New album 2012 ~Thread III~
 

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Ayu with fans in London - November 2011

Third thread for discussion on the news that Ayumi is currently working on a new album, scheduled for release sometime in 2012. I'll update this thread with the current information we have, but the second thread went over the post limit so~ Post here guys! :)

So, what we know for sure is that Ayumi stayed in London for just over a month to write/record tracks and film some PV's. When she returned to Japan, she revealed through TeamAyu that whilst in London, they had completed twelve tracks and filmed three PV's. It has been confirmed that Ayu will film more PV's since she has returned from London.




Rumours/Information:

Spoiler:

General Rumours/Info:

- New song Party queen, revealed at CDL 11-12 as part of a medley near the end of the set.

- New song called how beautiful you are, a medium-tempo ballad that will be the theme for new drama Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi.

- New song called Shake it. A dancer from a PV shoot in London said that's the name of the song they were working on.

- Ayu tweeted about having to use a military tank in her PV shoot.

- Photoshoot with Leslie (?) in a field/open field area.

- Japanese fan apparently listened to part of a new Ayumi song:

"I've tweeted about ayu in English before, and it seems like this person from the UK stumbled upon my tweets. There was an Asian superstar doing filming near his home and he took some photos and videos, but he didn't know who it was. He didn't know who to show the photos to, so he searched on Twitter and found me. (laugh) It's a rock song! By the way, he seems to have deleted the video, so we can't find it anymore. (laugh)" - Translation by Misa-chan

- Ayu tweeted that she was working with:

"Tasuku, CMJK, Nobita-kun, Timmy (Timothy Wellard), Masashi Muto, Leslie Kee and Ryan."

- UniversalExtras posted this (They also posted for extras for Microphone and Sexy little things):

"Extreme Look for a music video for a Japanese musician we are looking for males and females who have extreme looks ie punk, rocker, tattoos, piercings, crazy hair ect to pretend to be at a night club.

Tumbler for a music video for a Japanese musician we are looking for males and females who know how to do tumbling for a scene in a night club.

Scientists for a music video for a Japanese musician we are looking for males and females to pretend to be scientists from the future.

Drones for a music video for a Japanese musician we are looking for males and females to pretend to be drones from the future."

Information/Photos on PV shoots etc:

Spoiler:

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Thanks to octocoffee & Aderianu for this information :)


LQ Photos of PV shoots/Recording in London:


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http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...a5-300x200.jpg

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Thanks to Aderianu~ :)

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Thanks to gwijai for this photo!

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Downloads

Spoiler:

Happening Here

how beautiful you are {preview}

Remember to stay on topic guys~ :D

^^

i love it when the news of the new album being summerized..seem so simple without off topic discussion~~heheheh

They wanted tumblers?

I know loads of people who could of got on that. I could have sent them Ayu information farming if they got the part/willing to be my spy :p

AyumiJae_TVXQ: ayu♡ why there’s only 3 PVs for new album? :(((((
tasking: Omg, really?
ayu_19980408: That’s not true.

aizamia_312: So you will make another PV/s? I can’t wait for it
ayu_19980408: Of course YES♪

woah new thread already! and thanx ^^

I think there will be ten threads of the new album before the album title will be released. :D Oh well, anyway, I'm still really curious about this. :)

Fantastic first post! I love summarized tidbits of when we're anticipating something.

Somehow when I think of Ayu with a military tank and some military related PVs... I think of talkin'2'myself.... lol

THANKS FOR THE FIRST POST!!
cant help but feel so excited with all this :)
(too bad Ayu doesnt throw everything at us like Kuu...if not i'll spazz)

A great compilation of useful info as a reminder...n_n

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^ OMG!
She's so cute in that 1st pic!

Whoa recording photos, thanks!

addicted to love :heart

Are those pictures new?!
Wow I would really like to see
some behind the scenes videos on the new album
How i miss that Rainbow recording video :-(
Got to see it again:-)

yay for more than 3 pv's!!

She looks adorable!!

Its ridiculous that we dont even have announcement yet,

OMG she looks exactly like she looked during ASFXX era.

She always does with that minimum make up. xD
Her face looks natural!

I am wondering if Avex will release a Blu-ray edition at the same time as the album. (Please Avex don't do it like the FIVE mini album..)

she looks just like in 1995 in that picture :love

I know right? thats what I thought so too 'its soo 90s'

she still in London?

^nope shes back in JAPAN for HLS rehearsals i guess.
and maybe the final phase of album prep (which includes more PVs :P)

ayu's hair stylist in UK is the famous Daniel Galvin in case you guys don't know yet.

she looks so beautiful with such little make up :) ayu is so perfect X)

i'm wrong, or did she have the same hair like evolution-time? @_@

ohhh... i'm sooo happy with the informations about the new album...
but there's one thing that make's me wonder...
FIVE didn't have sigles... and the new album too???
thats untypical... but okay ^^

I'm pretty sure that she will announce the album at New Year's eve. :yes

^^is that like your shot in the dark? how can you be pretty sure of anything?

omg is that a mink shawl T.T


Her hair looks beautiful in that picture, it suits her.

