Working on the closing track to their latest album, SCANDAL bring a “Special Movie” PV for “Tsuki (月)”. Images scroll up the screen like one was scrolling through the group’s Instagram account. The ballad matches the moods of the photo crawl with a yearning for beauty that implies the very …
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Description The new album from SCANDAL. Luxurious artists such as SASUKE, Yusuke Takeda (RADWIMPS) and Chiaki Sato participate as sound producers! SASUKE、武田祐介(RADWIMPS)、佐藤千亜妃など豪華アーティスト陣がサウンドプロデューサーとして参加！ [note: translation via Google Translate] Tracklist Information CD Track List 01. Tonight（作詞、作曲: MAMI、編曲: SASUKE）※テレビ東京 ドラマパラビ「来世ではちゃんとします」主題歌 02. マスターピース（作詞: RINA、作曲: MAMI、編曲: Keita Kawaguchi） 03. Fuzzy（作詞: RINA、作曲: MAMI、編曲: MAMI） 04. …
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Starting with strums from Mami’s guitar, “Tonight” presents SCANDAL in a setting removed from their pure rock offerings. The song gives us the instruments as though they’ve been looped, resampled, and reconstructed into a a modern pop piece. The strings round out the arrangement even as Haruna raps over the …
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SCANDAL come back with their ending theme to the the anime “Gegege no Kitarou”. “A.M.D.K.J.” is the kind of SCANDAL PV that puts the four girls in a sound stage draped with gauzy, floating curtains and lets them play until their hearts are content. This time around, guitarist MAMI gives …
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The latest digital single from SCANDAL, on sale now! ABOUT SCANDAL SCANDAL (（スキャンダル）) is a Japanese pop-rock girl band from Osaka, Japan. Formed in August 2006 by four high school girls, they started playing street lives until they were noticed and signed to the indie label Kitty Records. In 2008, …
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A new digital single brings SCANDAL back on the pages of New School Kaidan. “Fuzzy” features the rosy recollections and not-so-pleasant realities of a recent breakup to the screen. The drama starts with a mix tape and ends with a descent into murky bathwater; here’s hoping that things will end …
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Back with the second track from their latest single, SCANDAL goes with a bit of pop with “Mabataki (まばたき)”. Soft lighting illuminates the girls as they play house set to the sounds of RINA’s songwriting/composition. “Mabataki” has the look of the girls in the morning hours just before the lights …
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SCANDAL, the first single from the private label “her”, “Masterpiece / Mabataki” released! SCANDAL、プライベートレーベル”her”から第一弾となるシングル、「マスターピース/まばたき」リリース決定!! [note: translation via Google Translate] Track List Information CD Track List 1. マスターピース 2. まばたき ABOUT SCANDAL SCANDAL (（スキャンダル）) is a Japanese pop-rock girl band from Osaka, Japan. Formed in August 2006 by four …
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SCANDAL releases their “Masterpiece (マスターピース)” this week, and here for your approval is their new promotional video. The foursome, in action since 2006, get some dirty grooves going down in the intros for “Masterpiece”. Performing on a soundstage flanked by what most likely is their LED set piece for their …
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Since its debut in 2008, the album has been recording 7 TOP 5 series and is leading the girls band scene. Taking the 10th anniversary of the band to be memorable like a festival musicians, now “Take Me Out” which became a live classic song now, as well as a …
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