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Jesus, this is great.
Like someone said before, where are the last 2 seconds? I think we will get more, because it's not a full PV. Who knows it will end like Feel the love. |
Like someone already said, it's nice to see that she kept an overall cohesive theme for these pvs (simple but somehow sophisticated). I like all pvs for A ONE with the exception of WARNING. The switching lights are an amazing addition. I won t lie, I thought that the video will have some sort of build up but I like it in its simple version too.
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She hasn't looked that beautiful for years, wow! I love how creative the whole thing is, I just wish there could be a bit more of that black dress Ayu. Apart from that I think I like it!
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Love it. I can never take her flailing seriously, but she looks gorgeous and I like the use-a-swinging-lamp-as-the-only-lighting concept.
I'm really happy with the quality of A ONE's PVs <3 edit: Apparently, the PV was shot in one take! And the PV is simple because she wanted to bring across the lyrics in a direct/raw way, without gimmicks etc. (source) |
^I suspect there's a reasoning for this just like Daybreak. It's a great one shoot imo, and it delivers the emotion for me.
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Less is more..
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Instead of watching this I should watch how grass grows. For me this the worst PV from A ONE. So WARNING is better than this.
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Well it could've been great, but it ended up being OK. Still miles better from all the Colours shit.
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I like it PV so much!
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Glad she dropped all the tackiness for this, I'll always prefer a simple PV to an overdramatised one, would've thought most people here would be the same...
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I didn't expect this PV to be so polarizing.
I thought this is what most of AHS wanted? Just ayu, no dancers, staff, gimmicks, bad sets, flashy show? Just ayu singing a great song with the ever so long awaited exceptional quality of her older works, laying out all her emotions in the process. No? Well, color me surprised :P |
I'm so so happy. This is her best PV in years, I really love it. This is the kind of Ayu I love, when all she needs is herself to make her point, with a little bit of drama - because it is a PV.
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I really like this song and her idea with the light is awesome but somehow I was waiting for...more? Ayu is pretty in this dress, I love it on her, but when she is dancing it sometimes looks disturbing. :(
Warning is much better than this... Hope that the other PVs will be better. |
I feel sorry for those who dislike it, it's so simple yet SO powerful. I absolutely LOVE it, this may be my favorite PV from hers in years. I was expecting something about the scenario would happen by the second verses, but I'm so happy it didn't, cause it wasn't necessary. It was just ayu, and you get her feelings so easily with the PV. Love, love, love.
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Does this PV confirm that Last minute is a song to herself?
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Jesus what an awful video. And by the way those dramatic performances only work live, it was embarrassing... Too bad I love this song and its got one of her videos I liked less
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Also, it looks like a cartier promotion. she's wearing the bracelet. red gown.
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This PV is so on repeat to me that it hurts hahaha
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+ pretty Ayu
+ good idea - wasted potential I kind of wished once the lights were on Ayu she could change sometimes into that black Ayu, or I wish they used the shots from the preview where black Ayu seemed angry and ultimately I thought any second black Ayu will hug red Ayu and it will be little like Rainbow PV, a pity :) |
I love it!! and holy shit she looks totally stunning in the red dress!! the lighting is quite annoying thou :P
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I absolutely love the PV. It's perfect. One of her best in my opinion. |
I think the light adds some drama that wouldn't be there if it was a straight up Ayu-just-standing-there video.
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I like the lightning not only cause of the darkness, but it reminds me of a pendulum, and it feels like a "time is running out" idea. Also, I don't think black Ayu should appear at all singing, maybe just for the final two seconds only, if what I get from the PV is right...
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^ A bit of nostalgia and past overestimation are my guesses :P It's curious how people (in general here, sometimes I get myself doing so also) tend to wish for something like something did back in the past, and when they get it, it's like "why did they destroy it? this idea was so good back then but now urgh". I guess this happens cause, well, new stuff doesnt have any memories or feelings well attached to it (yet) so it doesnt have that much of a meaning as old stuff usually do.
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Perfect Pv, full of emotion, goes with the song, the pendulum light effect is perfect with the mood of the song. Ayu is pure beauty. I love it.
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I wasn't sure if buying the CD+DVD version or not, but this PV worth it for me.
It's so simple, yet so amazing. The song is "noisy" itself, so a more complex PV full of hidden meanings, could be distracting since she's expressing her emotions through the song. Really really love it. And she looks so gorgeous omg. |
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Ayu's always had enough genre-variety in her videos and songs that depending on what you personally enjoy, you probably like a big chunk of her discography but aren't that nuts about one or two of the genres she does... meanwhile, those same one or two genres are probably many other people's FAVORITE things Ayu has done. I came into Ayu fandom when the Despair Trilogy came out in 2000, so to me ayu is a raw honest pop/rock singer who just happens to be slickly produced and fashionable. To people who were introduced to Ayu in later years, thanks to summer songs like "BLUE BIRD," she's a slickly produced, fashionable pop singer who just happens to be raw and honest at times. Then of course there are people who think of Ayu as singer of love ballads AND people who hate her love ballads. There are people who got into Ayu for her remixes AND people who hate remixes. Ayu isn't any one thing to everyone, but she's a ton of things to a ton of different people. For better or for worse, we all love her for totally different reasons - so we're ALWAYS gonna sound hypocritical if you take us as a big mass. Those of us who wanted something more stripped-down, personal, dark, emotive, and simple are FREAKING LOVING THIS. Those who prefer when Ayu has more spectacle and is more fun and more colorful are understandably not interested. |
I know there could have been more ideas and things happening in there, but I really liked this PV and it's the best Ayu PV for me in years (maybe my expectations have gotten low?!) Ayu looks beautiful, lots of emotion and interesting lighting idea. It was subtle but I'd rather that than overkill I think. It's also the first PV in years that I have replayed :D I hope those dresses get used in the tour and as someone else said, this is pretty much the PV I had imaged if Memorial Address had had one. It fits the song. The song is great. I think this is the Ayu I've been hanging around for.
