So it seems we have the covers!

Ummm... Don't know what to think about them... XD It reminds me a lot to some other single. By the way, we'll have 2 remixes for "feel the love" YEI!!!

http://avex.jp/artist/ayu/img/product_1008779.jpg

http://avex.jp/artist/ayu/img/product_1008780.jpg

http://avex.jp/artist/ayu/img/product_1008781.jpg

http://avex.jp/ayu/discography/index.php

Her pose in the first one kind of reminds me of the Bold & Delicious/Pride single. I'm not really surprised, I figured they'd be similar to the magazine shoots and stuff she had recently, but I do like them. I think they fit the songs in a weird way.

Those are some beautiful, but pretty uninspired covers.
Same theme is same theme.
Big yay to brown hair though!

They will release the single as MUSIC CARD. (http://musicard.jp/)

★MUSIC CARD（Feel the love / Merry-go-round ver.）
2013-12-25
MUSIC CARD
Feel the love / Merry-go-round
AQZ1-76128
600円（税込）


・mu-moショップ / LIVE会場限定盤
・Feel the love (video clip) / Merry-go-round (video clip) ストリーミングAR機能付き
・A5サイズポストカード仕様（210㎜×148㎜）

CD
01 Feel the love（Original mix）
※TBS系テレビ全国ネット「CDTV」12･1月度オープニングテーマ / H.I.S.キャンペーンCM
02 Merry-go-round（Original mix）

★MUSIC CARD（ayupan Xmas ver.）
2013-12-25
MUSIC CARD
Feel the love / Merry-go-round
AQZ1-76129
600円（税込）


・mu-moショップ / LIVE会場限定盤
・ayupan Xmas動画ストリーミングAR機能付き
・ICカードステッカー仕様（91㎜×55㎜）

MUSIC CARD
01 Feel the love（Original mix）
※TBS系テレビ全国ネット「CDTV」12･1月度オープニングテーマ / H.I.S.キャンペーンCM
02 Merry-go-round（Original mix）

★MUSIC CARD（ayupan お正月晴れ着 ver.）
2013-12-25
MUSIC CARD
Feel the love / Merry-go-round
AQZ1-76130
600円（税込）


・mu-moショップ / LIVE会場限定盤
・ayupan お正月動画ストリーミングAR機能付き
・絵馬型抜き仕様（80㎜×130㎜）

MUSIC CARD
01 Feel the love（Original mix）
※TBS系テレビ全国ネット「CDTV」12･1月度オープニングテーマ / H.I.S.キャンペーンCM
02 Merry-go-round（Original mix）

source: http://avex.jp/ayu/discography/index.php

Lovely covers...IF SHE WAS RELEASING A WINTER BALLAD!

PRAY's cover is probably going to be her in the club taking a wine bottle to the head while wearing nothing but her underwear.

You know, this is similar to the look that she was wearing when she was 'filming' the PV for Merry-go-round in the Hanabi-staff blog...

I'm guessing they took this photo on the Last angel/Love song rooftop, but hm...

http://i.imgur.com/E4gDbn4.jpg

This u.u

And I would absolutely love this! xD

03 Feel the love (DJ Hello Kitty remix)
04 Feel the love (Blasterjaxx remix)

Oo, we got the remixes! I wish Merry-go-round got one!

Also... the MUSIC CARD thing seems neat. Lots of stuff to update.

https://soundcloud.com/blasterjaxx

Blasterjaxx is a Dutch DJ duo~

I really like the covers. Especially the TA one.. I want it!! >___<

LOL hahahahahhaha maybe it's a way to attract people who don't know she's releasing a single.

by the way, I hope the MUSIC CARDS, the TA Edition and the CDTV tie-in will rise sales even a little, I can think about 60k now.

What the hell is Music Card o.o?

Basically it's an another way to get a digital download via a PIN number. Also there will be AR streaming of the PVs / ayupan videos on the cards.

I love the covers so much!!!! She's looks amazing :D and this compared to her 2009 single covers is WAYYYYYYYYYYY better!!

So it´s only digital content that can´t be bought outside Japan?
I wonder why it will have it´s own Covers^^ And why 3 different? o.o
ahhhhh I want TA Edition link... NAO! :O

It's limited to mu-mo and live venues and the first one is a normal version and the other two are ayupan versions with ayupan videos or something.

i hope people will buy it like crazy at CDL >.< i'm ok with the #2 on Oricon, but i want good numbers and longevity :~

The cards will probably not count towards Oricon.

Those close-ups covers are really pretty, but useless for me, but, OMG, that CD+DVD is EVERYTHING. Ayu is amazingly good, and sensual, but romantic at the same time, and I LOVE the frigging look on her face, and even the font looks better with that pose! Well, for me the CD+DVD makes up for the others!:D
And SUPERYAY for the Feel the love remixes!!!

love the covers!

when will be TA ver available to pre-order at TA shop??! my membership ends in 3 days :thud

They are always INCREDIBLY late. Let me look at when the other releases came out.

^ thank you!

