History Music / Scandal

Due to their songs being featured on the [[Manga/{{Bleach}} various]] [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist endings of]] [[Anime/StarDriver animes]] [[VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory and videos games]], the band has achieved a somewhat international fanbase and has performed at SXSW, Sakura-Con and AM2 in the USA, Ani-com in Hong Kong and Japan Expo in France. They have also gone on very successful Asian regional tours almost every year since 2010, and have went even further in 2015 with a 10 concert world tour in 8 countries

* [[Instrumentals]]: "Room No. 7", the first track on ''Yellow''. Various singles also feature instrumental version of the main song.

* KaleidoscopeHair - Mami after the group ditched their school uniforms. Occasionally enters MulticoloredHair territory with her turquoise hair ends

* LyricalColdOpen - Haruka and Chiisana Honoo. Haruna's singing begins the song.

** SCANDAL Show. However unlike a regular greatest hits album, it is not a single collection. Instead it is a collection of songs the girls themselves like hence the inclusion of non-single live standards and B-sides such as SCANDAL Baby, Switch, SCANDAL no Theme, Everybody Say Yeah etc.
** ENCORE Show. Recently released collection of B-Sides, plus one rerecorded track and one new song. Hit No.1 on the ORICON daily charts on release day and 3rd overall on the weekly album chart. Their most successful release as of February 2013.

** Playboy Pt II is obviously the sequel to the original Playboy.
** Onegai Navigation is the sequel song to their own Awanai Tsumori Genki de ne.
* SelfTitledAlbum - BEST SCANDAL and SCANDAL SHOW

* HiddenDepths - The girls ''dance!'' The girls met at a renowned vocal and dance school in Osaka and thus are trained singers and dancers. Haruna and Tomomi are the best two dancers amongst the girls, Haruna even appearing as a backup dancer in a movie before SCANDAL got famous. Many of their PVs feature dancing in various quantities, most heavily in Pin Heel Surfer.

* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack - Used to be their signature look. In the beginning, the girls almost always wore uniforms in concerts and music videos, invoking some FetishFuel for the fans. With the release of their 3rd album and the coming of age of their youngest member, the uniforms/costumes then changed towards something more mature. Recently, the band has stopped wearing matching uniforms/costumes.

** RINA. More than just being the drummer, she can play the guitar, she can play the keyboard, and she can sing as well.

** Brings it up a notch for SCANDAL IN THE HOUSE, where they namedrop all the members' names AND the band name at various points in the song.

* Trainstopping - Or rather Lorry Stopping, in the PV for Image

* RepurposedPopSong - Satisfaction, released in 2011, was used as the promo song for Windows 8 in 2013.

* FoodSongsAreFunny - Becoming a theme for their recent album releases. First there was Orange Juice from STANDARD, followed by Canned Beer from HELLO WORLD, and now there is Konya wa Pizza Party from YELLOW. Incidentally TOMOMI is involved in all 3 songs in some way, either as a writer or singer

** Namida no Regret and one piece - The only 2 ballads released as of 2015

* LyricalColdOpen - Haruka. Haruna's singing begins the song.

Due to their songs being featured on the [[Manga/{{Bleach}} various]] [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist endings of]] [[StarDriver animes]] [[VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory and videos games]], the band has achieved a somewhat international fanbase and has performed at SXSW, Sakura-Con and AM2 in the USA, Ani-com in Hong Kong and Japan Expo in France. They have also gone on very successful Asian regional tours almost every year since 2010, and have went even further in 2015 with a 10 concert world tour in 8 countries

* SignatureSong - Shunkan Sentimental, Shoujo S and HARUKAZE for anime viewers.
** Songs they play at literally every live, like SCANDAL BABY and EVERYBODY SAY YEAH!

* KansaiRegionalAccent - Tomomi and Rina grew up in Osaka and predictably have very strong Kansai accents. Ono and Sasazaki grew up in Nagoya and thus have a more neutral sounding Kanto accent.

* AllDrummersAreAnimals - Averted. Suzuki Rina is the youngest, girliest and arguably the cutest member of the band. Mileage does not vary. Suzuki has however, named Keith Moon as one of her favourite drummers.

* AudienceParticipationSong - Occasionally during shows, Ono will let the crowd sing the last verse of SCANDAL Baby.

** Rainy is also exceptionally hard hitting. It is also used for the Japanese release of the film Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. The film is entitled Shadowhunter in Japan. Rainy is also significant because it is completely written and arranged by the band itself.

* DoubleEntendre - Ogawa's lyrics in Houkagou 1H is ostensibly about playing or writing music after school. However, TeacherStudentRomance is quite heavily implied.

* HiddenDepths - The girls ''dance!'' The girls met at a renowned vocal and dance school in Osaka and thus are trained singers and dancers. Ono and Ogawa are the best two dancers amongst the girls, Ono even appearing as a backup dancer in a movie before SCANDAL got famous. Many of their PVs feature dancing in various quantities, most heavily in Pin Heel Surfer.

* KansaiRegionalAccent - Ogawa and Suzuki grew up in Osaka and predictably have very strong Kansai accents. Ono and Sasazaki grew up in Nagoya and thus have a more neutral sounding Kanto accent.

* LeadBassist - '''Type B - The Singer''' NoBodyLovesTheBassist? Extremely not the case for Tomomi Ogawa. Her bubbly GenkiGirl personality, her sense of humor and her attractiveness as well as talent as a lyricist ensures her place in the hearts of all SCANDAL fans. Being the second vocalist and having a unique sounding voice also ensures that no one will forget Ogawa when they see her.

* NonAppearingTitle - SL Magic. The title does not appear in the song's lyrics. Some of their other songs are like this as well, for example Shunkan Sentimental, Houkago 1H and a few others.
* PowerWalk: In the MusicVideo for Shoujo S, as well as the beginning of SCANDAL Nanka Buttobase. Used in copious amounts in Pin Heel Surfer.

* RepurposedPopSong - Satisfaction, released in 2011, was used as the CM song for Windows 8 in 2013.

** STANDARD may be considered this, as people know it as the first song completely created by them.

* StopAndGo - SL Magic. During live performances, the band adds a significant pause in the middle of the song.

* ThisIsYourSong - "Your Song" (Yes that is the title) is written based on ideas submitted by fans.

** In the band's 5th studio album Image, Rina sings lead on the song Oyasumi (Goodnight)

* FaceOfTheBand - Averted, due to all three guitarists sharing vocals they get roughly the same amount of screen time.
** Rina tends to become this during interviews, as she answers considerably more questions compared to the others. Justified though, as she's been hidden behind the other three during every performance.

!!This band provides examples of:

* AllDrummersAreAnimals - Averted with prejudice. Suzuki Rina is the youngest, girliest and arguably the cutest member of the band. Mileage does not vary. Suzuki has however, named Keith Moon as one of her favourite drummers.

* BandToon - Had their own anime back in 2010

Due to their songs being featured on the [[Manga/{{Bleach}} various]] [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist endings of]] [[StarDriver animes]] [[VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory and videos games]], the band has achieved a somewhat international fanbase and has performed at SXSW, Sakura-Con and AM2 in the USA, Ani-com in Hong Kong and Japan Expo in France. They have also gone on very successful Asian regional tours almost every year since 2010.

** Namida no Regret - A ballad. So far (as of 9/2012) the ONLY proper ballad recorded by the band.

* PowerWalk: In the MusicVideo for Shojo S, as well as the beginning of SCANDAL Nanka Buttobase. Used in copious amounts in Pin Heel Surfer.

* FanService - Midway in Taiyou to Kimi ga Egaku STORY's video clip.