. Japanese. 2013-12-31. 2021-07-25.
  19. Web site: ONE OK ROCKのThe Beginning·ランキング . ONE OK ROCK - "The Beginning" Ranking . Japanese . . 2012-09-03 . 2017-12-01.
  20. Japan Hot 100. Billboard. 2012-09-08. 2017-12-01.
  21. Japan Hot 100. Billboard. 2012-12-29. 2017-12-01.
  22. Web site: ONE OK ROCKのDeeper Deeper/Nothing Helps·ランキング . ONE OK ROCK - "Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps" Ranking . Japanese . . 2013-01-21 . 2017-12-01.
  23. Japan Hot 100. Billboard. 2013-01-26. 2017-12-01.
  24. Japan Hot 100. Billboard. 2013-03-16. 2017-12-01.
  25. Web site: https://rockinon.com/news/detail/98375?rtw. ja:「第6回CDショップ大賞」、大賞作品&各賞の受賞作品を発表. 6th CD Shop Awards winners. ja. Rockin'on Japan. March 6, 2014. May 22, 2018.