I think I need to extend my membership :/ but it's so expensive

If all else fails, I am sure you can get help from another TA member?

MY PARTY QUEEN BACK!!!

I want remix for MGR too or acoustic version of it! <33

damn avex saves the making ofs for the album i guess

saw this screen caps form the Mezamashi news, wheres the vid?? curious for the PV

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

Chinese fans probably couldn't rip it in time?

http://i.imgur.com/HkLyypk.jpg
The MUSIC CARD cover is so good~

Does anyone know if the music cards will be sold separately to the covers or do I need to order all 3 single versions in mu-mo to get them?

Want errything. No understandy TA shop! D= I'm sure it's nothing to get worried over but I'm so anxious in case I miss any of the cool stuff as it's my first purchase >_<

Also, Misa-chan is offering to bulk buy from TA shop for non TA members in another thread :D

They are sold separately in different versions. (600 yen each)

The Feel the love / Merry-go-round version comes in an A5 postcard shape, the Ayupan Xmas version comes in an IC-card-sticker (like a bus pass card) format, and the Ayupan New Year's edition is in the shape of a New Year's ema.

They all have a code on the back that lets you download the songs and watch a video (or two) via a QR code.

I am pretty sure MUSIC CARDS come in a lot of different shapes... some are like trading cards, while others are like credit cards.

where is this thread? '-'

LOL there goes wishful thinking for colorful covers ahahahahahahahaha~ she looks stunning, tho the text is horrible as usualy..

the pv tho...WTF did i just watch? xD

Beautiful covers for such a horrible music video. :P

Merry-go-round is growing a lot on me already~
:love

it would be great if ayu include "Someday my prince will come" in her single a the b-side with her new vocal...but i guess that would never happen. XD

It's not important, but FLOWER is releasing a single in the same day, their last single sold around 40-45k the first week.

C'mon ayu get the top 5 :)

Feel the love / Merry-go-round (ayupan Xmas ver.)
http://i.imgur.com/MAusNRf.jpg

Feel the love / Merry-go-round (ayupan New Year's ver.)
http://i.imgur.com/HZa5mFh.jpg

Also posted in the first post with new TeamAyu/mu-mo benefits.

TA version for sale! I wish we had pics of the memo pad and the mirror so I could choose the good I want with it >.<
I guess I'll take the mirror, as I probably won't use the memo pad...

The stickers placed on the front of the CD sleeves have been posted on Amazon.co.jp!

http://i.imgur.com/BciFm32.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Tm9j7KR.jpg

They basically say what we know. (2 LA PVs, Hello Kitty appears in Feel the love, one track is a danceable EDM track and there's a 'new Ayu sound' in another track)

yeah...i really want that music card cover...perfect!

Covers amazing!

some advertising for the single during CDTV today =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7-eK...ature=youtu.be

^ Can I say hilarious? :laugh

Well, at least it's some kind of promotion~ :yes

puhhhh finally at home again, first thing I did was ordering the fanclub edition + Musiccard Set^^

http://news.ameba.jp/20131201-184/

The song(s??) will be available on iTunes and Recochoku starting from 12/11.

what

Is like they want the physical single to do like crap :thud

YESSSS and Oh crap.. at the same time..

They'll also be selling the DJ Hello Kitty shirts somewhere.

DJ Hello Kitty will never be not weird haha

I hope they count the music cards for sales as I bought the set of them!! :D

What the fuck is with Avex?
Do they have like, OLIVIA a.k.a. "anything-she-touches-turns-to-flop" heading the marketing?

So bizarre.

It might be early chaku-uta distribution.

As much as it may damage physical single sales (and as much as I hate the fact) the future is the digital. It's where the money is going, everywhere in the world.
So, yay for avex for actually promoting something smart from time to time.

^I correct you

It's where the money is going, everywhere in the world. EXCEPT in Japan ;)

Japan has now the biggest music industry thanks to CD sales not digital sales, the last ones are actually decreasing in time, unlike CD sales which are increasing ;) ;) ;)

A sale is a sale. Just because digital releases don't count on Oricon doesn't mean the single can't still sell well. We'll just have to see how she does on both charts.

And who knows? Maybe buying the digital single in advance could lead to a I wanna buy the physical release NAOOOOOO tendency~ :laugh

This say when it doesn't sell well they can blame it in the fact that it was available prior to physical release date. Lol.

idk why y'all complaining that means we get Merrry-go-round full version faster I ain't even mad

^
this

The news makes me happy especially for that :laugh

Merry-go-round in Full <3

I'm going to check her digital singles, Namie and Kuu had nice peaks with their last singles in Recochoku

I don't really see a problem with releasing the songs way early on iTunes. Okay, it could hurt the sales and her numbers might look bad yet again, but avex is still gonna make profit from the digital song.
And I can even taste MGR full! <333

yeah, and I mean, the single isn't going to sell well regardless lol

Maybe they want to see how well doing on the digital charts will translate into physical sales.

the covers are gorgeous but they just scream again and LOVE again leftovers :( The PV was annoying, one of her worst yet. I think Ayu is losing her mind. I don't like how she is trying to do the comedy PV with a club song like American artists :( I am a true Ayu fan, but sadly I must say she is slowly losing me.

