Don't Look Back - PV preview
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn3sI4OFn_k

ourselves 2 o.o !!! haha Love it <3

wowow
this is really AWESOME
i love this album's Promotion Video

I keep waiting for something creepy to happen xD it looks nice

OMG!!! I LOVE THE PV!! ^^

O_O

holy cow it's really an ourselves part 2 @_@

I don't know what's Kazuyoshi Shimoura gonna think about this :laugh

anyway sweet , can't wait to see the full PV

It seems they really did put alot of work and concentration is this album. It really shows in the overall picture of the songs and videos so far.

it's HQ but why isn't it a full PV?

^
because it's uploaded by "ayu" \(^_^)/

http://www.youtube.com/ayu

wow thanks a lot for sharing!!
Ayu wasn't wearing any arabic type of clothes?
but more like spanish?
I don't really get into the song though, but who knows it will change my mind when i see the full PV~

I personally think it's the best PV for R'n'RC so far.

:O They also added a preview of Microphone >.> I wish they added SLT

lol the music doesnt really match the song though, weird feel XP

the smiling part is a little bit random, but other than tha it's a very beautiful and artistic PV, good job!

the pv matches the song perfectly <3 would be just lame and predictable if the pv was just "Arabic" or whatever


i love the look of this pv overall soo much!!

oh i see!! AVEX is good at building suspense this time~

i hope this results in a very good sales!

agree,it's not fit the song IMO
i hope there's something awesome when the full pV leaked
i love the background thought

I'm about to watch the PV preview, but I'm excited for it. Heard the song, it is so catchy, and I love the Indian-inspired music.

I LOVE the preview of the PV so far!!

So the bloody wall is A BEST 2 -BLACK- CD+2DVD poster xD!!

Really ourselves part 2 hehe, that's great.

She looks sooooo good.

To this point the album really shapes well.

i would love to see 'the hot evil Ayu character with the Arabic outfit' for the part when she said "dont look bhaack" it would be great IMO

but i love the way they just shoot of her left side for the scene on the table,it really implies the lyrics and that 'new Ayu' leaning against the A Best 2 wall is just georgous!

OMG I had a shock when I suddenly saw the ripped A BEST 2 BLACK cover LOL.

I like this pv a whole lot better than Microphone - which I still am madly in love with, hehe.
The song is just still slightly boring, though of course much better than the LQ CM "version".

wow wow wow
She looks amazing and I love the whole look of the PV so far.. I wish they didn't blur her face so much when she was laughing though. She's soo cute though omg. I can't wait for the full thing

she looks absolutely gorgeous on the sitting scene, she looks like to a spanish girl..

She reminds me of a psycho laughing in front of that wall.
I don't know why, I did hate Don't look back. But after I
watched the pv, I became totally in love with it.

I really love the song and the PV looks awesome too

wow! PV preview from oficial chanel!

not really like this PV

i ♥love♥ this PV, the small parts with short hair Ayu lauging and smiling are beautiful... wow

Thanks for sharing!

Quoting my thoughts from the other thread:

The PV is great so far! Like it better than Microphone. It matches the song perfectly

wow.she looks so pretty when she's smiling!

o.O
a best 2 black cover~huhu.

I love it, it looks amazing.

The pv seems okay so far, but I keep waiting for something to happen...

what a creative PV this is so far! ayumi looks stunning. :heart i was surprised to see the A BEST II cover on the wall. really interesting! :yes i wanna see the full PV now!

the most beautiful smile ever in the world = Dont Look Back :luv2:luv2

and i love her short hair with the color tone :yes

The A BEST II cover shocked me. ayu seems to have regrets/resentments with her best albums? Crying on A BEST cover, and now this with A BEST II..

Ohhhh Ayu show us the rest!!!!!!!!!!! D':

This really represents the meaning of the song. A BEST 2 really sells great, but in this song ayu tells us "Don't look back" to the previous success, we have to invent a newer one.(That is just my guess since I don't know Japanese~).

do you guys think Don't look back is more like an Indian song?
since it has this sitar sound on it~

Definitely, Indian with some Arab influence.

I'm really liking both the song *and* the PV this time, and I'm looking forward to hearing and seeing the whole thing.

I liked the "Microphone" PV, but not the song too much. "Don't Look Back" is more what I want to hear!

