Hi all!

I'm following this awesome community anonymously for quite a while now. Thanks for all the amazing info, translations and reads on everything Scandal related. I found Scandal in 2016 through a Youtube recommendation. I thought it was silly at first, but I started to like them more and more and now in 2022 I have finally seem them live in Berlin. I'm totally blown away! Scandal No. 1!

Just a small anecdote from the concert: after the gig was over, I went to the Japanese sound technician and pointed at my ear and gestured thumbs up to let him know, how amazing the sound was. I was totally baffled when he suddenly stood up and bowed to me, which then has let a few people around me to bow back to him as well. Everyone seemed so happy, what a small moment of pure wholesomeness and I cherish it so much. <3

Hello and welcome to SH.  I was the same I found Scandal when I was listening to Band Maid on Youtube.

You no doubt made Japanese sound technician happy, the person must have thought you telling technician you are doing a good job.

Thank you so much for the nice welcome! It is such a pleasure to meet people who can relate! <3

Welcome to the forum!

At first my thoughts were almost the same as yours. "The songs are great and they're gorgeous, but can they really sing? Yes! Can they play live? Yes!"

What brought me to SCANDAL wasn't just the music, but also their personalities. They're a completely different band from what I used to follow. Their feel-good nature. Something I didn't know I needed, that gave more color to my life, which I accepted with open arms.

Because of them I discovered many artists like LiSA, Akai Ko-en and another Osaka group from the 90's called Ulfuls, great band.