Yep!!! (^_^) I have a feeling that Aria and overture are full tracks! :D

According to Ayu's Twitter all the new songs are TK.



YES

I know it's LQ and all but...

OMG WHY GOD WHY?! THANK U IS PROBABLY THE WORST **** CRAP I HAVE HEARD IN A LONG TIME!!!

I do hope some HQ will change my mind, cuz from what I'm hearing now, it's worse than the worst. It's like song roadkill. Ewewewewew.

Other then that, I'm still superduperexcited for the new album!

Oh dear, we need to sit down and calm ourselves down... haha. Thank U was obviously going to be one of the songs that people either loved or hated. -sigh-

^I'm just in chock... I never ever though Ayu would do something like that. Like ever. Sounds like some morning musume-greetings to the sun-child program intro song-overkilled cutesy voice-song... I'm like stunned how bad this sounds. But like I said, I hope the HQ will change my mind. Please please please change my mind.

I really don't think it's that bad~ it's really good imo. It sort of has this super uplifting feel to it! Morning Musume wishes they could make songs like this, haha.

to be honest, I'm not fond of the previews either... but i never liked LQ previews... and I love the full songs in HQ. That's normal I guess. No need to hate the songs already. For me th worst thing would be 3 interludes. HELL NO AYU!!! STOP THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (just in case)

...and this is why I don't listen to a chaku-uta anymore! What is the point in listening to a preview that I've found, for me, to be totally unrepresentative of the final song?

AND YES. TK! He's really bought the magic back into Ayu's music. But where does this leave the Kazuhito song? D:

Im not gonna listen, i remember HOW I HATED even a cm short of 1LOVE :D

I imagine Ayu probably is saving it or doesn't want to publicly release it. Kikuchi mentioned once that it was a present to Ayu and she decides what she wants to do with it. Maybe she wants to use it for another single in the future? Or perhaps it won't ever see the light of day?

You had better get ready just in case! IMO, it's not that bad that she has three interludes (no intro this time)... I think it's probably really likely that Aria / overture are interludes, but I would be pleasantly surprised if Aria ended up being a beautiful full track. I really hope I'm proven wrong!

I listen to the previews for curiosity, but I never rely on them for my opinion. It's the best thing to do.

I just dislike the interlude-song-interlude... anyways, Aria should be a song like voyage... PERFECT!!

Yeah, it shouldn't decide whether you like or dislike a song, but I think if you like it in LQ, you're more than likely to love it in HQ! Usually she never disappoints me, but I can't speak for everyone else, haha.

The song-interlude-song thing really isn't a good way to go about things, but usually in those cases it means that there are more songs before and after the interludes! Haha. (Which is probably the only good thing about sandwiching interludes)

I sure hope TK didn't compose everything >_> I have nothing against him, but his compositions tend to be quite simple most of the time.

I really like the preview, for me the songs sounds interesting!

Previews don't really ruin anything for me... it normally turns out like in the case of crossroad where the preview was underwhelming and then the full HQ completely blows me away. It doesn't always happen but most of the time it does and I like that feeling.

Just listened to the previews and honestly, I have no idea what the hate is all about. lol

Thank U sounds so sweet and uplifting... like the MY ALL and HONEY kind that I like. It doesn't sound Momosu or H!P-ish at all (and I say that as a H!P fan), it's sounds like a happy ASFXX era Ayu to me. :P

insomnia sounds so dark, and cool, and awesome... everything I hoped... why is this an interlude?! T__T

sending mail is the only one that I'm not sure about. It's the most "anime-ish" of the three, like truehappiness said the start definitely gives off vibes of a catchy opening theme. But because of the LQ I can't really get a grasp on the intrumentals, which I suspect are pretty good. The chorus makes me think of a mix between Two Mix's "Just Communication" and Namie's "BODY FEELS EXIT".... both of which I love so definitely looking forward to hearing this is full HQ.

Ayu's "sou desu" to someone asking if all of the album tracks were composed by Komuro says otherwise. At the very least we might get one Yuta or Kazuhiro Hara song but that's about it, I think.

I have this feeling that Thank U is going to be a big song for the Japanese~ I hope she uses it in an encore!

I dont get all the anime references. Maybe I just don't watch enough.

The previews aren't awful...but they're not great.

TK is still not that great of a composer, but, meh. This is a part of Max's rehabilitation program remember lol

These are just average. insomnia and sending mail have more potential than Thank U. God her vocals are awful there. Maybe they'll sound better in HQ. And I hate when she does the "la la la" with the backing chorus.

You know Ayu, I only want to hear you sing...not a bunch of randoms that have been done before a million times, and certainly not your crappy dancers, like in Sunrise.

sending mail sounds interesting! insomnia too! Thank U is what I expected, the sweet MY ALL kind, which I don't really mind. I can't wait for the whole album oh dear me :thud

Maybe she was referring to the ones released on recochoku? :tired