Middle East style mix with indian instrument like sita and tabla :P

i have the feeling of Aladin and desert here :D

the profile view of her in the apartment reminds me of the pvs for rainy day and is this love coz of the colouring. anyone else think so?

also, i think she has the vandalism of her best albums to represent moving forward? a new ayu? a next level? :P

I love the preview. I can't wait to see the full PV. I bet they'll upload previews of the Sexy little things and Lady Dynamite PVs within the next few days or week.

So it is not blood! How disappointing :laugh jk.

This PV preview it makes the song more interesting.
I love the colours and the editing and she's really gorgeous and cute when she's smiling.
Overall RnC's PVs looks really well done, may better than NL in my opinion (and I love NL btw). I can't wait to see the full PV! *_*

I am happy that there looks to be no belly dancing in this video because thatd be just too predictable. Concept seems very interesting and Ayu looks gorgeous. I hope for an interesting story line.

I would have liked to see some sand or jewels or something, but I still like the PV. It may have been predictable for her to be dressed in arabic styled clothes but it would still have fit very well with the music.

LOOKS AMAAAAZING!

I can't watch it -.- her youtube channel hate germany -.- I wanna see it now and I tried to download I can't watch it either -.- I am desperate

I wait for the full clip to judge but it seems really good, Ayu is georgeous, wonderful !

I HONESTLY THINK THAT ITS AYU SAYING GOODBYE TO HERE OLD STYLE OF MUSIC...
And i think we hear something totally diff from this album going foward...

The PV preview is good.

i agree with this statement

and i love the pv so far. shes so beautiful.

it seems to attach to the lyrics well

I also can't watch it... what a pity.

This is going to be cool!!
A bit boring... I hope there's some sort of exciting twist, although Ayu looks GORGEOUS!!

omg Im startin to love this song more <3!!
I think she decides to use the arabic theme for the tour coz it will be predictable for the PV
cant wait for the album+the tour *__*

I think that the bloody scene will be later. I don't think that what we saw was of the A BEST 2 photo with the red tape/etc all over it...

Wow, I actually really think she's stunningly beautiful in this. I think the cutting of hair that short is symbolic of her moving onward and forward. I too have cut my hair from mid-back length to just above my shoulders at the start of a big change in life. A few times actually..
So I can understand why she does it.

I love the trashed up A BEST 2 - black- cover behind her, in the short hair shots..
I LOVE when she smiles, it shows she is happy to be moving forward despite feeling somewhat sad right before doing so. Probably because of problems with hearing/singing/tabloids/life in general.

But she shows in those scenes with the short hair, the smile, the confidence, that she can and WILL move forward! Plus, she's totally going to rock our socks off with this new Album!

She looks so elegant. I want to live in that house xD!

But when it flashes to her smiling awkwardly, it's quite scary xD

She looks beautiful, i'm loving Don't look back so much

I ♥ the preview of Don't look back
I know my english is bad .. or not?

Holy shizzle this is amazing (O__________________O) When I first watched it, I knew there was something "off" about that smile that Ayu had...It just seems like something sinister is going on...with the smile, the ripped up A BEST 2, the scissors... I can't wait for this PV, OMG :thud :thud :thud :thud

Love it! Can't wait for the full preview! This album is so refreshing!

I'm confused, why do people seem to think there will be blood in it?

http://i41.tinypic.com/2lbdvty.png

It looks like giant smears of red stuff imo.

I think that's lipstick ^^ She had scissors and lipstick on the table xD guess what those were for. Plus remember that the weird people from ourselves wore lipstick and licked the A BEST pictures that also had lipstick and scissor marks on them.

I don't like it sadly. :/ by the looks of it, sexy little things pv takes place all in one room, and by the looks of it, this video takes place all in one room. (with intertwined shots of her infront of A Best 2) Ayu, please, prove me wrong. D:

I feel like I'm watching a video interlude at one of her concerts.

Those are some BIG lipstick smears then, haha. I'd think it was lipstick if the lines weren't so thick...

And in the case about the interlude videos: GREAT! Her interlude videos are always AWESOME.

^ I agree! I LOVED part of Me (AT 07) and Marionette (AT 08), especially :heart

where did that photo come from? I dont remember seeing that dark scene in the preview :S am I missing something?

