MY ALL (Chinese version) released today, 5th anniversary theme for 球球大作战
 

Looks like they chose 8/8 as a lucky release date for this and for that game a while ago. It seems that it got a tie-up as the 5th anniversary song for "Battle of Balls / 球球大作战" a smartphone game that is similar to agar.io, I believe.

The full version of the song along with lyrics was posted by junshen in the Downloads section! Chinese lyrics were written by 郭德紫毅 or Guo de Ziyi. Seems this person has done a lot of Japanese -> Chinese lyrics.


YouTube version is 'unavailable' for now, might work for Japanese users?

https://i.imgur.com/yBtBwbx.png

Didn't expect it to be released that way...
I like ayu's vocal

Yeah, it's so sudden too. I think her voice sounds really good though it sounds like they did a bit of pitch shifting up on some of the vocals.

It’s been 12 years since original MY ALL, I’ve enjoyed her current voice actually.

Yeah, I really like it too! Some of the Baidu comments seem to be iffy though... some saying it sounds like Hatsune Ayumiku more than Ayu herself, but I think it's better than the Who... Chinese version in terms of how she's singing in Chinese.

listening to it right now. the pitch-correction is so palpable to me. probably this was recorded at the height of her vocal exhaustion so they had to bring the big guns.

I think that's because she was really focused on pronouncing words

This was recorded a bit after CDL, it seems. I think she's focusing heavily on pronouncing the Chinese this time so it isn't too farfetched that they'd have to adjust things.

Wow, she sounds very different for sure, but I like when her vocals go that soft-like, I wouldn't mind if she sings more like this in future songs.

I like her voice here. This sounds better than the Who... (Chinese Version).

She really should have turned My All into a single back when... <3

I'm excited about this release.

I'm glad she dropped her usual act for recording of this song (except for the la-la-la part), even her vibrato sounds natural. The verses sound the best while the chorus sounds like she's out of her comfort zone.

sad to see this important song being used as a tie-up for some chinese game. that’s not right.

I kind of get the vibe that it was meant for something else as well but that got pushed off as a tie-in. This doesn't seem like it's the 'offer' she was talking about when she told us about the song to begin with.

It sounds really nice! Can’t wait to show this to my best friend who is Chinese.

https://i.imgur.com/uNh7c8f.png

The game made a bit of a poster for the song!

https://i.imgur.com/8SEuKRQ.png

There was also a Weibo post that goes over how they invited Ayu to do it for the 5th anniversary and how it's such a big song for Chinese fans.



In an interesting turn of events, avex started releasing the single today in Japan as well. It's also on YouTube but unavailable at the moment, it seems? Might be usable for people in Japan though.

Yes it sound a bit random but I imagine that the original project has been affected by the corona if we assume that’s the song was planned for something bigger ? anyway its a good things to me everything she can do for her asian fans is a good thing.

Nice that they release it in Japan too. Not expecting it to have a significant impact on the charts, but it’s still pretty cool!

I thought the "offer" was a TikTok deal, right? She obviously got paid to join the app and making all that campaign.

I think they had already planned on joining TikTok for her anniversary so it was likely separate from that. The 'offer' was something she initially didn't do because it was too hard the first time she did it "last year" sometime in 2019.

It's refreshing to hear her sing an entire song in another language. She did sound different and I had to refer to the lyrics to understand her words though! Nonetheless, it was a big feat!

I do like her voice here, but won't be listening to it as I'm not a fan of Chinese in general ^^; not her Chinese in specific, I have zero ideas if she's pronouncing it right hahaha

I'm seriously fascinated by her voice here, it sounds absolutely nothing like it in the Japanese version. It doesn't sound bad, it just sounds really really different. Not even just from the original but a lot of her other songs.

It's now on Spotify as well! I only wonder why they use 13 years old GUILTY cover on it

^ Probably because it's a song is from GUILTY, even if it's in another language

Holy shit 12 years?!?!?!?!

It's scary thinking about her older discography... like MY STORY is 16 years old this year.

