hitorikun wrote:she (the translator) said that herself, that the lyrics are not 100% accurate. >.< i shared it so everyone can have an idea about the song's meanings. in the end, its the listener's who will interpret the lyrics for themselves.

Yes, people can interpret it however they want for themselves, but a good interpretation should really come from a good translation. I'm just saying that the translation is not that well-translated, so maybe it's better to wait until the official lyrics are out so that you can generate a better interpretation.

Yeah it really has that Haruka feeling for me too. Loving the song more and more after each play.

@TGE : Yeah I got my answer after I wrote it when I saw the video and that they called it a "spring song". Was surprised when I got back and saw the change =O Shame, I liked Haru no Uta, would be simple and suits the song well too.

On a side note this is now the 5th time in a row that an "official" song/release/promo/cd has an english name : OVERDRIVE (with SCANDAL IN THE HOUSE in it too), STANDARD album, Runners High, Rainy and Departure.

Not that it means anything but it's interesting ^_^

Hoping to get more news soon about Rainy and Departure.

@thoseguiltyeyes and @hitorikun 

You guys are absolutely right ^^; I guess I was too excited aha and needed to post that somewhere. Anyhow, it would still be interesting to see how other people interpret it for themselves. 


I love Rina's drum fills... especially during Mami's solo part and how they guitar and drums went together :p Couldn't hear the bass as much as I'd like to though. *I think the black clothes makes Haru look thinner than she is aha.

Just watched the video again and… this yellow top Timo is wearing is the one Haru once wore in a photoshoot! Remember?

About the video itself, the more I watch it, the more I love it. All, from the light to the setting, from their outfits to the sextet, creates a warm and even cosy atmosphere. The song, being soft but catchy, fits perfectly this restful scenery.

Jikan wrote:Just watched the video again and… this yellow top Timo is wearing is the one Haru once wore in a photoshoot! Remember?

Yep, HARU wore it for their shoot in the Dec. 2013 issue of KERA. I'm almost tempted to buy it for myself haha.

Edit: I just got it. lol

I noticed it right away too! If you missed it : https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t4119p160-kera#609136



You can clearly see the lightning/saturation of the photo though ^^

While we talking about the setup and fashion... was anyone else surprised by one creepy thing? It surprised me when I saw it lol. Answer :

Spoiler:

Waking up in the morning, watching this video, listening to this beautiful song, somehow touched my soul

I would be so happy if they could package this and Rainy into one single. Double A-side FTW

When I looked at Tomo's top, I wondered why it looked so familiar. Thanks for the info, guys.

@HaRuRiNaMaMiToMo (why is your user name so long...): I think this is just me, but I noticed that in the setup of the studio, there are also red things scattered everywhere (red SCANDAL towels, boxes with red labels, red backdrop on Rina's side, red big box and red old radio (?) behind Tomo, red globe (?) on a table just to mention a few, and the red skull behind Haru).

The red skull just stood out because, well, it's a skull. I wonder if the staff ran out of red things to place, or maybe it was already in the venue and they suddenly want to place the skull there.

@kaitanuva: I'd be very happy too! Hopefully they won't release these as part of an album that will be released much later this year (as what happened to Brand New Wave and Weather Report, but these new songs are better in my opinion, plus they are composed and written by the members themselves).

@metalleo and @8cset8: Those were my thoughts when I just graduated from my bachelor's degree back in 2011. I never wanted to go back to school, but I found out that I have a better life in being a student (I make a living through scholarships).

I also absolutely love how just as SCANDAL is really starting to pick up their stride in popularity with the Osaka-jo Hall, movie songs, etc., they're also starting to come really close to making alot of their songs entirely from scratch.

/wishes for a super self-made album sometime in the future that gets platinum status ;P

the song reminds me of their performance with 氣志團 singing the 'One night Carneval' song.srsly.

but so far with this new song seem so sentiment and gives nice feeling specially haru and timo convo. and the video, their looks specially timo(not bias) so frick'n adorable(gives me idea to make new fanart♥) and rina too with the glasses.
and i have not yet get over with their 'Rainy' pv song and was really surprise with this news.lol
now i know what makes special of 3/3

Maybe Departure will be released together with Rainy in one single ? oh well.
can't wait for the both lyrics/eng translation
Thank you so much for sharing.

easy song to listen to. i have this feeling it will grow on me.
the girls certainly look awesome on the vid!

otakumi. wrote:the song reminds me of their performance with 氣志團 singing the 'One night Carneval' song.srsly.

