SCANDAL Release New Album, New Music Video and Add Further North American Tour Dates!

Four-member pop-rock heroines SCANDAL continue their global conquest with the release of a new album, a new music video, and further dates added to their world tour.

The band, loved around the world for their catchy songs (several used in Japan’s biggest anime franchises), sense of style and for empowering women, released their tenth studio album MIRROR today digitally, ahead of its physical international release in February. The release includes their singles “eternal”, “Ivory” and “one more time” along with seven new songs. The album, which includes songs written and composed by each member, as well as songs that feature each member as main vocalist, reflects the sensitive feelings the members experienced after facing themselves more than ever before.

Today also marks the release of the music video to new song “Ai ni Naranakatta no Sa”. The song was written and composed by guitarist MAMI, and is an honest love song about the feelings of a woman who realises that her feelings for her boyfriend are not love. The music video is directed by マザーファッ子, who has previously worked on SCANDAL’s videos for “Fuzzy”, “Saishuheiki Kimi” and “one more time”, each of which has been watched over one million times on YouTube. It features the fresh acting talents of Miyu Nakamura and Sashiru Morozumi to visually tell the song’s story.

MIRROR is available as a regular edition album overseas on CD from our friends at JPU Records, that includes English lyric translations and romaji lyric transliterations. The international limited edition includes video on demand content that features newly recorded interviews with the members as they look back on the 15th anniversary of the band. The 50-minute video also includes unreleased footage from SCANDAL’s monthly documentary series ‘“her” Diary 2021 on YouTube’. This edition of the album also includes the third edition of “her” magazine printed exclusively in English for the first time. It offers a further glimpse into MIRROR’s production and SCANDAL’s story so far through exclusive interviews and photos.

SCANDAL also announced today that their 2022 world tour has had further dates added due to demand. ‘SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2022 “MIRROR”’ will begin in March with a national hall tour of Japan, followed by North America July and Europe in September. It will be their first world tour in four years and will include songs from MIRROR as well as popular songs from the band’s first 15 years.

Be sure to check out the music video for “Ai ni Naranakatta” along with the pre-order links for MIRROR here and the North America Tour days below!

SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2022 "MIRROR" Dates:

North America tour dates:
July 09 2022: Queen Elizabeth Hall (Toronto)
July 11 2022: Sony Hall (New York City)
July 13 2022: Big Night Live (Boston) NEW
July 15 2022: The Masquerade (Atlanta)
July 16 2022: House of Blues (Chicago) NEW
July 18 2022: The Imperial (Vancouver) NEW
July 20 2022: The Neptune (Seattle) NEW
July 22 2022: House of Blues (Anaheim)
July 26 2022: Legacy Hall (Dallas)

Europe tour dates:
September 22 2022: LIDO (Berlin)
September 24 2022: 02 Academy Islington (London)
September 27 2022: Yoyo (Paris)

MIRROR Jacket Cover

Tracklist:
01. MIRROR
02. eternal
03. Ai ni Naranakatta no Sa (愛にならなかったのさ)
04. Kanojo wa Wave (彼女はWave)
05. Ai no Shotai (愛の正体)
06. Ivory (アイボリー)
07. Yugure, Tokeru (夕暮れ、溶ける)
08. Ao no Naru Yoru no Sukimade (蒼の鳴る夜の隙間で)
09. Prism (プリズム)
10. one more time
11. Living in the city [CD bonus track]
12. SPICE [CD bonus track]

CD Includes:
- English lyric translations
- Romaji lyric transliterations
- Full booklet with Japanese lyrics and artwork
- Bonus tracks 'Living in the city' and 'SPICE'

CD + Magazine + Video on Demand edition includes:
- Everything from the CD edition
- "her" magazine volume 3 printed entirely in English
- Video on demand content SCANDAL DOCUMENTARY “her” Diary 2021 SPECIAL EDITION with English subtitles

SCANDAL Brings Fans Together with Latest Release!

“one more time” Digital Jacket Cover

Fresh from celebrating their 15th anniversary in August, popular four-member rock band SCANDAL, release their latest music video today. The track is entitled “one more time” and was originally released as a single last week. The track has been picked up by eight official Spotify playlists with a total of 645,000 listeners, and the band has also been selected as the cover stars of Spotify’s She Rocks playlist. The track also entered Amazon Music’s trending list in the UK upon its release.

“one more time” music video sees マザーファッ子 return as director. She had previously worked on SCANDAL’s “Fuzzy” and “Saishuheiki Kimi” music videos from latest album Kiss from the darkness. Both videos have been viewed over one million times each on YouTube. The video is shot with all four members of SCANDAL enjoying themselves at a home party, eating sweets, dancing around the kitchen, playing cards and more. The music video captures the song’s positive message, “I don’t need a special ticket to purely enjoy what I like and the music I like”.

