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Translation & Subtitles: thoseguiltyeyes | scandal-heaven.com
Hello, RINA here!
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It's already the end of the year!
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So fast!
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Good work this year, everyone!
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I'll be taking it easy at home and talking
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while reading comments from you guys.
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Today's video will be a laid-back one.
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"I got married on Christmas.
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I'm grateful to have met my partner,
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and I want to build a happy family with them."
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Congrats!
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It makes me really happy to hear your guys' happy news.
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Congrats!
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"My boyfriend won a set of your drumsticks at BEST Xmas.
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We split them up and each have one.
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Thank you for making us happy!"
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Oh, they came as a couple!
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So they're one of the winners.
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We have a gift-giving segment during our Christmas concerts,
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and we usually give out all kinds of things.
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All of the band members give out gifts as well.
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My present was a pair of drumsticks I used during that concert.
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I just now learned who won it.
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They split them up - That's so cute!
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Thank you, too!
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I'm glad it made you guys happy.
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"I love the music that SCANDAL makes.
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The MC during BEST Xmas made me cry.
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I really can't wait for the new album!"
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That makes me happy. Thank you for coming to the concert!
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Our Christmas concert was a lot of fun, wasn't it?
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Among SCANDAL's concerts,
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it's our most popular one.
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When it comes to applicant-to-acceptance ratio for tickets, that is.
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It's pretty crazy every year.
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We play songs that we don't usually play on tours.
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We're a band that hails from a dance and vocal training school,
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and every year for BEST Xmas we do a bit of singing while dancing.
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There are a lot of variety show-like elements in it.
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It's a lot of fun.
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"I've been a fan since I was in middle school, and now I'm a hairdresser.
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My dream is to one day do your hair, RINA."
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That makes me happy to hear!
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First, congrats! That's awesome.
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You worked really hard.
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It would make me happy if that could happen one day.
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"I've been thinking about changing up my look.
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RINA, when you want to change your look, what do you start with?"
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For that, isn't the first thing your hairstyle?
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I think that changing your hair is the easiest way to show it.
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Change your hair color, or cut it short.
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Things like that.
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"I love SCANDAL, who always affirms who I am in the given moment."
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Thank you!
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The messages that girls send make me happy.
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I also remember the things they tell us.
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One had always attended our concerts with her friends,
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but those friends all suddenly got married or changed their lifestyles.
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She said that she ended up attending a concert by herself.
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She was like, "Is this okay?"
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She came out to the venue feeling excited but a little lonely.
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She watched our concert and then said that she was glad she went alone.
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That made me really happy.
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That was one of the messages that left an impression on me.
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There really are times when a person's friends all start getting married at the same time.
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The time frames all overlap.
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That's why I'm sure there are times when it feels like you're being left behind.
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What is fulfilling for someone differs for everyone,
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so I want you guys to cherish what you feel happy about now.
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Having you guys watch our concerts and listen to our music
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makes us really happy.
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"If I happen to see you on the street, is it okay to say hi?"
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That's totally fine!
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I want you guys to say hi.
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I might be a little shy about being spotted, though.
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If the timing's right and you see me, please say hi.
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"Please tell us what you're glad you bought this year, or your favorite items."
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Recently...
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I bought these rings.
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I've had this one for a long time, but I just got these two.
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I got new accessories.
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For winter.
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All three of them are accessories from the brand GAGAN.
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I had talked about this brand in a previous video about my accessories.
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I really like these.
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They're distinctive and cute.
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They also have jewelry for men.
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"I want to know why you went with 'urarina.'"
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This is in regards to my Instagram username.
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My IG username is "urarina821."
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When I first started IG,
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I thought I'd post a ton of things aside from the band or our music.
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If I consider my job in the band as my "front side" (omote),
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then everything else that's personal would be the "back side" (ura).
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That's why I went with "urarina."
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"I have to take action in order for my goals (dreams) to come true,
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but I can't really do so easily. What should I do?"
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Like...
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I'd wonder how serious I am about my dream.
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When a dream grows to the point where it's moving on its own
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before you think you need to act on it,
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you're already taking action before you know it, right?
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That's what I think.
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That's the type of person I am.
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You realize you're already doing everything you can.
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There may be many other things you want to do now.
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"When you guys record 'Catch up,' are you all wearing casual outfits?
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I'm interested since your clothes are really cute, RINA."
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Thank you very much.
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The four of us have a podcast/radio program that comes out every Monday night.
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When we record for radio, we always wear casual outfits.
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"When you look back on this year, is there anything in particular that was memorable?
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This year...
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Yeah, starting to be able to put on concerts again
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and getting to see everyone again made us really happy.
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Also, we worked super hard to write an album.
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We've completed our 10th album,
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which is coming out next month on January 26th.
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Maybe the most memorable is that we worked on the album the whole year.
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Like...
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In the past, we generally wrote songs while on tour.
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The way we play concerts has also changed.
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There were also times when production did not proceed as usual.
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We weren't able to write songs.
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We didn't know how we could make songs without having any concerts planned.
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We found ourselves running up against things we've never considered before.
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This production period was unlike any we had before.
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Because we were able to come to a halt forcibly,
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this past year and a half was one where we were able to be honest with ourselves and the band.
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If we never had that period,
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we wouldn't have been able to write any of these songs.
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The album is titled "MIRROR."
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All of these songs reflect us exactly as we are.
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We'd been thinking about ideas to take on all sorts of things,
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respond to them,
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and strike back at what's around us,
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which made the album turn out to be very unique and interesting.
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That's why we're wondering what you guys will think of it.
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You guys might think it's cool and fun.
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So, being able to complete this album is such a huge thing for us.
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It was something profound for me.
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Yeah.
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Those are some of the questions that I selected to talk about.
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How was it?
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Did you enjoy it?
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It was a lot of fun for me.
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Thank you so much to everyone who left a comment.
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Thank you so much for supporting us this year, too.
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Let's have fun spending next year together as well.
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I think my YouTube upload schedule will get a little irregular again.
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When I want to film I will do so,
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so best regards in 2022 as well!
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Thank you so much for watching to the end!
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See you in my next video!
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Bye bye!
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I wish you a Happy New Year!