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I'm still slowly catching up with Scandal so to speak, though to be honest mostly their "greatest hits". It's crazy how productive they've been through all those years. And although not all songs are really my thing, they are definitely insanely versatile. And most importantly, they still seem to enjoy very much what they're doing!
And that is actually one of the greatest appeals a band can have to me. Nothing worse than a veteran band where the members seem to be only in it out of habit or for the money but can't seem to stand each other anymore.

Thanks for posting this! Actually I didn't have a chance to properly listen to this until just now! The last weeks were just crazy busy for me, which is also why I wasn't really active here recently...

But yeah, typically great song by Kaneyorimasaru I say! I wanted to write that it's a repeating pattern with them to show young women going through heartbreak in their MVs, but after a quick scan through YouTube, the only other one I found is 26. That one just seems to have left a big impression on me. 😅

I just kind of want to post a MV with a happy couple to balance it out now 😁

Hah, I knew that Band-Maiko started as an April fools joke by them, but I didn't know that about cluppo!

@Mandy@sh.itjust.works you haven't posted a 96neko song in a while, so I took the liberty. 😀

Cool, thanks! So it was this one? https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VIZL-2143 Maybe I'll treat my self too.

Did you order it directly from Japan or via an importer in Germany?

That's really an impressive song born from this collaboration! You're right, it does feel like from a musical, especially with the dialogue between the two parts. Also an great variety of musical styles incorporated there... At times it kind of seemed reminiscent of The Smashing Pumpkins, other sections were kind of 80s synth-pop, Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody?) or David Bowie... Pretty wild!

@ScandalFan85@feddit.de did the live bluray you ordered arrive? There are unfortunately not many live videos of this band on YT, only shorts...

Right? I haven't even watched Escaflowne, but this performance got me emotional. Kanno on the piano is outright adorable, with how enthusiastic she is about the song and getting everyone to sing along.

At first I thought this was another cover of the song "ERROR" you've already posted a few versions of here. Like an exploration of different interpretations of the song as a series of posts. I actually wouldn't be opposed to that. 😄 This one is also great though.

Oh yeah, the whole idol business is pretty weird, and we won't speak of K-pop here. 😆

But Babymetal is not typical of the idol industry, so that's not my issue with them. It's just that I somehow can't really "connect" to music if its faces, the people on stage, are not the ones who actually play (and ideally also wrote) it. And idk, the dancing is just weird to me.

Comparing with the original, I think this song is really improved by Raon's voice. I was aware of her in general, but didn't really follow her. Maybe I should change that :)

Musically, Babymetal is basically their backing band (Kami Band) IMO, and they are obviously very good. The idol/dancing aspect is why I personally could never get into Babymetal, that's just not my thing.