If Ayu is at Hever Castle, then that may be a painting of Anne Boleyn.

^ No, I already did research to her. It's not Anne Boleyn. But it's a good guess.

The painting could be of any of the royals or aristocracy. By the fashion in the painting, the Elizabethan era is a good guess as to when it was painted. I still love this cover!

Could someone please just ask to Leslie Kee on twitter ? lol
I would do it myself, if i had a twitter account...

Does someone know what's the actual bitrate of 'how beautiful you are' at the iTunes store?

.m4a @ 128kbps is a disaster.

The songs at Japanese iTunes store have been all updated and now you can download them @ 256kbps, though the price has gone higher a bit. :D

so no bigger big cover?

Just something I realized yesterday: The painting is also seen in the film "Shakespeare in Love", it's hanging in Viola's room. So I'm guessing it's from Shakespeare's age(the Elizabeethan age! Elizabeth was my first guess, even though her hair has a different colour), unless they made a mistake in the movie.

so lovely! ayu is pretty for sure but sometimes i love it when she does pics that's not just about her face.... great pose and surrounding...seems to me she's showing us anohter kind of beauty: beauty doesn't have to be big close up shot, it's not just skin deep...sometimes there's more than what meets the eye! ayu's work is so full of symbolism..that's why i love her!

It seems so abstract...which is fine, but I definitely prefer a cover like Party Queen or RAINBOW better.