[FAKE] 40th single: Now & Forever c/w GRAVITY
 

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this is 90% confirmed, but still, its better to see this than to not. i wanted to show this to you guys..! good luck into the future ayumi! i was reading how one girl commented how the single is like looking into future and relecting on it, like her other singles. dunno. just so you guys know---!

Thanks for the news. Can't wait for May to come. I wonder wats her new image this time...

i'm a little tired of this double a-side singles.
but at least i like the titles. they sound very ayumi-esque.

Now & Forever sounds......farewell-ish..Yikes..O.o

uahhh! I hope not. i have a feeling she is going to make another album then a BEST and then take her break.

wasn't she supposed to have a break after (miss)understood?
what a workaholic. xD

Liking the titles! If it's true, of course. May is too fast! Why not July? Does that means no summer single?

No link to the source of the image/poster?

I hope 'Now & Forever' isn't some cutesy summer song.. 'GRAVITY' could possibly be rock. wooo.

wow 40 singles lol..she must make this one good..but not as good as her 50th single must be..

Yeah, I think "GRAVITY" will be a rock song. As for "Now & Forever", I'm thinking maybe a ballad. But hopefully a powerful ballad. I doubt that it's gonna be a summer song, since it wouldn't be summer yet.

lol that's right, May isn't exactly summer yet. That's exciting, I hope she'll stay away from season themed songs.

sounds interesting, hope this is true

GRAVITY sounds like an anime title song... hehehe.

Sound great if its true
thanks for posting it :P

I hope this is true too!! xD The titles sound pretty awesome, love the GRAVITY one. Wonder how they'll sound.

Crossing my fingers and hoping this is true!! So exciting, a possibility of a new single so soon!!

Wow how exciting! It seems like she is going to put a lot of work into this single. :3 I hope to see a REALLY good cover for the single. :3

I'm thinking Now & Forever will be a ballad and GRAVITY will be either a rock or pop rock song. :3 Can't wait! ;D

Makes me think of LUNA SEA's "GRAVITY". :)

I think she's well overdue for releasing another rock-ish song a-la "GAME".

Thanks for the news !

:yes I was thinking the same thing! Maybe "Now & Forever" could be a ballad or a happy-ish dance-y song like "fairyland" !
But for "GRAVITY" that just sounds so cool to me !!

I guess the April 15th Morinaga CM will go with this single then =D

That would be cool. :yes

This will be nice if it's confirmed. I've been wondering just what will be done for the 40th single... let's keep our fingers crossed for some kind of cool DVD to come with it...

I have a really good feeling about this single for some reason, even though I wanted her next one to come around July or so, that is, if its true. And the colors are really pretty too! Its about time for her to release something extra good that everyone will like.

Awesome! I have a feeling I'll like GRAVITY.

i just want her to slow down and actually take her time making some good music. =/ the lyrics of course have been pretty consistent in terms of their quality but the composition/arrangements haven't been to my liking for quite some time.. maybe since the "i am" CD? of course there were a few songs here and there that i have liked since then but the non-stop
verse
chorus
verse
chorus
little bridgey thing
chorus
chorus;
style is getting is a bit boring for me. oh well, im sure whatever she sells will hit #1 for at least a few days although the long-run sales won't be so hot. take a look at startin'. ><"
so anyways in conclusion, i think she needs to slow down. i don't want to see my first favourite artist enter some kind of popularity slump (even more so than she is currently).

^ she hardly has bridges X_X ...I wish she had more, or a random style like M and whatnot,

GRAVITY sounds awsome :3...I hope it's astral-y

HEAVEN and Will aren't like that. Because of you, ourselves, HANABI ~Episode II~, Replace need I say more?

I'm looking forward to it though! I hope it really isn't May though. Too soon. Maybe just one month back.

I agree, M was semi chaotic, and I think that was one of the many things that made it great :x

GRAVITY sounds so weird. I hope it is rock-ish, I'm dying for a new rock-like song.

