I don't think all her songs are completely based on her own stories or experiences. I believe I read somewhere once when she said she also wrote lyrics based on poems and movie quotes and such :)

I don't think she could write all the songs based off her, but she could totally do her own feelings on the subject.
Which all her lyrics scream that. It's about the experience and the feelings, not necessary the acts themselves.

A Song for XX is my most fav ayu's album now.

I want this~~~ :weep

http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp...388#enlargeimg

Omg I want that as well!!

WTF with Pray cover!? It was like Pray is just an bonus song from FTL/MGR so they just use an un-published picture of it. Come on Avex! Show some creativity!

I'm sooo tempted to buy it, but I don't know how to move in the website since it's not in english.
Also, I'm so afraid about shipping and customs fees.. It's always such a pain.. :weep

It's not really an 'official' single, so I get why they used that. It's like how Happening Here got some A logo or something.

I need an Ayu announcement!

It was so cool. The other day i was at work and talking to one of my coworkers who happened to be japanese. We were talking and suddenly I started telling her about my trip to tokyo in the summer and I went to an Ayumi concert.
She started to laugh... LOL... She couldn't believe I knew ayumi.

I knoooow ..... Remember hbya, I mean holy s*it that was pretty! Whyyy Avex whyyyy ~~~ *tears*

yeah..How Beautiful You Are cover is simply gorgeous. One of my favourite Ayu covers.

Yeah but with hbya they had a whole photo shoot's worth of pictures originally for PQ that they didn't end up using, so they had a nice new pic at their disposal for it. hbya is definitely the exception rather than the rule, I don't think that's something we can expect with most digital singles.

Oh yeah, you got the point. Together When... also too, the cover were taken from Guilty booklet. Damn you Avex...

I just dont get it why some people said Pray is generic, funny, its obviously AYU's BALLAD STYLE, every artist had their own style with their song,listen to Atsushi's ballads for example or Namie (Tsuki is different though) you can tell that "oh this is this artist's song"

unless Ayu releases another EDM song,and people will complain "Ayuuuuu pleeaasseee release the old stuffs that you used to,beautiful ballad bla bla bla"

I would love new Feel the love and Sparkle, or just cool new stuff.
Pray is really beautiful.

^ I wish she continues on experimenting with edm or in general "sparkle" "feel the love" "merry go round" -like type of songs. It would be a lovely addition to her discography and I love how she does them live.
for example I LOVED the section when she is up that dj set thing singing blue bird, you&me ecc, and the whole remix thing with DJ 2YAN, in A best live.
And in AT2012 the whole shake it/step you and NaNaNa/sparkle.
I think she pulls these kind of sexy/upbeat song very very well!!!

I like that Ayu has the balls so to say to experiment with different things. I'm always ready for her stuff, it's nice when it's something I've never heard before and then she releases something oldy-style :) Doesn't mean I like/love them all but that's how it is :)

I'm not so into Pray. I liked FTL & MGR more :)

Argh, I need so much an original cover for Pray too!!
And a PV. Just give this little jewel of a song a damn video, Avex.