Hello World (Scandal album)

Hello World
Hello World
Studio album by Scandal
Released	December 3, 2014
Genre	Alternative rock ; pop rock ;
Length	53:28
Language	Japanese
Label	Epic Records Japan ; JPU (UK, EU)
Producer	Scandal
Scandal chronology
Singles from Hello World
	"Runners High"; Released: February 12, 2014; "Departure"; Released: April 23, 2014; "Yoake no Ryuuseigun"; Released: July 16, 2014; "Image"; Released: November 19, 2014;

Last updated July 18, 2025

Hello World is the sixth studio album by Japanese pop rock band, Scandal. The album was released on December 3, 2014 in Japan by Epic ^[1] and being distributed in Europe through JPU Records.^[2]^[3]Hello World debuted at #3 on the Oricon chart, selling over 35,000 copies in its first week.^[4] It also reached the top spot of the Canadian iTunes Store's World Music Chart.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Image"	Mami	Mami	Keita Kawaguchi	4:26
2.	"Your Song"	SCANDAL	SCANDAL	Kawaguchi	3:43
3.	"Love in Action"	Mami	Mami	Kawaguchi	3:22
4.	"Departure"	Mami	Mami	Seiji Kameda	4:40
5.	"Graduation" (Haruna solo)	Haruna	Haruna	Atsushi	4:23
6.	"Yoake no Ryuuseigun" (夜明けの流星群; A Meteor Shower at Dawn)	Tomomi, Hidenori Tanaka	Tanaka	Kameda	4:41
7.	"Onegai Navigation" (お願いナビゲーション; Navigation Please)	Rina	Mami	Mami	3:00
8.	"Runners High"	Haruna	Yuichi Tajika	Yu Odakura	3:55
9.	"Hon wo Yomu" (本を読む; Read a Book, Mami solo)	Mami	Mami	Mami	3:34
10.	"Kan Beer" (缶ビール; Canned Beer, Tomomi solo)	Tomomi	Tomomi	Kawaguchi	4:01
11.	"Winter Story"	Rina	Mami, Rina	Satori Shiraishi	3:41
12.	"Oyasumi" (おやすみ; Goodnight, Rina solo)	Rina	Rina	Kawaguchi	4:38
13.	"Place of Life" (feat. Tetsuya Komuro)	Tetsuya Komuro, SCANDAL	Komuro	Kawaguchi	5:14

European CD Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
14.	"Rainy"	Rina	SCANDAL	3:51
15.	"Nai Nai Night 2014" (ないないNight 2014; No No Night 2014)	Tomomi	Tomomi	2:45
Total length:				59:44

DVD Edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Scandal Talking about "Hello World""	51:25

Charts

Album
Country	Chart	Peak position
Japan	Oricon Daily Album Chart^[6]	2
	Oricon Weekly Album Chart	3
	Oricon Monthly Album Chart^[7]	10
	Oricon Yearly Album Chart	153
	SoundScan Album Chart (CD+DVD)^[8]	4
	SoundScan Album Chart (CD+T-shirt)^[8]	11
	Billboard Japan Top Albums^[9]	4
South-Korea	Gaon International Album Chart^[10]	32
Canada	iTunes Store Top Albums (World Music)^[11]	1
Singles
Song	Chart	Peak position
Runners High
	Oricon	5
	Billboard Japan Hot 100 ^[12]	76
Departure
	Oricon	5
	Billboard Japan Hot 100^[13]	3
Yoake no Ryuuseigun
	Oricon^[14]	5
	Billboard Japan Hot 100	3
	RTHK J-pop Chart (Hong Kong)^[15]	1
Image
	Oricon	14
	Billboard Japan Hot 100	14
	RTHK J-pop Chart (Hong Kong)^[16]	1

Personnel

Scandal

Haruna Ono — vocal, guitar (1–11, 13–15), güiró (15), lyrics (5, 8), music (5)
Mami Sasazaki — vocal, guitar (1–11, 13), synth, recorder (15), lyrics (1, 3, 4, 9), music (1, 3, 4, 9, 11), arrangements (7, 9)
Tomomi Ogawa — vocal, bass (1–15), lyrics (6, 10, 15), tambourine (15), music (10, 15)
Rina Suzuki — vocal, drums (1–15), guitar (12), cajón (15), lyrics (7, 11, 12, 14), music (11, 12)

Contributing musicians

Tetsuya Komuro — synth (13)
Eisuke Taga — slide whistle (15)

Post-production

Executive producer: Shunsuke Muramatsu, Satoshi Aoki (Epic Records Japan), Yūichi Orimoto (Kitty Entertainment Ltd.)
Mastered by: Yūji Chinone (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
Arrangements: Keita Kawaguchi(1, 2, 10, 12, 13), Seiji Kameda (4, 6), Atsushi(5), Yū Odakura(8), Satori Shiraishi(11)
Additional arrangements: Keita Kawaguchi(3, 7, 9)
Mix engineer: Keita Yoko (1–3, 5, 7, 9–12), Eiji "Q" Makino(4, 6), Uni Inoue(8), Jan Fairchild (13)
Instrumental technician: Bunta Mochizuki, Kōta Oda (Sound Crew)

