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Hey thanks 😊You should also vote for Bright! That song is beautiful yet so underrated lol

Here's the full broadcast of their 10th anniversary live at Izumiotsu Phoenix on Aug 21

Hi everyone. Nice to see more members posting here! And regarding the upcoming best album, SCANDAL has a nice treat for the fans as we can vote our top 3 songs to be included on the album. Vote here Aside from the songs that have already been included on the previous best albums, I've voted for Koi no Kajitsu, Bright, and Flashback no.5

Room no.7 is an instrumental song so yeah no vocals. And I really enjoy that video, it's pretty entertaining with all the magic video tricks. I initially thought their English was incomprehensible based on the preview I heard but listening to the full version, their pronunciation turns out to be ok-ish. ------ The latest album can now be streamed on Spotify https://player.spotify.com/album/7ue1cwkJfhqCXQoKj9kWL4

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gbtxpKl5cr4

Room no.7 video https://plus.google.com/+JesusValoz/posts/8PGqB3RMmVF

The album also charted on iTunes Sweden and France at 7 and 28 respectively http://www.apple.com/se/itunes/charts/albums/ http://www.apple.com/fr/itunes/charts/albums/ iTunes, if it's available in your country or get a physical copy of the album through cdjapan/JPU Records/amazon/etc and also to support the girls. But you can do some Google searching to get the album if you have no other options lol

First day on Oricon On iTunes Congrats to them! The album is great ~

latest appearance on Music Japan http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ut9wz_scandal-mj%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E9%83%A8%E5%BE%A9%E6%B4%BB_music http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ut9x6_scandal-love-me-do_music

Arena Plus Vol. 7 magazine ã€Backstory on SCANDAL's GiGS April issue shoot】 For the front cover, we thought about how "『YELLOWã€means sunlight!" and asked them to shoot outside. Even though it's in the middle of winter... Thank you very much for bearing the cold! Changing it up from the front cover shot outside, we implemented a shoot that complements their album title 『YELLOWã€! We'll introduce those details as well☆ We'll be introducing details about the shoot today too! What we'll be featuring this time are solo shots outside to pair shots...among others. We had them do many shoots. Following HARUNA & TOMOMI's pair shot is MAMI & RINA's! On GiGS April issue, SCANDAL has specially made a 32-page photo book, to be won by applicants. It’ll contain never-before-seen pictures from this feature, as well as a full-colour photo archive of these four’s past magazine cover shots. Additionally, there’ll be a special interview too! For details regarding about applications, do check GiGS April issue, which will release on the 27th! For photos that we’re into…previousy, RINA-san’s photo had been a hit, but here, we’ll specially make public another photo of MAMI-san’s photoshoot behind-the-scenes♪ An off-shot from during the photoshoot of SCANDAL’s photo book, which was announced today as an all-member service for winning applicants on GiGS April issue☆ Since there’ll be a lot of time in March to submit your applications, don’t forget to (apply) when you’ve gotten the April issue!! Besides the all-member-service photo book, SCANDAL will also be holding a design contest, with support from both the band and Fender! The 4 members will together select a best designed guitar or bass guitar, which will then be made into a real Fender guitar! In this issue’s interview, SCANDAL also chats about their thoughts on an instrument’s design. In GiGS April issue’s SCANDAL feature, there’ll also be solo interviews of all 4 of them☆ For HARUNA-san, she spoke about what she thought of their work this time around as a vocalist! Another 3 days till (the magazine) drops! Of course, within the pages of the SCANDAL feature is also loaded with a deep interview! For MAMI-san, we got to hear her thoughts on being not just a guitarist but a songwriter as well!! GiGS April issue, to release the day after tomorrow☆ Up till now, we have introduced off-shots from the SCANDAL feature in the GiGS April issue. Everyone’s into the photos that are serialised in the magazine, right? Here’s another special one! It has to be "YELLOW†this round after all!! The 3rd series in the solo interview preview is TOMOMI-san! We hear about the songs that she has had a hand in penning and composing, as well as about her bass play. Additionally, she introduces something that she cannot be without when she’s composing! GiGS April issue, it’ll finally be released tomorrow!! Firstly, it’s the fourth series in the solo interview previews from the SCANDAL feature, RINA-san! For this girl who’ve penned the lyrics to many songs in their latest work,『YELLOWã€, we hear her thoughts about being a lyricist, as well as a drummer☆ In the SCANDAL feature in GiGS April issue, we also have an all-members『YELLOWã€interview! They’ve talked about all the detailed production and background process regarding all the songs this round!! Before you listen to the album, please check this out! Cr: SH+fysb

