So... which bonuses come from where? Are there only special gifts with pre-orders from mu-mo and TA right now, or are there bonus gifts from YesAsia and / or CDJapan as well?

According to the mu-mo page:
Regular shops that usually give bonus goods: B3 poster (online shops probably as well)
mu-mo shop buyers: B3 poster + Christmas card
TeamAyu mu-mo shop buyers: B3 poster + Christmas card + fleece blanket [CD+DVD purchases only for some reason]

How random... but they stuck the choruses she posted on her blog on the main website as an image file.

http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/news/091109.html

Kinda weird, lol. I'm beginning to think that the colors associated with this single will probably end up Memorial address-like.

It's pretty cool that they showed the lyrics of the choruses in the official website.

Finally a kind of promotion that fits ayu the great lyrics writer. ^-^

i saw that too, i thought it was weird lol and then i expected music to play in the background with the lyrics or something and got excited but nothing :(

Well, TA / mu-mo buyers are really lucky. lol.

Interesting that the lyrics were released... all I can tell from the text (via crappy online translations) is that they're being released early just to be released. Maybe Ayu felt the need to put the lyrics on her official site for everyone to see?

It's strange to put lyrics on official website no?
It's the first time I think!

Well, she kind of did this with Sunrise and Sunset's lyrics, but they were for cellphones to view.

Though a little over a week after those came out, the covers came out so... -crosses fingers-

It seems like it is the first time she has done that - posting lyrics in this way.

Never mind, it was the second time.

Btw thinking about it now...

When ayu wrote "different approach in the covers", maybe she meant that the covers will have differencies between themselves (like different outfits and backgrounds or something for You were.../BALLAD and BALLAD/You were...) it might be it but maybe it won't at all, so not getting hopes up.

Well, that would make sense. There's no other reasoning imo for her to switch the two songs [BALLAD / You were... vs. You were... / BALLAD] but she has done this in the past with Days/GREEN and not given us two different covers, so I'm not hoping for it.

I'd be happy if it happened though!

honestly days/green, green/days covers was a bit disappointing. I was expecting the covers to be different since she switched the names around. I'm still waiting for ayu to wear different outfits for her covers and not just slightly different pose.

Well Days / Green covers were JUST like Mirrorcle World covers, just with the butterflies replaces as flowers and some clothing.

Considering that there was half a year inbetween the releases, I think when we all saw the "covers" in the PCDL goods we wanted to scream, lol.

But here's hoping that these covers aren't anything like Sunrise's, or at least that they don't elicit the same reaction, lol.

LMAO! I want previews or ringtones, dunno. but not lyrics. how random :laugh

anyway, I really hope stunnin' covers for this single!!
nothing like Mirrorcle World, Days/GREEN, Rule/Sparkle, and of course Sunrise/Sunset haha
they're so plain and boring IMO.. but we'll see :O

I would actually expect the covers to be of her with different poses since both You were... & BALLAD give off a very sad vibe, so they should be kinda similar.

she said the covers go well with the songs. hopefully that doesn't mean there's a cover with just a red line drawn in paint or something

You just know it probably has nothing to do with RED LINE since she forgets that B-sides generally exist until someone smacks her over the head with it, lol.

i hope she do some cool fashion for the cover,like she usually did in magazine photoshoots

http://fc.avex.jp/ayu/tour/09-10cdl/pc/index.html

Just to mention it here since a thread isn't needed... anyone who is a part of TA should try to get tickets if they're in Japan at the moment!

I allraedy told that the colors will be like that.