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freedreamer 18th March 2015 03:52 AM

HAHAHAHA that sped up part was so cute LOL

mellody 18th March 2015 06:14 AM

Many will agree that this song is a perfect wedding song but...
Voyage, Close to you, Virgin Road are better if you talk about wedding songs from ayu.

IMO.

love in music 18th March 2015 06:00 PM

I don't like the song but the PV isn't bad. I'd say a bit of a step up from her recent videos. It's not the type of PV I like or would watch over and over but it's well done.

Irish_Ayu_Fan 18th March 2015 06:30 PM

After 2 days it's only 60k views away from Zutto PV views!? :o Wonder how many views it will get in total

primavera♥ 18th March 2015 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freedreamer (Post 3123749)
HAHAHAHA that sped up part was so cute LOL

The sped up part in the making of makes me want to hear remixes of this song. Like, that would be so great lol

BlackSilence 18th March 2015 09:10 PM

this piece is surprisingly growing on me even more. It joined the hight of Walk now. I really start to love it. The video just helpped. Now i even wanna hear a duet of this!

oaristos 18th March 2015 09:49 PM

The Gift has almost 280,000 hits on Youtube already! I'm so happy since it's such a beautiful piece!

UpintheSky 18th March 2015 11:29 PM

The colours are really nice, and she looks beautiful.

I actually like the song a lot, just a bit less than "Walk" and "Last Minute", but I'm sure that's due to it's newness.

Also, first post!

AyuGAME 19th March 2015 02:56 AM

yup..base on the viewers its doing pretty good

ayumint 19th March 2015 06:17 AM

It passed 303k already ♡♡♡that's so fast
Japanese girls are really like the wedding theme

Choyan 19th March 2015 10:34 AM

It's beautiful :d... !!

tokyoxjapanxfan 19th March 2015 10:53 AM

Wow that's pretty amazing!

ayu_ready? 19th March 2015 11:57 AM

the song is so-so and the PV is also so-so

oaristos 19th March 2015 01:13 PM

I'm really happy to see the views raising day after day! The GIFT is about to hit the 330,000 mark :) I wish she could perform the song on TV, that'd definitely help the sales since it seems they're enjoying the song.

ayu-suits 19th March 2015 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris85 (Post 3123602)
Can you forgive XOXO as well?:-)

Uhhh let me think about it :D

*Petit* 19th March 2015 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by artcika (Post 3123912)
this piece is surprisingly growing on me even more. It joined the hight of Walk now. I really start to love it. The video just helpped. Now i even wanna hear a duet of this!


I agree I didn't think i'd like the song very muchfrom the previews, but I'm really liking the full version...More than many of her recent ballads of this type... :shakehead

blackmage 19th March 2015 11:12 PM

I'm not in love with the song, but I don't hate it. It might grow on me.. Compared to other Ayu wedding songs, this is more a wedding song if you want played for a more traditional and stuffy wedding.

I think Ayu look beautiful here in the P/V, I was really impressed with her vocals on the track, I feel like its her best in quite some time. The P/V is just really boring. Did JJ two time the other woman and marry Ayu instead?

zellyx 20th March 2015 02:18 AM

If anyone cant use YouTube, here another link。

http://video.sina.com.cn/p/ent/y/201...764732023.html

UHPlus 20th March 2015 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by primavera♥ (Post 3123893)
The sped up part in the making of makes me want to hear remixes of this song. Like, that would be so great lol

lol here's a sped up version:

ayumasing 22nd March 2015 01:06 AM

I found myself skipping throughout the video, I don't think it was my cup of tea. Ayu looks nice though!

And her English sounds good now (in the making-of)! Yay Ayu! I like how English is becoming the language that helps artists from different countries communicate with each other. It makes the work easier (so it seems) and I think there is better chemistry between the people since it's easier to understand what is going on in both parties.

Also, I love the sped up version more. Though her vibrato is more pronounced and kind of gets in the way of this "remix".

jiarongisme 22nd March 2015 10:23 AM

A Chinese version of The GIFT (+ possible duet) MAY be in the works according to JJ Lin. (Skip to 1:34 for Ayu related questions)

Again, MR stands for media reporter.