SCANDAL; Music Roots on iTunes SCANDAL has chosen 16 songs that have influenced their musical roots, as compiled into a playlist above. Their selection included the likes of Nirvana, Foo Fighters and JUDY AND MARY, a mix of both western and Japanese artists. Cr:fysb

Ah~ I'm so glad Yuyoyuppe is in the Babymetal team. His songs are really good and Suzuka's vocals are so fitting to it. This is a lot better than listening to an artificial singer

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3uf7oj_konya-wa-pizza-party-part-2-english-subtitles_music At Countdown Japan 15/16 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3uis7x_scandal-stamp-greet-the-new-year-2016_music Follow 2xcantarian on Google + for videos or scandal blogs on Tumblr and you'll get lightning fast updates or lurk through SCANDAL heaven ;D

English subbed http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3u5cad_love-me-do-full-version-english-subtitles_music

Full MV http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3u3ns6_love-me-do_music I like MAMI's. I like how she's come back to black but also layered with another color. I find this kind of style appealing in general anyway lol

Love Me Do short MV https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y32S-YHKaOA The song is also used as the commercial song for a candy product, Bourbon's Fettuccine Gummi An article about it, translated by tge@sh SCANDAL's "heart-pounding" commercial; HARUNA: 「It was embarrassing〠Popular girl band SCANDAL appear in a commercial for Bourbon's Fettuccine Gummi. It's their first time appearing in a commercial. Vocalist HARUNA showed confidence, saying, 「It took over 24 hours to shoot it, but it turned out to be a very lovely piece.〠In use is their new song 「LOVE ME DO〠from their new album 「YELLOW〠out on 3/2. Each of the 4 members have a "heart-pounding" scene together with guys. HARUNA said, 「Watching the other members on the monitor was embarrassing.〠It will be broadcasted from February 26th.

Party live by Rina with SCANDAL http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3tg3pw_%E7%89%87%E5%B9%B3%E9%87%8C%E8%8F%9C-rina-katahira-with-scandal-party_music Agree =)

ã€SCANDAL In All Black】 An interview with the four SCANDAL members. They talked about 『YELLOWã€, their first album where all of the songs have lyrics and music by the band. On their overseas tour, the four of them noticed their growth and discovered a new band feeling. They let me hear many positive stories. An album erupting with power, it is an interview that will tug at your emotions. Also, for the pictures, all of the members were shot as they were styled in black at my request. Please look forward to ROCKIN'ON JAPAN magazine, on sale from 2/29. New album『YELLOW〠is a work that's positive with a high tension to it, and HARUNA's vocals have depth to them. Why is it that there's a clear change in her mind??ーー is what we talked about. RINA's lyrics are great. You'll understand why by listening to their latest album 『YELLOWã€. Particularly, "Chiisana Honoo" is a truly magnificent song. It seems like at first their lyrics were due to the slogan 「Let's have the 4 members each write lyricsã€, but I believe that RINA's lyrics are now the best weapons that represent SCANDAL's essence. While being interviewed, TOMOMI's unique analogies and how she understands things unusually become an accurate discourse for SCANDAL. Meaning that it happens quite a bit. It'll make this text hugely successful. All of the songs on their new album 『YELLOW〠feature lyrics and music from the members. Of course, MAMI played a big part. In this interview, she let me hear all sorts of conversations brimming with confidence. Cr: SH

