Yeah I think that the lightspot wasn't IN FRONT of Ayu (just like a normal camera), but is from above, that's why the shadow looks weird to us (maybe).

OMG. It finally makes sense lol.

Musical-esque? Makes me think of something like Bold and Delicious, or kiss o'kill - especially her live of kiss o kill, which was SO Phantom of the Opera.

I wasn't blaming anyone :S I was just saying why someone might be a little worried about buying/owning Party Queen. If someone's parents are so conservative that they would be upset about their child owning this album, it just sucks for the kid that they won't be able to buy the album, even if they themselves love the cover. So, that creates a problem. Buy the album and possibly get in trouble, or just not buy something they desire. How a country treats its citizens is irrelevant to my point.

My mum loves strong/sexy/provocative women,one her favorite singer is Monica naranjo(spanish singer,she's really hot...) So,maybe she start to appreciate Ayu seeing that cover when i receive my copy xD

Then I got you wrong, sorry!^-^

Haha thanks! I'll take what appreciation I can get lol. Luckily, the mods haven't seemed to have a problem with me :laugh

I am probably one of the more dry people on here...


Yay for a gay anthem!!!

Its okay. I'm just speaking from experience. When I lived in Japan I was living with my aunt who is somewhat conservative. When I was looking at possibly buying A BALLADS I had to reconsider, because when my aunt saw the cover she called it "disgusting" in a nasty tone, and that led me to not buy it out of shame, though I think its a beautiful cover. I didn't wanna deal with her questions and judgment, and her possibly sending me back to Canada prematurely. It sucked and I was upset.

oh I see! :)
poor work still because the 2nd pic has the same case but it looks...better?

The shadow thing shouldn't even be debated. It's a shadow of her face and you can even see her eyelashes in the shadow!

A bit of the PV and making of how beautiful you are were shown on Mezamashi TV today in Japan.

浜崎あゆみ 新曲プロモは強風の中で
歌手が歌う「how beautiful you are」のプロモーションビデオが届いた。このビデオは様々な愛の形を表現する事をテーマに、強風に立ち向 かっていく姿が描かれている。この曲はアルバム「Party Queen」に収録されている。

The theme is "love" expressed in a variety of themes. It does seem a bit like Christina Aguilera's Beautiful.

Source

People on Twitter have said that the PV is very beautiful/pretty.

^ oh so similar to X-tina's...:) good
I thought it was gonna be smth in English castle, LOL

oh...I was right the whole time since the last thread? Who knew.

lol j/k.

kinda.


Anyways...beyonces looks way more normal than ayu's does. I suppose they just liked the super white wall. Yes, their photoshoppers suck sometimes. I think they just forget stuff. It kinda is one of those pictures that looks okay from a glance, and then you start seeing weird stuff as you look at it a lot.

She seems to have lots of pictures like that...

I actually tuned into Mezamashi TV right as the PV snippets were showing!

The PV looks GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

awww you're so lucky XDD

my thoughts exactly!

truehappiness, stop teasing us!:D

can you specify GORGEOUS?! XD

spill da deetz th

Maybe the news snippets will bring some boost to "my" recochoku charts tomorrow, hopefully though unlikely :P

I am soooo excited for the hbya PV!!!

i can't even believe the topic of her arm being photoshopped or not is the hot topic in this thread.