The cover looks great!
But the song isn't something to which I'm looking forward...

Agreed. The song almost sounds like a lame regurgitation of Pray.

Pray is sort of a weird comparison for this song. I'd probably peg it as a more uplifting midtempo track like Sweet Season or something.

Holy shit Ayu looks stunning

Beautiful.

BEAUTIFUL.

Reminds me of an updated SEASONS! (From the video)
Super excited.

We haven't even hear the song as a complete thing and there's people already complaining as usual . . well I hope this song becomes a Ayu's classic so you'll have to listen to it in every concert just like You & me now ;).

THIS!
i thought where were you people listening to the full song LOL..

love the cover, it's so beautiful... loving her photoshoots lately.. everything looks so natural.

not looking to pick up a fight or an argument .

sometimes you just know from the first couple beats whether you will like the song or not.

if you criticize people for not liking it when the song is not fully out yet , same goes for people who love it immediatly whithout hearing fully than.... (in that kind of logic)

i respect both part and like hearing about both opinions . thats what make a conversation and make you re-think .

everybody have different taste. not everyone can love what ayu does all the time . critics can be good and productive (as long as its not bashing/insulting)
and fans are not saying the song is bad they are just saying they are not to their taste

this song like every other song will have fans who likes it and fans who don't. you can't convert everyone .

and again we are all ayu fans on AHS (or so i assume...)

personally i m an old ayu fan (since her very debut) but when it comes to her new stuff sometimes i love it sometimes i have mix feeling about it because her work keeps constantly changing and evolving compare to the stuff we (old fans) are use to.

again her music and her style changing is not a bad thing , she surprise her fans everytime with new styles however how the fans feel her music will be different for everyone.

i will add sometimes you listen to the song on the cd/mp3 and dont appreciate it that much , than you hear ayu sing it live and will like the song live .

So already a new single that will be released before the new album will come out? And how will this impact the new album release? Will it be pushed back or something?

OMG! The cover is stunning!!! I love it! She looks really classy! And another digital single! Great!

Love the cover!! :heart

Can't wait to listen to the full song!

It's a digital release, so they don't really care about the dates and promotion, apparently it's going to be released next week already, it doesn't affect the album in any way...

Gorgeous! I thought it was fake at first :laugh

I guess I'm one of the few who love the preview. I agree it's not very original, but I like the 'sweetness' and I like the way she sings the chorus.

I don't even care about font anymore |D Ayu looks amazing.

Gorgeous cover. I love her hair style and color this year♥

yea. pretty ayu xoxo

This song doesn't sound anything like Pray cause I hated that piece of charmin toilet paper and I find this one quite sweet, warm, fun, and enjoyable to listen to (hoping full version lives up to the goods).

I love the cover, she looks so beautiful.

The fact they are nothing alike has nothing to do with your preferences :P

The songs simply have nothing in common, but the fact they'll be on the same album.

I say this because generally I'm pretty fixated on how a song sounds and feels to me, and logically I just can't see the similarities because hello new me makes me happy and has a nice melody, where as pray did not. If they sounded alike, I would like both.

Great cover. On another note, doesn't Ayu part her hair on the left side of her head? Unless they just flipped the image to conceal her tattoo. Or perhaps they just airbrushed out her tattoo entirely.

i feel like it's been awhile that we've had a profile (semi profile?) shot for one of her covers. I think this angle is really flattering for her. And I love how she looks a little scared, because the song is titled Hello new me. A new path is always a little scary... you know? It's actually a really fitting image for me.

There best be a HQ version of this.

To be honest, the cover makes me think "Hello Do me."

the cover is ok but I do hope her next album won't follow this style/concept

There'll probably be a 2000x2000 one with the iTunes file, I think.

Stunning cover. I noticed the tattoo was missing, too. Well... I think the photo looks better without it.

It appears that so far the second season does better than the 1st season. I'm glat that the song will finally be up for download before the next episode. =P Hopefully it will translate to a certain success of the song.

Season 1 ratings:
1st ep - 12.1
2nd ep - 12.8
3rd ep - 11.8
4th ep - 11.4

Season 2 ratings:
1st ep - 14.0
2nd ep - 13.7
3rd ep - 12.2
4th ep - 13.7

Thats so good to know!!! :D

start to rise again which is good...
maybe it can get 15 to 16% towards the end?