Same; that melody in the beginning, middle, and end reminds me of Kishidan's "One Night Carnival" song too.

Reference video, if anyone is interested

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"Departure" (along with their DREAMS COME TRUE cover song, "Osaka LOVER") will be broadcast on tonight's program of SCANOMICS.


And I just ordered TOMO's yellow sweater, haha

thoseguiltyeyes wrote:And I just ordered TOMO's yellow sweater, haha

May I ask in which store? I'm kinda interested.

Jikan wrote:

thoseguiltyeyes wrote:And I just ordered TOMO's yellow sweater, haha

May I ask in which store? I'm kinda interested.

It's pretty much sold out everywhere, including the site that I ordered it from. But it might be available on a few other sites if you search around.

@thoseguiltyeyes OK, thanks o/

anchiel wrote:I think this is just me, but I noticed that in the setup of the studio, there are also red things scattered everywhere (red SCANDAL towels, boxes with red labels, red backdrop on Rina's side, red big box and red old radio (?) behind Tomo, red globe (?) on a table just to mention a few, and the red skull behind Haru).

The red skull just stood out because, well, it's a skull. I wonder if the staff ran out of red things to place, or maybe it was already in the venue and they suddenly want to place the skull there.

i think its a given that Haru loves skulls (me myself have a purple one O.O), dunno about the red radio by Timo's side.. the globe in front of the string section.. the folded towel by Mami's side (thought that was a wallet =.=) red backdrop, red cabinets.~

This song is totally amazing!    .dies.  I had been listening to it like all day long..   I hope that scandal will visit Philippines. .please. hope so.

I absolutely LOVE Mami's guitar parts in this song (esp the second verse)!! The song is sooo elegant and I think they really have the feel of seasoned musicians in the video!

On a side note, I realized Mami's pant legs are of different colors..quirky .happy.

Everything in this song is just fine: RINA's soft drumming is very pleasant, HARU's rythm smoothly goes down the ears, MAMI's lead brings the vigorous tune and TIMO's bass perfectly thickens the sauce.
And… TIMO's solo vocal parts are just an eargasm to me @_@
All of this fitting perfectly the lovely video with its kind of sepia tones, the whole is really - as lazzal says above - elegant.

I really like this song! Maybe even more than "Runners High". Glad to hear they're getting even better after such perfect album which was "STANDARD" : )

Well, i think this song great and relaxing, but is not surprising. 

By the way, i guess:

New single 「Departure」:

01. Departure
02. Rainy
03. Departure (Instr.)

repeting, I GUESS!!! I'm don't saying that is official! .ehem.

I usually wait until the official lyrics are out before I post translations, but it doesn't seem like they'll be made available for a while.

So, a question to you guys:

Even though it's based on unofficial lyrics (although they're most likely pretty accurate), would you guys want me to post the translation I did of "Departure" so that you can get a better feel for the lyrics? Just please don't go spreading it around since, like I said, it's based on unofficial lyrics.

I don't see the problem if you tag it as "Temporary/Unofficial/Fan translation" or something. Add a big red line before the lyrics, a tag into the topic, etc.

Then just edit it when we have the official one.

To be honest, it seems many people want a translation or the romaji lyrics as soon as possible and they will probably look somewhere else to get them.

I think that, even if you don't like it too much, it's better you post them here as soon as possible too. This way people won't go look on other sites and find weird translations. this is worse than you posting your lyrics knowing you do so many translation here anyway and how serious you are.

I can usually wait for the lyrics but I would prefer to see your version of it instead of copy/paste from another site. Yes having the official lyrics will be better because like that we are sure of the lyrics but it's not the end of the world if the temporary lyrics contain a few mistakes.

I agree with @HaRuRiNaMaMiToMo.

An unofficial version of the lyrics, since being told that it's not official lyrics, don't will be problem.

And the translations of @thoseguiltyeyes are very good!!  .uhuh.