You know it, I know it; it's time for the latest addition to the 'goodbye-forever' train...
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???No matter how big a song removal pool it is for the arcade Taiko line, chances are there's going to be at least one track that won't be officially playable anywhere else after its arcade deletion and this time around, this dubious honor has fallen to a J-Pop pick. Without further ado, let's sing the swansong... for a song that's titled Swan!
Released on August 24th, 2016, this is the 13th single of the Tokyo-borne rock band being commonly sylized under the [Alexandros] wording, in activity since 2007 to this very day. The act was originally called [Champaign] up until a formal request from Japan's Bureau du Champaign who asked for a name change, retaining all its key members -vocalist/guitarist Yoohei Kawakami (川上洋平), bassist Hiroyuki Isobe (磯部寛之), guitarist Masaki Shirai (白井眞輝) and drummer Satoyasu Shomura (庄村聡泰)- from the act's very founding, with the exception of the drummer who has succeded the 3-years-performing drummer Hiroki Ishikawa (石川博基).
The band's lyricist for Swan, Yooei Kawakami, is on record for stating his lyrics job for the track to try representing a clash between light and shadows. The title-bearer single debut for the song shares in the same release the track Nawe-Nawe and a live recording of the formerly-released song Watari-dori (also in Taiko gaming!) from an Osakajo Hall concert in 2016, ultimately leading to a 4th place ranking in Japan's music sales charts (5th on the physical format). Later on, the song managed to become part of November 2016's studio album EXIST!, which topped both digital and physical sales charts as well as gaining the Gold-seller status, while Swan's music video ultimately won 2016'sw Best Rock Video award at the MTV Music Awards Japan of the same year.
As you might tell from the audio-distortion job in the embeded gameplay video above, an authentic cut of Swan was ported for Taiko gaming means. Its 8-star Oni song plays like your average J-Pop pick with 3-note clusters up until the chorus, where a blend of Taiko Time Oni's 2/4-note cluster succession and Ikenai Taiyou Oni's consecutive 3+ note clusters barge in for a busier ending.
