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Last Minute - full PV
It's on youtube out of blue :O
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nvm what I said in the PV preview thread lol It's boring. But she's pretty at least! I'm guessing we (the viewers) are suppose to be "Black Dress Ayu" watching her :shrug
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The PV is super boring and annoying to me. Although I love her dresses, her gorgeousness, I still hate the light effect... so confusing !
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The worst music video to the great song :P Concept was great but was not utilized at all, sadly.
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Really creative and full of emotions ! I like it ^^
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B E A U T I F U L ♥
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Holy shit that was annoying.
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It's weird how it cuts off a few seconds of the piano at the end though I wonder if there is like a surprising cool ending shot
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I'm comatose
I've come to love the song though |
THANK U JESUS.
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Subtle. I love it.
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AMZING PV!!! So artistic and so contemporary. Certainly the best pv of A ONE. The swinging of the lamp creates a certain tension. When the Ayu is on the dark we can see her movements from time to time. They're perciptible. And the white & black part during the bridge goes into resonance with her pain and her anger scream when she's singing some part of the song.
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I simply adore it! :heart
It's so disturbing at some parts that it complements the feeling of the music to me, the one of disconnection. I agree that it could have been more explored, but, oh well, she's gorgeous and at the parts that she's not singing and the well synchronized ending were amazing! There's still some things near the end, the music doesn't end. What it will be? |
By the first minute of video I was feeling like "OMG I'm loving this", but after 2 minutes I was completely bored! Such a waste for great song!
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well OK. I guess the budget was $14.
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Did anyone expect anything different for this PV? It's a very personal song, so it makes sense that the video would do a more personal take on it. Don't know what the Hell people had envisioned it might be like but this is pretty spot on with how I expected it to be handled.
Plus, she looks FUCKING AMAZING! |
Her best PV in years! BTW where are the last two seconds? D:
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And this is how you waste a really good idea..
Yeah, it has a more artistic approach, and she does look stunning, but it turned out to be boring, annoying and bad executed. I agree this song deserved to have a special and personal PV, but, like everything in this world, only if you do it well. (But I applaud her will of doing something different, of course). |
And there, all of sudden, a Last Minute PV had been released.
Sure, not much happened, but I enjoyed it. I did not know what to expect with Last Minute, so nothing would have been better or worse. I am actually quite happy how it turned out. |
This PV is pure art!! :heart This proves sometimes you don't need budget to make a good PV
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I love it! It's the kind of PV I thought would fit the song - simple but with an artistic approach. Kind of reminds me of Daybreak PV since it's just her singing. The play between light and shadow makes it feel more personal. I feel like if Memorial Address had a video it might be something like this.
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I like her mvs just like this. not overly done. no costumes, no dancers, no cartoons. So for me, it's better.
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CALL A PRIEST, WE NEED AN EXORCISM!!!!
Okay, so that was my first thought when Ayu started flailing around... This is the better PV of the recent three (and my favorite song of them). Its so different and creative. I love the song and I actually enjoy this P/V though I do agree the concept could have been explored more or utilized better. |
Well DAYAM.
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the best music video of this era and since Sweet Scar.
Its just simple and beautiful (despite her bad lip-synching) great job! |
Why did it just fade out like that? And where did black Ayu go?
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This is Ayu expressing herself and that's all there is to it, and I love it. Cried. Not only because of the emotional impact but because of how glad I am that she made this PV this way. |
At the beginning I thought it was great MV with an interesting concept but after the first minute it felt lazy and boring. And that light effect was getting on my nerves, I couldn't even finish it. It's still better than WARNING. So much better. Song itself is one of her best in years. Amazing.
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yes..maybe it's a bit boring, i wish there is more on the black vs red moment...
but i believe it's not easy thing to make this PV... and i love the creativity, artistic, dark and emotional Ayu on it...there could be a twist in the ending part i also think this is the best PV on A One, second is Zutto... and i also noted her arm muscle...so cool.. |
I can't explain exactly why, but this frame looks so ayu 2006 to me xD
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I think she looks unbelievably pretty. I'm glad she tried to do something different from her previous music videos and, well, it's just beautiful. It fits the song (which is one of her best since... Secret?) really well. Proud of you, Ayu♥
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This is probably the first time we've seen 'live/rocky' Ayu in a PV of hers... even her "LIVE" PVs like decision never showcased this before.
