beloved has a really good chorus. The back vocals near the end shouldn't be there. The verses are alright. It's a grower.

for me Beloved is more like untitled~for her~ the vibe and the piano really remind me of that song,the bass makes it different though :)

It's not the grand ballad I was hoping for but her vocals.... WOW O______O is this what we've been missing out on all these years? xD; Anyway very very pretty song. I can hear her emotion in it as well. :yes

I love the beggining, but the rest.. don't know, is too generic (the BIG problem I see in ayu's music). It isn't bad, but we have 5645643546 ballads that sounds in this way.

I'm tired to say/hear "it has a HEAVEN taste" or "a Together when.. feel"; I want NEW music, NEW ballads, something that don't make me think in any old song.

It's a cute song, as most of ayu songs, but I think she should daring to do new things. Mirrorcle World or Sexy Little Things are good examples, I think. Or even Microphone!

But well, the song itself it's pretty nice and relaxing!

yea agree, i was hoping for a more powerful and catchy chorus but it's ok just nice and her voice :love

Has anyone seen that tweet? It seems to be a lyric part from ANother song
https://twitter.com/#!/ayu_lyric_100...20912751165440

Actually I think this was recorded last year, wasn't it? She had the song then, and I thought she recorded the song and both the composer and Ayu said it's gonna be great, like Who 2? To me her vocals are nice, but it sounds like last year's vocals, especially in crossroad and Virgin Road. I think this was also recorded before vocal training.

But anyways, I love this song. hahahaha. It's so nice and sweet and great. But it's nothing like Together when... or Heaven, in my opinion...

And by the way, the tweet is from ANother song. I'll translate for you~

"悲しいくらい愛していたよ どうしようもなく愛していたよ あの夏の日はもう遠いけど 君に届けと歌う ANother song"
"I loved you so much it was sad, I loved you so much that there was nothing I could do, that summer's day is now far away, but I'm gonna sing so that it reaches you, ANother song."

This has been recorded after Manaho-sensei's vocal training. I can recognize the way she sings, some parts and vibratos are pretty similar as what I listened at Power of Music 2 weeks ago ^_^

I mean, "Progress" voice is more similar to Love Songs voice than this one because it was recorded after the CDL when she stayed in LA

^^ Hmmm, really? Well she did sound great then too in my opinion.

beloved is a really beautiful ballad!!!but it isn't my fovorite...

seeing as her last album was mostly ballads i honestly thought i wouldn't be into beloved but now that it's out i LOVE it :yes

Thank you very much! The lyrics are nice, I wonder what it will sound like!

I Cant wait to see the Pvs!!!!

beloved features Ayu's prettiests vocals either since "Dolls" or ever for me. And I was JUST thinking how her studio recordings rarely have really beautiful vocals last night haha

Her vocals are really nice, but the song is not really impressive , it's OK

She sounds great, but the song is average <3
It'll probably sound better live!

I'm sure, Orchestra version will be better. because original has... fake sound

beloved is AMAZING:thud i love how sweet it sounds!! its so easy to listen to:heart

I don't know who already posted this or not. But I uploaded 'beloved' on Youtube for someone who don't want to DL.

I've already decided to replace it on the my playlist with the orchestra version when FIVE comes out! :laugh