I remember I found out this band from my friend. One day I asked my friend if she had any recommendation for any artist similar to BACK-ON and m-flo, she answered with ONE OK ROCK. I went to YouTube to check it out and I wasn't really interested at first because it was 'too American band-like', but I just couldn't forget it so I kept going back to check their songs and I found myself LOVING IT (yeah, you got me!).
Here is one of my favorite songs!
I know you want the mic. And the singer. *cough*
That time I totally had no idea if the band is actually pretty popular--because my top favorite Japanese band, BACK-ON, is very underrated, so I assumed that people are not really into Japanese bands. Later I was surprised that many people talked about One Ok Rock wtf (I will now write the name this way to make it--more pleasant to read in the entry, I guess).
When I was in France, they were already selling the tickets. I knew I wanted to go to the concert no matter what, so I contacted my friend (who also introduced the band to me) and had her book a ticket for me--without even knowing when and where the concert would actually be at!
AND FINALLY. HEHEHEHEHE. MUAHAHAHAHA.
But first, I would like to warn you that this is not going to be a full report of the event, as I nearly passed out in the middle of the concert.
That day, I came to the venue at around 5 PM, people were already gathering since morning! Then we met up with my friend's buddies. During our conversation, a guy interrupted, he wanted some of us to be interviewed for a TV channel. Well, rather than 'some of us', it actually ended up with all of us being shot, I kind of hid myself behind my friend's back and there was only one of us who did all the talking, though.
After few hours of waiting and lining up, they opened the gate. Women were prioritized to get in (great!), but they collected back the tickets, so no memento from the concert, ugh! Truly glad I took a photo of it (and my friends later realized that I did a great job of taking photos of the ticket, they 'boo-ed' me before for being so bouncy and excited for it!!).
The concert started at 8 PM (or not? Knowing how Indonesians tend to be late at everything). But before it started, they clearly announced that no recording was allowed. As soon as One Ok Rock's members appeared, the audience went hype--without forgetting to activate their recording devices (duh).
And I started to make my way forward through the sea of humans, determined to see them closely.
It was a war zone.
Still, I sang my heart out (as I pushed people to go through), I jumped around (as I elbowed people--wtf I'm a jerk aren't I), and I enjoyed it to the fullest. I managed to stand at 3rd-4th row.
TAKA WAS THERE. SO NEAR, IN FRONT OF ME. WTF HE'S TOO BEAUTIFUL. It stunned me. I love them for their songs but now I feel like I could turn into a fangirl. You won't know how beautiful he is until you get to see him in person.
I did tell you that it was a war zone, didn't I? Due to the lack of oxygen, I barely could hear Taka's singing (let me cry here). The voices were far, my ears were ringing, I wanted to vomit, and slowly my vision went pitch black. My friend, who actually almost fainted too, had to help bring me to the side of the arena, I fell on my knees and some people helped me.
After a while, I recovered. Not wanting to pass out, we had no choice but to go back far from the stage.
By the way, my friend is super strong! If you see her as a 'sweet, delicate, fragile girl', your eyes are playing trick on you. When I was kept being pushed back, she stood still, holding my back, keeping me from falling. We were such a great team, we managed to get to the front line, if there wasn't a girl who kept asking us if we were okay, I'm sure we could get to second, or probably first row.
I tried recalling, but I can't remember the things that happened in order, so here are some things that happened during the concert :
Taka brought Indonesia's flag to the stage!!!!
Tomoya said 'selamat malam, saya Tomoya! Saya suka bakmi! (hello, I'm Tomoya! I like noodles!)'
Taka said 'saya cinta nashi goreng! (I love fried rice!)' I swear it was 'nashi' instead of 'nasi'! lololol Japanese accent (which I find adorably cute!). He also said 'you guys are fucking crazy!'--with his perfect English.
Someone threw a bag to the stage, Ryota took it and handed it over to Taka. Inside it was--a panty. But then Taka put it into his pocket!!! It wasn't funny to me, though, I find it inappropriate. I think Taka was only trying to keep the concert enjoyable to us by pocketing the panty instead of being upset. Dear mad fan, whoever you are, don't do it ever again.
Toru said 'mari jadi gila! (let's get crazy!)'
Ryota sang a line of Indonesia's national anthem.
There was a crazy obnoxious girl who wouldn't stop pushing and shouting 'Toru (or Ryota? Can't remember, don't care), daisuki!!'
The concert was closed with the encore song Wherever You Are.
In fact, I had to look up for these things first because I really have problem recalling them. I didn't know running out of oxygen can take off your memory. I think I missed a lot of things while recovering too.
On our way after the 'war', again, another guy stopped us, asked if he could take an after-concert picture of us for a magazine. Sure! Messy hair, all gross, smudged makeup, clothes drenched in sweat. But I felt like I was a survivor of the sea of humans and it needed to be appreciated! We let him snap a picture of us then we went away.
Nevertheless, I ENJOYED IT. First concert I attended, so amazing!!
THANK YOU, ONE OK ROCK, PLEASE DO COME AGAIN!
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