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It's funny that a few days ago, we discovered a PV where there are a lot of people (WARNING) and today there is a PV with Ayu alone (Last minute).
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I loved the idea behind the pv but I do feel like more should've happened. The black dress Ayu shouldve appear and re appear everytime the lights when out. Kinda like a rotation between the two ayu's. I don't know I'm not a director :D. Other than that ayu nailed it!!
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Love it, she doesn't do excess well recently. After seeing warning I was resolved mehness, but this is so simple and beautiful
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This whole video fiasco is reminding me of Charmin Ultra, Less Is More jingle.
This video is Less Is More, so it is thus Charmin Ultra. Therefore she's channeling her inner daybreak and toilet paper dress. |
It's ok, at least the music videos from this era are better than Colours' videos.
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This is no different from watching her performance in concert. I thought its gonna have some story scene concept, kinda disappointing.
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For some reason I love this PV... it's simple, artistic, but still delivers a subtle message. AND OMG SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS!!! I like this Ayu versus the one she presents to us in the Warning PV.
For people complaining about the PV being boring, lights flashing, etc. Go watch Lorde's Tennis Court music video. Talk about amazing song with wasted potential... ffs. She stares at the camera the ENTIRE song and only opens her mouth to sing "YEAH." There is also a flashing light behind her, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Ymd-OCucs |
I have not seen any of the PVs yet (awaiting my copy of the album) but so far these PVs look like a return to form after Colours. They definitely look very Ayu-ish even if they aren't considered her best.
They look like a good "mix" of PVs too. Can't wait for my copy of A One! |
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I know I sound judgy, but I don't care. I guess I'm in a weird place right now and I find myself really connecting to ayu's music this time around and to see some people throwing around their aggressive contempt over a harmless PV bugs me I guess. But everyone's entitled to their opinion :) |
I enjoy a balanced output from Ayu. Too much veering in one direction and it gets a little weird but I think she's perfectly delivering on all levels at the moment. Maybe a bit less rock compared to her ballads or midtempo, but let's be honest, most of the songs she sings end up becoming 'rocky' once they're done live as she likes to say.
For me personally, it doesn't really matter too much if it aligns with what I 'want' from Ayu because what I want is for her to do whatever she wants. |
At first, this PV seems too simple. After watching it again, I find it artistic and beautiful. Sometimes less is more and I rather enjoy the less flashy moments.
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i like the idea behind it. i think this "red and black" ayu is a greeat comperison. the idea is great but it could be deeper in thought. the problem is that i see more blackness than ayu.
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Totally love this PV. Finally Ayu gives me something intriguing again. The part with the swinging light and red & black Ayu sitting face to face give me chills!!! I bet that was not easy to shoot.
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Wow I love it! Nevermind that it didn' t have a ton of stuff going on, it was raw and emotional and beautiful! So far, this has been my favorite song on the album and the PV did not disappoint me!
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LOVEDLOVEDLOVED! It was raw, emotional, and she performed so well! I agree it does get redundant so it becomes a bit boring but overall it's so much better than the overly trendy and cam-wh*re stuff she's been releasing in recent previous albums *cough*XOXO Lelio Feel the Love Wake Me Up You & Me*cough*
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Strangely enough, I really like this. It's rare that I like PV's that are 'overly simple' but ... there is something about this that I love.
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I think she looks amazing in this PV, but it's boring, and worse yet, the screen is just black half the video. =(
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finally i wacthed this PV last night. hahaha..
i already waiting. i've been curious before. i'm not dissapointed when watched it, ayu-chan look so pretty in dark and red dress. love her so much, love this song too, and love this PV (looks simple more than Warning's PV). so emotional PV, she look like sad and 'angry'. hahaha.. i cried when see this video. :D |
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Wow i like this pv!! coming from someone who dislike 90% of her stuffs since years ago...lol! I can't stand seeing ayumi crying and being overly dramatic in her music videos but i find the last part of the video (which again she's overly dramatically crying) tolerable due to the fade in & out effect... Cool. And that hairstyle really makes her look much younger...
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no. I don't like it
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not sure if anyone here mention this before but I just realize the black and red dress in Last minute PV are kinda related to the ones in Memorial Address booklet?
