I would rate fairyland as an A grade song from ayu if HAL didn't ruin it by introducing a long painful boring bridge after the 2nd chorus. Seriously nowadays I prefer BLUE BIRD over fairyland just because of that stupid bridge. It just sucks away my excitement from listening fairyland. And somehow HAL managed to make glitter and BLUE BIRD sounds similar to fairyland when actually those songs were composed by different people. Geez..

And yeah, tasuku is really good (probly great) just looking at the list. I admit that even tho I dun like GREEN, at least it has a different arrangement than HAL's recent works.

And Tetsuya Yukumi (the one who composed her works rite? I dun wanna mess up this time).. Again like I said before, I only like 5 or 6 of his works he done for ayu.

Yes, Yukumi composes. He has the most songs done (24 or so) out of any composer she's worked with.

I think the bridge works. I love that dramatic interpretive dance-y portion of the song, haha. It makes the song super long, but the song in general is just so good that I don't really care how long it is. I wonder if it was always in there when tasuku composed it or if it was added afterwards to make the PV seem more dramatic?

Oh my gosh, the fairyland bridge is one of the few I really love, hah! Especially when I'm watching the PV, because it's so dramatic. I love how it builds up. :heart

LOL I guess I'm the only one who hate that bridge then :P.

That's a good question tho TH. I wonder if tasuku composed that part as well..

Wow, I really need to pay more attention to Ayu's composers and arrangers so I can be properly excited (when and if) they're announced to be working with her, lol. He's worked on some amazing songs. :love Yuta has a excellent line-up of compositions as well. I'm surprised he's related to HAL (I second bluegie on the GUILTY comment, lol).

These past two pages have been very interesting to read. I've never made the connection between M, F&E, and momentum (besides the whole synth and "build-up" but I figured that was just a part of Ayu's style anyway). It's no wonder I love all three of those songs to pieces, lol. :P

He -was- related to HAL. He left the group to pursue some solo work, I guess. (2002/2003 is when I pinpoint his leaving...)

ats- (Atsushi Sato) was the other member of HAL that left a while before Yuta did in 2002. ats- does lyrics (probably when HAL had HALna and was an actual group) and also arranges. He doesn't do work with Ayu though. (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ats-)

Hmmn, I'm not sure if the English wiki is reliable or not, but it said Yuta left HAL in early 2001. But in RAINBOW's Japanese wiki, it stated:

So... was he still in the group during 2002 then..?

On the Japanese wiki for HAL, they have February 2003 as when Yuta/Atsushi Sato left.

Bad Google trans+Japanese:
I guess they restructured the group at that time? I dunno.

I think HAL just occasionally switched members in and out until people left for good.

Nope, I don't like it much either. I listen to it a LOT now that it's Summer, and everytime it gets to the bridge when I'm at work having a cigarette I'm like "ok, come on now" - Lol. I love the little sound effect after Ayu brings the chorus back in softly and then it does this little funky thing and the chorus like POWS back in. But yeah, I sometimes fast forward the bridge on my iPod. Lol.

Although I can appreciate it.

I usually just skip to another track after it hits the bridge.. That's why fairyland is low on play counts in my iTunes..

I could play fairyland for days just like ANGEL'S SONG and Sunrise...

Did you know that Sunrise has over eight hun--- never mind.

Haha, it's okay, I play Sunrise a lot too :P Though amongst those three I listen to ANGEL'S SONG the most :D (Though that post just inspired something for the chat-room section...)


I really want tasuku back, look at his list of arrangments I think he's definitely got some extremely strong songs in that department, and he also proves to be able to do a great variety of types of music. I definitely think that out of most of her arrangers he's shown that he can do some of the most. Out of the songs that he's arranged, the ones in bold are the ones that for me personally I love the sound of.