Packaging

Art direction: Yūji Takao (Kannana Graphic)
Coordinarion: Kōichi Yamatani (Kannana Graphic)
Design: Sayuri Kamata (Kannana Graphic)
Photography: Hirohisa Nakano
Styling: Kyōhei Ogawa
Hair & make-up: Hirokazu Niwa, Kazuhiro Sugimoto (maroonbrand)
Set design: Chihiro Matsumoto (Art Breakers)

Epic Records Japan Staff

A&R director: Akito Ogawa
A&R promotion: Yuriko Konya
A&R producer: Sen Okada, Ikuko Yamaguchi
A&R assistant: Shingo Shinkawa
Media promotion: Mayuko Isebō, Akihito Muraki, Rie Ikeda, Masaki Inoue, Akiko Itō, Akira Morikawa
Area promotion: Akiko Satō, Nozomi Takahama, Yūichirō Hisaizumi, Takako Yamamoto, Shōta Aoyama, Junichirō Kumahara
Planning Supervisor: Ikuo Hayashi
Label Administration: Kumiko Sugita, Miki Takashima, Satomi Mizusawa, Haruna Takizawa

Kitty Entertainment Ltd. Staff

Sound director: Taichi Ōhira
Manager: Taga Eisuke, Arisa Yamamoto
Concert creative: Fumihiko Tsuchiya, Mikako Ogura
Artist promotion: Ayano Takahashi, Kyōko Shioji
Merchandise: Hiroshi Aihara, Erina Fujii, Hibari Sakai
Special adviser: Hidenori Taga, Yoshihisa Nagata

Sony Music Group Staff

Sales promotion: Hiromi Kanehira, Dai Sugamata, Chie Arai, Minami Kodama (Sony Music Marketing)
Web promotion: Takuya Ishikawa, Sayaka Tsuji (Sony Music Marketing)
International promotion: Ken Isayama, Akira Shiota (Sony Music Entertainment)
Music publishing: Ei Ōsaka, Niina Yasui (Sony Music Publishing)
Business affairs: Hitomi Takano, Momoko Hakata (Sony Music Entertainment)
Products co-ordination: Chiho Sugiyama (Sony Music Communications)

JPU Records Staff

Sales and Physical Distribution: Ben Farrar, Tim Chilton
Marketing and promotion: Tom Smith
Coordination: Tom Smith

References

↑ "SonyMusicShop". SonyMusicShop.jp. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
↑ "In Conversation With Scandal by Colin McQuistan". May 2015.
↑ HELLO WORLD Listing at JPU Records (in English)
↑ 週間　CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月15日付（2014年12月01日～2014年12月07日） oricon.co.jp, retrieved August 23, 2015. (in Japanese)
↑ "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo : 18. 2014-12-24.
↑ "デイリー CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月02日付". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
↑ "月間 CDアルバムランキング2014年12月度". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
1 2 "週間 CDソフト TOP20". Phileweb (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-08-17.
↑ "Billboard Japan Top Albums│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". Archived from the original on 12 December 2014.
↑ "2014년 50주차 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-08-17.
↑ "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo : 18. 2014-12-24.
↑ "Billboard Japan Hot 100│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". www.billboard-japan.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
↑ "Billboard Japan Hot 100│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". www.billboard-japan.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
↑ "Cdシングル週間ランキング-音楽ランキング". www.oricon.co.jp. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
↑ "Archived copy". programme.rthk.hk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Archived copy". programme.rthk.hk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Hello World Listing at JPU Records (in English)

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[Hello_World-1] "SonyMusicShop". SonyMusicShop.jp. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

[In-Conversation-With-Scandal-2] "In Conversation With Scandal by Colin McQuistan". May 2015.

[HELLO_WORLD_Listing-3] HELLO WORLD Listing at JPU Records (in English)

[4] 週間　CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月15日付（2014年12月01日～2014年12月07日） oricon.co.jp, retrieved August 23, 2015. (in Japanese)

[5] "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo : 18. 2014-12-24.

[6] "デイリー CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月02日付". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2015-08-17.

[7] "月間 CDアルバムランキング2014年12月度". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2015-08-17.

[SoundScan-8] 1 2 "週間 CDソフト TOP20". Phileweb (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-08-17.

[9] "Billboard Japan Top Albums│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". Archived from the original on 12 December 2014.

[10] "2014년 50주차 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-08-17.

[11] "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo : 18. 2014-12-24.

[12] "Billboard Japan Hot 100│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". www.billboard-japan.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[13] "Billboard Japan Hot 100│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". www.billboard-japan.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[14] "Cdシングル週間ランキング-音楽ランキング". www.oricon.co.jp. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[15] "Archived copy". programme.rthk.hk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[16] "Archived copy". programme.rthk.hk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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v t e Scandal
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Studio albums	Best Scandal Temptation Box Baby Action Queens Are Trumps: Kirifuda wa Queen Standard Hello World Yellow Honey Kiss from the Darkness Mirror
Singles	"Space Ranger" "Koi Moyō" "Kagerō" "Doll" "Sakura Goodbye" "Shōjo S" "Yumemiru Tsubasa" "Shunkan Sentimental" "Taiyō to Kimi ga Egaku Story" "Namida no Regret" "Scandal Nanka Buttobase" "Pride" "Haruka" "Love Survive" "Harukaze" "Taiyō Scandalous" "Pin Heel Surfer" "Awanai Tsumori no, Genki de ne" "Kagen no Tsuki" "Departure"
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