I suddenly feel very old:shakehead

wasn't the offer the singing contest thing? I don't remember if it was confirmed as fake, but I was pretty sure it was going to be for that

We don't know. The singing contest thing / Sing Tour was brought up separate months before as a "she is our planned guest" and was to film in Japan before the Olympics.

her voice is so powerfull singing in chinese omg
not that high pitch or screaming

I’d love for her to sing like this in Japanese.

Aww :heart

I'm sorry.. but the voice don`t sounds like Ayu. If I wouldn't know, it is her, I would say, an other singer has sing it. I really can not hear Ayu there.

I think it's similar to how she sounds in English when she sings in Chinese, it's very different. Just how things are sometimes when people sing or speak in another language especially one like Chinese.

to be honest, if I wouldn't know it is Ayu's song, I would never guess it is HER singing this Chinese version, she sounds so much different. No sure if it is a good or a bad thing, just saying ... :)

however, her Chinese is ... ergh ... very mediocre to put it lightly, there are some parts where she is really good but also some parts where I wouldn't even guess she is singing in Chinese.

Chinese is probably the most difficult to sing if you're not fluent but I think Ayu had more help with this than with Chinese Who.... so it sounds slightly better. When Korean or Japanese artists learn they usually just learn the base 'sounds' but the tones never come through so it all blends.

Some lyrics needed correction, here is the correct version:

時光記錄下了我們的經歷
那是我從未想過的奇妙際遇
曾被我們認為遙遠的距離
也已經都成為了過去
或許現在我們擁有的一切
儘管不夠完美卻還依然燦爛如新
像那聚集幸福光芒的水晶
正閃耀著奪目的光明
一路上的風景
有坦途有崎嶇
可讓我最安心
是一直在身邊的你
是你讓我相信
前方的路不會只是
一個人的旅行

我會讓你看見夢沒有終結
它還在閃著光 等我們向前
想要讓你觸碰 夢想的真切
這是屬於我 最真實的心願

多想要能一直在你的身邊
就像你愛著我不管路多險
就讓我守護你 用我的一切
守護屬於我們的 小小世界


從來沒有留下 一絲的悔意
直到如今 我一樣可以這樣斷言
無論何時 我們都竭盡全力
那是來自心底的勇氣
那些孤獨的夜
你是空中的月
擦乾我的淚眼
照亮了未知的世界
是你讓我相信
前方的路不會只是
一個人的旅行

我會讓你浮現 久違的笑顏
它還在我腦海在我的心間
還想要再看到 再會那一天
所以我依然 還期待著相見

我仍然能感到你 愛如春天
那溫暖的感覺 從來未走遠
想要讓你觸碰 夢想的真切
這是屬於我 最真實的心願

我會讓你看見夢沒有終結
它還在閃著光 等我們向前
想要讓你觸碰 夢想的真切
這是屬於我 最現實的心願

多想要能一直在你的身邊
就像你愛著我不管路多險
就讓我守護你 用我的一切
守護屬於我們的 小小世界

Her Chinese pronunciation is absolutely terrible, but I really appreciate her effort!
It's really interesting how much her pitch changes singing in other languages. I actually like the sound!

Oof, sorry (or not) for bumping old threads left and right, but there seems little point in making a new thread when a perfect one exists already.

So damn, I did not listen to this until day, and it has left me a bit weirded out. Various things I don't really get - the song choice, for instance? Obviously this is a matter of personal preference, but I find the song itself not particularly noteworthy and would have chosen something else certainly for any Chinese ventures.

The quality of the Chinese I can't assess as I don't speak it. The vocals, however, also caught me off-guard. I had trouble even recognizing Ayu in there. For me, her awesome voice is a large part of the appeal but that character to me felt lost here. Such a shame.

Not going to end up in regular rotation for me, I think :)

It's a fan favorite, specially for the Asian ones. I'm also not a fan of MY ALL, but I can understand the appeal. Maybe that was the reason they chose to do it (and it's a theme of a chinese videogame, so it's not only 'a gift for fans' or something).

That's true I guess. I wasn't aware of its fan fav status, thanks for clearing that up :)

She ends every single show with that song, I guess the song ended up being a love letter for her fans.

I guess this is where it's become blatantly obvious I don't care much for lives, hahaha :o