I guess the songs are all ballads, but in different ways, and they're all open to interpretation. I just like the idea of having a compilation. He challenges the genre with his R&B or alternative-inspired tracks. Despite its title, the album isn’t full of traditional ballads. The things that I like to hear I was just excited to make. I'd always wanted to include guitar, stuff like that. I think in this project, whatever I did always came with a hint of the nu-metal. I was always into that music, and even when I stopped listening to that music, those melodies and feelings still stayed with me. When I was a boy, I listened to nu-metal like Limp Bizkit and Korn. Ballads 1-which carries tinges of trap and grunge-is a product of Joji's various musical influences. Here, Joji tells about his love for producing, his debut album, and what he'd be doing if he wasn't making music. "I was like, 'Alright, what's next?'" For now, he’s still busy making new music. He says he was eating a slice of cheese when he learned the news. Joji, who is part Japanese and grew up in Osaka, also broke barriers by becoming the first Asian-born artist to top the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart following Ballads 1’s release last fall. Joji on the set of his "Sanctuary" music video, filmed in Lancaster, CA and directed by Eoin Glaister.
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