White Lovers

White Lovers

Song Information

Original Version

Artist: Tommy Angel
Composition/Arrangement: Tomoaki Hirono
BPM: 125
Length: 1:42
pop'n music Genre: Winter POP (ウィンターポップ)
pop'n music Character: SANAE♥chan [1-1P]
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music GB
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Arranged Version

White Lovers' pop'n music banner.

White Lovers' DanceDanceRevolution banner.

Artist: 新谷さなえ
Composition: Tomoaki Hirono
Arrangement: Takayuki Ishikawa
Lyrics: Chisato Yukimura
Vocals: Sanae Shintani
BPM: 125
Length: 1:44
pop'n music Genre: WINTER POP (ウィンターポップ)
pop'n music Character: SANAE♥chan [7]
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 7
pop'n CG design: shio
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME

Lyrics

These lyrics are for the arranged version of White Lovers. The original White Lovers has no vocals.

Game Size

Japanese

降りはじめた雪に包まれながら
伝えたいよ  こんな想い  say I'm sorry

あれからいくつも季節が過ぎて  前髪もかなり伸びた
少し大人びてるわたしを見せたいから
まっすぐに見つめたい  正直に伝えたい
同じ罪  くり返しては  傷つけた夏の日々を
悔やんだこと

降りだした雪に包まれながら
あの日のままの君が今  近づいてく
振り向いたその笑顔まぶしくて
消えそうなわたしをぎゅっと
抱きしめていて  white love

Romaji

furihajimeta yuki tsutsumare nagara
tsutaetai yo konna omoi say I'm sorry

are kara ikutsu mo kisetsu ga sugite maegami mo kanari nobita
sukoshi otonabiteru watashi wo misetai kara
massugu ni mitsumetai shoujiki ni tsutaetai
onajitsumi kurikaeshite wa kizutsuketa natsu no hibi wo
kuyanda koto

furidashita yuki ni tsutsumare nagara
ano hi no mama no kimi ga ima chikazuiteku
furimuita sono egao mabushikute
kiesou na watashi wo gyutto
dakishimeteite white love

Long Version

Japanese

降りはじめた雪に包まれながら 伝えたいよ　こんな想い Say I'm sorry 粉雪の舞う公園通り 二人よくきた散歩道 行きつけのテラスも 今は閉じたまま あれからいくつも 季節（とき）が過ぎて 前髪もかなり伸びた 少し大人びてる わたしを見せたいから まっすぐに見つめたい 正直に伝えたい 同じ罪　くり返しては 傷つけた夏の日々を 悔やんだこと *降りだした雪に包まれながら あの日のままの君が今 近づいてく 振り向いた　その笑顔まぶしくて 消えそうなわたしをぎゅっと 抱きしめていて 逢えない日々が 教えてくれた かけがえのない宝物 気付かず居たなんて 何を見ていたんだろう もう何も迷わない もう二度と悔やまない 打ち明けた　その瞬間に ひとしずく　涙キラリ こぼれ落ちた 舞い降りた雪は雨に変わって あの日からの距離をそっと つないでゆく 焼き付けたその笑顔優しくて 泣きそうなわたしをずっと つかまえていて * refrain わたしをぎゅっと 抱きしめていて White Love

Song Connections / Remixes

• A re-arranged, vocal version of White Lovers can be found in pop'n music 7. This version is also used on the later console releases of pop'n music.
  • The DanceDanceRevolution series use this version of White Lovers as well.
• A long version of the arranged version of White Lovers appears on the pop'n music Artist Collection 新谷さなえ album.
• Another arrangement of White Lovers, sung by 雪村千里 and arranged by Hiroyuki Togo, appears on the pop'n music Cafe music Espresso album.
• A sequel to White Lovers, titled White Eve, can be found in pop'n music 9.

Trivia

• White Lovers is the first song from pop'n music GB to make an appearance in an arcade pop'n music title.
• According to Tomoaki Hirono's song comments for White Lovers, production on pop'n music 7 began in the winter of 2000/2001.
• RIE♥chan, Sugi★kun, and Reo★kun cameo in SANAE♥chan's FEVER WIN animation.
  • They also appear with her on the background of White Lovers in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME
• White Lovers has never appeared on an American/European DanceDanceRevolution home release.
  • However, unused data of White Lovers can be found in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME (America).
• White Lovers has not been seen in any arcade DanceDanceRevolution title since EXTREME. The reason for this is unknown.
• White Lovers was supposed to appear in the cancelled game カラオケレボリューション BEMANIシリーズセレクション.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

Tomoaki Hirono

It is Tomoaki Hirono, the composer of WHITE LOVERS.
This song was originally written for pop'n music GB.
It powered up and became a vocal song to appear in "7".
I am pleased that its re-appearance came out pretty cute.
pop'n music GB was also released in the winter (it was quite a while ago), pop'n music 7 also started in winter, isn't it a perfect song for this season?

Hitoshi Ozawa

Hello everyone. I'm in charge of the arranging, composer/arranger/music critic Mr. Hitoshi Ozawa.
This song originated on the Game Boy, which had a small amount of organized sounds, so I made the sound of this song while thinking about Hirono.

Sanae Shintani

Untranslated.

Chisato Yukimura

Untranslated.

Character Information

shio

Because it is WINTER POP, we prepared a white long coat that looks warm. By the way, that's not a hat on her head, but a coat hood...

Since the song was vividly upgraded from GB to AC, I thought it would be fun to do the same for the character as well. So I took inspiration from SANAE♥chan's animation from pop'n 1 through 5 and tried to reconfigure them. Do you know which version was used?

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from DDRMAX2 through SuperNOVA2 rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards. (Ratings obtained from official Konami web sites. Notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever.)

Original Version

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	184	-	-	-	-	-
pop'n music GB	6	-	-	-	-	-

Arranged Version

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	74 / 0	97 / 3	176 / 8	297 / 9	- / - / -	103 / 3	176 / 8	288 / 9	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME	1	2	4	7	-	2	5	8	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS JP	1	2	4	7	-	2	5	8	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode		PSP Exclusive
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER	5B HYPER	7-Buttons	7B HYPER
Notecounts	150	250	446	-	236	310	241	237	442
pop'n music 7	7	12	22	-	※15	-	-	-	-
pop'n music 8	7	12	22	-	11	15	-	-	-
pop'n music 9	↓5	12	↑24	-	11	15	-	-	-
pop'n music 10→20 fantasia	↑6	12	↑25	-	11	15	-	-	-
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	18	31	-	11	15	-	-	-
pop'n music 7 CS	7	12	22	-	※15	-	-	-	-
pop'n music 8 CS	5	12	24	-	11	15	-	-	-
pop'n music 10 CS	6	12	25	-	11	15	-	-	-
pop'n music portable 2 DLC	※3	12	25	-	-	-	10	11	24

※ Denotes chart has a different notecount:

• pop'n music 7's Battle NORMAL chart: total notes: 310.
• pop'n music portable 2's 5-Buttons NORMAL chart: total notes: 92.