Wowww this is going to be awesome. I was really MEH about the whole thing until just now. Gives me hope for the rest.

ewww. i dont want the cover to be like this :/

Hope we get Love song soon! ahhhh

The Dream ON official site is uploaded with a (very short) PV preview. Looks like a dance showdown between ayu and Naoya!! :D

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/dream-on/movie/

omfg.. this is going to be so hot

Lol ikr. I can just imagine them throwing off their hooded capes to reveal those hot costumes in the photo. :lech

seriously. this is probably like the best ayu teaser video ever. it really builds the excitement. love it

Yes :lech

oohh, looks cool.
I'm getting ready for everyone to make fun of Ayu's dancing though hah

Just watch her body double for the dancing be Aki-chan, hahah.

Naoya updated his blog, a photo with ayu~ ;)

http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/.../naoyablog.jpg

Well, she said on twitter that she trained till all the skin got rubbed off her feet. Give her some credit I'm sure she'll pull it off just fine on her own. :P

Here's a bigger version from his blog! (^_^)v
http://i53.tinypic.com/fx4cu9.jpg

thank for sharing
so cute!!

so cute. love all the red going on too.

^

*-* ayu looks so cute!!

Wow, Dream on! lol first time hearing it and I'm amazed, awestrucked, then enchanted once again! For the first time, I can understand the English parts without looking at the lyrics. That's an amazing feat from her previous english works. (not including Rule/B&D).

is Dream ON already sold out?? I wanted to add it to my "Love songs" order because the song is just so good and I love how their voices fit together. Well, but when I clicked on either of those links:

http://www.yesasia.com/global/dream-...0-en/info.html
http://www.yesasia.com/global/dream-...0-en/info.html

they would say the product is not available, even though there still is a "Preorder" button when you look at the list with all offered ayumi items. I hope this is just a technical problem of YA, I would like to get the single for the special X-mas price.XD

They are setting them up newly because they are adding the poster I guess.
Because i tweeted them if they will add the poster and they said yes, they will.
Now the price will go up a bit, glad that I ordered it yesterday allready xD

Naoya is such a cute guy..
anyway, did he ever become ayu's back dancer bfore?
bcoz i ever heard that one of her dancers called "naoya? who already become AAA member..
but i really can't recall which one is naoya as Ayu's dancer before~~

Yeah, there's a B3 poster with the CD+DVD or CD only editions of the single. Gotta add that to the info!

I like Dream ON very much=)
something fresh again finally from Ayu^^

an someone tell me if I can add the single to my Love Songs order @ DJapan?
And if I have to pay 2x shipping when I add/combine it?

honestly?? :dead2 Well, thanks for telling me.

Kome tweeted that the arranger of Dream ON is CMJK! Pretty awesome~

Thsi is also stated on the Dream ON Special site ;)

Waiting for the Album release this Christmas. ^^

so we won't get poster for USB version?

^^He means for dream ON. That should say single. Both versions of dream ON come with a B3 poster.

I don't really like DREAM ON, ayu's vocals are not so good, imo :(.

Aaahh, should've clarified. With the -single-.

The album still doesn't have any special goods that come with it at CD shops other than the lucky draw at the moment.

I don't know if someone post it, but here is the preview of Love Song PV =)

http://www.megavideo.com/?d=RWQLTDTC

Aww, there's a track called November :heart
My favorite month.

I hope November is a rock ballad, something like November Rain from Guns N Roses... with a guitar solo... :thud

i found a small preview of the PV for Dream ON, but it cuts off right when ayumi comes in, lol. :P

^UGHHHH FIERCEEEEEE lol

Redonkulous

CMJK blogs about new album
 

from CMJK's blog:

Excite translation:

^what the heck does that mean?!?!

Idk lol, a different translator gave me this "The work which can also be called new ground could be done like me, and it was a wonderful experience."

I guess Ayu and CMJK tried to incorporate some new sounds in the album.

OT, but does anyone know if CDJ is still doing free shipping with paypal?

lol i didnt get crap from that translation.

i have a question: which website is best for buying the new album (CD version <3)?

^^Why are you trolling so much lately? It's really annoying.

I think Dream ON is a new sound from CMJK.. can't really recall a song he worked on that sounded like that. I'm excited for more of his new songs as well!