So beautiful!!!! *-*

Unique 'hair piece'?
I don't like her afraid looks and I don't get that hair style. Other than that its gorgeous. I mean the backgrounds colors.

I like it, it's cute. And the cover is pretty too, but I think the album shot will be pretty different from this

So, only two hours left before the 14th of May in Japan, can we expect the full song to be available in the next 3 hours ?

It's already available on (Japanese) iTunes~

edit: I've uploaded it.

edit2: better quality cover:

^ Thank you very much !

totally in love with the cover and the song!!

The song is a mix between cute song and ballad.
It's listenable, but not my favorite for sure.

Thanks a lot ! I'm still at work unfortunately, but knowing it's available makes me want to finish everything and go home !

Weirdly enough, as much as I would normally hate a song like Hello new me, I have the feeling it's exactly what I need at the moment !

I has waited for it since I woke up this morning!
Hello new me is really beautiful. It's at once an invigorating breeze and a sunbeam that warms your heart.

Yes, Hello new me is nice and more listenable than the ballads in Love again...
Love it but I like Pray more ...
Thanks tenshi no hane again

It's alright. very simple. I really love the verses. It's the mellow, a walk-in-the-park vibe which is good for me.
Maybe i have bad speakers but her voice sounds realllly sharp AHHAHA

I don't like it. Don't get why she's singing like this...

Won't be my favourite from her, but I really like it.

It has a very pretty melody. I might be one of the few who really enjoys when she does this style.

Adding this to a playlist with Sweet Season, winding road, NEXT LEVEL, Melody, and YOU "Northern Breeze" for my morning walks :D

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I've noticed the mixing on her vocals and the instruments sound smoother in both this song and 'Pray' as well...which is a good sign. I really hope she ditched the guy who mixed LOVE again.

It sounds slightly different from what she had recently and though chorus is a little annoying, it's really catchy. But that's it. Yet another nice ballad.
Now gimmie more upbeat songs or another "Tell All" (*^*)

I love it~

Love it!! Is there an instrumental version? That's the first time I want one. <3

Not gonna be a top 20 song, but very lovely and appropriate for my point in life. ^_^

it's a nice song, but too boring for a single... hope the album gets better

The refrain is almost unbearable :no Such a pretty cover wasted on such a boring and generic ballad :shakehead

Not her best song, but it's ok.

I really think everything that comes from her has at least a "OK", hahha.

I sooo love it!

It's a nice song but not something I'd listen to on repeat. I adore the intro though! And I don't know if it's just me but it sounds like she's saying 'I love new me', haha

Also, the cover is absolutely gorgeous!!!

The thing is that she is almost only doing ok songs nowadays...


It sounds nice, nothing else.The verses are ok, the chorus is a bit annoying to me.

I really like it!

I love the fluttering piano in the verses
And I love the melody of the verses
And the instrumentation is lovely
But then we get to that chorus
And everything good is just shot to death and we're left with this screechignly annoying chorus that I just wish to end asap

v_v

I love this song

I love the chorus. The second half of the verses, the pre-chorus, sound so out of place. But seriously, I never had a problem with her vibrato in past years and now it is just horrid. She sounds like a Grandma when she does that 95% of the time she has to hold a note.

The song is good, but not my cup of tea! Waiting for the album tracks!

nice!!!! you read my thoughts
The song is really nice. Thank god it's not like HONEY.

I really love it! It's not her best song but it sounds so nice to me

the song is awfully boring

I like this song. Though it's one of those types of warm, sweet songs like sweet season, winding road, beautiful day and etc that I can only listen to on occasion lol. Songs like this are good from ayu but will never be listened to a lot by me simply because of their style.

Usually songs like this are album tracks which suits them well.

Also I like her voice here.

I particularly love the arrangement of this song. Actually well done

Boooorrrrinnnnng snooze fest

It's so pretty!!!
Lovely song! :heart Love the beginning in particular, it has this calm, charming atmosphere...

After several listens, I can say I don't like it at all. :no
The chorus and the way she sings really are annoying to me.

