What new photos? -blinks-

Can you post them? I haven't seen them.

I wonder if it's for the covers or magazines. *_*

It kinda depends on what you see as drastically different. I think Guilty and Secret are quite good examples. Also the limited covers of My Story, her laying down on the bed (well.. from the bed onto the floor) and stuff.

But she's never had an album / single shoot where she's wearing different outfits for every cover or something (like some of her remix albums).

She showed an image of her head with her bangs cut apparently on her blog?

That was all she posted according to a user at TA.

I lol'd but it's true.

I want pretty pictures of her in summer wear with a big straw hat or something. That would be cute :heart

You mean this one?
http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae6/Foyuki/TA.jpg
http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae6/Foyuki/TA1.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...17-300x199.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...r9-300x199.jpg

So pretty :heart

That would be a great cover!!!!!

She looks pretty :heart
Hope it turned great in the cover :D

OMG.. those pics are beautiful...

Wait.. the pics she posed in TA regarding s/s covers were pretty good as well... But the real product was a disaster...

I hope they're not shot by kazu...

LOL me too...

Those photos are very pretty! :heart
But you're right, bluegie, we have to wait to see the results, great photos from TA doesn't mean a good result at the end...

:luv2

There's an external bonus from CDJapan.
B3-size poster.

I'm curious.. has she ever done this type of hair style before? It was similar to her other hair (bangs, blond, like the type in SURREAL/JEWEL/etc). But the length of this hair style seems so fresh to me. I can't really recall if she has done this hair before (like... one that is 95% similar to this one)..

Nope I don't think so.
The hair you're talking about was always a bit after her shoulders length. :D

GAWJUS :heart those TA pics are GAWJUS :heart

Yeah, this one is shorter. At first I thought it made too "old" for general appeal. I mean, it fits her age for sure, but I think those teenagers would think she is "old" (reminder: anything above 25 is considered old in Japanese's eyes).

But the hair is looking better and better every single day :D. And she hasn't done a "totally new" hair for quite a long time. While this one is not 100% fresh, at least it's a hair she's never done before.. haha.

she looks stunning!!!

thanks a lot for sharinggg!!!

I don't care they are for magazine or single, she looks just ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. :heart

I think my heart just skipped a few beats. She looks heavenly. <3

So basically, as long as the covers look absolutely nothing like m(u) and s/s, I'm good. :D

I am picturing something beautiful along the lines of fairyland, Inspire or BLUE BIRD for this single. Gorgeous covers. :love I wouldn't mind if she continued the fresh, floral look from her recent spreads though.

yay! :D I'll be getting that! Twice :D Probably the same one but I don't mind.


Also the pics from TA are GORGEOUS, change nothing about them, add "MOON/blossom" in a nice font and we're DONE, they'd make amazing covers!

i don't like this images for the covers >_<

^
If those photos will be the covers, I think that they will be 'photoshoped' before use them like covers...

i buy two version at cdjapan,i receive two posters?

Good thing, I haven't ordered from YA yet, lol. Me likey free stuff. :D The price on CDJ is a bit cheaper too. How are they on shipping?

hmm Im wondering when mumo will post the pre orders...

Oh my...! I think, I just fell in love! :thud

She looks so gorgeous! Ayu is soooo unbelievably beautiful. She looks so natural and elegant here! :heart

Excellent. In my opinion a lot better than YesAsia, but mind you: at CDJapan you actually have to pay for shipping so in the end it might be a little bit more expensive.

But it's worth it! All items I ever ordered from CDjapan have always arrived on the release date or 1 or 2 days afterwards. (or in the case of HEART STATION even 1 day before!! :D). And that's regular air mail! No expensive EMS shizz.

I'd go for CDJapan! :yes

blossom sounds great for a 8s clip..the ending totally threw me off...I tot it was sound happier but i love the twist there.

this single is packed with Nostalgia I must say

no one said those were for the covers...

and YA will also have the posters, don't worry...

