New Single 'Startin'/Born to be...' on 8th March 2006
 

It's official now and according to Tower Records, there will be video clips for both songs:

CD+DVD @ Tower Records
CD only @ Tower Records

Credits: ayu!love!ayu bbs

Thanks for posting! ^^

I was expecting the single around that date... it's the same date than Kumi's new album... so i can't wait till 8th March! ^_^

+ teens(acoustic version) :D:D:D:D

OMg i cant wait

I wish she gave up the double release thing. .... :(

プレイステーション2のゲームで世界的ヒットを飛ばしている戦国サバイバルアクション「新鬼武 者 DAWN OF DREAMS」のテーマソング「Startin'」と『トリノ五輪』の日本テレビ系テーマソング「Born To Be...」、さらにTRFのカヴァー曲「teens(acoustic version」を含む3曲入りマキシシングル！


What does it mean? teens acoustic version? Three songs? :p

8th March? That's so long away... :( Thanks for the news :)

Thanks for the info, looking forward to it :)

Teens is a new song she recorded. It is a cover of the song by TRF (also called teens of course)

Wow 3 songs. Awesome. Hope this single will sell well.

Startin'/Born To Be...


2006 March 8 in stores

Great news!!!!!!!!!! Hope this single can sell as good, if not better than STEP you/in this LOVE? :)

omG .. i CANT WAIT !!
i hope its not composed by GEO .. we already heard STARTIN .. and it is so good =)
dont know bout Born To Be though .. i hope its not gospelly
otherwise ... if it is gospelly :thud ill die and quit as a fan :thud :eviltongu

Also up at cdjapan:
Startin' / Born To Be... [Jacket B]
Startin' / Born To Be... [Jacket A / CD+DVD]

thanks for news!^^

WOOOHOOO!!!
can't believe to read this news
i have been dying for waiting this news
i BELIEVE this single CAN SALES VERY WELL
it just SOOOOO GOOD!!!

Yay!

Oh I agree... I think that was probably one of the problems with (miss)Understood. Too much "old stuff" :/

cool thanks, I really hope those are good songs, haven't heared startin' but will do when the single releases

3 songs? that's crazy, is the official tracklist out yet?

Wonderful news!Thanks so much

Woohoo! I can't wait :D

Wow, 3 songs. Thanks for the info. Hopefully it'll sell real well.

I really do hope that this single is as good as STEP you/is this LOVE? because that single was AMAZING! STEP you is such a good song and so is is this LOVE?! However, STARTIN' doesn't seem as amazing to me as everyone else seems to think it is...

i love Startin'! dont you think it is very powerful and energetic? well.. cant wait for the single!! hope she performs this in her arena tour 2006~!

its cool that it has 3 songs becuz only 2 will be used for her album, then teens is for trf's. so we get 3 songs, but in the end there is one more spot on her album open ^^;; does that make sinse? XD

yay!

thanks for the info!

oh CDJapan already lists it, so I guess this is really official now

wow.. thx for the info... it is so sudden :D

Thanks for the info :P that's great

Wow thankyou for the news! 3 days after my birthday.. so its a late b-day present!

YE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COOOL!

YES! i'm excited for a new single, its releasing about when i figured it would. :)

Thanks for the info!

I agree with those who say she should end her two songs singles... And actually this single is only two songs.. the third, teens is old, and a cover. I'm really excited to hear it! Because I have the original teens version on trf's album Brand new Tomorrow^^

Startin' sounds really good too^^

Great news :D

I'm going to preorder the CD+DVD version, along with Kumi's new album since they both come out the day before my birthday :P

Two upbeat songs with two PVs, I have a feeling that this is going to be this year's STEP you :P

OO nice cant wait for this

oooh, i might do the same! :yes

yay yay yay! ^^

Wee, I'm so excited!! :)

wayyy too soon! she just released an album. she never gives up does she?

Thanks for posting!!! We've all been waiting sooo long for the Startin' single release date!!

thats what i like so much...there's almost always something new to look forward to!!!

Good to hear the news. I also dun like Double A-side.. but at least that means i can hear more than one new song :P (oh three songs actually LOL)

Can`t wait!

YUP! :D:D:D:D:D

YAY new single!! March 8th huh. okay- calm down- beg for money.

Good to hear this. March 8th isn't such a long wait.

yep, about a month and half...not so bad at all.

i can't wait to see the cover!

I finally listened to Born to be... from the cm. The good news is that it's not gospelly. It kinda does remind me of fairyland. It sounds like a summery kind of song.

Hmm, where'd u get the cm? I want to hear it.

I wish Ayu would release another single like A. That would sell.

March is just Avex month

What is the CM advertising?

January is practically over. February is the short month. March 8 is the first week!

I think it's an Olympic CM.

spacelion? Do you have the same LQ audio-file I have or... do you have the actual CM?

