Title: Japanese Rock Band Goes English

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/547/band_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Japanese Rock Band Goes English' data-article-id='883'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11708'>It took 10 years for a popular Japanese rock band to release a music album in both English and Japanese.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='11708' data-end-time='19938'>This is my dream, said Takahiro Moriuchi, one member of One OK Rock.</span> <span data-start-time='19938' data-end-time='27688'>Two of the band's four members spent time in VOA's music studios last week. </span> <span data-start-time='27688' data-end-time='31813'>They were tired after a long trip from Japan. </span> <span data-start-time='31813' data-end-time='37646'>But they spent some time talking with Larry London on (VOA's) Border Crossings.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='37646' data-end-time='48729'>Moriuchi and Toro Yamashita say they hope to spread the band's message in both languages to fans around the world.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='48729' data-end-time='57979'>Singer Moriuchi, 27, told VOA their message is that everyone should try their best to succeed.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='57979' data-end-time='60375'>That's my opinion, but it's really simple.</span> <span data-start-time='60375' data-end-time='62979'>Just never give up, dream come true.</span> <span data-start-time='62979' data-end-time='68063'>One OK Rock joined together in 2005.</span> <span data-start-time='68063' data-end-time='73375'>In the past 10 years they have released seven albums. </span> <span data-start-time='73375' data-end-time='84250'>Their seventh album, 35xxxv, reached the No. 1 spot on the weekly Oricon albums chart in February. </span> <span data-start-time='84250' data-end-time='90792'>Oricon measures the success of albums in the Japanese music industry.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/547/band_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div 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It took 10 years for a popular Japanese rock band to release a music album in both English and Japanese.

This is my dream, said Takahiro Moriuchi, one member of One OK Rock. Two of the band's four members spent time in VOA's music studios last week. They were tired after a long trip from Japan. But they spent some time talking with Larry London on (VOA's) Border Crossings.

Moriuchi and Toro Yamashita say they hope to spread the band's message in both languages to fans around the world.

Singer Moriuchi, 27, told VOA their message is that everyone should try their best to succeed.

That's my opinion, but it's really simple. Just never give up, dream come true. One OK Rock joined together in 2005. In the past 10 years they have released seven albums. Their seventh album, 35xxxv, reached the No. 1 spot on the weekly Oricon albums chart in February. Oricon measures the success of albums in the Japanese music industry.

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