Diamond Dust

Diamond Dust

Song Information

Diamond Dust's jacket.

Diamond Dust's pop'n music banner.

Artist: TAG
Composition/Arrangement: TAG
BPM: 148
Length: 1:43
pop'n music Genre: REFLECTIVE TRANCE (リフレクティヴトランス)
pop'n music Character: HAPPPY [17-1P]
Jacket design: AUK-YAM
First Music Game Appearance: REFLEC BEAT
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX
• pop'n music 20 fantasia
• REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 07
• REFLEC BEAT + KONAMI MUSIC PACK 2
• ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• An extended version of Diamond Dust, titled Diamond Dust-Extended Ver.-, can be found on the REFLEC BEAT ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album.
• A re-arranged version of Diamond Dust with vocals by DJ YOSHITAKA, titled Diamond Dust-Try to Sing Ver.-, can also be found in REFLEC BEAT.
• The TAG BGM in REFLEC BEAT is partially based on Diamond Dust and Before Daybreak.

Trivia

• Diamond Dust is Yasuhiro Taguchi's first original contribution to the REFLEC BEAT series.
• Diamond Dust is unlocked in REFLEC BEAT by reaching Level 14.
  • In REFLEC BEAT limelight, Diamond Dust is unlocked by reaching the second part of Glass Stage 1-1. It is the 4th old REFLEC BEAT song in limelight unlocked via Glass Stage.
  • In REFLEC BEAT colette, Diamond Dust is unlocked by reaching Stage 2 of Pastel Adventure (パステルアドベンチャー) in Reflecting Mountain (初代リフレク山).
  • From REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! to REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, Diamond Dust was available by default.
• Yasuhiro Taguchi himself appears on Diamond Dust's jacket.
• Diamond Dust is one of the unlockable songs of Phase 2 of pop'n music 20 fantasia's Soreyuke! pop'n quest (それゆけ！ポップンクエスト) event. It could be unlocked from April 25th, 2012.
  • As of October 1st, 2012, it is available by default.
• Diamond Dust's genre, REFLECTIVE TRANCE, references the game from where it originated, REFLEC BEAT.
• Diamond Dust's pop'n music charts were made by Mameshiba.
  • According to pop'n music 20 fantasia sound director PON, he wanted to put in Diamond Dust-Try to Sing Ver.- for the EX chart in pop'n music. Mameshiba apologized in his song comment to those expecting that.
• In DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX, Diamond Dust's CHALLENGE charts can be unlocked by reaching ENJOY LEVEL 100.
  • From DanceDanceRevolution (2013) onwards, these charts are playable by default.
  • Diamond Dust is the first REFLEC BEAT song to cross over to the DanceDanceRevolution series.
• Diamond Dust received an EASY chart in pop'n music Sunny Park, replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.
• After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, Diamond Dust was revived on May 18th, 2017.
• Diamond Dust is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from May 25th, 2023, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.20 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.20).

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	70 / 0	148 / 13	181 / 18	251 / 25	274 / 18 / 39	138 / 13	189 / 28	255 / 26	277 / 16 / 41
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present	1	5	7	10	13	5	8	11	13

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	EASY	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	198	311	532	754	198	307
pop'n music 20 fantasia	14	19	28	34	13	18
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	※5	↓23	↓33	40	13	18

※ The notecount of this chart is different from the old 5-Buttons chart (total notes: 133).

REFLEC BEAT

Old Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	129	188	280	-
REFLEC BEAT→VOLZZA 2	3	5	7	-
REFLEC BEAT plus	3	5	7	-
REFLEC BEAT +	3	5	7	-

New Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	White Hard
Notecounts	181	247	408	-
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア	4	7	9	-