Her arms look so good in this video, hahahaha. |
AGH! Okay I let myself watch just this pv out of the three new ones because I've already heard the song! So happy! She looks amazing and I love that it resembles her live performance because I adore that performance.
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I watched half of it before my internet connection failed (my city is currently having weather issues) and now it won't load :/ anyway, from what I got to watch, it is a great idea. I loved what I saw.
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Maybe the last few seconds have more of a conclusion that they are saving for the album?
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I like the video a lot, even if it's simple. Nice tie-in with the title by using the pendulum light.
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I like it. Beautiful dresses. Silently I hope Black Dress Ayu will stand up and dance but sadly, only sit. Basically, this is the 'studio version' of CDL's Last Minute. Maybe because this song is special to her.
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Wow. Wow. Wow. This is a new low for her with PVs. I don't think she's done something this bland, pointless, and disappointing. Every time the song started to build up, I was thinking, Okay, something is going to happen here, maybe it'll be... Oh, no, I guess it's just Ayu's face again... and the light swinging again... Okay... well, maybe something will happen after this verse... It looks like something mi--- oh, nope, more Ayu's face and the light swinging again. The. Entire. Fucking. Video.
It's bad enough that I think she could have just NOT done a PV for Last minute and it wouldn't have been much different. Hell, she could have done the PV back in December if this was all she was going to do for the song. I'm super disappointed. I've had a lot of shit to spew about her recent PVs, how boring and flat they feel, but I didn't honestly think she would just look at camera, no backdrop, no story, no point whatsoever, and mouth the words for 4 minutes. That's low. Very low. |
This video was definitely filmed "Last Minute". I have a headache, and that swinging lamp made it like 10x worse. The first minute was good, and then the rock part started and I was like "so...where's the rest of the video...? It's just going to be her singing in the dark for 4 minutes?" I think it'd be great if it went back and forth between her singing in front of a band, and her singing under the swinging, light, but just that shot of her under the light for 4 minutes was too boring.
This video+song reminds me of her Memorial address performance from AT03-04 A. |
I don't think that this was done 'last minute'. She did WARNING and The GIFT after this one, lol.
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I quite like it. I wish she'd incorporated 'a bit more' into it (like the other Ayu also moving a bit more, or there being more close-ups without the swinging light) but it's nice to see something really stripped back from her this time.
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Her PVs have been degrading over the years, no doubt, but I'd rather they work with it than fight against it (the budget cuts, that is). Otherwise, everything just looks tacky and the "cheapness" of it all becomes more evident. This video doesn't look "cheap" at all, it looks as if it was a conscious decision rather than "due to limitations". |
I wonder what the concept was behind it... we'll probably see a scrolling text about the 'meaning' in the making.
Personally, I just want her to look gorgeous in PVs that look well made and each and every one of the A ONE PVs fits this. |
I also realized that the last 2-3 seconds was cut off. maybe they reserve a little twist at the ending for the album?
the concept is creative but the execution is poorly done. like what many have said, I also wish there would be more than just ayu twisting her body. they should make it creepier like ourselves. |
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Never thought with this point of view, but Last Minute can be interpreted as a song from her dismissing another self of her. Quite puzzling. It's interesting that black Ayu just stares at the other one and go away while the red Ayu is going all down hahaha |
We need to be grateful with what we've got now...
I believe the budget is an issue...lot of Avex budget now is goes to EXILE, E-Girls and Namie. It's not just Ayu, i believe Koda has budget issue as well...her latest pv is a joke, basically its her walking on the green screen and really poorly executed. and lot of Avex artist not getting fancy PV as well. Ayu got the budget for her tour because it's selling well. But her music stuff not so much anymore. It's good but not amazing. It's just like Making work moment and I satisfied with what we've got. |
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As far as budget goes, I don't think that is the issue here. I think they just want to get PVs done within a day of shooting so we don't really see as much as we used to. I think the last few albums have only had one shooting day compared to the 2 or even 3 that she used to. Last one I can remember is the set of PVs for Love songs or if you want to go there, again. |
It's so disturbing and she looks absolutely beautiful.....What will happen in the end? m,aybe a explanation for the black dress....