I see someone isn't too happy about their last compilation album. lol

The dlma one from AT 2008 was amazing ^_^ at times the production of those seems higher than of some of the PVs.

Looks totally awesome! Also, the crossing out of the A BEST 2 cover here reminds me of the crossing out, ripping etc of previous covers from the "ourselves" PV.

I WANT MY COPIES NOW!!

Even though i already preordered the Special Limited Box Set, I just went and preordered a copy of the CD Only of the album as well. :P

I like what I saw :yes. I haven't listened to the full song yet either and I LOVE that exotic sound :o.

Cool PV! Definitely ourselves part II. The smiling part was sinister, but kind of weird. Like it didn't fit.

My interpretation of it is that she doesn't like people looking back on the eras that A BEST 2 represents (evolution through B&D) and would rather they pay attention to the her now instead of continuing to compare her with her past self.

^my other interpretation was sorta like keep moving forward and dont keep looking back and dwelling on the past and how you could've changed it or how different things might've been for any given reason.

woah... This whole album is a personal look at her music career! I don't think I've ever been so excited for an album to come out!!

Ooo, watching it again, I feel like I'm watching a version of RAINBOW with the other seat being empty for the "younger Ayu" because she's dead.

RAINBOW + ourselvesish, hmm?

It sounds as though she wants to take a step forward in her career, but can't because it seems easier...? I don't know, haha.

I don't think this PV is quite an "ourselves II" though. I don't think the end will be of everything reversing and sorta going back to normal. I think she's sorta telling us to not look back on our own pasts and on her past life and past of her career.

Wow, I really like the the preview of DLB pv. I'm so addicted to this song, ever since it leaked yesterday I probably listened to it 100x already.

No one ever said that it was an ourselves part II, but the part with the A BEST 2 cover pretty much ruined in the same way as A BEST in the ourselves PV connects the two...

And the focus on that empty seat in front of Ayu is just way too RAINBOWish for me, haha.

More random Dlb observations:
Talking with someone about the PV, the possibility that the 'shocking' ending has Ayu without any makeup at all (or hair?) came up. There's makeup on the table, (what appears to be) lipstick scribbled all over the A BEST 2 poster along with foundation (liquid?) splashed all over it...

I suppose one of the Ayus can still 'die' / disappear for good, but this seems really likely now.

I think Tetsuo Inoue directed this. (rainy day, talkin' 2 myself, STEP you, INSPIRE, Moments, Marionette, etc...)

omg, song is amazing :O and pv seems so interesting, i want it full

I love it too and I can't wait to see the rest of it!!!

DLB reminds me of this CM,maybe Ayu love this theme XD

^I love that CM. Actually I have the promo poster from that CM. I had it plaque mounted. Still, i dont see much of a simularity between DLB PV and that Hi-Chew CM.

she looks really good in this PV :D

you have that poster? wow :D

i mean that the theme,that is arabic theme for the CM she's like Aladin on the flying mat? and so with DLB a mix of Arabic and indian style.so it's not something that she didnt do before just for DLB she made it for a song not CM and turn out to be great (for me) :P

^Oh ok. now i understand. Yeah, that is cool.

I love it :heart so much better than Microphone PV which I didn't like at all..

can't wait for the shocking ending. lol

I love the preview!! And A BEST II cover looks better like that *bloody* :laugh

Actually, tons of people on this thread did...

IMO it's just her way of using the Past < Future theme

The preview is awesome....though I may be biased as it reminds me of ourselves and I really liked that

wow.. it's like another ourselves.. lolz.

somehow I think that Ayu smiling in that A BEST II poster was a bit creepy. haha..

love it so much... ayu looks so pretty

the song sounds so Indian in the beginning......
kind of weird when it matches with a slow song.....

i think ayu's laugh in front of the A BEST 2 poster looks like she has gone crazy...@@

^lol are you guys sure? that is the most beautiful smile ever

But I find it funny how everybody says it's so cute when I find it a little creepy. At least the contrast between the sad Ayu and the lmaoing Ayu in front of a ruined picture that represents a big part of herself (her music in the A BEST 2 era) is a little disturbing to me. (but in a interesting and good way) We have to see the full PV to be able to say anything for sure though, but the pics and the surprise coming up really seem intriguing. :yes

wow! for just a few days it's already 58 900 views for DLB preview *0* the number had increased rapidly ^