* I am... （共同編曲）
* Daybreak （編曲）
* taskinlude （作曲・編曲）
* no more words （共同編曲）
* independent （編曲）
* July 1st （編曲）
* Heartplace （編曲）
* taskinillusion （作曲・編曲）
* HANABI 〜episode II〜 （編曲）
* Memorial address （編曲）
* About You （編曲）
* Will （編曲）
* (miss)understood （編曲）
* In The Corner （編曲）
* tasking （作曲・編曲）
* Beautiful Day （編曲）
* Ladies Night 〜another night〜 （リアレンジ/rearrange）
* It was （編曲）
* taskinst （作曲・編曲）
* GREEN （編曲）

I just hope it'll be a great song, not really liking MOON/blossom based from the previews hopefully I'll like it more when I hear the full versions.

Oh my gosh, every song this guy has composed is epic. SURREAL is my favourite Ayu song. That list is just a list of classic Ayu songs.

I am MORE than excited now.

^^I agree. This should be good.

OMG, you listen to the whole beginning and don't even hear the best part then! The part right after the bridge is the best. Like the last BANG of the track. It's powerful and FUN!

^Yes, I admit that the part of the long bridge is really good.. I wish there's a shorter bridge version, like the one they used during live. :)

agree...I love all of fairyland

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! So excited to know that Kikuchi is back!

At this point, I have a feeling that the next album is going to be a 2-disc extravaganza lol. There's so much potential epicness involved in all the leaked news we've been seeing lately in order for this to be just an ordinary album. :D

http://panasonic.jp/dc/fx70/index.html

There's a new LUMIX FX series camera coming out. It's expected that the CM for it will probably be out in August. (around the same time that the camera comes out)

We'll see since there are 2 more singles after MOON / blossom.

as long as there's a new ayumi song in the cm, i'm happy. :yes

I hope something SURREAL-like to be released

interesting interesting, i like how more and more people are using twitter now, hEh.

a new cm coming soon

So I'm guessing this means we can be expecting a new CM? In other words, a preview of the second addition to the singles project? :luv2

Glad, I'm not the only one who thinks that. :D

String of Kikuchi tweets that have to do with Ayu:
ご期待を！！ウッドストックに送っておきました〜RT @ayu_19980408: 楽しみに待ってるよん、カズ坊っ♪RT @kazuhitokikuchi: 極上のバラードが出来た！さぁ〜あゆの元へ届け〜who...twoになるかな？... demoの状態だけど

いきなりあゆがつぶやいてビックリした！（笑） 33 minutes ago via ついっぷる

じゃhow...で！（笑） RT @kan_3: @kazuhitokikuchi twoじゃなくてhow...がいいです(笑)ｗ新曲早く聴きたいです(^^)お疲れ様です!! 39 minutes ago via ついっぷる

極上のバラードが出来た！さぁ〜あゆの元へ届け〜who...twoになるかな？... demoの状態だけど、この場でみんなに聞かせたいくらい！（笑）ちなみに僕のマネージャーもめずらしく絶 賛みたいな。（笑）乗りやすくてすみません。。 43 minutes ago via ついっぷる

http://twitter.com/kazuhitokikuchi

The last one seems to mention that he's finished with the ballad track and that it has the potential to be "Who... part two" or something. "I've just finished the first-rate/best ballad!"

He also recently sent the demo or whatever to Kome. (The guy who has a mohawk-y hairstyle in Ayu's makings and etc)

awesome!! who... part 2~

If it really is Who... part 2 I will be soo happy!

Here you go!

Look forward to it!! I already sent it to Woodstock!~RT @ayu_19980408: I am really looking forward to it, Kazubou♪RT @kazuhitokikuchi: I finished the ballad one! Send to Ayu's place~~ I wonder if it'll become Who Two?... It's only a demo, but... It's so great that I want to show it to everyone!! Even my manager, who rarely does, gives it praise!! Sorry for this being so excited....

So, let's name it how... (LOL) RT @kan_3: @kazuhitokikuchi Not two, but I think how... is better!! I really wanna listen to the new song!! Otsukaresama!!

Who... part 2?
That's good :D I love Who!
Even if, I'd like a new ballad not a song's second part lol

Thanks a lot, maikaru!