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I absolutely loved this PV. Simple, yes, but so emotional and powerful.
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I liked the concept of PV. Connects with the music. The red color is deliberate a dress hot color this case may represent the restlessness, nervousness, leading the viewer to display these emotions as well as the minimalist performance Ayu. Another element that arouses these emotions leaving the disturbing environment is the play of light.
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What an simplistic, yet beautifully creative, PV! :love
Sure, it may be a pretty simple video & not that that terribly much is going on, but what is going on, is what I just absolutely love. :) I thought the whole lamp shaking back & forth, shining light on both red dress & black dress ayu, was pretty dramatic, so it made it a bit more interesting to watch! And ayu, in both dresses....GORGEOUS. :luv2 Absolutely, gorgeous! :love Her entire look was total perfection (her hairstyle, nails & dress were all perfect!). :heart Since it seems like avex cut the last few seconds, off...I'm really curious to find out what happens at the end! So I am totally looking forward to watching the full PV. :D |
It figures AHS hates the one PV I enjoyed lmao
It got a little boring toward the middle, but daaamn that first 1/3 of the PV slaaayed! The mixing of the song though, jfc, forgot how bad it was. You can't even remotely hear the main vocal track in the choruses. Anyway, that's old news lmao, it's just a shame they didn't fix it up for the album because it's clearly really bad. There was something really Memorial address era about the styling and the visuals, it's refreshing! She's definitely stepped up her PV game from Colours. Not a single bad PV on this album. |
"Poorly executed"
No, really, this go watch the Katy Perry videos or something like that. Edited because I made a pretty insensitive joke about something rather serious. Sorry for anyone offended by it! |
I really loved this PV. The simplicity of the video worked in its favor, IMO. Made me like the song, too!
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Wow I literally watched this and thought AHS is gonna love this!
Apparently not. I think it's fantastic. It had tons of replay value for me. Which Zutto has zero of for me. This one feels so much more intimate and its a game trying to see her. I actually really like this one. I wonder about the ending as well. :) It's my fave vid on the album btw. So I don't even care about the negative comments lol. |
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Zeke, honey... she's literally just standing in front of a camera, in a pretty dress, jumping around and mouthing words. The lyrics have so much context to them, Ayu wanting to force someone to not leave and have her go to bed with their memory. There's no possible way this could have even... I don't know... ended with the camera doing a 180 degree pan to show that she's been screaming at a figure as it slams a door on her? She's worth some $400 million dollars. She couldn't have torn up a teddy bear or some love letters or pictures as some sort of symbolism that she wants an identity again? It's simple, yes, but you know what else was simple and clearly didn't get a massive budget? WARNING, Lady Dynamite, BRILLANTE, MOON, crossroad, how beautiful you are. Not everything has to be a do it again, evolution, Startin', JEWEL, GREEN, or Days. NEVER EVER is similar to this, but there's at least some content to accompany her standing there. The only PV worse than this is TO BE. I just don't get it. Why film a PV if the only thing you're going to do is stand in front of a camera and mouth along to the song? And for those wondering if the last 3-5 seconds will have some surprise, please look back at all the other times we thought something seemed slightly off about a PV or a cover or some announcement that was made, and how we all eventually just came to terms with the fact that there wasn't any hidden content or crazy meaning to any of it. The best we've had is the word HOPE on FIVE. |
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Shame because the song is so amazing. It deserves better. |
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On my first viewing, I would guess she's somewhere in limbo or purgatory. The light is swinging like a clock pendulum to show time and the blackness gives a sense of depression or eternity. With her movements, I think she's either trying to live with herself, put the pieces of her "soul" back together or fighting with someone/something that's tortured her for a long time. I could be looking too much into it, but at least the video made me intrigued enough to make my own storyline to her video. And there's room for a plot to have been told, just maybe not be explicitly. I prefer that to "Oh look, the buff guy likes the girl because she looks/feels like Ayu now" (FTL) or "She's not that great of a dancer" (Lelio) or "This doesn't fit the song at all" (Melody) at least. :dead2 |
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Yeah... I love how it's a direct mirror to crossroad even though it was ruined in the short version.
