Japanese Band Wins Guinness World Records, SCANDAL Introduces New EP, Love, Spark, Joy!

Japanese Band SCDAL (Instagram @animefriends)

JAKARTA - The Japanese women's rock quartet, Scandal launched an extended play (EP) or the latest mini album with the title Love, Spark, Joy! on Wednesday, March 5 yesterday, digitally.

Love, Spark, Joy! is the third EP of the band that debuted in 2008, in addition to the eleven studio albums and other releases they have released.

Through the release of this EP Haruna (main vocals, guitar), Mami (main guitar, vocals), Tomomi (bass, background vocals), and Rina (former vocals, background vocals) were also presented with a music video for the latest song entitled "soundly".

Meanwhile, Love, Spark, Joy! contains four songs, of which three have been introduced in sequence each month, including the cover of the song Oh, Pretty Woman.

"The long-awaited EP with the theme goes back to the roots and updates," wrote SCANDAL, citing a description of Instagram's upload, Thursday, March 6.

Unlike digital releases, SCANDAL's latest EP will be present in the form of a compact disc (CD) which will be introduced internationally on April 4.

To commemorate the release of EP Love, Spark, Joy!, SCANDAL will host a special YouTube Live program on Sunday, March 9, at 11.00 GMT. This event marks the return of their highly anticipated popular YouTube Live series.

For information, SCANDAL was formed in Kyobashi, Osaka in 2006. They debuted two years later with the single 'Doll'. The following year, they won the category of Best New Artists from the Japan Record Awards.

SCANDAL has a lot of followers from within and outside the country, and has appeared in many countries. In recent years, they have also attracted attention as fashion icons, and as producers of their own fashion lines.

In 2019 they founded a personal label called 'her'. In 2023, they celebrated their 17th birthday, SCANDAL was recognized by Guinness World Records as "the longest-serving rock ban with the same musician (woman)".