Yes! but technically I wouldn't call this one and the (miss)understood tracks "covers" tho, these are more like samples imo, even if they were released by the original artists she basically used them as demos, re-writing completely the lyrics and using only the melodies/arrangement.

Memorial Adress was originally a song called "kumo" by indie japanese band LOVER SOUND TRACK, it was composed by Yukumi Tetsuya (he was in that band) who agreed to let Ayu use the melody and write her own lyrics (guess that's why the "Take 2 version"). Since then Ayu worked in many songs with Tetsuya, he composed most of the songs from MY STORY, and worked on secret, guilty, NEXT LEVEL and Rock n Roll Circus, he even composed MY ALL lol

Here's a short clip of "Kumo" I found on twitter!

https://twitter.com/ro_m_er/status/9...5?lang=zh-Hant

Tell me why also kinda falls into the same category or am I wrong. I know that originally it was sung by a Greek female artist and the song was called "Sose Me" but maybe my memory is fuzzy.

You're right! And yes, it was a sample rather than a cover since Ayu re-wrote the lyrics and only used its melody, the original song's wikipedia stated Ayu sampled it instead of describing it as a "cover" :yes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sose_Me_(Lights_On)

An Youqi covered Ayu's TO BE, this one is considered a cover since it used Ayu's lyrics just translated/adapted to Chinese.

Whereas (Miss)Understood's Wiki describes it as "covers." I guess it's just open to debate. *shrug* Certainly the lyrics are totally original, which already makes them unusual for cover songs. So Ayu can use them or not as she wishes and has grounds to say they are or are not. ^_^

Jade did not really consider them as covers though and they were simply selling the songs. DBSK’s Mirotic was also a Sarah Connor song, much like with Tell me why, both artists bought the song from whoever made it and recorded their own versions. None should really be considered covers. While I understand that we could say Ladies Night and Bold & Delicious were sampled as they even use some of the original lyrics, as the songs have different lyrics I would not classify them as covers.

Here's the official video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOvpSU0y6NI

Given that this is as "official" as it gets, I'm surprised this was allowed to be released. The overmodulation is *terrible* - I hope they fired that sound engineering and everybody who thought this sounded right.

Thanks for sharing! That's quite the line up. I look forward to it (^.^)

Tracklist order and cover have been released :

https://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1098126

The cover art is so cool!

I wasn't expecting them all to sing "One Night Carnival", I'm sure every version will be really different and unique but still it feels less special somehow, loved the cover art!!!

That was said when the album was announced.

Yeah, I also missed that detail. I can't imagine sitting down and listening to a full album of the same song.

Completely missed that part lol

NGL it sounds so dumb that I didn't even consider it.

Imagine if Ayu had a tribute album and it was 15 versions of SEASONS .

45s LQ teaser of Ayu's cover: https://twitter.com/AyuMiFans/status...1su_s__Vg&s=19

It sounds great!!!! wasn't expecting such a rock sound in her version but I'm LOVING it!

Powerful instrumental, can't wait for the whole song!

Hey not too bad, I don't care for the song so I wasn't expecting much, but this sounds like it might be fun!

what a bop! it's cute and oh God it's very late 90s lmao can't wait for it

The preview instantly grabbed my attention! Can't wait to hear more.