The Sherwood Shinobi wrote:I hope you prove not to be correct in your prediction of them moving to releasing material in future just by streaming or whatever it's called. As you can see, though I don't post much, I joined SH in 2011 so I've been following them for quite some time. Back then the girls were always pleading with us to buy the physical copy (CDs, DVDs) 'cos they got a better return that way. And being of an older generation than your average SCANDAL fan I was brought up with physical media (vinyl) & dislike the whole degrading move towards digital, netflixing, streaming & all the rest of it.
Wow thanks for sharing your thoughts so candidly, really appreciate that! I'm sorry if my previous post bummed you out, didn't mean for it to do so.
Totally understand about them getting better returns from physical products. Even though there's not been a DVD or CD player in my home for years, I still buy their CDs/DVDs (and sometimes photobooks) as a form of support, though end up listening/watching their stuff on Spotify/YouTube
Imho the band themselves have also figured that CD/DVD sales are no longer what they used to be (Haruna said so herself in an interview), so they've pivoted to focusing much more on their merch/Feedback apparel and touring, which have the next best returns. Although streaming probably pays peanuts upfront, I do believe there is an upside in terms of outreach to new listeners, especially when their YouTube channel MVs are geoblocked in so many countries.
Apart from Morning Sun, my two other favourite parts are Mabataki and Image. The former is because I wasn't much of a fan of the song (sorry Rina!), but hearing it live and seeing them do the harmonies gave it a whole new vibe. And the latter because they started breaking out in big smiles and looking so happy