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I share of lot of similar opinions with people- a great idea that ended up not really evolving as the video went on. I wish we had got to see more but ayu thrashing around was interesting at least
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better than 'WARNING' :P
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I eventually have really mixed feelings towards this PV.
I absolutely LOVE its simplicity. No tacky stuff, no bad editing, no stupid acting... I am one of the few who like PVs ā la Daybreak... Yet I don't really know if this PV would have benefited from more staging, or on the contrary, from more simplicity? I mean it could have been good to have another setting, something that contrasts with the one we have ; while I'm not sure the black ayu, the chair, were necessary, and you can take the exact opposite direction and do something even more simple. Just ayu in front of the camera (no other angles) with the swinging light (like 3/4 of the actual PV) would have worked. I don't know I feel it's not complete and cohesive in its actual form. The ending may solve this problem. I'm really glad we had this video though. It's creative, a bit edgy, really unique in her videography! This last quality means a lot to me. Good job! Best PV on this album (hands down) and best PV in a while IMO. |
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And Janelle... well, I can't think of a single thing Janelle has done that I thought was interesting. I watched the video and the read the lyrics, and I think that video is intended to just be her without any props or fancy editing because the lyrics talk quite candidly about her feeling put down and told she's not good enough the way she is. (I think it has to do with her being black?) But I honestly can't take her seriously. She is, and I don't intend this to be offensive if you're a fan, but she is quite brutally just another neo-soul/old school singer, and those singers were already a dime a dozen before she debuted. Hell, the UK got Paloma Faith just months before Janelle showed up, and this was only a year or so after Adele and Amy Winehouse showed up and a year after Joss Stone hit #2 on the Billboard with her third first album (because every new Joss Stone record is somehow her new debut... over it.) I think this would be a reasonably okay video if Ayu weren't singing a song about what's happening between her and another person... to another person. I could see if this were like a "curtain call" type of song, something heartfelt directed to the fans, but these lyrics are actually quite a bit more detailed than The GIFT, the production is honestly better developed as well. And the The GIFT is the PV that clearly got the money to tell a story. Quote:
I, personally, would've spent the entire budget for this PV on hiring a real drummer for this track, so it didn't sound like synth drums compared to the rest of the rock tracks on the album. I don't want this to start a trend that later results in Ayumi filming PVs in the bathroom because she can reasonably take a %@#$ and work at the same time. I don't care how pretty her dress is at that point, I'm over it. |
it's definitely Last minute decision to make this PV lol.
it's so simple but at least ayu is gorgeous in the red dress, glad that she didn't wear the same anation n CDL dress again.. she looks so amazingly beautiful even though she moved like madddd in certain parts lol.. but that's her raw emotions.. i like the concept of the PV, it's definitely something different but yeah it could have been better with more of black vs red ayu moments.. how she struggles herself out from the black ayu that has conquered her all this time.. but yeah.. my fave PV are still The Gift and Zutto... |
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I like the simplicity, but I don't like the swinging light, it makes me headache @@
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HOLY CRAP THIS IS THE AYUMI THAT I LOVE!!
WELCOME BACK AYUMI! This mv gives me the vibe of Memorial address arena tour 03-04 I thought more people would like this mv more than warning. I'm guessing people like to see ayumi awkwardly trying to be sexy with no emotions. Last Minute is so raw with some emotions showing. I love it. Quote:
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Pretty much just her performing the song without a mic and alternate lighting.
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I love this. More of this style of PVs than, say, "WARNING".
I love her extravagant videos as much as the next person, but this is, like someone mentioned earlier, art. |
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here's the making off video
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Loved it! At first, when the rock part started and nothing outstanding happened, I felt a little disappointed, but after watching the whole thing I get why she decided to make such a simplistic music video, t conveys the emotions pretty well, especially by the end when she's "crying".
