The Honest Truth reveals a transformation in Kao Tzu-yang's outlook. When he was young, his songs were more emotionally driven--there were love songs, exhortations to himself, and descriptions of longing for a faraway home. But then he was imprisoned, saw his family broken apart, and lived through a horrible car accident.
高子洋表示：「原住民音樂絕不能老是玩同一套，必須注入新的元素，與聽眾的生活經驗引發共鳴；所以我以原住民歌謠為圓心，結合各種語言的新鮮元素為半徑，畫出無限寬廣延伸的音樂天地。」