Longer preview of 'Step by step' (90 secs.)
 

Yeah, this song is definitely NOT snowy kiss/The Show Must Go On, lol.



The verses from what you can hear are pretty nice. The video may not be up for a bit.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2m...み_music

Viewable here as well.

Download link on MEGA:
https://mega.co.nz/#!axs1RJLQ!DhJT4G...GSM82haSWdKzTc

Thanks for sharing. I get a BLUE BIRD/Beautiful Fighters vibe. Definitely a song ayu coulda sang back in the day. Don't know how I feel about it just yet.

Yeah, the intro reminds me of BLUE BIRD a little.

It sounds summer-ish. :D I wonder if the full version will be released digitally, or if we will have to wait until the mini-album is released?

Perhaps digitally... they didn't do that with Sunrise or any of her other drama tie ins though iirc.

The album releases near the end of the drama's run so we'll see.

thank you!

definitely loving what I am hearing so far

Wow it really does sound like snowy kiss and tsmgo lol

The song is more than just the chorus! lol.

hayasaki said the overall feel isn't like those all other than perhaps the melody when he heard it live.

Thanks for sharing.
the song sounds cheerful..
i think i'm gonna watch the dorama..look interesting.

Sounds so summery, loving the preview!

It's allright, cannot say much.

Thanks !

I like it most than with the first preview! fresh & summer-like song, japanese people should love it =D

the arranger just have the problem to come up with original melody.
the song itself will be something like BLUE BIRD, but still they could use some new, fresh melodies :P

I dont get the TSMGO and snowy kiss in the verses..but its also quite hard to hear them. its been a while since we had such a cheery pop song :)

definitely summer song! different with TSMGO or Snowy kiss

If this sounds like snowy kiss I don't have a place in this world anymore.

Haaaa i love it. Now i have to refrain myself from playing the preview too much, but it's ok since the actors voices make it difficult to listen to.

Thank you for sharing. From what I can hear the song sounds very unimpressive. It's decent, but not single-quality.

Of course this is based on the preview and my views can change after the actual song can be known.

I love the feeling I get from songs like this. It's like a pat on the back~

Interesting. I can't get over how bad the lighting / camera work is in this movie/series. It looks like it's filmed with a potato and Styrofoam for reflecting light onto the actors' faces.

I like what I am hearing. are there any ways to just rip the song? The voices are annoying and distracting

Uhh, we will get just the song in about a day or two so if you wait until then, we can get the song on its own (I think) either in the opening or ending.

Sounds old school ayu lol.
I will wait for the full thing in decent quality to judge but it's sounds up lifting!

nice!

The preview sounds so good!!

After this preview I really love it

Lmao, I thought it also looked bad.

I thought that was just jdramas in general lmao.

From what I can hear Step by step sounds good. But it's really hard to have a real view with this preview.

This is the first time I'm hearing this preview and at the 30 second mark without even realizing it, in my head I started singing "Sayonara aisarete aishite kureta hito"

Thank god I'm not the only one.

Wow okay, it definitely has a very different feel now. Glad it's not turning out like a total ripoff.

It sounds so old ayu, I'm really loving it.

+2

It really, really annoys me.

Omg...I am totally loving the sound of "Step by step", so far. :love So upbeat & sooo ayu! :heart Can't wait to hear more of the song! :)

I dunno, this song does have that similar sound but the 'feel' is more bouncy and uplifting than The Show Must Go On or snowy kiss which are a bit more intense feeling.

I still hear a little bit of Snowy kiss/TSMG on it :laugh and is it edited or the chorus is really 1min long?

I think it's the full TV sized so it's the verse + chorus over 90 seconds, lol.

The melody is obviously really similar to TSMGO lol. The song itself gives me RED LINE vibes.

I just hope it sounds good in the end/has some good feature about it. Like for example, story is a standard mid tempo but it's so bittersweet that it stands out in a good way.

That's why I didn't enjoy this song when I heard it live.

Much better than anything on A One!

Thank you very much for sharing. I really like this song and can't wait to hear it in HD

Are you sure that's the track by red one? It sounds nothing like red one

RedOne didn't do Step by step. He's producing a "dance tune" for the mini album and that's all we know so far.

It is not the RedOne song. It's probably something like this for the mini album...

Step by step probably by Tetsuya Komuro
RedOne dance track
Uplifting track
Uplifting track
Uplifting track

Another site had "age song/アゲ曲" as "upper number/アッパーなナンバー" describing the other tracks. I've never seen that term used before but it's pretty self explanatory, lol.

I want fun, summery covers for this that could give fairyland a run for its money. After the shitshow that was glitter/Sunrise|Sunset/A SUMMER BEST, I really just need a legit summer photoshoot pls. And I need it to not be pink/peach toned. Am I asking for the moon here?

They need colors + Ayu looking fabulous. BLUE BIRD was probably her best summer cover. And &. Maybe H.

omggggggg & is the actual best

Her summer covers are always amazing. Especially Terminal (even if it was released in October, the cover is her on a beach, and the original release date was supposed to be September 17th, which was technically still summer since the 2014 autumnal equinox wasn't until September 23rd). The only summer cover I don't like is sunrise/sunset.

It's her best single cover imo! :luv2

I love the sunrise/sunset because of its kitsch factor.

LOL seriously? Because how is that possible based on a short preview with people talking over it. That doesn't make sense...

LOL. For me:

Summer = June + July

:D

Any news about the song?
The drama starts airing today (April 14) right?

Yep. Like 5ish hours till premiere and we should get the first rip without too many voices over it.

I found this instrumental version of Step by Step, but I cannot 100% sure if this is the actual Step by Step by Ayu.

EDIT: It's not, this is just a troll video.

14 dislike:tired why?

This is a troll video, I think.

no..its not...its troll video

Thanks for pointing out =)

Uuuuugh............... I could forgive The Show Must Go On but seriously... :grumpy