Ooh so exciting! Now & Forever sounds very ballad-ish GRAVITY like everyone says could be a rock song. wow 40 singles already. *tear* so proud :)

nice title
can't wait for her new single
a green theme eh?! summer!
thx for the news

I feel like this single is going to have huge promotions. first press, extras, a lot of remixes like the old days, a great cover!

I like the title.

Ohhh.. I like the GRAVITY title.. REALLY hoping for another Rockish song.. I love Ayu's rockish songs..
Not sure what I'm hoping for Now & Forever..
nothing like heaven though.. maybe a beautiful ballad.. or something as .. powerful (IMO) as endless sorrow

Gravity definitely makes me think of LUNA SEA..that, or Sakamoto Maaya...haha.

Hope this will be confirmed soon.

I like the title for this single! Can't wait to hear it! I am hoping that ayu will sing some kind of new style for this single. thanks for da info!

Looks cool. I can't wait!

OMG, you think exactly like me! I too really want GRAVITY to be a great rockish song and I think it will be by the looks of it. Now & Forever sounds like it is gonna be a great ballad, I have a feeling it will be just as good as Moments! I wasn't too fond of HEAVEN either and I too LOVE endless sorrow! I think it is def. one of her best songs EVER! If it is like that I will have no complaints!

Well, everyone seems to think that the release will be too soon but I don't think I'd be able to wait any longer with the news reaching us this early. I have a REALLY GOOD FEELING about this single and I think it will knock our socks off :yes Especially since it is the 40th single and it better be good (I have no doubt that it will be)!! I really do want another AMAZING, ADDICTIVE ballad - the ballad tracks on (miss)understood are ok and some are good for a while but they aren't very 'memorable'... Ballads like M, Moments, Endless Sorrow, walking proud (IMO), RAINBOW, Dearest, Dolls, Who... ~Across the universe~ are some of her best and I never get tired of them! Especially Endless Sorrow and Moments :yes Endless Sorrow was my first Ayu song that I cried to because you can just feel the emotion and everything in the song!

I have a really good feeling about this single as well... though I suppose it's never a good idea to judge from just song titles, hmm? However, I do like both titles! I agree with everyone who thinks Now & Forever will be a ballad and GRAVITY will be a rock song. I am soooooo excited... I can't wait to hear another rock song by Ayu <3

There's no source for this. Don't get too excited yet.

I'm going to have low expectations so that Ayu can surprise me with something I never expected! I hope she has a great cover and the songs are good! I always have loved her summer singles, ESPECIALLY H and &. I wish she would do another big single like that again! Not just "Song 1, Song 2, Boring mix, Instrumental 1, Instrumental 2." Please throw a B-side in the mix this time!!

Ayu's singles have no value really anymore. Most of the other singles I buy have B-sides that you won't find on the albums, which gives me a reason to keep listening to them even after the album comes out! I don't TOUCH my old Ayu singles after the album releases...

So I'll keep low expectations and secretly hope that I'm pleasantly surprised!

sounds so fake to me...

Well, this is exciting! Although I'd be even more excited if there were sources...

I love the song titles as well! GRAVITY makes me think of Maaya Sakamoto. :laugh

hah. i have a feeling you're right.

anyway, yeah i have a feeling "Now & Forever" might either be a ballad, or it's going to resemble "Born To Be..." or "fairyland." Usually Spring songs are like that.

Yea, "GRAVITY" reminds me of Luna Sea's "GRAVITY". And "Now & Forever" makes me think of a Luna Sea's ballad - "Forever & Ever"...
I am guessing "Gravity" a rock song (somethin' like Game and Because of you) and "Now & Forever" ballad. :yes

I hope this new single can be very different from her previous ones.

gravity could be a rock-ish song? Sounds great, because I like that type of songs.

Thanks for the news. Hope this becomes true. I'm really looking forward to GRAVITY. ^_^ Maybe this'll even be a CREA single.

I hope so too, though I doubt it. We are getting less and less CREA compositions these days. With the tour and everything going on right now, I'm not sure when Ayu would have time to compose. I wish that after the tour she would take a month or so off and just use that time to work on her composing because I always find her compositions to be the most memorable. (and I thought this before I found out that CREA was Ayumi herself.)

