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rainbow_smile 19th December 2014 12:26 PM

The single is #1 on recochoku's album chart today!

Zutto is #6 on the single and #3 on chaku uta charts.

Last minute is #23 and #16 on the same charts respectively.

And Walk is #47 and #36

Not sure about how it did yesterday since I couldn't check because I was travelling back home.

Chris85 19th December 2014 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by pimenta (Post 3109955)
idk if it was mentioned before, but anyway... Today I saw this billboard right in front of Shibuya station, impossible to not see it :D

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/1386/7b0Wzz.jpg
(bad quality picture because I took it super fast w/ my phone, sorry)

I also saw the CM of the Showcase DVD airing on one of the big screens there, so yay for publicity!

Thank you! So nice to see promotion:-) I was so excited when I heard Feel the love playing on Shibuya last year.

Erikku 19th December 2014 01:35 PM

Omg love the promotions!!! Will keep my eyes open in Nagoya if I can find some of it.

Aderianu 19th December 2014 01:37 PM

to celebrate release of new single NiciNico will make a special broadcast
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv203584391

<Lineup>
appears(1999年)
M(2000年)
No way to say(2003年)
CAROLS(2004年)
Together When...(2007年)
Days(2008)
Missing(2012年)
Zutto...、Last minute、Walk(2014年) and more

ayumisrael 19th December 2014 03:40 PM

So there will be 3 PVs for the 3 songs?

Btw The "ikiteruyo~" in the last line of Walk is one of the most eargasmic moments in ayu's songs.

freedreamer 19th December 2014 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ayumisrael (Post 3110122)
Btw The "ikiteruyo~" in the last line of Walk is one of the most eargasmic moments in ayu's songs.

OMG AGREED!!! :luv2
I cant describe that very refreshing feel when she reaches that part

Tom Punks 19th December 2014 07:13 PM

Awww, now I wish I hadn't spoiled myself by watching the preview. It looks like it might be a remotely efforted video for once. :weep Why did they spoil the ENDING?

Aderianu 19th December 2014 07:51 PM

I think Last minute and Walk will have only audio


what's wrong with ending?

zellyx 19th December 2014 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ayumisrael (Post 3110122)
So there will be 3 PVs for the 3 songs?

Btw The "ikiteruyo~" in the last line of Walk is one of the most eargasmic moments in ayu's songs.

:love YES.... I LOVE THAT ENDING. It's refreshing and unexpected.. ok, I know it's just a few notes, but it's nice.

Pieces_of_SEVEN 19th December 2014 11:26 PM

wait, what's this about 3 PVs?

primavera♥ 19th December 2014 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ayumisrael (Post 3110122)
So there will be 3 PVs for the 3 songs?

Btw The "ikiteruyo~" in the last line of Walk is one of the most eargasmic moments in ayu's songs.

YES. Honestly, everything about that song is perfect. It's hard to describe how I feel abut it perfectly yet, which is actually quite exciting for me. I think it's definitely the best song on the single now. It just leaves me with various feelings. Anyway, I always look forward to that ending as it captures such a strange feeling.

Beauty4123 20th December 2014 01:46 AM

All three songs are absolute & complete perfection! :love I must say, this is totally shaping up to be one of ayu's best singles, ever. :D

I love all three ballads, equally. :heart They're all so gorgeous, beautiful & totally sound like ballads that only ayu can do best! :D "Zutto..." is so beautiful, and my most favorite part of the song has got to be it's chorus. So catchy & so totally stuck in my head! :P I love it! :heart "Last minute" absolutely rocks. literally! :D It's totally amazing! Leave it to ayu to make such a perfect & powerful rock ballad. "Walk" is just so emotionally beautiful, which is why I absolutely love it. :love

If I had to choose one favorite out of all three ballads, without a doubt, it would be "Last minute". :luv2 Maybe it's because I love lots of rock songs, ballads, etc..But there's alot of rock songs from ayu that I totally love, so "Last minute" is no different. :D I love it so, so much! :love

This whole single is just complete perfection & I truly believe it's one of the best singles ayu has ever released! :) Thank you, ayu! :heart I also think I'll be listening to these ballads quite alot...within the next few hours! :laugh They're already stuck in my head because I love them so much. :heart :)

adantatu2 20th December 2014 02:31 AM

3 PVS, really ? Can someone confirm this please ?

douggn 20th December 2014 02:59 AM

It might just be the station thinking ayu is having 3 PV's because she usually does PV for her a tracks on singles, or it could even just be them putting the single name up because Zutto isn't the complete name of the single. Perhaps ayu has made a PV like Vogue / Far away / Seasons in secret, individually smaller than the full song but joins into the next, maybe that's why we were shown the end of Zutto in the short version

Gustavopc 20th December 2014 03:54 AM

I guess it's just a mistake, but I'd love to see other PVs

holy_arrow 20th December 2014 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by douggn (Post 3110207)
It might just be the station thinking ayu is having 3 PV's because she usually does PV for her a tracks on singles, or it could even just be them putting the single name up because Zutto isn't the complete name of the single. Perhaps ayu has made a PV like Vogue / Far away / Seasons in secret, individually smaller than the full song but joins into the next, maybe that's why we were shown the end of Zutto in the short version

I have the same idea with u
However I don't really want the type of pv as vogue/faraway/season. Just one for each song is ok.

tokyoxjapanxfan 20th December 2014 04:57 AM

I also wonder why they gave away the ending.
Moon was rather boring until the ink, but we didn't get that until the DVD. TV size and youtube both cut off right before haha.

Which article is stating that there are three videos?

Tom Punks 20th December 2014 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan (Post 3110212)
I also wonder why they gave away the ending.
Moon was rather boring until the ink, but we didn't get that until the DVD.

Probably because the rest of the PV is boring lbr. Better advertisement to show the part that's remotely interesting.

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After listening to the single a couple more times, I've realized my biggest problem with Zutto... is that the buildup just doesn't work for me. Specifically, the prechorus sounds romantic and warm, but the verse and chorus sound distinctly sad - and then I read the lyrics, and it's, uh, a hopeful love song? It doesn't add up for me. I really like everything up until the prechorus, because it reminds me of another BALLAD, but then the prechorus hits and the song loses all momentum and, worse, can't build any momentum for the chorus to kick in and make any real impact. Which it kind of needs to do, because the chorus melody itself isn't that exciting. So in the end, it's still an okay song for me, but would've benefited so much from a total rewrite of the prechorus.

Biggest problem with Last minute is still the god awful mixing. If the song was mixed well, I would probably actually like it quite alright. But damn. That mixing. It's horrendous. I wouldn't put it anywhere near the rock tracks of yore.

Walk has grown on me a little, in the sense that I can actually tell it has some semblance of a chorus melody now lol. But it's TK and I'm so fucking sick of these generic TK ballads already. It's basically just November but without the cute arrangement that makes November unique and kinda RPGesque.

My biggest problem with the single overall though is that it's just... okay. Zutto... is okay, Walk is okay, Last minute is okay. There's just nothing here that really feels like a song that needed to exist or enhances her discography. It makes me worry for the next album becoming LOVE again again honestly. These compositions feel like they fell from the same tree as LOVE and again and I wish she'd just get out of this boring middle-of-the-road safety music phase already. :( Colours felt like a step forward, but this is just 2 steps back.

Aderianu 20th December 2014 07:34 AM

http://i.imgur.com/PTRZTj8.jpg
SCAR0706 @ weibo

kotora 20th December 2014 07:56 AM

WOW the back cover.


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