The vibe is so different imo. LOVE again was kind of like Love songs v.2 though with a worse font.

And it's not like she'll do this kind of PV for the rest of her career... Ayu is ever changing.

G-Dragon just relesead a Japanese album and Oricon counted the sales of the Music Cards, so we may have hope that the sales are gonna be a little higher ^^

I'm done with everything in regards to Feel the love, can we just move on to Merry-go-round plz

Omg, I've never been happier to be wrong! I love my poor, damn Cds so much and nobody is buying them! I'm loving Japan so much because of this. XD

^Yeah, still love my CDs too!

There's a small risk for ayu to get the #3 position on Oricon since the girlgroup FLOWER is also releasing their new single on Christmas. FlOWER's last single sold 45,401 copies on its debut week with total sales around 53,307.

Considering "again" sales we don't know if ayu is able to sell over 40k on her debut week with a single..

'again' had all that drama attached to it though...

and there's the fact that it only charted 5 days on its first week due to the "8th day thing"... well, let's wait and see.

Oricon didn't list the Music Cards nor the TA version so I think they will not be counting its numbers... And that's a strange thing because they listed G-Dragon's Music Cards (all three versions) and is counting they're numbers...

I don't think this single will sell millions, but I don't think it will sell bad neither.

Feel the love it's catchy and japanese would love it. Unless she will not promote this single with another scandal lol.

Where do you have confirmation of that?

I edited my post... ^^'

If only the song and video had been something like Fatboy Slim's Right Here, Right Now... That one was utter brilliance because it knew how to make a punchline.

Strangely enough, I actually see some similarities between the two videos.

I'm still confuse to choose between buying CD only or CD+DVD, i love CD only cover but i really want DVD (pv)....ahhh still not decide it

Outfit from MGR PV as a gift for Majesty Japan reader

http://t.co/3HIkZvDEk5

credit AyuAngel

TA copies are being shipped through mu-mo, and since mu-mo's sales are counted towards Oricon, I think there's no reason for them not to be counted.

The outfit is super cute. Though I wonder just what sort of PV it is...

At least we know Ayu will be in it!

somehow i dont have any hope after seeing the outfit

Same here.

^On the contrary, I have really high hopes, I love the style !
Bring it on Ayu, I need the full version of that song !

We knew the PV was in LA, so I'm not sure what anyone was expecting.

it looks like pretty much like her 'encore' outfits.. ^^' i expect something like her hanging around in bars, eating ice-cream with someone... something like that.

so this is the single Shirayukihime that will compete the #2 position with ayu.. i can say it is a good song, reminds me of kana nishino ballads, the PV has already passed over 700k views.

It is a tie-in for the drama Bokura wa Minna Shindeiru.



single's b-side is Hatsukoi.

I think it'll be hard for the single to take # 1 position, but it's gonna do well anyway. There's not drama attached to it (apart on AHS for Feel the love PV, but I haven't heard anything from Japan yet) and on Youtube the views weren't bad at all.
I'm all hyped for this!

of course it won't be #1, but the problem is we now have a potential competition for the #2 position..

Damn it's going to be #3

Well, maybe it's just me, but once it's not # 1, it doesn't really matter if it's # 2 or 3. XD Once it's not # 1, I start thinking about top 10 or not top 10.

omg this is really good lol but the choreography omggg stop!

But yeah ayu isn't getting #1 with this single.

#1 Hey! Say! JUMP!
#2 Flower / ayu

And in my opinion Flower is ahead on the competition. The song is great, a typical winter/christmas tune that doesn't sound generic at all, and it's the theme song of a drama.

I think it'll do better on iTunes than Flower's single though...i hope anyway!

Yuzu is also releasing.

I think Ayu will grab #2 with 55-60k. The set of 3 MUSIC CARDS is selling very well on Mu-Mo. With Ayu having so many devoted TeamAyu members buying 3-5 copies each anything between 50-80k wouldn't surprise me first week.

We don't know if Oricon will count the MUSIC CARD sales since they didn't list them on the item page. And yeah, there's also Yuzu with the Hunter X Hunter theme. Well, the competition for the #2 and #3 place will be rough.

There goes #1 and #2 :(

I wonder how the single will sell in the end tbh.
If it's less than Kumi Kehova's latest sales, then fandoms will implode.

https://31.media.tumblr.com/d72c2b01...7o1_r1_400.gif

Wow this is getting so interesting, I'm really excited for Christmas now...

Did Flower get a sudden boost of success with their last single? It seems like they sold pretty badly until that single...

The FLOWER song is actually pretty nice. The PV too, until they start "dancing". Though the generic beats kind of kill it for me. Might give them a try.

LOL!

That's exactly what I was thinking, I went to check their sale numbers and they're not high at all, but I don't know the numbers for their last single either...