She's such a workaholic!

It makes a lot of sense to me, personally. It could be announced on any random date but the idea of her talking about it or releasing more information on NYE either during or after the show makes sense *shrug*

No...that was an actual dream that I had. Lol I didn't know it was a premonition until the annoucement of ayumix 7.

not saying it won't happen, but random guesses =/= dreams.

How are dreams not random guesses? The only difference is that dreams are guesses made subconsciously while normal guesses are consciously made. And because of that usually more likely since there is at least some form of reasoning to them in almost every case.

I think an announcement during or after CDL is quite likely actually. It's the perfect opportunity and will reach lots of people. But that doesn't say it WILL happen since it's just a possiblity of course.

We can speculate and argue all we want, we still don't have an announcement... LOL

I think NYE is a good speculation. Just like any other date seems to be at this point... I'm wondering how come they're waiting so long to announce it though.

I think predictions/guesses are different from precognition. It's not a guess if it's made unconsciously. I'm just guessing though.

If you guess about when she's going to announce it, then I'm guessing that she'll released it on February, 22nd 2012 or 15th. Why? Dunno... Men's feeling, lol.

how about 7-14 March? year after disaster. if not an album, maybe dvd with PoM

It being made unconsciously is what I'd call the ultimate guess since it's as random as it can be. And it's not like precognitions have ever been proven to exist, all the evidence there is suggests they do not exist so...reasonable predictions over dreams any day. :innocent
Anyways...back to the actual topic.

We obviously can't know when it will be announced and released but a 31.12 announcement and early-mid march release sounds like a perfect shedule for marketing(12.31 announcement = lots of people find out on that day + all the people watching the TV broadcast, saves them quite a bit of advertisement, mi-dmarch = anniversary of the disaster and her EP and 2010 tour were themed after that after all) and touring(April as starting point for her enxt tour? would work) and likely from what we know she has done so far.

Whenever the official announcement is made, I'll get the news from someone at AHS posting it here.

The 1st photo posted of Ayu recording reminds me of kanariya-era... like the photo style, clothing,ec..

boooored. news please.

We still can make lots of assumptions
considering the release date/s,tracklistings,album title...
will she announce the new album prior or after the NYE
Ooooh,come on Any some NEW info PLEASE!!!

If she is still not done with the actual production she'll hardly announce it :P Give her time. Considering that we know the album's prolly near completion it's alright to expect it to be released before Spring, we'll hardly get it before February anyways :)

So,it's late March-mid April release then :think
Kinda similar to RnRC release date maybe... :yes
Well,this is the best time to re-listen the entire ayu discography (albums wise).
Even though Love Songs was released A YEAR AGO
that album is so fresh in terms of musical arrangement and lyrics.:luv2

Source: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1328369520
〖2012/03/07〗New Album＆New LIVE DVD

シングル曲3曲に、新曲を12曲加えた全15曲収录!



DVDには4曲の新曲のPVも豪华収录



『ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2011 A POWER of MUSIC～』 3/7発売

全国12都市35公演、约30万人を动员して行われた
アリーナツアーライヴ。

someone translate please, Is there any chance that this info could be real?

3 single songs plus 12 new songs, totaling 15 songs

4 new song PVs (plus the three single songs, I'm assuming)

If this is true, I assume that the 3 videos she did in London could make up the three songs for the single as stated in this. So a single in February? News next month?

Of course this is a rumor but it's logical. :P

It seems to say that it will include three single songs... Seems a bit early for the album if that's true?

WOOT :thud ?!

If this true maybe we'll see another moon/blossom~crossroad~L again?

Can't wait for the official infomation >///<

Or one 3A-side single, if the announce it soon, it can fit, sort of like Rule/Sparkle right before NEXT LEVEL.

It's fake.....

Hmmmm, certainly hope this has some sort of truth in it. I'm ready for a single or an album like right now!

The only fishy thing about this is the way they wrote the title of the tour. I don't believe ARENA TOUR 2011 is in the official name of the tour?

Wasn't it just ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ or something? So if they "copied" this from somewhere official it would have been written wrong there...no? Unless they change it for the DVD release haha.

OMG I want a single!! Please ayu please!! 3A-side single would be great *__*

Exciting!! I hope Ayu can give us nice surprises in the new album~~ ^_^

its fake. the one who post this said that in the bottom of the post.

this is not true at all. albums have been announced when the recording hasn't even been finished yet.

It was NOT called ARENA TOUR, just "POWER of MUSIC", so I think i'ts fake...