Spoiler:
MR: Your recent music video with Ayumi Hamasaki has created a lot of buzz. How do you feel about the whole experience.
JJ: It's really beautiful; very dream-like. Ever since I've met Ayu (no more Ayumi Hamasaki haha) till her guest appearance at my concert, it already feels like a dream come true. And yet after that I got invited to Japan to be the male lead in the music video, it all really feels like I'm still dreaming. And I feel that the end result is really great. I'm very glad that I can be part of this process and also play the piano accompaniment for The GIFT. I hope we can collaborate and create more magic in the future. I heard she's interested in making a Chinese version so we're now in the process of writing the lyrics.

MR: The fans find it a shame that you didn't sing with her in the song. So will you be singing in the Chinese version?
JJ: A duet version? Well I can consider that! Maybe a different version, a duet version.

Aderianu 22nd March 2015 10:28 AM

^thanks for info! I think it will be very good move for her

Yoake 22nd March 2015 12:01 PM

A chinese version? I wonder if this version could be released on the chinese version of A ONE as a bonus or instead of the japanese version of The GIFT.

Yannetakizawa 22nd March 2015 12:27 PM

A second version would be a "gift" (RS)

Magnetics 22nd March 2015 12:33 PM

The GIFT gives me such a warm spring-ish feelings... Time stops, thoughts are overwhelming my mind and soft wind keeps blowing, marking a new season. Really beautiful piece! And I love Ayu' vocals~

AyuGAME 22nd March 2015 12:38 PM

those boardcard is hilarious..like seriously...

oaristos 22nd March 2015 02:12 PM

I think a Chinese version of the song would be awesome and very good exposure for her! :)

hayasaki 22nd March 2015 02:17 PM

I'm converted. The Gift has grown a lot on me. :)

Bigtop 22nd March 2015 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AyuGAME (Post 3124526)
those boardcard is hilarious..like seriously...

Yeah, those boardcards...why do they do those in China pretty significantly than in Japan? Hmm...too much attention?

AyuGAME 23rd March 2015 03:07 AM

it will be very rude if they did that in Japan...and many other countries will find it very rude to block every part of Artist body except their head..hahaha

Pieces_of_SEVEN 23rd March 2015 05:50 PM

The song is definitely growing on me. So cute, innocent, optimistic, hopeful, and thankful. A great wedding song. JJ, however, is not, and will not, be growing on me. LOL thank God he's not singing on the track.

Delicious n Bold 23rd March 2015 06:04 PM

There's two things I learned while re watching the pv

1. Ayu pronounced the I in gift more like in the English way than the Japanese way.
2. JJ seems to be actually playing the piano. Reminding me of the 2chan backlash when singer songwriter and gifted musician Amuro Namie mimed the piano in Let Me Let You Go.

oaristos 23rd March 2015 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold (Post 3124922)
Reminding me of the 2chan backlash when singer songwriter and gifted musician Amuro Namie mimed the piano in Let Me Let You Go.

I laughed so hard I thought I was going to die.

BlackSilence 23rd March 2015 11:50 PM

If anyone is interested in that wedding dress Ayu wore in the PV....lol


It's a creation by Georges Hobeika from not-so-new spring/summer 2013 collection:

jbrat2219 24th March 2015 12:16 AM

I like the way it looks on ayu but I wish the top part didn't have so much going on.

AyuGAME 24th March 2015 02:37 AM

ah finally we know it..nice discovery...
thanks for sharing

Chris85 25th March 2015 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jiarongisme (Post 3124513)
A Chinese version of The GIFT (+ possible duet) MAY be in the works according to JJ Lin. (Skip to 1:34 for Ayu related questions)

Again, MR stands for media reporter.


Spoiler:
MR: Your recent music video with Ayumi Hamasaki has created a lot of buzz. How do you feel about the whole experience.
JJ: It's really beautiful; very dream-like. Ever since I've met Ayu (no more Ayumi Hamasaki haha) till her guest appearance at my concert, it already feels like a dream come true. And yet after that I got invited to Japan to be the male lead in the music video, it all really feels like I'm still dreaming. And I feel that the end result is really great. I'm very glad that I can be part of this process and also play the piano accompaniment for The GIFT. I hope we can collaborate and create more magic in the future. I heard she's interested in making a Chinese version so we're now in the process of writing the lyrics.

MR: The fans find it a shame that you didn't sing with her in the song. So will you be singing in the Chinese version?
JJ: A duet version? Well I can consider that! Maybe a different version, a duet version.

Thank you! I'd love to hear Chinese version:-)


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