Born to Be is one of the Olympic CM songs for Japan. Startin' is in Onimusha. Teens is TRF. All these songs have a purpose. lol. But i'm excited.

yay!

But as the unofficial self confessed biggest STEP you fan im saying its not gonna sell as well, STEP you was just too much of a strong song and startin' isnt as good

...WOAHHH....dis is amazing..^^ i hope dis will be a good 3 tracked single..^^ but i hafta say...i dun relli lik startin...i duno..but mehh...i hope da others will be great thats 4 da great news....!

No I think I have the same one.

I haven't heard it. Can you share? Was it posted on the forum?

If not, that's okay! :)

If it sounds like "fairyland", then I must hate it...

how would you get in trouble O___o

^Lol- that's what I was thinking O.o

thats what i wanted to know too... :thud

Hmmm the file comes from me, I'm actually sharing it at Jpopmusic forum trough PMs. But since I see a lot of people asking for it, I uploaded it in the downlad section. ;)

Thanks LiberiFatali for posting it on the forums :)

Thanks for the info! :)

YAY! That's GREAAAAT
omg.. this rocks =) it's realeasing on my bday.. YES IM OVER EXITED XDDD

I'm buying this single! Startin' preview on the Onimusha CM sounds super cool!

Yay! I like the song title Born to be.. hehe thanks for the news!

Thank you, thank you! *hugs*

great news, but I don't want teens

wow that's great! March 8th seems so far away...hope that will sell more than STEP you/ is this LOVE? Seems like Ayu is doing a bit of cover songs lately XD

Awesome! More from Ayu! :)

wah...great to hear abotu the new single =)

Yay! New single! What a way to start the times! =)

I hope Startin' really is as cool as it sounds already. And the same for the other songs!

YAY XD .. New single! New single!

Oh man.. why on this date? This new video game I wanted to get comes out on this date! Must I decide which one to get first? :cry

I am sort of disappointed that ayu is releasing a new single already... I think that it might effect her (miss) understood album sale. But I can't wait to see the pv for Startin' and hear the new song Born to be..

then don't listen to it.

Ayumi didn't write the song "Startin' ".
sounds like a copy of Utada's "Keep Tryin' " idea with the slang..by the way...

I don't know.
Doesn't sounds right if Ayu starts not writing her lyrics :shrug
But whatever.
Ayu rocks forever.

Startin' was announced ages ago though HAHAHA. So I don't know what you are talking about. Anyways, what do you mean by 'didn't write' Startin'? It was said that she was to write two songs for the videogame and she did Startin' and rainy day. As if she'd stop writing lyrics now.. o-o

Interesstiing :D THanks for the news. Born to be...sounds like A Song is Born type of song.

thanks for the news. ayumi is a workaholic, but im not complaining. she keeps bringing us songs we all love so much.

Well, at least this proves that isn't no 'Startin'/Break Down' single thing. XD Even though it was already proved wrong...

It's already been described as sort of upbeat.

Think of it like, 'omg i will inspir3 olympiansz!!' song.

very good!!

we go ayu!

tthe eight of March are my birthday : D

Can't wait to see the covers!

I want by 2010. For her to release a 10 Year anniversary. And a retirement plan. lololol

So much new things so quickly

march? it's still a very long time...

ok.. new single already..

i FEEL SO EXCITED
born to be is DELICIOUS too..from the preview looks like the song is really relaxing and happy surrounding...can't wait
i believe she still writes lyrics for her own song
i think she isn't have that much cover song just about 2/3 song from a hundred song that she have

Oh yeah sorry i forgot to tell you guys this.. "Breakdown" is a song composed by GEO but went to SWEETBOX its gonna be on their next album it was in their raw treasures album just as "In The Corner" but Ayumi totally rewrote the lyrics to "in the corner"

i don't like her doing covers :(...it's really not her style...

cool! sounds great :D

this is pretty good news to hear of!! Hurray and I'm waiting impatiently for the new single!

well this is not her first time doing cover so i'm ok with it :D As long as she's doing it good everything will be fine..

YAY!! good for you~~

:yes :yes :yes :yes i really can't wait for this single!!!!! arrghhh!! :yes :yes :yes :yes :yes

so excited, it sounds VERY promising, okay shouldn't keep my hopes so high, i don't wanna get disappointed in the end :(

I can't hear much from the 15 seconds preview :(

lol i know and i think that's hilarious :P :D i was like YAY! but then i couldnt hear anything haha

sp 3 new songs? is it a maxi single?

there must be something wrong with your speakers or something cos I can clearly hear the song from the LQ preview... really good even =)

who said she didn't write the lyrics? we don't even know the lyrics for the song yet. plus ayu announced this song ages before utada announced hers.

no one is copying anyone else...ugh.

Yeah, same here. Well, if this cover is good, hopefully my mind will change.