I just said I didn't understand anything from the translation and asked a question because I'm interested in the album. I admit to writing stuff yesterday I was just hyper and bored, but this is legit. geez

^^All the first-press bonuses are listed in the first post.
If you want your album on release day, order from CDJ and pick FedEx shipping (it's even cheaper than EMS shipping).

Ah thank you.
I'll just take this to the enquiries section since it's sort of OT.

I hope these releases come with posters :heart

No one who knows it ?

^^I'd like to know as well. I think I want to order it.

He is, but you're being very very honest lately as well! :P
EDIT: Just so that there are no 100+ off-topic posts of misunderstandings; I don't mean it in a bad way. All I want to say is, that you too have changed the way you write your posts, you are much more outspoken now than you were before. That is all.

Love Song preview looks and sounds awesome!! I like her short hair!

Omgggg I wanna see Dream On PV already!! Gaaahhhhh~

That is SUCH A TEASE!!!!!

I can barely hear anything although it doesn't look much like a ballad, so that's awesome xD It looks like some tense moments will be in this PV :3

I think I'm more excited for the dream ON PV than the Love song PV, haha

^ me too. the preview clip got me soo excited! and I can't wait to get Dream ON in HQ.. the 30 second preview on the official site sounds so much better than the rip we got of the full song a few days ago. the music in that song is so hot.

so do i,,,:love:love

dream on pv is more intersting on my opinion
hhehehhe..:D

I'm excited for Dream ON PV and Last song.. song. I looove the spiky hair (even if she looks like a Roxette member...) but i think it will be cheesy. In Dream ON she will be hot and fierce and dancing and stuff. Ls PV will be all about "OMG YOU'RE MAD, Y U'RE MAD AT ME? LOVE IT'S OVER? NOOOOOOOO *INSERT TEARS, FRAMED PICTURES AND MAD ATTITUDE MIXED WITH SADNESS* - i mean drama cheesy. And the ONE thing makes me mad it's that in Dream ON PV and in Love song PV HER LOOK SEEMS BE THE SAME! >< Same haircut/styling and a hat. (ofcourse, there's always an SPIKY AYU ROXETTE. huehue.) Ayu, I LOVE YOU WHEN YOU LOOK DIFFRENT ALL THE TIME XD I can make more individual graphics! (XD)

I really hope they don't release a short vers first lol

^i'm guessing they will. just cause.

you know they will...****ing avex lol

You can only if you paid via Credit Card. PayPal orders cannot be modified so if you paid via PayPal you will have to cancel your order and re-order everything again.

But if you paid by Credit Card I think you should be able to email CDJapan to add the single into your order and the revised total price will be charged to your card when it ships :) You will have to pay more for the shipping but definitely not double.

Just for people wondering about shipping, honestly using the cheapest method, SAL, isn't bad at all. I live in Kentucky and my copy of Namie's Break It arrived only 2 or 3 days after the release date, not bad at all for $5 shipping. With EMS you will get the CD the day of release, but it's about $10 more. Also, CD Japan has a coupon code right now, "winter2010", which gets you 500 yen off the order. So free shipping! CD Japan is so fast and efficient, I stopped using Yesasia years ago :laugh.

I really hope they won't.

Oh okay thanks for the information =)
Sadly I ordered via PayPal...
I will think about leaving it the way it is or cancelling and re-order...

My only hope is that I don't get a customs charge from fed ex... I don't think I could stand it if they came to my door and wouldn't give me my package if I didn't pay like 30 more dollars or something lol.

^^Thank God that has never happened to me. lol

Never happened to me either, but I've heard some horror story so I'm hoping I won't suffer the same fate!

If it has never happened, I'm pretty sure you're safe, haha

Really? oO Even if I live in Ukraine?

I have NEVER gotten my things on release date using EMS. Only with the recently-added FedEx option.

I live in the US.

FedEx is cheaper than EMS anyway!

@Pieces_of_SEVEN anyway, I've already ordered it and I've chosen EMS ._." But thank you, in the future I'll use FedEx!

Yesasia added Dream ON Original B3 Poster to my order of Dream ON. Can't wait, good that I ordered almost a month ago, now I wont have to pay extra. :sdevil

^ me too xD HAHA

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/discography/index.html

They updated with larger cover images!

They seem higher quality than the ones we got before.

