I love it!!
Awesome :D Thanks for the share~

Haru's voice actually suits the song, to me at least.

bleachnlife wrote:It seems like her voice hasn't even tried recovering this year... I think this is her new voice now peoples... when I first heard it I was like ok... It might take some time for me to start loving it which was what happened with Love Survive and afew other songs...

The song was recorded last year, in case you didn't know.

Uhh guys, there's a few reasons why it's different:

1. It's a Radio Rip
2. It's most probably live.

No, seriously, I think it's live, for some reason.

The background noise and the voice isn't really connected, especially in the earlier parts, Haruna's voice feels disconnected from the background music, it feels like Haruna and Tomomi just sang while the background music is playing, it doesn't have that studio recorded feel. Or maybe it hasn't been really edited? I can't really tell. Plus, when they say "MAI OCHIRU HANA", in the Bleach OP I can hear Rina and Mami, but here it's only Haru and Tomomi. Maybe they appeared at the radio show and just sang it as a treat? I honestly can't tell o.o

Or maybe it's just my faulty ears.

The recorded version should practically be the same as the one from the Bleach OP, it's RECORDED during the same time anyways. A TV size of a song is always selected parts cut from the original song, so logically speaking, SCANDAL should have finished recording Harukaze the same time the Bleach OP was released, and so her voice shouldn't change. Unless of course, SCANDAL agreed to record a TV size version first and finish the song later, which explains the gap between the Bleach OP and the spring release date, but I kind of doubt it, they performed Harukaze live in their concert after all, so to a certain extent they must have finished the song by then.

At any rate, the song is great, I can't wait till it's released, although this time I'll prolly have a hard time buying the original copy. Oh well, keep up the great work girls

Are you sure it's live? Check out the harmony tracks that start right around 0:20. They're matched up essentially perfectly.

ganstream1 wrote:

bleachnlife wrote:It seems like her voice hasn't even tried recovering this year... I think this is her new voice now peoples... when I first heard it I was like ok... It might take some time for me to start loving it which was what happened with Love Survive and afew other songs...

The song was recorded last year, in case you didn't know.

True well lets hope shes "slight" better "this year. Or we might end with Haru sounding abit like Cyndi lauper when she sang True colours...

320x200 wrote:Are you sure it's live? Check out the harmony tracks that start right around 0:20. They're matched up essentially perfectly.

True, but if you hear the earlier parts, Haruna's voice doesn't quite fit the music. It's too loud, kinda drowning out the guitars and etc, plus her voice breaks up a bit, I can't help but feel that if it's in a studio, the producer will "fix" it somehow.

I can't be sure though, radio rips are generally not a really good representation of the real song.

Ohhh finally a full version of HARUKAZE! .love.

Now I can say I definitely love HARUKAZE. I love every part of the song, specially the second part. I haven't felt this initial love for a SCANDAL song since TaiKimi.

I'm now really looking forward to seeing the PV of it and of course the new uniforms!

It's interesting how different it sounds from the TV size version, actually. I'm sure the vocals are a different recording, if not at least because in the TV size the vocals end in a different way, and Haru does sound better there actually, maybe because of production or different times of recording or radio rip quality. That aside, I do like the full Harukaze, though it's different to what I expected. I'm not sure I like the way they end the chorus and go back into the riff, but overall the melody and arrangement are really nice

too good! this song is really full of it! one hear and that's it, i'm liking this song. same as mc, since when i had this fast feeling. .

Argh, I don't know if I like her new voice... When I compare songs that were sung on the Temptation Box concert to the same song on a recent live it almost makes me wanna cry, she lost all her power.
I hope she didn't hurt her vocal chords to a state that it cant recover.
ANd the problem is if you are so famous you just can't take a long break D:

I still really like Harukaze though. Can't wait for the covers of the limited versions either.

Paladinoras wrote:The recorded version should practically be the same as the one from the Bleach OP, it's RECORDED during the same time anyways. A TV size of a song is always selected parts cut from the original song, so logically speaking, SCANDAL should have finished recording Harukaze the same time the Bleach OP was released, and so her voice shouldn't change. Unless of course, SCANDAL agreed to record a TV size version first and finish the song later, which explains the gap between the Bleach OP and the spring release date, but I kind of doubt it, they performed Harukaze live in their concert after all, so to a certain extent they must have finished the song by then.

Well, check the difference between TV size version and the full version of "*~Asterisk". I think this difference is very common in anime opening themes. And I'm still loving the full version more than the TV size version.

Reachie wrote:I hope she didn't hurt her vocal chords to a state that it cant recover.
ANd the problem is if you are so famous you just can't take a long break D:

Oh my gosh, I really hope not. That would be devastating.

I feel like Tomomi's voice, on the other hand, is really improving.
I really like this song ^^ I want to hear their cover of Alones and Asterisk. That's gonna be interesting.

The full version is so awesome!

I'm totally looking forward to the official release!

can't wait for SCANDAL's new single


i hope i can be patient to keep wait

I sent a tweet to CDJapan, and they said there is no first press bonus to begin with.

I only did this after checking their website and there is no first press bonus for Harukaze.

Apparently there's a limited edition with both A + B sides included.

That's great, CBF to get both editions, I don't have the cash to spare right now.

Paladinoras wrote:Apparently there's a limited edition with both A + B sides included.

Cool, where did you see that? I can't find it on CDJapan...

Yeah please post links to the source where you get your information, the first post needs to be updated that there is no First Press Bonus for the Regular Edition.

Yeah, I don't see that at the HMV site too.

Ah, sorry guys, I misread, the shop I usually buys it from wrote:

CD Limited A + B, I thought it meant that there is a CD for both sides included, as it turns out they meant literally CD Limited A + CD Limited B >.>

Again, sorry for the misunderstanding.

FINALY A FULL VERSION !! Thanks for the links and i'm addicted to the song . Can't stop listening!!!!! Go SCANDAL!!!!

If you buy the cd, does it include the music video?

ryl_rina wrote:If you buy the cd, does it include the music video?

Usually, no. Unless stated.

Another Epic song of SCANDAL:D
..Im SUre This Will Capture Of My Heart Again:D