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3t3jxm_%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B7%E3%81%8A%E3%82%93-%E7%89%87%E5%B9%B3%E9%87%8C%E8%8F%9C-scandal-%E4%BC%8A%E8%97%A4%E8%89%B6%E5%AD%90-%E8%8A%B1%E3%81%AF%E5%92%B2%E3%81%8F-subs_music Yellow songwriting credits: 02. Stamp! Lyrics and Music: MAMI 03. LOVE ME DO Lyrics & Music: MAMI 04. Morning sun Lyrics: RINA Music: MAMI 05. Sunday Drive Lyrics: TOMOMI Music: SCANDAL 06. Konya wa Pizza Party Lyrics: TOMOMI Music: MAMI 07. Heaven na Kibun Lyrics: RINA Music: MAMI 08. SUKI-SUKI Lyrics & Music: MAMI 09. LOVE Lyrics & Music: TOMOMI 10. Sisters Lyrics: RINA Music: MAMI 11. Happy Birthday Lyrics: RINA Music: MAMI 12. Chiisana Honoo Lyrics: RINA Music: MAMI

a random throwback Here's an amateur SCANDAL performing on the streets in Osaka Castle Park An unreleased song that I like I was bored and I randomly watched videos on yt and then stumbled on these. Really amazing to see SCANDAL the way they are now being a famous professional full fledged musicians when at first they didn't know how to play their respective instruments, played with 0 audience at Shiroten and only had other people do the music for them. It's really a feat since they hadn't imagined to end up being in a band as they were just asked by their dance teacher at Caless to form one, and as well as discovering their talent for music. They really kept the band strong, maturing and evolving with each year and certainly being a successful artist, as well as being the representative for Japanese girl bands(and I think I read somewhere that SCANDAL started that 'band boom' years ago). I'm really happy how far they've come ;-;

Morning sun Lyrics: RINA ~ Music: MAMI Asahi ga sashite machi wo terashidasu Anata wa inai kedo yurayura odoru hana Te wo hanashitara tooku e tondetta Kikitai koto ga madamada atta no ni Wasurenaide ne Mou ichido aeru hi made kawarazu ni Anata wa watashi no kokoro ni ikiteiru Migite wo kazashite Hidamari no naka de anata wo omou Sora ni kiete itta akai fuusen Oikakeru you ni shisen wo agete Tada jitto mitsumeru Nimotsu wo oite hotto iki wo tsuku Fukuranda kimochi ima nara ieru no ni "Arigatou, gomen ne" Donna hi mo soba ni ite watashi wo kaete kureta Anata ni nani ga dekita darou Kaze wo atsumete Hidamari no naka de anata wo omotteru Iroasenai omoide wo tsurete yukou Sora ni kiete itta akai fuusen Oikakeru you ni shisen wo ageta Mou naitari shinai As the morning sun... As the morning sun... As the morning sun... -------------------------- English Translation The morning sun shines and illuminates the city Although you're not here, the flowers sway and dance about I let go of your hand and you went far away Even though I still had so much I wanted to ask you Don't forget about me, okay Until the day we meet again You'll always live on in my heart I shield my eyes with my right hand I think of you as I stand in the sun A red balloon disappears into the sky As if chasing after it I glance up And simply fix my gaze on it I put down my luggage and breathe a sigh of relief Now I should be able to tell you how my feelings have grown "Thank you; I'm sorry" I wonder what I could have done for you Who was always by my side and changed me The wind gathers up I think of you as I stand in the sun I'm taking these lasting memories along with me A red balloon disappears into the sky As if chasing after it I glance up I won't cry anymore As the morning sun... As the morning sun... As the morning sun...