The single of “one more time” will be released later this month physically internationally through  our friends at JPU Records as a limited-edition tape cassette. The package includes English lyric translations and Romaji transliterations and is limited to just 100 copies.

Be sure to check out the music video for “one more time” below along with the digital streaming link here!

SCANDAL Goes One More Time with Upcoming Single!

“one more time” Jacket Cover

Four-member rock band SCANDAL have revealed details of their third single of 2021. Entitled “one more time”, the title track is a hopeful pop number, brimming with SCANDAL’s trademark positivity and natural joy for music. It is released alongside a PARTY Version of the track, performed acoustically as if played during a band house party.

one more time will be available to download and stream from 29 September 2021. A limited edition International tape cassette exclusive to our friends at JPU Records is available to preorder now, and is strictly limited to 100 copies. It includes an English lyric translation of the song plus romaji transliteration printed within the cassette's sleeve art.

SCANDAL Bring a New Shade of Ivory with Latest Music Video!

“Ivory” Jacket Cover

Popular four-member pop-rock band SCANDAL has released the video to new single “Ivory” today – the band's second single of their 15th anniversary year! The two-track single is available to download / stream.

SCANDAL has reached legendary status in Japan where all nine of their studio albums have ranked in the charts at position five or higher. This latest single is written, composed and sung by SCANDAL's powerful guitarist MAMI, and co-arranged by the musician Kohei Munemoto (KAT-TUN, KinKi Kids, Mika Nakashima), and also features an acoustic version of the track performed entirely by MAMI.

“Ivory” music video, which features MAMI playing guitar in a bathtub in the middle of a skate park, was directed by Yuki Wakisaka. The movie director, cinematographer and photographer has worked with numerous artists (including PassCode's 'ONE STEP BEYOND', MAN WITH A MISSION's “Change the World”, and TK from Ling tosite sigure's “copy light”) and captures SCANDAL as their most natural, current selves.

The cover art for the single and cassette also sees the return of art director Junya Handa, who also worked on prior single “eternal”.

To celebrate the release, our friend at JPU Records has released a special edition tape cassette featuring both versions of the track, as well as a translation and transliteration of the lyrics. This edition is limited strictly to 100 copies and will not be re-pressed. It’s available to order today while stock lasts. It’s best to order quick as the previous single sold out fast. 

SCANDAL's latest album Kiss from the darkness is also available from JPU Records on CD with English lyric translations and Romaji. The limited edition bundle with an English printed copy of SCANDAL's magazine her is also available while stocks last.

SCANDAL's postponed world tour is still planned to go ahead later this year.

Be sure to check out the music video in question below!

SCANDAL Ivory: 15th Anniversary Celebrations Continue with International Limited-Edition Cassette!

Four-member pop-rock queens SCANDAL will release “Ivory” on 16 June, the second single of their 15th anniversary year! The band have reached legendary status in Japan where all nine of their studio albums have ranked in the charts at position five or higher. This latest single has been written and composed by SCANDAL's powerful guitarist MAMI, and co-arranged by the musician Kohei Munemoto (KAT-TUN, KinKi Kids, Mika Nakashima), and also features an acoustic version of the track. The cover sees art director Junya Handa return, who also worked on prior single 'eternal'.

To celebrate the release, our friends at London's JPU Records will be releasing a special edition tape cassette featuring both versions of the track, as well as a translation and transliteration of the lyrics. This edition will be limited strictly to 100 copies and will not be re-pressed. It’s available to pre-order today. It’s best to order quick as the previous single sold out fast.

SCANDAL's latest album Kiss from the darkness is also available from JPU Records on CD with English lyric translations and Romaji. It’s limited edition bundle with an English printed copy of SCANDAL's magazine 'her' is also available while stocks last.

SCANDAL's postponed world tour is still planned to go ahead later this year, which dates and locations are located below!

SCANDAL's rescheduled world tour dates:

23 October 2021 – O2 Academy Islington, London. UK 🇬🇧

26 October 2021 – YoYo (Palais de Tokyo), Paris. France 🇫🇷

28 October 2021 – Lido, Berlin. Germany 🇩🇪

11 November 2021 – Queen Elizabeth Hall, Toronto. Canada 🇨🇦

13 November 2021 – Sony Hall, New York. USA 🇺🇸

17 November 2021 – House of Blues, Anaheim. USA 🇺🇸

19 November 2021 – Canton Hall, Dallas. USA 🇺🇸

21 November 2021 – The Masquerade, Atlanta. USA 🇺🇸