I love depend on you and Heaven Cant wait to see his works with ayu :D

-from Kazubou

"Good morning! I slept~~ So many messages of things, please look forward to it! So this is Ayu power..." or something like that...

Sad to say a Who... part 2 doesn't excite me. :( Was really hoping for something more upbeat... but if this follows the pattern she's been using a lot then this will probably be a Double-A side so I'm not too bummed. As long as it's good. :D

He was working on another song a few weeks back though.

Perhaps it was an upbeat one he was working on before? Whatever the case is, it seems like Ayu probably was recording the other song that was made a few weeks back a day or two ago (after she deleted the lyrics) and he just finished this new one and sent it to Kome today?

This is all speculation, but it'd be nice to have a Kikuchi-full single after 4 years of not having anything related to him at all, haha.

Yep it seems that those 2 singles are ballad+up-beat deal. ^^

I can't wait to hear all of those songs!! Must be huge *_*

I really hope so. It's not really Kikuchi, he composed HEAVEN afterall :love but all the (uninteresting) ballads have just been wearing me down. MOON's awesome but still I'm so glad we got blossom.

If there's a second A-side, I wonder what he'll refer to it as? If there is a God, he'll say it's a SURREAL part 2. :laugh

lol, the japanese pronunciation of "who" and "two" put together...

fu-tsu-

sounds like "futsuu" which means "average" hahaha

but anyway, I hope ayu uses the demo ;)

She probably will. It appears that they've contracted specific composers for each of these singles.

I'm wondering if CREA+DAI might be on the horizon if singles 48 and 49 are Hoshino and Kikuchi respectively...

^I really think that's a strong possibilty. Getting composers from ASFXX, Loveappears, and Duty on the first two additions of the singles project... I can't see anything other than CREA+DAI being on board for the 50th.

honestly, I wouldn't mind something like BOUNCEBACK or HAL haha :P

CREA return for 50th single.. that's be really special.

I wonder if the 50th single will be something like a 4 A-side single that each song is being composed by a different composer like

01. X - CREA
02. X - BOUNCEBACK
03. X - D.A.I
04. X - Tetsuya Komuro

or something like that. =P If CREA (ayu) will compose for it at all.

I remember that someone asked her on twitter "Will CREA return soon?" or similar, and she said something like "I'll talk with her<3." or similar. ahaha.

^That was me! ^__^ I hope CREA will return. ♥

Considering that they decided to release 3 singles in 3 months or so, the chances of one of them being a 4A are slim to none.

My guess is that we'll get a mini album in January.

is very soon for a new cm...u_u

OMG, i hope he did a cutie song like Beautiful Fighters or Depend on You *___*

http://twitpic.com/20mfih

Kikuchi with a really thick musical score. He mentions Nobita-san, it seems? I hope it's for some grand orchestral thing for Ayu. If not, meh, haha.

^ I want that too!:yes

Yeah it seems he and Nobita were working on it,
Because he says "otsukaresama desu, Nobita!" or so...
It usually is said to someone who you are working with, and you are finished on it.

I wonder how it sounds like *_*

And we didn't get MOON/blossom yet :laugh

Now I'm double excited.
Sheesh.

Lol now I'm wondering if it's for Ayu or alan...:thud

I'm already excited for the next single and I haven't even heard blossom yet :thud

Well, I must say that it's possible that it isn't for Ayu at all since Yuta Nakano works with Kikuchi when it comes to other artists (Every Little Thing's songs from CHANGE had Yuta on arrangement] as well. But... who knows?

ikr? Moon/blossom hasn't even hit stores and I'm already clawing at the wall wondering what the next single will sound like, the theme, the covers, the PV's LOL. Getting way too ahead of myself but it's still so exciting.

It is a good sign that nobody mentions "Sweetbox".

Remember Sweetbox in (miss)understood era?

We certainly don't want to see that coming back.