I'm still waiting for TA links...

thanks,i think that images is for magazine ^^,but i ordered in cdjapan two edition,i have two poster?

that kind of hair makes her look old

yayyyy for posters!
I do love her hair in those new pics.

Yes, you will receive a poster for each version.
Let's hope for you that posters are different for each version XD

Yea, I was just looking at the shipping prices lol. I've never done EMS, Regular Airmail tends to work out just fine for me when I order off of ebay or Amazon so I'll assume it'll be the same this time. The price difference isn't that much between YA and CDJ so idk. Thanks for the input.

where do you live???

Amsterdam :D Don't you remember me from London? :)

(well maybe you do but you just don't know where I'm from haha)

hahaha of course I remember you in hikki's concert and all ^^, just I didn't know where from europe where you hahahaha

hmmmm I thought only asian countries got things so fast with CDJ! seems like europe too!! I'll think abou tit in the future! hehe

^ aww yeah! :D You're so sweet!

And of course I don't know what it's like for Spain, but for me CDjapan's Regular Air Mail has always been very fast!

:yes

As far as I know, yesasia ships on the release date... I got my CD about two weeks after the release date...

I´m gonna die if they don´t announce the release date of the PVs or covers!!!

Yes, they ship on release date or one day earlier.
For me it takes about two weeks every time. I was lucky just one time and got DBSK's MIROTIC albums in 6 days.

Can't wait to see the covers.. >.< I kinda hate that the Kuu covers and previews for all single songs are already out and interesting and we don't have something on ayu yet but well, it's likely. :laugh

I like it better that way since when you get stuff slowly, the wait pays better and you get tired of that less quicker. xD

Covers should be out next week please!!!

I don't want them in covers, cause they will be overphotoshoped and loose their prettines :C I hope they will be on magazine, they will be more natural there.

Don't say that, I just might fall dead too then neither of us will ever be able to see them, lol. :P

Whoa, those pictures are out of this world gorgeous :luv2 haha. Those would be great as covers!

Yay posters!!
I ordered at the right time from yesasia then before they hike up the price :dead2
And I love her look in the TA pictures <3

They won't announce it XDD We will get the covers maybe in 1-2 weeks, and the PV's will air 1 week before the release... we will probably have an announcement from the TV program that airs it just the day before ^^ XDDD

Omg! I Can't wait!! This will definitely be amazing! It kind of feel like old school Ayumi <3

I think we'll get the PVs a little earlier than one week before release.. probably the first one will come out about 2 weeks before release.

It's still soooo long till 7/14 ;_; Why not 6/14!? xD I want cover at least.. I hope anything will leak soon, cause we have only Moon live leak and 8sec preview of blossom ;-; That's almost nothing xD

It's not that long and what we have is a lot better than nothing ^^. Plus, once we get the single it'll only be a month til the next one, then a month til the next one, then possibly an album a couple months later. We're soo going to be spoiled for months after this wait so it's totally worth it.

^ Yeah, its really going to burn a hole in my wallet buying all these singles :P

Imagine if each one is released in 4 versions, then the ALBUM is released in 4 versions too, lmao.

^ Knowing Avex, they'll probably do that, just to suckered us into buying them. lol.

I think we are going to get the covers like 1 month before the release and one of the pvs like 2 weeks before the release

They really released information too early this time..but that's probably because of 3 consec singles...Though I only foresee covers to be out in another 2-3 weeks...while the tracklist will get revised (the official remix names) earlier

I can see it now:

Title: TBA
Artist: Ayumi Hamasaki
Release Date: 3-16-2011

Formats:

CD (only)

CD+DVD

2CD+2DVD Limited Edition

2CD+2DVD+A Tour Rock n Roll Circus 2010 DVD Limited Edition Boxset



:roflmao

2CD+2DVD+A Tour Rock n Roll Circus 2010 DVD Limited Edition Boxset = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

to much money for our dear wallets~~~

lol


I think she'll do something original if she releases the album in 4 versions

somthing like the usb for NL
we got the album + concert + extras for RnRC

what will be next? :p

or

maybe will get the 50th single in a special format/casing/presentation *.*

I actually wouldn't mind if she repeated the CD+DVD+Tour DVD thing. I thought it was pretty cool and it was more convenient for the people that were going to buy the tour DVD anyway. But yeah, preferably she should do something creative. I guess it'll depend on the theme for the next album.