Yeah, I've just listened to it. The mixing is good, too, imo. The instrumental sounds clear and smooth, the loudness is consistent yet is balanced with the vocals, nicely compressed. And is it just me that I find this studio version faster and sounds more rock-ish than the live one? There's already a download link for this song around the net btw And for whatever reason, the song made me remind me of this one https://youtube.com/watch?v=p1GHd4oVC-w

Rina's Katahira's commentary about "Party": 3. Party Arrangement by SCANDAL. As I was writing it I imagined girls rocking out majestically, and first and foremost thought of SCANDAL. We worked together, and what I was reminded of is that, naturally, regardless of gender, they're a true rock band. https://twitter.com/katarina_81/status/694870380494761984 (trans by tge@sh) ・SCANDAL's thoughts on producing music together We were very happy that Rina wanted to work with us and gave us the offer! It was our first time arranging another artist's song, but we worked out the arrangement while going in to the studio before recording and having sessions, and worked while having so much fun as it felt like the five of us were a band. Our team grooves resemble each other's, so we were able to work it out harmoniously! ・SCANDAL's message to Rina Katahira: We've heard it has the fastest BPM out of Rina-chan's library. We apologize for the fast acoustic guitar stroking, too. We believe that we have fulfilled our role. Let's play a live together. We are fans of yours. Thank you. P.S. Let's go out for Turkish food.

A short MV of Party by Rina Katahira has been uploaded onto her youtube account As I have posted before, SCANDAL took part in this song as a producer and in taking part of recording the instrumental. Additionally, the song has been chosen to be the ending song for Nihon Terebi's Pon for the month of February. And correction to my previous post about this. The song was composed by Rina Katahira while SCANDAL only did the arrangement. In a sense, Rina Katahira has got the melody in mind while SCANDAL gave the song off a rock-ish touch

SCANDAL to Release Seventh Album YELLOW Ahead of World Tour and Tenth Anniversary http://tokyogirlsupdate.com/scandal-yellow-worldwide-release-20160278239.html Barely days after completing their domestic arena tour, SCANDAL – one of Japan’s strongest all-female forces in rock – have announced the international release of upcoming seventh album, YELLOW. The 13-track record is their first to be entirely self-produced, and will be released in the UK and Europe on 11 March 2016 through JPU Records, ahead of the band’s tenth anniversary and second world tour. It will be available in three editions; CD, MP3 and as a limited edition CD and t-shirt bundle. SCANDAL burst out of Japan and completed their first world tour in the spring of 2015, playing an impressive 41 solo shows across nine countries. The big step in their already impressive career was captured on film, and will be released on DVD from 4 March through JPU Records, entitled; SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD. YELLOW covers a lot of ground, exploring SCANDAL’s usual upbeat pop-rock style, combined with touches of ska, heavy rock and punk. It includes recent singles Sisters and Stamp!, the latter of which was written and composed by guitarist MAMI while on tour outside of Japan. Both songs made it into the weekly top ten of Japan’s Oricon chart. It also features the theme song from their tour DVD Chiisana Honoo, the first time the song has been available on physical or digital formats, as well as a re-recording of Your Song from previous album HELLO WORLD, now featuring full English vocals. SCANDAL hit Japan’s music industry running, and hasn’t stopped since. Their fresh, upbeat take on pop-rock achieved them the award of Best New Artist Award at the Japan Record Award while they were still teenagers. Since then, all six of their studio albums have reached the top five of the national album charts and they continue to be well loved at home and abroad. In fact, they are so influential amongst girls in Japan that there have been battle of the band competitions for the last four years consisting solely of SCANDAL cover-bands. With the release of YELLOW, this bright band’s future is looking ever brighter. Preorder the limited edition t-shirt bundle (only 300 units) now: http://jpurecords.tictail.com/product/scandal_yellow_tshirt Regular edition : http://jpurecords.tictail.com/product/scandal-yellow-cd