I love it <3 I love the way she sings the chorus but I understand some people might hate it :laugh

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Same, I love this damn chorus, lol!
It's stuck in my head! Love this song.

lol her voice is so annoying in Hello new me. The instrumentation is pretty. But I much prefer Pray.

It's not bad, but not particularly good either. Her way of singing is not really appealing to me, but at least the production is nice.

It's neither her best song nor something amazing but I like it

It's meh for me tbh
The chorus is nice but it's just the standard affair…
Making me appreciate Fee Da La tbh.

This song was composed for a Japanese TV drama, and it's pretty similar to all the songs I've heard on those dramas. It was composed aiming the Japanese people so it's pretty normal that some people here find it a bit different from the usual things that she's been doing lately. Overall it fits perfectly with the drama and its atmosphere. :)

Wow, I love this song! So cute, fresh and simple. I can really feel it!

This song is so refreshing and calm. Perfect to listen to on a nice spring/summer day, really. I feel like this is one of the tracks that was born after she changed her mind about the album's structure. I wonder if she'd have gotten the tie-in if this song weren't being made.

Ear copy lyrics from shigeytb02@YT:
This really seems like an anthem for her new life in LA. I feel like this song could be given a bit of an edge if it were remixed.

I like it :) It took me the second try to like it haha. It's not bad, a song like this once in a while.

awww she sounds so cute in it <3.
It's a nice song, not special, but pretty. ayu has a lot of these so after this I'm ready for more up beat stuff.

People here hate ayu's efforts in sounding cute I suppose? =P

It took me three listenings to appreciate it. I'd say its not mindblowing but its nice. Its one of those songs one would listen when waking up after ditching the bitches out of your life the night before.

It's such a lovely song, the arragement is good as well. Too bad isn't the kind song I'd replay over and over.
I still prefer Pray, but who knows? Maybe I'll end to love it :yes

I like it, I think it's catchy. It fits well as a drama song.

It's really, really heartwarming. Definitely the kind of song to listening to while walking on the beach a la Melody <3

It's a really nice song and it does fit the show!

Oh god. Ayu's turned into one of those people that goes from saying, "I loved the movie!" to "WE loved the movie".... :roflmao

I don't think this song is strictly about ayu, she wrote it speacially for a drama and the song is probably more related to it than to her personal life. Also, the rythm is pretty much alike those drama songs...

Thanks for the translation! I really love these lyrics and can't wait to hear the song in full for myself.

I was gonna say "there's no rush" ...? Lol, bitch please. Who are you fooling?

I've listened to "Hello new me" & I absolutely love it! :heart It's such a sweet ballad. :)

I also think ayu is so gorgeous on the cover, too. :love

The song is so calm and sweet, I'm glad isn't like hbya

Yup..i do think that the lyrics is pretty much inspired by the dorama..
the song is so relaxing...

The lyrics are so direct and speak of her life too? hahaha

This!
The instrumentation and production is nice and neat, too bad I don't like the way she sings it and the "Hello new me~ Hello new me~" but it matches the Drama I supposed. Is it wishful thinking to not have this included in the album? :P

haroooo neeeeeee-eeeeeeeeew miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
haroooo neeeeeee-eeeeeeeeew miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
:irked :dead2 :eviltongu

The chorus is rather catchy....

It's at #3 on the iTunes Singles charts behind a Taylor Swift cover and Let It Go!

Damn catchy chorus. I'll be singing this all day long :D

i really love the song, it's really lovely, sweet, and heartwarming.
love her vocal here... it suits the song...so soft and sweet :)

thanks for the lyric :)

it's so sweet..

i wonder if it's also inspired by her new relationship with her new beau now.

I actually really like it...its a sweet song. :)

I am happily surprised by this song. I like it.

Sweet song. A genuine lyric, sweet pop music and she sing very cute in the chorus, reminds me of HONEY.

Aww, Hello new me was #1 temporarily but got edged out again by Let It Go's Japanese version. #2 for now.

Well I am very underwhelmed by this song...
But I'm glad for ayu that so many people seem to love it ^___^

I hope the rest of the album will be far better.

http://s29.postimg.org/x9pwutn0z/image.jpg
omg just saw this cover. I love her outfit!

I actually like the starting of the song... But the chorus can be irritating at times...