True Blue

True Blue

Song Information

True Blue's jacket.

True Blue's pop'n music banner.

Artist: dj TAKA feat. AiMEE
Composition/Arrangement: dj TAKA
Lyrics/Vocals: AiMEE
BPM: 164
Length: 2:03 (DDR, jubeat, REFLEC BEAT, SOUND VOLTEX), 2:17 (beatmania IIDX, pop'n music)
Genre: ESSENTIALLY (エッセンシャリ―)
pop'n music Character: C-noid [20-1P]
VJ: 板垣聖一(IMAGICA)
First Music Game Appearance: jubeat saucer
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
• DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
• jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) saucer pack 10
• jukebeat KONAMI music pack 35
• pop'n music Sunny Park
• pop'n rhythmin jubeatパック2
• REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-
• REFLEC BEAT plus RUNRUNマラソン！ PACK 2
• SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-

Lyrics

Game Size

What happens to a heart when love breaks? 
Does it fade into a shadow of remorse, when it aches? 
Or can it fly to the sky like a bird, 
Lighter than ever, stronger too 
Oh I think a heart always learns to come through.

We were like children lost in our own dream 
We never knew love's a garden and hard to grow 
We thought the magic would lead us upstream 
But we fell, it's not our fault, it's how currents flow

Even though it's hard to know you are leaving this picture 
You remain another memory of summer when we loved 
Even the winter cold feels warm 
Shining with light from all I kept inside from you 
That is how the heart can live on and on

Long Version

What happens to a heart when love breaks? 
Does it fade into a shadow of remorse, when it aches? 
Or can it fly to the sky like a bird, 
Lighter than ever, stronger too 
Oh I think a heart always learns to come through.

We were like children lost in our own dream 
We never knew love's a garden and hard to grow 
We thought the magic would lead us upstream 
But we fell, it's not our fault, it's how currents flow

Even though it's hard to know you are leaving this picture 
You remain another memory of summer when we loved 
Even the winter cold feels warm 
Shining with light from all I kept inside from you 
That is how the heart can live on and on

What happens to a heart when love ends? 
Does it fade into a shadow of remorse, when it bends? 
Or can it fly to the sky like a bird, 
Lighter than ever, stronger too 
Oh I think a heart always learns to come through.

Where do the teardrops go when they trap?
Do they follow other raindrops and return to the sky?
Even a sparrow with broken wings,
Looks at the sun and finds us all
Oh I think a heart always learns to be strong.

Where did the sorrow go?
Who gave me back the sun?
I don't know
Opening my eyes, I see blue skies...

Song Connections / Remixes

• The beatmania IIDX version of True Blue is extended by 8 measures. This version is also used by the pop'n music series.
  • However, the pop'n music Sunny Park original soundtrack vol.2 album uses the shorter version of True Blue.
• A long version of True Blue appears on dj TAKA's second album, True Blue....

Trivia

• True Blue was added to jubeat saucer on January 1st, 2013. It is the final song unlock for bistro saucer's 4th set.
• True Blue was added to beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro as part of the Café de Tran unlock system. It is the 6th unlockable song for that game.
• True Blue was added to REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring- on 4/1/2013 as part of the Pastel-kun to Smith-shi no RUNRUN Marathon! (パステルくんとスミス氏のRUNRUNマラソン!) crossover event with jubeat saucer. It is the first unlockable song of the 2nd Annual Meeting, after Smith-shi completes 10 rounds around the track.
• True Blue is one of the songs part of the Mimi Nyami & Kotaro no Flying Catch! (ミミニャミ・コタローのフライングキャッチ！) event. It can be unlocked in pop'n music Sunny Park since June 3rd, 2013.
• True Blue was added to SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection- on November 20th, 2013 as part of the POLICY BREAK event. It could be unlocked until December 4th, 2013.
  • It is the second POLICY BREAK song to originate from the jubeat series, after I'm so Happy.
  • It can be unlocked again from May 2nd, 2014, to May 9th, 2014.
• True Blue was added to DanceDanceRevolution (2013) on December 25th, 2013, as part of the Nettou! BEMANI Stadium (熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム) event.

Music Comment

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Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Character Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty level from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
pop'n rhythmin difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 10+.
SOUND VOLTEX difficulty rated from 1 to 16. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd, Pop'n Music Fever, jubeat@Wiki and SOUND VOLTEX @ wiki.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts	-	551	1291	1898	579	1244	1775
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present	-	5	10	12	5	10	12

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	133 / 5	224 / 31	380 / 9	604 / 10	- / - / -	219 / 15	377 / 9	597 / 9	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→Present	3	7	11	16	—	6	11	16	—

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	342	702	904
jubeat saucer→Present	4	9	10
jubeat plus	4	9	10
jubeat plus (Android)	4	9	10
jukebeat	4	9	10

pop'n music

Game	Standard				Battle
	Easy	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
Notecounts	150	548	990	1402	483	551
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	10	29	42	48	24	30

pop'n rhythmin

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	139	280	443
pop'n rhythmin	2	4	9

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard
Notecounts	188	382	704
REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-→Present	4	7	10+
REFLEC BEAT plus	4	7	10+

SOUND VOLTEX

Game	Level
	Novice	Advanced	Exhaust	Infinite	Gravity
Max Chain	583	1230	1768	—	—
Effected By	PHQUASE	PHQUASE	PHQUASE	—	—
Jacket Artists	T田	T田	T田	—	—
SOUND VOLTEX II→Present	5	11	15	—	—