OMG :laugh

lol

Haha brilliant - that made me laugh!

I'd still love to know how they met.
I mean...going to Collage/Uni to study med....to meet Ayumi Hamasai....and begin dating.
HOW!?!?!

Probably a mutual friend who is pretty swanky and attends premieres/red carpet events.

I'd like to think Christophe Choo but I'm not 100% sure about that...

I'd say that's a very very safe bet.

Or maybe his lovely wife, or a friend of her. I think they met in the time Ayu was like 24/7 with her.

Not sure where it belongs but it looks like TeamAyu is getting a MASSIVE upgrade. They're going to have live one on one chats with Ayu among other things, it seems?

That news absolutely floored me. FLOORED me. I'm stoked.

Online Dating

On what? sugarmommas.com?

I am glad they are finally giving the TA members something new.

https://twitter.com/ayu_19980408

might be song lyrics?

The new TA ENTRY is named part of me. I'm very curious, what is it about?

Rehearsals with her troupe, no news as far as I could see. I'd really like some news on the album, but I guess it's still a bit too early for that.

You are talking about the caterpillars ?

Maybe.

Omg, and if this album is going to be in English !!!!

When I saw this I thought it was about spreading world awareness or whatever LOL.

So is she going for a Michael Jackson style Earthsong?

It's a quote by Australian author John Marsden tbh...

Made me think of Rainbow, 'No rain can't get no rainbow'

now lets see how the prices get massive upgrades as well xD

Did Ayu tweeted that she's in Japan right now?

Yes, her flight was delayed, but she made it back to Japan in one piece.

Jesus, Ayu is crazy. She's doing dress rehearsals in Japan and flying back to LA before flying back to Japan a few days later. Why not stay in Japan for now until the concerts?

^ what??
so is she in japan now?
oh god..this woman..i hope she's not falling sick coz travelling in such short time like that..

That's quite a lot of frequent flyer miles...but is she part of JAL Mileage Bank or something else?

Doesn't she have her own personal jet? :laugh

I don't think she could afford one. Not to mention those high fuel costs...

OMG, ayu you really loves him, but you can use Skype

:roflmao

^skype's too mainstream, especially for her xD better jump on the plane and meet up xD

I think she could be the familiar or VIP customer of some airline companies ...

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thank God!! I thought everyone turned into scientists !! LOL

i think she cant but she doesnt want it..
just like a car she said in an interview she doesnt have it....

she can buy a house in LA why cant she buy a car?

why have skype sex when you can pay to go down there and have real one? the girl is smart.

People is starting to upload videos recorded at the show Armin held today and where Ayu attended, in which apparently he played part of her new song.

I'm not sure but could this be it?

i cant hear a single thing tune from that.. =.=
probably a remix?

She wrote on twitter that her new song has been revealed in this event

Yeah, seems like the new song was revealed. The selfie she took was pretty funny too... she put the guest sticker on her chest, ahh~

I wonder if the name of the track was mentioned?

Omfg lucky bastards who went. I would've died.

It's totally the song. I can tell by that vocal clip. It has her tone for sure.

Armin certainly wouldn't have had mentioned the track. He just plays the songs continuously in the mix. No MC and no speaking.

^I really hope so…

During a 5 hour set though... not sure if someone would randomly accidentally capture the Ayu song in a YouTube video. I guess we'll see when we get some more info! Song titles were displayed next to him so it could have been shown that way. This one EDM channel taped about 17 videos from the concert but most of the songs are collaborations/mixes fans already know of.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjj...XlEDY7HVwlEMfw

Perhaps it'll get covered slightly in one of the tour recap videos on his YouTube channel in a few days?

yey!!! excited!!!

Yeah I went through twitter hashtags #AOLA and #ArminOnly listening to all videos posted but all the songs were songs I knew and weren't Ayu's. :(

huuuum it doesn't seem to be Ayu's voice ! :/

Haaaaa this news makes me crazy !

Excited!!

Where was it said the song was played? I'm beginning to doubt that it was.

She mentioned it twice on her Twitter. Once during the show and another during a thank you tweet.

Ah ok I see it now. Yesterday when I was on her twitter I did not see those comments; only posts from when she was at the show in Japanese.

Well he must've played it early on then. When he was behind that blue orb. Usually opening warm up set isn't so chaotic as far as the energy goes so it might be telling that if he did play it early on, it would be a soothing, warm trance track. Although, I can't imagine Ayu arriving early enough to catch it. Lol. Then again, it does look pretty light out yet in the photo that she posted outside the arena.

It's quite possible he could've played the dub version without her vocals even. Out of the videos I've watched, these are the only songs I didn't recognize.



Beginning at 2:10 onward

Armin's music sounds so good anyway. I really wonder if it's anything from the vids. Everything sound so good!

Zeke, that 2nd video from 2:10 on, that does sound like it has echoing vocals that sound PRETTY ayu-ish. Sounds LOVELY so I hope that's it!

If his work is going to sound like his "Rising Star 12'' Mix" of "appears", this is going to be a wonderful album :D

Well the more I listen to that one I feel like I could've heard it before. I'll have to look back at my a state of trance radio broadcasts I downloaded. Used to download weekly but got lazy with school going on.

