^I know !That PV looked so promising ! It was so beautiful though that I think it was ok, just the first bit was quite boring...
Personally I thought she had kill her boyfriend and that the corpse was behind the couch or something like that ! x)
I was still in a Don't look back mood !

I wonder if we'll see the full PVs by tomorrow?

BeeTV is a paid TV channel in Japan just for mobile phones so... who knows if we'll get to see it.

The people in Japan who do see it are probably very anti-spoilers so they'll just say it was 'amazing' and then keep it a secret.

We do have a comment on Song 4 u though.

"とにかくすごかった！いろいろ謎だらけ"

Something about being amazing and having a lot of mysteries/puzzles? (nazo=謎)

yea right. I was expecting something tragic;

so far until now i really want Ayu to pull out to the maw something tragic or really sad if shes meant to do a PV like that,Dont Look Back, Moon can go further :P

i dont think we will get to see it, the Japanese dont really like to upload it and share it with us :P

Wish we could get to see them ugh
The only thing disappointing me in song 4 u's pv is that the pawns don't even fight, they just disappear like that as soon as they face each other, that's pretty bland

^with the new law in japan, it'll probably be even worse. :(

lol what do you mean?

Love song satisfied me perfectly :P
And missing has potential. The fact that I hear piano IN THAT SEXY CHORUS just satisfies me more than a Japanese all you can eat.

So far I really enjoy Song 4 U more then the Xillia version we got...
and the short PV was sooo much better then the previews... So

happy happy happy.

ugh why is AHS is out saving the world just now???!! thought we got the PV already xDD

AHS has been saving the world a lot lately, and nothing happens when it's finished.
You'd think that every fan would flock onto the forum cuz the album or full pvs leaked, but NOOO

UNBELIEVABLY GOOD

I so cannot believe this :)

http://twitpic.com/b714r5
http://twitpic.com/b714rx

It looks as though the full version of Song 4 u is not that much longer.

THATS SO SHORT O_O

^ Wow... So surprised "Song 4 u" is so short. Is it possible they used a shorter version for the video ? Though that sounds weird... :(
I was hoping it would be ~5 min long, with an amazing bridge and the climax in the last chorus like "progress". bleh...

EDIT : Wait, that's not possible... XILLIA2 version : 2m17 / PV preview : 1m54... So it's already more than 4min... Except if we delete the intro in the XILLIA2 version it wouldn't possibly be that short ?

One of the users here put together the PV version and the iTunes clip we got and it ran about the length of 3:45 if i remember correctly

^ Well I just took the PV preview and attached the XILLIA2 version (without its little intro) right after the music starts to fade out, and it's around 3:52... Aw I really wanted my 5min long song :laugh So the intro in the iTunes version was just made for ToX2 ? That's so weird.

Maybe they just cut out some of the song in the PV because it's missing the "To you / for you" part in the preview even though she sang it live... Okay I'll just wait & see lol.

cool!
full versions soon!! YES!

Or maybe there's just not a bridge for that song, and the MP3 artcika made with both versions (was it her ? Sorry if I'm mistaking) is almost the actual version !

I wouldn't really mind I imagine, though I was hoping for a powerful bridge ! And a great and loud "FOR YOU" at the end !

At least, if the PV is short enough, there are more chances that it will stay interesting until the end :D

ok so i dont want to put my hope high for any interesting scene to come in this seeing the screencap

I loved both from the first time!
Good for Ayu that she keeps making amazing music!

Let's forget about most of Party Queen's songs... He he!

Me too ! I was sure it would have a powerful bridge since this was posted back when they announced ayu was the artist for the game's theme song :

So I'm still hoping the structure of the song is similar to progress'... :laugh

I hope that song 4 u screen cap is just... I hope that scene is very short, basically.
They CAN'T waste the epic chorus
Oh god they can.
Well, I'm gonna go watch Sakura drops or something..... *come on, Ayu! You got EVERYTHING, you just need to use the power of the chorus!

That was actually just there to say that "Like progress, the song was made for the worldview of Tales of Xillia 2." or something... not that was similar when it came to the structure.

So... I saw Song 4 u and Missing's videos in full via BeeTV, the cellphone limited site.

And well...if you want to be surprised don't look here.