Anyways, I like these titles! I hope this turns out to be true.

Those are only a few songs though. The vast majority of her songs the last fews years have had the exact same structure. I do wish she would start using more intricate and a greater variety of structures.

Sounds like trustworthy titles.
I would guess NOW & FOREVER be a ballad, or hard rock sad rock song,
and GRAVITY to be a outer space-ish rock song..
I dunno.

Oh god, I hope this is true. Gravity is such a cool name for a song by a female artiste. Hope they come with respective DVDs and bonus content for being her 40th single.

Hopefully people aren't all disappointed by the time of release.. if this single is even real :\

~_~ /digs fairyland

Interesting title. I do hope it's true indeed.

the song titles sound okay! so hopefully it's true!!

i am relli looking forward to it!

oooh, the title GRAVITY reminds me of m.o.v.e's REALITY

i like the title 'Now & Forever', think it's gonna be a ballad, it should be a good one! the 40th single! wow... in 8 years... that means approximately 5 singles per year, aren't you tired hamasaki-san?

however this is certainly a good news, i wonder will there be any concert to promote the 40th single? they did the 30th single collection for the (not-that-worthy) forgiveness, how about this one?

i'm so excited! and about 'GRAVITY', well, sounds heavy, and i think it's gonna be rock-ish,

finally ayu's titles are ...well... getting back to normal! yay! thanks for the news, can't wait until May (and right now i haven't even bought Startin'/Born To Be... *sigh)

It looks horribly fake.

Too bad... most people here are so excited... they also make me quite excited :tipsy. So yeah I will tune down my excitement a bit so that I won't be shocked (in a negative way) in the end.

I wish Now and Forever will be a ballad. The last time she released a ballad during summer was back in 2000 (SEASONS). I hope this single will be a big hit like SEASONS did. BUT..., first I hope the cover will be more creative. Secondly, I hope the pv won't be so bad. LOL.

About gravity.. I thought it would be a ballad cuz it reminds me the anime, Wolf's Rain, ending theme... but since most of you guessed it'll be a rock song, so probly it will be a rock song... haha.. :mischief

huam... wow....... I am waiting for a huge breakthrough for her.... to gain what she has had... :) hopefully the 40th does.....

Actually yeah. Kinda. Ok, a lot. Very. I don't think they'd put "NEWS!!!" like that at the top without special font. And the number 40 icon thingy is just weird. Her 30rd single didn't have anything like this did it? But lets be optimistic and keep hoping. Timing is good so far, as it seems to coincide with the two new Panasonic and Morinaga endorsements.

cool, cool interesting news!

:dead2 I don't care how the songs are, AS LONG AS SHE LEAVES THE ANNOYING CHANTING CHOIR PEOPLE OUT!!!

I DON'T want more people chanting "BOOORN... To be FREEEEE!!!" or "BOOOOOLD & DELICIOUS!!". It seriously RUINS her songs.

Hopefully, IF 'Now & Forever' is a dance song, it will be more like anything from the LOVEppears/I am... era. Well, I don't care, as long as it's not slow, like both born to be... and fairyland was. :dead2

sounds promising :)
really looking forward for this
another rockish song would be great

NOW & FOREVER is ok
but GRAVITY sounds weird !

Sounds interesting, will wait and see. It's hard to tell if it's fake or not, some Ayu titles have been awful and sounded like they could have been fake but were real.

GRAVITY it thinks me at a Maaya Sakamoto's beautiful single.
hope if it was true it was also beautiful of Maaya Sakamoto's song (i think not but i hope.^^)

Exactly what my first thoughts were too. And now I can't get that starting riff out of my head.

Yeah, it's been long enough since we had something that rocked hard. But do we really need to have another double a-side single thingy?

Now & Forever - i hope its a ballad...A late spring ballad...

GRAVITY - this title sounds real super...I also think its gonna be a very rockish song..

Maybe she will release 2 more singles this year in Aug and Oct respectively...

I hope this c/w can make it into the album too

Now & Forever might be a powerful and beautiful ballad!
And GRAVITY should be a great rock! (I Love Rockish Ayu!)