Well this one hasn't been. So what are we gonna do now? :thud

it is definitely fake coz she/he wrote YY at the end of the post.

in China it means someone makes the story by himself.

and in ayu's baidu bar there are a lot of fans like here really like to "YY" some info —— they just have fun, haha

her hair is like during A BEST, thanks Ayu, I'm so happy, it's my fav your hairstyle :)

i wish we'd get more info. but i guess Ayus too busy with rehearsals lately. hopefully a late feb release would be good :)

when her hair become longer again..
I miss her long hair..
Extension miracle please like what ayu did in MW era
when her hair became longer all in sudden
lol

^I personally don't mind her short hair! She looks adorable with it! :heart

I agree, she looks great with short hair.
Although I also agree that the MW hair was probably one of her best hairstyles...

Her long blonde look was so good in 2008, especially on A COMPLETE.

I loveeeed her super diva hair ♥

Love Songs era <3 Man she's never looked better than she did last winter :')

I would love her having black hair like in Startin'

I miss her long hair too...

Startin' PV hair, plz

I miss her black/dark brown hair but I can completely understand why she's blonde. I am natural brown haired, and I dyed my hair light blonde like 3 months ago and now I can't imagine myself in dark hair lol. Light hair brights the skin, and makes people younger. For me, I look more mature, cause I got very infant kind of face, and with light hair I can look like a young adult, not a baby-faced girl anymore.

I have actually read that blonde hair ages you (if you are older already).

I miss longer hair, but I love it blonde-ish. Don't care for the Startin'/(miss) understood era color.

She looks super cute with the short hair, but I always prefer it a bit longer. I can't wait to see what the album cover is like. When we got the details about the photo shoot for the album, I pictured something like this: (no haters please, it just sounded similar, except the shoot was outside)

But now that the arena tour is titled 'Hotel Love Songs', what is she going to do with this new album? Surely she can't release another studio album before or even like halfway her arena tour that's still promoting the old album, I don't think she's ever done that. Will we get another mini album to follow up FIVE and create a bridge between Love songs and the next full studio album, which we'd get late 2012 or even 2013?

Just speculating!

I agree. :yes

I'm getting tired of Ayu with short hair that it has been keeping me away from her for much of the past few months. :no

I want that long hair - and TV performances - back, please...

It's not looking good, but I guess we'll have to wait and see. If it's a cover album I'm going to be devastated.

same :'( I want new Ayu material plzz!!!! maybe this IS a sign that she'll be releasing singles? to promote during her tour 0_o

oh ayu why are so unpredictable!

Ayu is confusing me lately. Maybe she just doesn't want to release another single so she can have her #1 streak with 50 singles. :shakehead

Maybe she's bored.

Ah Happening Here was already planned for the Love songs arena tour, so I really doubt it has anything to do with the new album, if it was in any way connected she wouldn't have used it as a theme song for Hotel Love songs. People should stop jumping to conclusions...

nice summary! I wonder if the story of the guy who filmed Ayu in his neighboorhood is real LOL in that case it would have been a pity he delated everything!
Better so we can still give space to our free imagination

I think the album will be released before the next Japanese fiscal year which starts April 1st or they could be saving it for another April 8 release to give their new business year a nice start...I'm so eager to hear it!

probable..Honestly I would be fine with an april release, but I truly hope in a double side single a few months before..

^ oh yeah me too! a new 2a-side or 3a-side single will be much appreciated now! and April is so far away, I can't wait anymore :laugh I need a preview at least!

What if the album is called "WHATELSE Hotel" ? then it would make sense a tour called "Hotel Love Songs" and make a tour mixing up these 2 albums... just an idea.

Yeah the album could be called "HOTEL" and then the Love songs and HOTEL albums tours would be mixed :laugh

^ She already failed me with the title 'Love songs' (though I like it now, for some reason :/). I know for sure that I would hate it if she named her new album like that XD.

About the hair, I would really want her to sport the hair she had on the cover of A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~.

I think she did the tour because there was too much spent on its production and everything this year but it was postponed/changed due to tsunami. so not to waste the production...I think :D

^maybe this song will be fp bonus on new album...

If it is an april release,i'll be really happy coz i have vacations here too~

So!! New info *o*

Apparently a new song called "how beautiful you are" a medium ballad composed by Timmy (Timothy Wellard) will be the theme song in a next season dorama!!

http://www.sanspo.com/smp/geino/news...10506010-s.htm

Can't wait!!

Wow interesting! Though I wish she could get a drama with some younger themes, lol.

Also, in this month's ViVi, it says that the new album will be released on the same day as the lifestyle book.

a medium ballad?! wow, how surprising!

double post but I don't care...are you sure?!?!? Like positive? That seems odd...there's no way that could happen...that's in less than two weeks!