Of course they didn't expend a lot of yen shooting this PV but it DOES NOT look cheap, which I appreciate. I think for me it is: Last minute = WARNING > The GIFT > Zutto... |
I think this is the most vulnerable we've ever seen Ayu in a PV.
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I love the PV, yes it is boring in general but it was artistic. And it is the kind of PV I would expect from a deeply personal song. She looks perfect and the dress is gorgeous!
But I think they can do a bit more about it, maybe adding another dress lol |
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I'd be surprised if tasuku didn't push for a drummer originally... but who knows what happened behind the scenes.
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And all of my hopes of getting this song remastered better is gone :< Too bad, the guitar sounds too raw and yes, the drum sound is so lacking.
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you don't have to like the PV but please don't call it trash...
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The PV is nice, I actually like the idea quite a lot, but that light... I get the idea, but I swear that light coming and going the exact same way almost non-stop started driving me crazy after some time. And I don't mean in an annoying kind of way, it's not that I find it annoying, but it somehow seriously bothers me (in Portuguese I would say "me deixa agoniada", but the literal translation in English just doesn't have quite the same meaning and I can't think of a better way of putting it). I was actually pleased on the few moments the lights started blinking quickly because it at least made that synchronized coming and going stop for a while. I feel I won't be able to watch this PV much because of the way the light makes me feel. It's odd, but it really bothers me. |
Boring PV for such a raw and emotional song. Oh well.
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I liked the swinging light part and I thought it would you know, lead to something. At least Daybreak was filmed outside and not in a vacuum like this song. Nothing exists in a vacuum but things do exist on earth. Her flailing was interesting though and it did look like she wasn't wearing toilet paper. But I like the hot mess look. Ayu should do another lelio video.
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*figure out what PVs yourself* |
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What was it tho? I haven't been really keeping up and I actually just watched lelio in full because someone recently mentioned she tried to dance so I wanted to see if she could bust out moves like the Critically Aclaimed and Commercially Successful Artist Hitom- I mean Amuro Namie. Was it Feel The Love? I remember that one. Maybe Ayu's dress cost more than that. |
I mean PVs in the bathroom.
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this song didn't need anything else. This was perfect. The song is way too emotional to have something overwhelming as a PV. I absolutely love it. It's simple but expressive, and makes a perfect point. She looks stunning. The red dress reminds me of that one unforgettable Memorial Address performance i call my favourite. It's just her - no bloody dancers nothing just her. And the contrast that get created by that deep red and the darkness around is great too.
Everyone is obsessed about budget while Ayu is doing her own thing, in her own way. Go on , woman! I love how pvs from A ONE are so clean and sophisticated, i love the maturity as well.But then again maybe i have absolutely no taste. |
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Just watch. She'll make a video of herself vacuuming and AHS will blow up. |
She did Sweet Season and people almost melted down so there is that. Housewife Ayu + that twist made the PV.
I think... after Shake It/NaNaNa, we are ready for anything. |
Wow I liked sweet season. It's the reason i bought love songs. That and love song itself. I thought it was a sweet video tbh.
The more I think about it the more this video reminds me of the fireplace channel. The same thing happens the entire duration. |
The Fireplace Channel wishes it looked as good as Last minute, lbr.
Ayu even cosplayed as a fireplace before. http://i.imgur.com/St0RgEu.gif |
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It's 1am here and I hope my very loud laugh just now didn't wake anyone |
Simple yet beautiful pv. Ayu proof that she can make a good pv with low budget. She is Ayumi Hamasaki. Im glad that I preorder A ONE CD+ DVD
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I can understand :tipsy PV starting actually was OK but then just annoying, but I managed to finish it (now having headache). I don't think I can watch it again :no |
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She looks gorgeous and I'm happy about that. I think watching it a few times, I like it more than the initial first watch. |
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Anyway... this is one of my favorite PVs she's done in a long time. I can tell that this song has a LOT of deep personal feelings. I would love to hear what people's theories are concerning the imagery, the lyrical content and who it's about, and so on and so forth. |
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