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To many fans, that mask is the essence of Ayu to them, but to many others, the lyrics & emotion & connection are the essence of Ayu. |
The one on Youtube isn't really the full version!
There's few more sec left~ |
This PV is so hypnotizing. I already watched it a coulpe of times.
Something I haven't done with her "recent" PV. I was on her Youtube page last night and it made me realize that I had seen some of her videos just once (Shake it, NaNaNa... for example. After watching them again , just the 1/2 min previews, it reminded me why haha). |
At the end of the video the grey/dark Ayu is gone when the lamp swings onto the spot she was sitting. That's the full version.
The darkness and that light is what makes the video so powerful, the lack of there being anything else. Her rock tracks have always got more simple PVs than not. Only a few of them have had a storyline. All others had very abstract stuff going on. decision, talking2myself, about you and the list goes on. Rock stuff is very expressive and powerful on it's own and having very busy footage would just make it overwhelming. Plus it's such a rough track that i think anything else would clash with it. People on here always complain about how she doesn't have PVs with concepts and artistry, well, folks, here you have it! I think it's something quite new for her, since she's always surrounded by at least one other person in her PVs. There's always someone. Not this time though. Which makes it so much more personal and special imo. Not to mention it gives even darker atmosphere than any of her earlier stuff. This song was breathtaking for me from the start, and the video just gives it so much more. I can say that this is my favourite from all of her pvs that she ever did. |
This is my favorite PV from ayu since she released CAROLS. What a masterpiece.
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^yep, and it's actually 4:28 (or so) long.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...type=2&theater it seems it's out on Jpopsuki, so go check, guys. |
wow, I really liked the ending of the video. Nothing over the top, but cool and powerful.
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Cutting the end of the PV on her youtube channel may be one of the most stupid decision I've ever seen.
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Adored the ending. Just makes everything more conclusive
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You are setting a terrible example for participation on AHS by padding threads with posts that directly and indirectly call out some users for strong opinions. An opinion that this PV is absolute trash is not a threat to another opinion that this is a masterpiece. If I post that I think Ayumi is an asshole for having not planned a better video, it is not an insult to you because you loved the video she made. If you don't like someone's "choice of words", you have plenty of autonomy to skip around that contribution. Do not, however, use that autonomy to discourage people from contributing by labeling opinions you don't like as "aggressive contempt" or derailing threads into banter over what you consider to be appropriate and inappropriate ways to express an opinion or contribute to the topic. Everyone should be encouraged to throw an opinion in, question others' opinions, debate things, make sarcastic remarks, cry, laugh, and cry while laughing. We don't think with the same vocabulary, cultural values, social behaviors, or personal interests, so my opinion will never be the right choice of words to another person--that, in part, is why it can be my opinion. However, your comments about "aggressive contempt" and people's "choice of words" points fingers at people for opinions you don't agree with, or opinions that weren't expressed with your personal "choice of words". Worse, your banter, takes an impersonal topic and makes it personal. Stop nitpicking certain contributions for "choice of words" and keep the context of these threads somewhat related to the topic. |
Honestly, we probably wouldn't have this problem if you didn't keep going and going. As the ice queen says, let it go. We know you hate this PV.
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I'd say the numbers point to someone else, a staff member, and a few other people starting this discussion because they didn't like what I said about a music video. Keep these off-topic rants about which opinions matter to yourselves or in a separate thread, and I will stop defending myself and others to this nonsense every time you decide to bully the value of a person's opinion because you don't like the semantics. |
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now shall we go back to the video? :) |
What the fuck is happening right now lmao. This video is so simple and harmless but the discussion that it's caused is montrous.
Meh, I still enjoy the video. If anything I LOVE HER DRESSES. I WANT. |
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And frankly, my post was more of a general comment about people here that go over-the-top to express dislike. I get it, it's sassy sometimes, whatever. If it rubs me the wrong way, I'm going to comment, because as you say, I can question other opinions (especially when they seem irrational or excessive, of course!). And as far as I know, I was pretty direct when I quoted you initially anyway, there was just nothing else to respond to after that. :P |
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It's crazy how some people will go frantic if anyone expresses their dissatisfaction with how they come across with their words but it's perfectly okay to use whatever language to express their opinion on someone's art. Just like ayu put out her music to be discussed, people's opinions can also be discussed.
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I would like to note that people are wasting a ton of time... on a music artists' fan boards debating the nature of their opinions and criticisms............
Wouldn't be AHS without it, but my god, I've gotta wonder how old some people are. I'm all for expressing opinions and debating but a lot of times it crosses into people getting emotionally worked up about what they think about an ayu pv, I mean, it's just too much. |
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God some of ya'll act like a bunch of hormonial teenagers, like take a vacation, smoke a cigarette or something.
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Well watching it a few more times (in full) it has grown on me a lot.
The light effect and cheapness just bothered me at first. It could be way worse (I checked out that Lorde video someone posted earlier... yikes). I liked the ending a lot. |
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If you find this PV sux, please go and listen to WARNING. It's far better than that imo... if you find the PV nicer than Last minute... pls read the lyrics of WARNING...
(Ayu doesn't give a damn about ur hater speech... lol!) |
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