If it meant more songs like rainy day, Pride, and Ladies Night... I'd love it.

or even Bold & Delicious :heart

YA YA YA YA GA GA GA GA DA DA DA DA WO WO WO WO

It seems not possible tho, because Roberto "Geo" Rosan , who wrote Ladies Night, rainy day, and Bold & Delicious, left Sweetbox at 2007 and the whole Sweetbox group is totally different now.

Source : wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetbox

It actually is possible since they just have a new name... Eternity8[Infinity] or Saint VOX.

I'd rather like it to be honest. It only looks really bad because B&D and (miss)understood were both rather... underwhelming for sales at the time. I think a lot of people thought (m)u would hit a million and it... really didn't. It's sad, but eh. The album is still awesome despite that.

Kazuhito Kikuchi?!

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...hallelujah.jpg

http://twitter.com/kazuhitokikuchi/status/24743905513

The song was a present and it seems that Ayu hasn't decided to use it yet.

^uggghh...use it Ayu..use it!

Next single :) or album...BRING BACK ALL COMPOSERS TIME ! :)

I hope it's the next single!

But he did say it feels like Who... II so..I think an album closer would be more appropriate for that sound. LOL..cant help but feel excited for the next album already :x

Maybe it was inaappropriate for Love songs, so she didn't use it I guess.
Oh well, she have a new single after Love songs already :D lol

Please let it be a future song... Is there anybody who doesn't love Kazu?

I hope this is on the album lol

Looking at this tweet, I think ayu probably decided not to use it, instead of not using it yet. Kikuchi's reply basically said "It was a present, she can use it, but she can not use it too", which sounds to me like the demo didn't really impress ayu and she tossed it or something. If ayu was keeping it for future use and told him, the tweet would have been more optimistic than this.

yes, it has been abondoned...most of the tracks from Love songs are dominated by Tetsuya Komuro now...

wow...the previews sound OK but I don't want the whole album to be TK lol

Crap... -__-

Quick, someone tweet spam Ayu and tell her to use it or least make another song with him! XD

it was probably crap. he can do some good songs, but some are really crappy.

Perhaps, but I don't think she would toss something that he seemed to be so proud of. I think I'm being really optimistic when I say this, but the way I see the tweet is that he just doesn't really know what she's going to do/has done with the song so there's no reason for him to hint at a possible release or Ayu accepting the composition to be used as a single/album track. I do want to know what it sounded like though~ he really has a way with ballads that I miss.

I believe we might see it one day in the future, just... not now since we're being bombarded with Komuro, haha.

Er, what's going on? Haha. Seems like someone (yuto_19980408) got into a bit of conversation with Matsuura about the Komuro-on-the-album... but I can't really make much out of it. Are people complaining about the amount of Komuro or what?

"What about Yukumi? What about Yuta Nakano? What about Kikuchi?" or something like that. I'm surprised he talked for so long with this person, haha.

Kikuchi's reaction to Matsuura asking how Kikuchi/Yukumi felt:
http://twitter.com/kazuhitokikuchi/s...88362295496705

The tweets of discussion (ending with http://twitter.com/yuto_19980408/sta...5486837612544):

ooooooooooo more twitter scandals. Personally I hope after this album she will go all kikuchi on us. However I still prefer his Alan work to his Ayu work. Her voices seems to be made for his compositions (and voice versa)

Considering that he has what, five to ten times [or more?!] more work with her than with any other artist he's worked with, more compositions means there is more to hear and more to choose from. I liked Beautiful Fighters a lot, so I'd wish he could do some upbeat and ballad-y tracks with hher~

Same here -.-;

man, this person is so rude, but it's hilarious, some of the things he says. Basically he called max a bastard because all the new songs are by Komuro, but he was like "don't make fun of all us fans who want to hear other composers' works!!". Not sure whether to laugh or be angry :rolleyes

I'll translate the tweets later when I have some time.

Well Kukichi is/was Alan's producer. Maybe he worked harder with her :P Whilst ayu just got demos.

Yeah, I saw a "kono yarou!" in there, haha. Seriously, I wonder if he was drunk or something lol.