Line #52 Music/Halcali


1	HALCALI is a Japanese hip-hop/rap/pop duo formed in 2002, made of members '''Halca''' (aka Haruka) and '''Yucali''' (aka Yukari). The duo debuted with their album ''Halcali Bacon'', which reached #5 in the Oricon music ranking and made them the first female hip-hop duo to make the top ten in Japanese history. Their musical style was most known for its fast-paced, quirky feel and lyrics, though it's shifted into something more mature and streamlined over the years.
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3	The duo released 5 studio albums, with the last being ''HALCALI no Okawari'' in 2012, after which both girls have appeared to move on to other careers.
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5	!!Discography
6	!!!Albums
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8	* ''Halcali Bacon'' (2003)
9	* ''Ongaku no Susume''[[note]]Translation: ''Recommended Music''[[/note]] (2004)
10	* ''[[RemixAlbum HALCALI MIX]]'' (2005)
11	* ''Cyborg Oretachi'' [[note]]Translation: ''We the Cyborgs''[[/note]] (2007)
12	* ''TOKYO GROOVE'' (2010)
13	* ''TOKYO CONNECTION'' (2011)
14	* ''HALCALI no Okawari'' [[note]]Translation: ''A Second Helping of HALCALI''[[/note]] (2012)
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16	!!!Singles and [=EPs=]
17	* ''Tandem''
18	* ''Electric Sensei''
19	* ''Girigiri Surf Rider''
20	* ''Strawberry Chips''
21	* ''Marching March''
22	* ''BABY BLUE!''
23	* ''Tip Taps Tip''
24	* ''Twinkle Star''
25	* ''LOOK''
26	* ''Toogenkyou / Lights, Camera. Action!''
27	* ''It's PARTY TIME!''
28	* ''Long Kiss Goodbye''
29	* ''Re: Yasashii Kimochi''
30	* ''Konya wa Boogie Back''
31	* ''Endless Night / Yes''
32	* ''You May Dream''
33	* ''Roman Hikou''
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36	!!Tropes:
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38	* AlbumIntroTrack: ''HALCALI Bacon'', ''Ongaku no Susume'' and ''HALCALI no Okawari'' all have them, with ''Bacon''s being more of an instrumental while ''Ongaku'' and ''Okawari''s intros are short introductory raps.
39	* AllLowercaseLetters: "endless lover's rain".
40	* AnimeThemeSong: They've provided themes for ''Anime/NarutoShippuden'' ("Long Kiss Goodbye"), ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' ("Tip Taps Tip"), ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' ("LOOK") and ''Anime/GetsumentoHeikiMina'' ("Lights, Camera, Action!").
41	* BeachEpisode: "Girigiri Surf Rider" (though the music video seems to be set at a pier rather than a beach) and "Otsukare Summer".
42	* BreakUpSong: "Long Kiss Goodbye" is from the perspective of a girl who realizes too late that the boyfriend she's broken up with she loved all along.
43	** While it's a bit more indirect, "Strawberry Chips" is implied to be about someone trying to get over a recent breakup during the holidays.
44	* BrokenRecord: "Oboroge Copy View".
45	* CallBack: If you look at the different sides of the Rubix cube in the video for "LOOK", you can see Halca and Yucali dressed in their Christmas tree outfits from "Strawberry Chips".
46	* CerebusSyndrome: While their discography doesn't get ''overly'' dark, their music from ''Cyborg Oretachi'' onwards starts taking on a more emotional and mature vibe in both themes and sound, but still keeping their signature sense of pep. Just compare "Tandem" to "YES", "Mabataki" or "Long Kiss Goodbye".
47	* ChildhoodFriends: Halca and Yucali have known each other since elementary school and went to the same dance school together before becoming HALCALI.
48	* ChristmasSongs: "Strawberry Chips".
49	* ConveyorBeltVideo: "Tandem" uses the conveyor belt to allow for multiple exposures so that the band members can be in several places at once.
50	* HipHop
51	* MediumBlending: "Electric Sensei"'s MV switches back and forth between live-action and animated cartoon versions of Halca and Yucali.
52	* MotorMouth: While the speed of their rapping tends to depend on the song, they get particularly fast in "Electric Sensei", "BABY BLUE!", "LOOK ~Special Edition~", and "Long Kiss Goodbye".
53	* NeverBareheaded: A recurring element of Yucali's style of dress is some kind of hat, ranging from baseball caps to mini top hats.
54	* PerformanceVideo: "Strawberry Chips" mainly focuses on the girls dancing in their Christmas tree outfits with assorted shenanigans during the bridges.
55	* {{Portmanteau}}: The group's name is Halca and Yucali's names combined.
56	* RedOniBlueOni: Especially in their early years, Yucali portrayed herself with a more energetic and childish image (red) in contrast to Halca's more mature one (blue).
57	* RereleaseTheSong: ''HALCALI no Okawari'' features several songs from previous albums as part of its tracklist.
58	* SillyLoveSongs: "BABY BLUE!" and "Giri Choco" are standout examples.
59	* SingerNamedrop: They seem to enjoy doing this a lot, particularly in "Ah HALCALI Sensation" "Halcalism CANDY HEARTS".
60	** A unique example is in the lyrics for "Twinkle Star", where one verse actually contains "Haruka" and "Yukari" as words.
61	* SingerSongwriter: Averted in their early days, but from ''Cyborg Oretachi'' onwards they started writing their own rhymes and producing tracks themselves.
62	* SpokenWordInMusic: "Shibafu" features a short poetry verse recited by Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa.
63	* StageNames: "Halca" and "Yucali" are stylized versions of their real names, Haruka and Yukari.
64	* TitleTrack: "Cyborg Oretachi" for ''Cyborg Oretachi''.

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