I dunno, but I remember hearing the TV live first too :O
I also remember ragging on her vocals lol oops...

I think fairyland took a while to fully grow on me but I LOVE it now. Probably my favorite summer song from A DISCOGRAPHY.

I think that is what happened. She did the same thing with No way to say back in 2003 on MS too.

dat crazy gurl. We had so much stuff come out in 2005.

monochrome is telling me fairyland was first performed June 27th on HEY!x3. And then the single didn't come out until August 3rd.

Man, those were the days.

After that, I don't think she ever did a new song on TV that hadn't been announced again... but she did perform a few during tours for a bit.

I miss her TV performances so much. Now that she's got her vocals under control, it would be amazing to see her as a guest on Bokura no Ongaku the next time they do a special one-off episode. (I'm salivating at the thought even though I know it's never going to happen tbh)

I thought avex had announced 'Step by step' plus 5 OTHER songs? so 6 songs in total?

...should be good anyway! :D she makes good EPS, I loved FIVE (not many fans seemed to!)

I love how hard ayu works! not many musicians have so many new releases so soon, it really is fantastic

Didn't she perform JEWEL very early on TV? I think it was either before Secret was announced or while it was still slated to be a "mini-album."

lmao yessss, the song with a million TV performances. It was first performed at MSta on October 13th, and then the album was eventually released November 29th. I wish I could remember when they were like SURPRISE LOL, IT'S ACTUALLY A FULL ALBUM

It's Step by step + RedOne song including 3 others for a total of 5 tracks.

Also JEWEL for the longest time was speculated to be JEWEL / 1 LOVE after the two Panasonic CMs and it took FOREVER for the mini to be announced.

Oh lord, I read what you're discussing about fairyland and I wish I would've been able to be an active fan back then. I mean, I was in 5th grade when it was released lol

if she gives us the second coming of fairyland I'll pledge full allegiance to Ayumaland. Utada who. Namiwhat. I'll even buy colours full price off cdjapan.

Highly doubtful is appeariance of Fairyland 2 or sth alike, but i totally love your dedication in this post!

Anything is possible, so let's see...

I don't know why but I think this mini AL it will be included in her next studio album...

I don't know why you think that either. We all know LOVE and again aren't really mini albums, and material from Memorial address/FIVE never appeared on a studio album.

If they put the instrumental versions on the mini then we have reason to worry.

With 5 new songs? I don't see that happening.

I believe that the mini album songs will not appear on any album but if they pull a fast one like they did with Movin on without you and add… 'surprises' later on, then anything is possible.

I LAUGHED WAY TOO HARD AT THIS :roflmao

But I must confess I was thinking of a HANABI ~episode III~ these days. She has quite a few part 2 songs, but no part 3 yet. But then I don't know how it would be to revisit a song TWICE...

god please dont ... :no