NL was all electropop-futuristic so the usb and 2CD special casing complimented that. Same for RnRC with the tea and mug to complete the English vibe. It'll be very interesting indeed to see what goodies/gimmicks will come next album.

An orchestra version of Microphone would've been so amazing..

Calm down, people. RnRC is not even 2 months old and everyone is asking for the new single already. I'm still not done enjoying my album lol!! :D

^Oh Im so with you on that. This album is yet love for me!

Rock'n'Roll Circus is awesome <3 one of the best albums out there!

Something's wrong with yesasia now. It keeps removing the new single from my shopping cart whenever i go to view it. Really pissing me off cause i wanted to order it now.

If there are a lot of versions...you can be assured I'll only buy one lol. The one with the prettiest cover of course :laugh.

Ok. now i've preordered all 4 editions.

^four editions???wow you are so lucky
i ordered before cdjapan said that come with posters,i received the posters?

Yeah I preordered all 4 on the first day they were available, I'm sure we'll get the posters. Don't worry.

thank god they added the B3 size poster in cdjapan for all 4 versions!! since im only getting the 2 cd only!
xD

*is dying because she has to wait yet another week to order* XD

To answer, yes you will. As long as they said "first Press" when you ordered you'll get them. I had this happen to me with a different release, and they DID give me the poster that came with the item.

Anything they announce after you preorder will be in your order.

I'm wondering what to do about the posters actually. I bought all 4 editions, so I'll end up with 4 copies of the same poster. I was thinking maybe I should keep one copy and sell the others.

^Well, if I get unlucky and the first press editions get sold out before I get to order, I'll buy one from you. :P

***edit: WTH? Why did YA remove moon/blossom from my cart and then jack up the price? o.O

They usually do that.

You have to order ASAP so that they don't get you with the extra charges.

Mmm I actually think she's rushing a bit. I'm afraid if she releases too much, it'll be like Ayu overload (which sounds nice) but could be deadly for her career.

I had that happen once. Its cause they just got the word about the posters. Once they find out there will be a poster they change it and up the price. However, even if you order before they find out about them they'll still add it to your order and not ask for the extra money.

EDIT:

@MintKisses: I don't think this is too bad. I counted and she had like 7 singles for the "I am..." album years ago.

Oh I see now. Well, this is my first time shopping with them so I'll know better next time. >.<

I also see now that they added the B3 poster to it... but also changed the shipping unit to 3. At this rate, I'm going to spend a lot more on this single than I originally planned to. >>

^The one thing I will say about YesAsia is that its easy enough to qualify for free shipping. Add another item you've been meaning to pick up to the order and you should be fine. Also, they always mark the orders as being worth SO little. When i bought the Special Limited RnRC boxset, they marked it as only being worth $10USD despite I spent like $140 on it to begin with. They save me a ton from customs, since I never have to pay when buying with them.

That's good to know. Hm, I never had trouble with customs on any international order I've ever placed tbh though. I just went ahead and ordered it from CDJ (since I just found out they also don't charge until the items shipped), I will get my Ayupans and Hello Kitty bag from YA though. :3

^Maybe its just Canada's customs that likes to be a real annoyance then. I once got a $11CAD customs charge over just one CD i ordered from CDJ. I don't entirely blame CDJ, but I don't really bother shopping with them too much anymore. Besides, with most Japanese artists I try to buy OS Presses of the releases. It's only a select few artists where i always buy Japan Press. Also, I buy so much Korean and some Chinese stuff as well, that it just becomes easier to use YA as CDJ doesn't carry those things. And those concert collectibles is another recent extra plus with YA. Most times I just wait 'til they're on sale to buy them, but it's still a nice extra.

