diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyKiaiGlow.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyKiaiGlow.cs
index 07eb052b20..955deb7f3a 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyKiaiGlow.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyKiaiGlow.cs
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Audio.Track;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
-using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Judgements;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
@@ -13,8 +14,10 @@ using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning.Legacy
 {
-    internal partial class LegacyKiaiGlow : Container
+    internal partial class LegacyKiaiGlow : BeatSyncedContainer
     {
+        private const float colour_compensation = 1.58f;
+
         public LegacyKiaiGlow()
         {
             AlwaysPresent = true;
@@ -29,13 +32,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning.Legacy
                 Texture = skin.GetTexture("taiko-glow"),
                 Origin = Anchor.Centre,
                 Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
-                Scale = new Vector2(0.75f),
+                Scale = new Vector2(0.7f),
+                Colour = new Colour4(255, 228, 0, 255),
             };
         }
 
-        [Resolved(CanBeNull = true)]
-        private IBeatSyncProvider? beatSyncProvider { get; set; }
-
         [Resolved(CanBeNull = true)]
         private HealthProcessor? healthProcessor { get; set; }
 
@@ -45,14 +46,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning.Legacy
 
             if (healthProcessor != null)
                 healthProcessor.NewJudgement += onNewJudgement;
-
-            if (beatSyncProvider != null)
-            {
-                if (beatSyncProvider.CheckIsKiaiTime())
-                    this.FadeIn(180);
-                else
-                    this.FadeOut(180);
-            }
         }
 
         private void onNewJudgement(JudgementResult result)
@@ -60,8 +53,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning.Legacy
             if (!result.IsHit)
                 return;
 
-            this.ScaleTo(1.1f, 50)
-                .Then().ScaleTo(1f, 50);
+            this.ScaleTo(1.2f)
+                .Then().ScaleTo(1f, 80, Easing.OutQuad);
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnNewBeat(int beatIndex, TimingControlPoint timingPoint, EffectControlPoint effectPoint, ChannelAmplitudes amplitudes)
+        {
+            if (effectPoint.KiaiMode)
+                this.FadeTo(colour_compensation, 180);
+            else
+                this.FadeOut(180);
         }
     }
 }