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One Ok Rock’s Taka Faces Backlash for Defending Ed Sheeran

September 24

Ed Sheeran’s tour had already lost Macklemore and become, to many, a symbol of the cowardice of artists who preach political neutrality by the time Taka Moriuchi decided to defend him.

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