^oh no... :'(

Not surprised.
Ayumi has never been very talented in the PV department.

- -I've heard about that ending too

Saw this coming a mile away lol. Not surprised. I was getting the CD-only anyway.

"missing" goes almost five minutes...but "Song 4 u" less than four minutes? Hmm...

Surprised you with the instrumentation how?
Is it jaw dropping? Is it bjork-ish?

Im a little upset that a song 4 u is less then 4 minutes...
something doesnt seem right here..

How underwhelming and......not that suprising. oh ayu.

this is so ayu, XD

my expectation for SONG 4 U was like YUGI-OH battle,
but the pawn just disappear , didn't fight each other with some blade or gun .

Wait, is there gonna be a longer "Director's Cut" of Song 4 u? Cause that's happened before (blossom). OMG, I'm a genius! We STILL have some hope!

Don't hope for too much.

I think it was expected, I'm not that surprised!

And Melody sounds gorgeous in the CM!!

I'm not surprised noir dissapointed, i think Ayu "fighting" with herself would have looked incredibly awkward.

^ all the tracks sounds SO OLDSCHOOOOOOL. *don't kill me but* S4u reminds me a little of SURREAL XD This is a strong mini. Not my "thing" though (my thing is rock/electronish ayu) but still, piece of GOOD music. STORYline of PV's may be BORING AGAIN, but still IM VISUALLY ATTRACTED TO THEM. So yeah. Good piece of work. Aye.

finger crossed for another dark-edgy pv (or at least with fine PLOT) AND DARK ROCK LIKE WE KNOW SHE CAN KICK BUTTS WITH IT. Go Ayu. Long nails again. Dark dress again. AND DARK SONG with it. Like you did it with Song 4 u PV (you see? u can. ehhkheh) but with MORE SHARP AND EDGE WITH THE MUSIC. I love your "yeyeyeyeyeye" and "uhuhuhuhuh" in rock songs. pleasepleaseplease *prayin'*

and a fine electronish track. Last angel with oldschool evolution tempo, yeeeeeeeeees. Or SEXY SPARKLE PART II. YES.

had a little bit of hope, but that's expected from Ayu xD they just don't really bother most of the time lol

I wish someone could record them, even with a crappy quality!

The CM reminded me of Melody, I had forgotten about it !It sounds really nice actually !

Maybe the PVs will have something in common with the ones from next mini album, maybe there'll be more, although I doubt it. Ayu made similar PVs, eg Don't look back, but there was always 'something' like Ayu's running make up that made it amazing, I wish there was sth like this here as well.

omg she's back. the Queen is back. good-bye horrible quality ala the FIVE era :D

About Song 4 u ending...



Melody sounds ok in the CM, but then it's [much] less than 1 minute, so I can still be surprised by it. Still looking forward to Missing, I'm sure I'll overscrobble it when the full thing leaks

^ I like that idea about the ending, although I just wish it was at least shown with some diiferent camera angles, or 'd love Ayu to make at least some face expression / wink / smile / whatever to give people some ideas to work with

Regardless, I dont regret getting the CD/DVD edition
:trout

I'm GLAD that the song 4 u pv didn't have her fighting each other. Everyone would have just complained about how awkward and un realistic it was -.-
I think just completing the game and them facing each other was a much stronger feeling to it tbh. Very eerie.
Love both songs so much. And Song 4 u's video really did it for me. Not feeling 'Missing' pv so much but I really love the song :)

In a way, they're making "Song 4 u" look like it was a song written '2 herself' with the PV.

Kinda like Angela Aki's tegami but with long nails.

A battle in Song 4 u would have been a terribly cheap ending IMO. Something like the horrendous Duty pachinko video.
I won't complain the ending is more subtle. Yet, they could have shown another setting, a "narrator", something else to entertain... Well I didn't see the whole thing, I may like its simplicity in the end.

She really has been into herself lately... (not in a bad way)
I feel like Party Queen is dedicated to herself, so is You and Me... and now LOVE... this is good for her.

From what I read about song 4 u, it doesn't even sound bad.
I really like what I'm reading so far.

