Your Opinion about Pray
 

Pray is the super great song released within 1 week but we don't have any news about the release. Single ,digital single or album, having PV or not !
Let's discuss about this song ! :lech

Best song for the past year or so, imho.

just for the lyrics, I'd say it's one of her best pieces since NEXT LEVEL.

musically, it's standard Ayu with the theme song feel to it (progress, Song 4 u, Dearest). but I appreciate the arrangement very much cos it's finally not boring. also the singing was quite decent and there's nothing really much to complain about it - it's classic Ayu and it's candy to my ears.

10/10

entered into my top ballads by ayu. It's so beautiful. <3
I hope it gets a physical release as a single, and maybe tie-in for CM/dorama ost.
If it gets released she could do three editions as for FIVE, with the cd, limited ed. and limited edition with the cover of Buddha2 or something for fans XD!
Don't really care about PV, it's fine for me even if she doesn't do it!

Love it...Love it...

Since it's out, i just listened to this song and not get tired of it....this song can be my fav song from her, so far CAROLS still my fav Ayu's song.

i believe the PV is on its way, hopefully the PV is so AMAZING with high budget and symbolsym.

I agree that the song doesn't feel like a 6 min. song.

crossroad, for example, feels like a chore to listen to despite it being less than 5 min. long lol. Despite liking it, I tend to skip it a lot... I don't have that feeling for this song. :)

one of her best songs

I was kinda hoping this thread wouldn't pop up because everyone discussed it in other areas, lol.

Just my opinion~

It's really good!!, just wish it would have some more promo of even a video to it :rolleyes

It's a very beautiful song; although I don't regard it as her best. I do love the piano near the end that sounds like the chords to HANABI. It's like a really cute self-sample.

Really lovely song. Too soon to say if it will become a favourite but I will certainly enjoy listening to it at the moment! I was worried because I couldn't get into the album songs from Love Again. I did like FTL single but I think I needed something like this to get back to full Ayu love. I do wonder if this had been on a single with merry go round how that would have charted. I think this will attract the general public more as this kind of song is what Ayu is known for.

One of my favorite ballads! It´s pretty nice! The song is beautiful.

That's exactly the part I absolutely love!
But sadly the rest is pretty boring for me, don't know, it doesn't grab me.
Won't listen to it again, just one part doesn't give much replay value.

It's definitely a good song, her vocal was very emotional. I love Pray, but I think without actual promotions whatsoever, this song won't get anywhere except among us fans. Not that I mind that either.

A beautiful song

Not sure if it's just me, but it really reminds me of Sakura. I like it but it's not her best. :innocent

I'll repost my thoughts from the other thread:

i think this song is in the same level of "HEAVEN" "Days" "SEASON" or any other epic ayu song
leaving behing SAKURA ,progress, beloved or any other "try-to-be-epic" song

It's a Okay song for me. Not that epic since Ayu's song is predictable, talk about 15'th years career. Good luck in the chart.

Just... amazing.

Lovely, but very forgettable :(

same here! its been all over the place the discussion bout Pray lol

btw, beautiful song,I cant get enough of it

Buddha2 will be out in Japan on 8th February,hope it will boost the sale and people gonna love it more

I like the raspy "Far away" pitch in Ayu's voice during 5:25 to 05:29. However, I wouldn't consider this song as J-Pop; it sounds eminently westernized.

Moreover, I'd still insist on having a brighter (artificially attained) pitch in Ayu's studio voice like Avex did with earlier albums. Her studio voice certainly got closer to her real voice the last couple of years, but frankly, I liked her shrill, sharp sounding vocals better. That's why I have something for "LOVE again". Songs like "SAKURA", "Ivy", "petal" and "Gloria" fortunately had a bunch of ear-nourishing high-pitches, especially "SAKURA".

I wonder if we are meant to end up with a studio album containing "Tell All", "Feel the love / Merry-go-round", "Pray" and of course seven to eight additional songs. Would be a weird mixture.

I think it's one of her best Ayuish ballads.
The arrangement it's gorgeous, her voice is good and lyrics are great.

She had better ballads, I mean less predictables, but still is far from being totally generic like Days, meaning of Love and beloved, for instance. Also, it sounds like a leftover from LOVE again, but I wish most of LOVE again songs were good as Pray.

Love it! And in certain parts of the song there are these EH sounds (Not like bad but as in that's the sound ) that totally sound like a earlier voice era.

The arrangement is amazing. 0.0

I hope Pray isn't a single. I'd rather her cut straight to the album.

I enjoyed LOVE again, but a more upbeat album would be a blessing. Hope she expands on the EDM sound in Feel the love/Merry-go-round and the industrial sound in NaNaNa/Shake It.

She's also overdue for a downtempo ballad similar to HAPPY ENDING.

its so perfect i can't get enogh of it!

The verses are good,but the chorus is weak and the song is long, sorry but i don't like it at all

I like everything about the song, except that drum beat or is it even drums. I'm naot sure, but it sounds cheap for this type of movie, I wish they upgraded that part then it would be a song that's a lot more powerful.

Not trying to be mean, I still love Ayu, I blamed the composer. X(

MTE. except i think the song is lovelly, but i'm not gonna have it on repeat. I've listened to it maybe 4 times?... don't feel like doing it a lot.

It's a gorgeous song... but I don't know, it really doesn't grab me. To be fair, I really haven't enjoyed all of her most recent stuff (post-Love songs). I won't actively try to listen to it but I won't skip it if it plays whilst I'm on shuffle.

LOVE IT A LOT!!! I was waiting for a powerful and emotional track from her for so long. Ok, since SAKURA haha

^ me too!
Already talked lots about this in other threads but I'll say this one again.
Epic song, one of my all time favourites. Lyrics are heartbreaking. Arrangement is beautiful. Plus her voice which cracks a bit in the right points...epic ballad. The ballad for definition.

It's funny how many people can have so many different opinions about this song! It's interesting, and that's probably what music is all about, different subjective perceptions!

The more I listen to it, the more moving and epic it seems!
It's so very emotional and pretty, I love it very much!! I have to wait to have a final opinion on it, but I strongly suspect those violins will win me over very, VERY SOON. Lol.
It's really a song that grows on you the more you listen to it! And Ayu's way of singing it... ALL OF THE EMOTIONS.

i find the lyrics amazing and ayus vocals dont bother me at all, but the compositions/the instrumental sounds too rushed within the song. I have noticed since love again there something going on with the instrumentals sometimes they are way to rushed or have no proper transition between the verses and the chorus. Overall the song is good, but i find the song is a bit too stretched out.

Sadly, I wasn't too impressed with this song. It has awesome lyrics, but otherwise it sounded like a leftover from LOVE again. However, I hope that this song will eventually grow on me more. :)

Considering the last two songs she released, I had very, very...very low expectations for this release. But I'm surprised. I actually really like it :D

It just strucked me how this song reminds me of untitled for her... story 2. Especially in the chorus. Well, it's not a bad thing at all, even if untitled for her... story 2 is masterpiece that can't be beaten imo.

My second favorite song from Colours. Great song!

I think Pray is one of her best recent ballads and I still find it staggering that it didn't get a decent video clip and treatment as a proper single. honestly still sad thinking that she favoured the more terrible experimental songs to promote during this era :(