CDJapan and YesAsia have nothing to do with the customs charge and the laws of the country you live in. I have quite a different experience, for instance YesAsia stuff used to come within 3 weeks after the parcel has been dispatched, but then the last two parcels I've ordered took over 40 days, with CDJapan it takes a week at most, not to mention that unlike YesAsia they have a decent shipping prices :rolleyes (yes I live in Serbia and for some reason we're not valid for free shipping @ YesAsia anymore and their shipping prices are ridiculous). YesAsia is cheaper cuz they offer the HK/other Asian versions of the releases, bu their customer service is slow and it takes them days to reply while CDJapan pretty much answers in less than 24 hrs. As for the custom charges I only ever get charged once when my order had 3 CDs and a Mashimaro toy xD

Canada customs IS the culprit here. Except for YESASIA, if I buy anything else from outside of Canada I ALWAYS get charged an additional 5$ per parcel handling fee plus tax. Its highway robbery.

I didn't mean i was blaming YA or CDJ. Just CDJ always labels the parcels as being their full worth (so if I spent 6000 Yen they'll mark the parcel as being worth that much when shipped) while I've always had YA label them as being worth practically peanuts. I've honestly had problems with both places. I've been shopping with YA for 8 years now, and for my own personal reasons I tend to prefer using them. I think its just different for each person depending on their own preferences and experiences.

EDIT:

@YumSushi: Yeah, i know what you mean. I try to be careful how much I buy from outside Canada, but its real hard when SO many of the interests I have aren't available here too much. I recently bought 4 soccer items off my favorite team and when it arrived I got charged about $34 in customs.

Oh, and a little more on topic, but arent there any proper previews or covers out of the single yet?

I only got one customs charge from Canada's custom from CDJ. I have been using cdj since 2002 and so far they're good. Besides... if the price of the "gift" is less than $60 CDN, they should not charge you anything. That's why I always mark them as gifts when I ordered stuff from cdjapan. Rarely I will order stuff over $60 bucks.

hrm...for some reason i didn't even realize pre-orders were up for this single yet.

i better hurry up!

I'm not a person to order only 1 item at once. I order lots in a single order. Still, like I said before, I guess it all depends on each person's personal preferences and experiences. In my case I also buy a lot of OS Presses of stuff. Plus, I also buy Korean and Chinese music and movies, which of course CDJ doesn't carry, so for me, YA works out better. However, I'll admit still do buy an occasional thing from CDJ. Depends on my situation.

Still, does it really matter what website or store each of us buy our stuff? Whatever works for one person may be different for someone else. Whether they get bought on YA, CDJ, HMV or elsewhere it still just counts as a purchase supporting the singers.

While I prefer not to get sucked into any more Ayu-spending-extravaganzas (I've spent way to much on R'n'R Circus Box Set + THE LIVE PHOTOBOOK), if these covers are stunning then I might have to snag a copy! I mean, this is a special single project afterall. Countdown to the BIIIIIG 50.

Although forgiveness was terrible for the 30th single. Especially since they celebrated the 30th with a special live. I mean... forgiveness...?

BLUE BIRD was great at the time but still, it wasn't AMAZING.

So I hope 50 just shatters them all.

Always so much hate towards forgiveness. :cry

forgiveness says forgive the haters. :)

I don't know how anyone who has seen the TV lives of that song can hate it. They're some of the most breathtaking performances I've ever seen and made me love the song so much.

I'm still waiting for Rock'n'Roll Circus DVD-Audio =_=

Ahhh!!! I want the B3 poster so bad but I want to just wait for the fricken 50th single...since itll supposedly be only 2 months after that.

This single releases 3 days after my birthday so any1 can send me the poster for free :D

I have never seen the TV-Lives but it really really took me a long time to warm up to the song. Even to listen to the song in full. But just like most songs I hate, after I listen to them for a while I usually have this short-lived peak of obsession with it. Lol. It's just all the chanting and drawn-out-ness of it really turned me off. I think the fact that she had so much better just made me dislike it more.

I adore forgiveness. I think it's one of her most unique and powerful ballads.