Some house ambient would be awesome.

I do wish she would put more energy into making stunning PV's. Her PV's have been a little lacking lately...

She hasn't even really made that many lately, so there's that too in addition to the fact that most of them were filmed overseas with love-themed videos.

I wonder if she'll have more singles. Maybe Feel the Love was just a "trial" after her 50th single to see how it'd do. I hope it won't be the only single for her new album.

something like Sparkle or Sexy little things is what I want in the next album.

Those are brilliant songs for sure! :yes

I second this! Especially Zedd and ..ayuXavicii would be soooooo sick!

Do we know which producers are stationed in LA? That could narrow down which producers she's working with.

It wouldn't narrow it down too much. Dr Luke and his team are in Malibu, Warren Huart, Jeff Bhasker, J.R. Rotem, anyone at Arthouse entertainment (Kara Dioguardi's company), Diplo (a name k-pop fans might know) and I THINK John Shanks is based in LA... I don't know about Butch Walker but he's probably in LA too.

I wish BT was based in LA, he'd be the best fit for Ayu of any producer the US has to offer, IMHO.

I would laugh if all of our speculations are wrong and it's not so famous DJ or Armin van buuren eventually. xD

Because of their encounter on the korean festival it lets one think that it's Armin more than anyone else but we will have to wait and see.

DJs travel a lot, especially the big names and international DJs. So they may not even be doing the majority of work in person. I am hoping it is Armin even if the style of his music has continually degraded. Maybe Ayu will bring him a new vision or inspire him to reincorporate styles from yesteryear in a more modern way. He did remix appears afterall.

But then again, he is EXTREMELY busy, recently touring the globe with the A STATE OF TRANCE 650 tour celebration and soon will be touring his "Armin Only" event across the globe as well.

ATB would be great as he makes really beautiful music that's heavily melodic and piano driven. It would definitely fit with Ayu and her melancholic style. They could pen a really beautiful gradually evolving new age ethereal ballad together.

Btw being random, I remember that (was it a bit after LOVE again or before it?) that ayu tweeted she would love to collaborate with BIG BANG sometime lol. I remember it vaguely but whatever happened with that is probably a big scrap. (dunno what's going on with BIG BANG nowadays as well).

I'm so obsessed with Feel the love as of recent (still obsessed with Merry-go-round though). I don't really mind who she collaborates with, I'm sure I'm going to love it. Love this new direction Ayu has taken with her music.

And would it be too much to ask for a DAISHI DANCE remix or original song plzzz Ayu PLZZZZZ

This is true, Ferry Corsten said he only met Ayu once and that was after I Am... came out.

Eeee~ new Ayu album! I've been waiting for this news! I hope it's released before I leave Japan in July!

I want some more official news please!! lol

I am so excited about this! I was hoping she would release an album this year. I hope it's as good as LOVE again!

It's seem that Ayu will sing the the theme song for the new "season" of Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi who will be aired the 17th April ! The title of the song is "Ｈｅｌｌｏ　ｎｅｗ　ｍｅ" but we don't know the release date ! It's will be a slow ballad. She was responsible of the theme for the 1st season (How beautiful you are) ...

http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainm...007928160.html

It's good !! I know you are all tired by ballads XD but Ayumi without ballads it's not ayu ...

"hello new me" ?
omg i'm so gonna love this ballad

Perhaps written by Timmy again?

She released 2 EDM songs, it's ok to have a ballad, it's probably going to be an album with many sort of songs

She also mentioned we'd get some rock in the interview she did so that's something to look forward to as well.

yay for some rock music.
can't waitttt!!
i really hope she will release details about the new album.

"Hello new me" was produced by her new boyfriend

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Wait, what.

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what??
boyfriend, u mean husband, Mr.Bodkin??

Husband?

Where did you see this?

PLOT TWIST AFTER PLOT TWIST!

please not this all over again

enjoying the new news!!!
I may have to up my plans of going back to japan for early July!!!

Source?

That was a joke. A bad one.

on a serious note, did they get married? or are they just dating still?

Yeah, they got married at the beggining of March.

omg
the fact that everyone (including me) fell for it shows how bad this situation is with ayu lol

No, it shows that everyone wants to panic about something.

"Hello, new me " was composed by Kunio Tago (SAKURA, Petal, Days, Together When...) and arranged by Yuta Nakano. It does sound like something from "LOVE again".

For me this would fit more on NEXT LEVEL or R'n'R Circus. It has too much life to fit on LOVE again.

It's a medium ballad, so i think is perfect for Love songs or Love again

i have no idea what you're talking about lol it sounds like every other song on LOVE again.

I think the end of the clip sets it apart. There's a -very- uplifting sound that is starting towards the end. It's light and airy. Nothing on Love again sounds (happily) airy to me. It's mostly quite heavy sounding IMO. A lot of sadder notes with heavier more grounded sounding instruments. And/or sad sounding.

I agree that it sounds more lively and joyful, which I don't find on Love again. The mid tempo is similar, but I don't think the feeling is.

However that could all change when the full song comes out lol.

i agree. and I'm not really feeling the preview. I'll make a real judgement though when I hear it in full.

It has a Thank U vibe imo but with more lyrics, lol.

LOVE again doesn't have songs that sounds similar among themselves so I have no idea what you are talking about.

LOVE again is so full of ballads that it's almost exhausting to listen to. It sounds like someone crying herself to sleep nearly the whole way through. After that extremely "safe" album I think everyone was kinda hoping for stuff that's a bit more mind blowing.... but no, this is "safe" too. This song just sounds like the girl waking up after crying herself to sleep, lol... not like she's going on an adventure or cheering on a friend or talking herself out of insecurity or shouting out a rallying cry.

Ayu needs to do more songs like Tell All and less songs like this. Not that this is bad, it's just... more beige. So much beige lately...

ugh you guys are talking about LOVE again, and I started thinking about the songs, only I was thinking about all the tracks on Love Songs instead.

Such a mess.

I still don't really like Next Level because it was messy to me, but I'd love to have the concept back again. I really thought that maybe she might continue with her next album to polish the sound, but then I forgot she's not that kind of musician. Maybe with all these EDM tracks though she'll add a professional sound, to it....finally.

And yeah, hello new me does not fit on NL or RnRC, I don't know what you're talking about either Zeke lol It's so Love again.


And oh, I didn't realise she actually married that guy :laugh

lulz it's actually kind of fun to talk about ayu again.

This is literally the best description I've read on describing the album.

Jc Ayu, everyone knows you put the lid down first before you pick up your phone! I once lost a DSlite because of something similar.

Exciting news, nonetheless. I hope this one appeals to me; I miss buying her albums.