HARU quietly enters the studio that Shunichi is in and he mentions that she steathily came into view. They talk about how they are the only two people in studio, and that they're limited to doing a video that's no more than 30-40 minutes long. Shunichi mentions that HARU appeared on a segment that he hosted earlier this year that was recorded in January or February of this year, which was when COVID wasn't too bad yet and therefore had been able to chat at an izakaya without worrying about anything. HARU says that the yakitori they ate was delicious. They reminisce a little more about the other dishes they had. Shunichi then mentions that he had gone to a sauna before shooting on-location with HARU and was kind of drunk while they were filming. HARU goes, "That's why going to the sauna wasn't a good idea! I told you that then too!" while he laughs.
Shunichi asks HARU what she's been up to since they filmed that show. She says the band's been working on writing songs, and she's glad that they've been able to save up a lot of songs while quarantine was happening. It had been hard to get into the mood to write songs, but as of recently it finally feels like everyone's being positive and are working on writing songs. Shunichi says that they were probably really happy when the four members of the band finally got to meet back up, and HARU mentions that they didn't see each other in person for about two months. Shunichi says that pretty much the same happened for his band as well and they had to do things remotely such as meetings over Zoom. He says that when he and his band met back up they were just like, "Oh, hi." HARU says that SCANDAL was more excited to see each other and were like, "Yay!", which he says is cute, and that probably happened because they're women and can say things frankly to each other, but guys tend to be more like how he and his band reacted, like, "Oh, hi. You've lost a little weight, haven't you?" Both of them say that they were really happy to be able to meet back up with their respective bands, and HARU says that ever since the band started there haven't been many times they haven't been able to see each other. They also talk about how they can't really play live shows right now, and how both of their tours had to be put off. HARU says that feeling down can't be helped, and the only choice is to be positive.
Since their discussion sounds like it's about to end, Shunichi assures viewers that this segment isn't ending and they will be performing songs now. The first song they sing is SCANDAL's song "
Tsuki" (
Moon). HARU says that she chose this song to perform because she could picture Shunichi singing it and thought it would definitely suit him. Shunichi says that when he was rehearsing this song he thought that this song would sound even more emotional if a guy sang it as well (as in a duet with a woman), and would make it sound like a love song. He also says that this is his first time covering a female artists' song since his band covered Shiina Ringo's song "
Gibbs" on a single they released last year.
After they perform the song, they both laugh and say how nervous they were to perform it. Shunichi says that it's a great song, and HARU says it was a luxury to perform it with him. HARU also mentions that their chances to perform live have decreased compared to how things usually are.
Shunichi says that they will be performing one more song, and that he's grateful and happy he gets to perform two songs with HARU. HARU says she's happy as well, and that she loves the next song they're able to perform, which is BLUE ENCOUNT's song "
Motto Hikari wo" (
Bring More Light). Shunichi mentions that SCANDAL has covered this song before, and HARU says that they covered it at a
fan club show they held. Shunichi says, "That makes me so happy, seriously. I wish I had gone!" HARU says that at each of those three shows on that fan club tour they covered a different song by a different artist, and which songs they were to perform were kept secret from the fans beforehand. She also says that she thinks this is a perfect song for this project/program. Shunichi asks her if SCANDAL has perfomed in Kumamoto Prefecture several times before, which she says yes to, and he says he's grateful for that and asks her what she thinks is great about Kumamoto. She says that she loves
karashi renkon, which he says he loves too. He says he'd love to play a show with SCANDAL in Kumamoto, and mentions that
they played a joint show in Osaka before.
As the song ends one of the strings on Shunichi's guitar breaks, which he sings about: "A guitar string just broke - That was close! I'm glad that was at the end!" He then asks HARU to give a message for Kumamoto. She says, "I'm sure there are people having a hard time, and I'm sure there are people who feel frazzled after the uptick in COVID cases, but I hope we're able to help someone out via our music and doing what we can. We'll continue to do so, so I'd be grateful if you could continue to support us. I hope you enjoy listening to our songs. Thank you for letting me take part today!"
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