Also, armins style has really changed since that appears mix. Trance in general has really changed from that. Which in a way is kind of unfortunate. That being said, armin does produce quality trance tracks now and again.

Another thing to note, usually when armin works with an international artist, the song is featured on both armins album and the vocalists album. He did this with the singer of his hit "In And Out Of Love" as well as the song he produced for Sophie Ellis Bextor "Not Giving Up On Love" (which was complete trash). So I wonder if armins next album will feature ayu. Then again, those such works usually coincide with an album release by armin as well and to my knowledge he hasn't announced any plans for new album in near future.

In And Out of Love was Armin's track. It wasn't featured on any of the Within Temptation albums as far as I know.

You're correct! My mistake, lol. Guess it was a one time thing with Sophie?

I think it's because Sharon isn't a solo artist and Within Temptation has quite a different sound as they are a symphonic metal band after all~

^

They did have some remixes for songs on the album like Sinead, but yeah, Within Temptation is a very different style... Dark, heavy, aggressive lol. It's good for RPG boss battles and getting depressed.

Oh god :rolleyes

Yeah, I had nothing better to say...

LOL you folks are too deperate for his stuff...i cannot make out shit in those videos, apart from constant "boom boom boom". they're too messy and chaotic, too noicy. And you hear echoes and voices... it's not Ayu it's schizophrenia, guys xD

ayu_19980408
https://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.ne...jpg?1400483368

She looks cuuuute
I like her hair :)

looks like its gonna be sexy? hahah

What is that pic from?

Filming of some sort with Lico :)

The outfits are a secret

We can barely see it but does it look like a body suit?

^yeah it looks like a real trashy body suit lolol loving it! :p

Maybe it's for an interlude video on the tour? Hope so!!! :luv2 Ayu looks fab, haha

Ohh, maybe Ayu is busting out the nasty, naughty girl inside her for this album!!

^ I hope so <3

It reminds me of NEXT LEVEL's cover lol

Thanks

She looks hot. And I'm excited, from what I can see of what she's wearing

She is certainly not going for the sweet demure look. The makeup gives me the strong, confident, nightclub/party vibe. Whether this is for the tour, album, or PVs, I am definitely interested to see what this all means.

Oh god love lico in that pic

She looks absolutely gorgeous in that picture!

Cute couple? :D

Looks like it's gonna be for a PV or something. Does she mention one after ZIN says he arrived? Her outfit looks like it's oozing sex.

Some tweets from before indicate that the filming crews (PVs/photos) have arrived from Japan. Album cover/magazine/goods shoots + PVs + tour videos are probably starting production right now. I hope the PVs aren't all on location. We need some studio stuff, Ayu!

Alvin Goh was also recently in LA doing fittings with Ayu... can't wait to see what they have made!

He posted a photo from the set...

http://i.imgur.com/VOOSBEx.jpg

These videos are going to be strange, lol.

Ooo...I'm excited

That set photo kind of reminds me of the Ladies Night PV.

Well that set looks interesting!

Oh my, that picture of the set is the first thing that gets me crazy excited !
I hope it's for a PV and not a tour interlude !!

wow that set picture!

I really want at least one really awesome pv this time >_<

It reminds me of love songs type PVs like crossroad or do it again if it is a PV.

I really want something cool.

Jesus, that looks interesting. o_O Are we going to get symbolic material from Ayu again? It's been YEARS.

Now that I look at the artwork....and the body thingy....maybe. might be symbolic.

Yeah, she looks great here :-)

*Please be for a PV Please be for a PV*

The set looks interesting

Please Ayu let this be a PV it can be weird AS WEIRD AS POSSIBLE PLEASE I NEED THAT

i can't see the picture, reupload please

You can see it at his Instagram (alvingoh) if Imgur is not working for you. It's got the crucified Jesus in the middle.

Also... looks like they are filming in some new areas today. Studio lot + a forest of some sort?

http://i.imgur.com/CIyJfuO.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5IvujrP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7741yoL.jpg
(double rainbow on set!)

Might be using Universal Studios' backlot again like during Love songs. Ayu also tweeted that the acrobatic team (Katsuyuki, Satoru, Tomoki) will be appearing in a PV for the first time!

Alvin goh also upload another pic like an industrial setting... maybe for ayu new pvs.

gawd I hope they are...but the new songs, don't seem to fit those sets at all O.O
I can see Lelio and ANGEL having rather weird psychedelic PVs but XOXO haha..

Too bad that Terminal doesn't have its own pv..it could have been great.

If this is related to the videos, then they've worked all day and almost all night! He posted that about 2 hours ago, haha. (and the first image about working was from almost 20 hours ago)

http://i.imgur.com/9OqGf4T.jpg

I have never been that excited, surprised and wow-ed by Ayu since.... long ago.
Holy mother of..., what is she doing? I have no words for the set. Just let it be July soon.

Oh yay, the acrobatic team is still in her tour and now also in her PVs. Will the clowns and Timmy in drag queen outfit appear, too?

Timmy is in Japan because he's still taking part in that foreigner singing contest~

I imagine him and the band are in Japan rehearsing for the showcase while Ayu and everyone else film in LA.

Wait, are we sure the pics that Alvin Goh is posting are for Ayu?

lets not get our hopes too high shall we hahha