So can someone clarify, which is the best shipping option to recieve the album in time for Christmas? I live in Wisconsin, USA. Please let me know as I will most likely be ordering CD-Only version and cancelling limited edition. I've come to the conclusion that it's all just "stuff" and I really don't need stuff like that anymore (you know all the extra stuff).

i had a question: what was the CDJ code? winter...something, for the 5000 yen discount?

If you want to get the album ASAP?

CDJapan's EMS or Amazon.jp's regular shipping option. It'll cost you, but it will be fast. Once I got an Amazon.jp order in like two days after I ordered whatever it was I ordered at the time.

The coupon code was winter2010.

I just looked at competition for Dream ON and I think that it'll probably get the #1 spot... haha. I really hope it does!

I liked the CD+DVD cover in the first place, but I do like it even more seeing it in a bit better quality! :yes

I had dream today

(I ALWAYS HAVE THEM WHEN ITS NEAR THE REALESE -.-)

'do it again' was like INSPIRE ~part II~ but faster and more dancy. The PV looked a bit like Kuu's 'Shake it' and it was more colorful (pink, gold, very bolywood styled)

LOL

thank you, truehappiness!

now where do i put the code in?

^At checkout, they have a box where you can apply points and/or a coupon code.

If you're using CDJ and are in the US, FedEx all the way. You'll get it in 2 days (or depending where you live, it could be one day) and if you're like me and like to order several items at a time that end up weighing 500g and up, it'll become the cheapest method as well. :yes If you're going with just one item, Registered Airmail is cheap and will get there within 7 days time.

Anywhere else, EMS is your best bet.

I'm getting it shipped to a P.O. box, and I've never done so before. can anyone tell me how I do that? Do I just put the P.O. box as the address line?

I REALLY want the album... it's to commemorate my re-birth as a fan lol

My wallet wishes I would come to that conclusion too :(

Tbh, I don't think you can even ship stuff like that to a P.O. Box. Do you have a friend or family member who you can ship it to? I think that'd be the best way to do it.

So now we have confirmation that November is a song!

AHAHAA.

So I think they're [newspapers] calling the Love songs covers a "reproduction of teenage Ayu" though I don't really know if this is a good thing or bad thing. Considering that it's been like more than 10 years since Ayu was a "teen"... maybe it's a little bit of both?

I wonder if they're talking about a desire to be *like* a typical teenager again? Carefree, easy-going, fun, immature, young? It's a very ambiguous statement. Maybe it's a good thing if that's the version of Ayu that the Japanese love the most: the younger, fresher Ayumi.

WOW CD+DVD is suddenly my favorite after seeing it in better quality. CD only looks like creepy, or tongue in cheek now, and the LE still looks nice, but not as powerful as ayu's CD+DVD glare.

the covers are so lovely in a little higher quality. I hope they'll update the sites with the super HQ ones soon!

CD > USB > CD DVD

They are all great though, her best in a hot minute! I just wish she didn't have that dumbfounded expression on the DVD version.

Her natural smile is so pretty.

First article for the album: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/82653/full/?from_al

It mentions that the covers were shot by Kazutaka Nakamura in the suburbs of Los Angeles. There is also a larger CD+DVD shot there.

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7554/lovesongsh.png

Yeah, I don't see the problem people have with this cover. Gotta go crop the newer set~

^nice.. here's the larger shot I saved
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3747/cddvd.png

^ CD+DVD looks so much nicer in better quality and larger. Thank you! The CD only is still my favourite though~ ♥

I went for SAL at CD Japan and free shipping at YesAsia, hopefully ONE of them will arrive before I got back to Uni! :( Definetly downloading the leak this year. I held out with RnRC and it didn't do anything to my appreciation of the songs!

Um... actually, that doesn't look that bad...

^ yeah it's growing on me as it gets bigger and bigger lol

^^It looks so nice larger! So beautiful!

thanks for posting it! i was trying to save the picture but it didn't let me right click :rolleyes

So I found this video, it's somewhat related... emiko and I had a discussion about audio quality on a CD versus what could be on the USB and this video helped clarify some things for me so I thought I'd share. :)

The Loudness War

Strange how much covers can improve just by being in higher resolution. The CD+DVD doesn't look bad anymore, at least she doesn't look as "lost" somehow.

It actually kind of went up on the scale for me lol.

she looks lovely on that bigger version..
i love her sad puppy eyes...