Interesting titles if these are true.

Interesting title really and this made me really excited :yes
but i'm keeping my fingers crossed :D

Now & Forever sounds like usual ayu title... I sure hope it's not the end of her... I'll die without her songs

GRAVITY! i like this title. hehe sounds so physics! anyways i cant wait!

I think this is quite reliable~ as the title is truely suits ayu;s sole and solemn style!

^ the attachment there looks very patchy. Could it be that someone cut out the parts from Ayu's Avex site and created a fake page? :(

Maybe for this one.

EDIT: Hmm, maybe Ladies Night ~Another Night~ will be on this single.

I like the titles, so I hope this is true. :)

Hope this is true...I love the new song titles!!! =D :luv

hahahaha that attatchment is so faked and so obviously faked.

ha

I'm hoping Now & Forever to be a powerballad
just like Free & Easy and as for GRAVITY...I love ayu's rockier side but
for a change please be something like Connected or Naturally

Hell yeah I agree! She has enough of those songs already -.- I really hope it's not another greatful days, angel's song, fairyland(chorus) or HONEY zzzZZZZzz

As for gravity, that's a very interesting title for a song. I can't help but be reminded of LUNA SEA's gravity whenever I see songs with this title; that song had a big impact on me XD

the attachment has got to the fakest rumor in the history of this forum.. :P

That attachment does look fake ...:(

But IF it were true, I would say that I too really want another rockish song.

hmmm sounds cool... interesting...

i just realised
whatever the songs are .. PLEASE !!! NO MORE GEO OF SWEETBOX !!!
she was more like GEO OF SWEETPOO :S im lame
but still she is the reason why (M)U is not a million seller :@

Interesting :yes The cover does look really fake though.

We shouldn't get to excited... The "poster" thing could be easily made in photoshop... And the attachment... Esh. Looks like someone took the "New & Information" button from Ayu's page! Let's wait for an official confirmation. But I hope it's true! :)

Me too! :yes


HAHA! Completely agree!

Maybe her and her boyfriend really did breakup?.. so this will be a sad breakupish type song?

The title doesn't seem like a farewell to her boyfriend, but more like one for her carreer to me.

i guess we just have to wait and see. real or fake shes going to release soon.

I really like Now & Forever as the title for her special 40th single.

i hope for a power ballad too, i love those type of songs :)

the picture looks really fake.

I really hope though when she releases her 40th single she won't leave me dissapointed.

Is it just me or does Now And Forever, NOT sound like a farewell song... To me it sounds like she's going to be doing her job (Singing, of course) NOW and FOREVER. XD

I like the title. Thanks for the info!

I wouldn't be surprised if all of these proved to be false. Lets just wait for 3 more weeks and see the Morinaga CM. Possibly also the Panasonic CMs. :D I wish for something like the Bold And Delicious time. The events leading up to Bold And Delicious was so damn cool. The rumours, the excellent CMs, the song clip.. :luv2 Such a great song too.

Same here. I do not understand how all of these people think it sounds like she is saying a 'good-bye' of some sort... 0.o

Anyways, alot of "fakiness" going on but I really hope that this is true. I cannot tell you how much I really want to hear another amazing HARD @$$ ROCK song by Ayu. They are always the best and everyone loves them!

I also am hoping for a really nice cover. STARTIN'/Born To Be...'s cover was very plain and dull. Looked cheapy and like something Namie would do...

Like everyone else, I am hoping for her to let of double a-side singles... I used to really like this but it does not pay off in the long run as Ayu doesn't have as many songs on the album... I don't really understand why she couldn't fit more on though because CDs can usually fit on around 80 minutes of music and (m)u was not that long. She could have put more effort into it instead of stealing form SWEETBOX/GEO. I want Ayu to be Ayu again...

hope this is true!!
Now & Forever sounds like Bold & Delicious!!

if it is a ballad
i hope it will be like
HANABI or NO WAY TO STAY or DEAREST type of ballads
HANABI is veryyy powerful :)

if in fact..this is true please let
Now & Forever = Free & Easy
I missed styles like those.... or M...even