I am shocked and uphold. The woman has some of the best music videos I've seen. Sure not every single video she's made is amazing but she has had her fair share of awesomeness.

lol, visually I think she has some great pieces. Both story wise and diversity she is lacking.
Not saying there are not some hidden jems, but over all I have never been impressed. And I find it sad (for my part) because some of her songs ( a lot of her songs) could have some very very good PV's.

Which is really sucky cause I really did have high hopes I was like "OMG maybe it's gonna get creepy cool later on" the. Watching the vid I was like "it does look like she's going to be doig that much.....there's no other scenes popping up.....please be more scenes!!! *sighes. The last Ayu video I really enjoyed was microphone/ sexy little things. Can't even rememeber the last time I replayed am Ayu video repeatedly though.

The most it hurts me agreeing with him (and it really hurts), I wouldn't say Ayu tend to have a lot of good pvs either... her good videos are AMAZING, but most of them are just plain not very memorable.

She has better PVs than most J-Pop artists imo. (The ones who don't have whack amazing creative directors anyway)

I agree with Ayumi not having the best PVs. She mainly works with very skilled directors, producing stunning and technically great videos, but they tend to lack content and diversity. Of course, her videos are better than those of most pop singers, but the average pop video, imo, is really, really bad.

I love both of them, Ayu has outdone herself this time :)

I guess from what I read prior to seeing the full videos (people talking about more, for lack of better words, epic outcomes) I assumed most people felt that way haha.

Obviously that's not the case, but I do think there will be some disappointment for some people, while others will definitely like them.

Personally after watching them I was left with a "Hmm.." impression. I wasn't amazed by either of them, nothing blew me away. But they were... pleasant.

I preferred Missing. The cinematography is great.

^ So far I like Missing more... it's just prettier right now..
the outside... (forget the flying guys, lol)... the scenery is amazing.

I honestly don't know what you guys like about Song 4 u PV preview o.O Her hair and styling are awful and she's just moving around, nothing interesting :/ Missing seems to be better, it reminds me of Dearest acoustic PV~

You know, although Song 4 u's PV goes nowhere, Ayu definitely looks good.
Same with Missing.

Didn't Hanabi episode 2 have ayu just stand on a beach and cry? I don't even remember that much. All i remember is crying.

She also pretended to play guitar in an awful wig.

She definitely looked better in HANABI II PV lol at least to me... I wouldn't mind if only she looked good ... but she failed ... so I'm looking forward to the both full PVs!

Really liking Missing.

it wasnt a beach... if I remember correctly she was just in a room and then 'fireworks' started going off and crying and all the blandness (hence why I say most of her PV's are really nothing going on.)

^ Well, i just watched it and there was water and sand and the water was wavy. Or maybe it was crappy background effects a la Sunrise/Sunset covers *drink to that* But there DEFINITELY was sand
It was so boring before, the video. now it's okay..

^ The Sunrise/Sunset covers have a real background that wasn't photoshopped on or anything. They were taken on location. The only background effect was an increase in saturation.

^ Really? That can't be so.. Plants don't grow like that, do they? And what's up with the water in the background?
*drink to that twice*

same here I dont likeher outfit and her wig,she looks a bit weird but i can accept the black Queen looked badass to me ,

even Im not having any hope for any interesting scenes in S4U PV,lets see how ,

and for Missing it looks so beautiful its been a long time since dearest (?) that we got this Ayu and nature (outdoor PV in Japan) or maybe Rainbow PV?

The HANABI ~episode II~ PV was amazing, it was really simple but everything was very emotional and well put. Her acting in the PV is really good too.

I loved the preview for S4U because of the chess concept, her looks are great too imo. But it seems to be a little bit on the boring side. Missing preview is a borefest, but at least the scenery is very beautiful. That being said, I'm veeeery excited about the full ver. of both. hahaha

It was the view from the back of her hotel/apartment/whatever. She posted pictures of the place on TA when she took the covers. It's on Bali I think.

I even love daybreak pv. I love seeing simple pvs.

I also think some of her best PVs are the most simple. CAROLS, daybreak, HANABI -II-... If I remember correctly, the last one was actually shot on location. She was just inside a glass structure.

Some of her songs lyrics deserve a story being shown behind it... Some I can underatamd, but aboit 80% of her pvs, really?