thoughts on Sweet Season PV

[ohsixthirty]

i like the concept of the PV, but i don't like the PV that much. its a little boring. i really wish there was more going on, other scenes or something.

and FEWER CHILDREN. seriously. i don't really like kids anyway, but this is like a kid overload. yuck. they annoy me.

but like i said, the concept i like, i just wish it was executed in a more entertaining way.

[ayu_ready?]

oh yeah it's true

I think too, that the whole PV is like a dream Ayu had but at the end she wakes up as a singer star (judging by her outfit) and in tears, it's like her reality
the kids and ideal "American Dream" life is what she wants and dreams about, but "the reality is so cruel" (hoho past Ayulyrics)

[SKYia]

The 7/8 of this PV is so fake, so american, I thought I'd yawn in technicolour, Ayu looked as if she was there by accident and didn't really know what to do (bad acting OR bad directing), the kids were trying to lipsynch the song but you can clearly see they only know few key words from the lyrics (they could at least teach them the chorus...).

I was truly hoping this all is just some bad joke or parody (sth like Britney's PV, don't know the title, something with Amy in the chorus) and I'm so glad it really was just something like that

All in all I see this PV as an alcohol / drug addict's dream of a completely opposite life, vivid vision, flawless, perfect, as if taken from a fake commercial. Thank you Ayu for this ending, without it I'd hate this PV.

I only wish there were more close ups, for most of the time it is the same going on over and over again, there are only few nice shots, like that girl blowing at the fan, or the slowmotion scene of other girl making bubbles.

[Mari-chan]

Hmm.. the plot is good.... but.. I wished, we could see more from Ayu in it.
You can see the kids all the time.. but Ayu only a little bit.

[asmAyumi1992]

Originally Posted by Mari-chan

Hmm.. the plot is good.... but.. I wished, we could see more from Ayu in it.
You can see the kids all the time.. but Ayu only a little bit.

+100

[Keiichi_JPU]

The ending saves this PV. It's intriguing, dark, gives a lot of meaning to the song and the previous images. Without it, this whole PV would be nothing.

That's why I really, really hope this will be connected to another PV, Last Angel perhaps? I want to know what her REAL life is, because Sweet Season obviously pictures the perfect life she's dreaming of.

[Mitkki]

What's with the complaints about the setting?
It's vintage, sunny, perfect, peaceful, suburban America. Everything one would want with white-picket fence included.
It's also the perfect contrast to the soon turning 32-year-old ayu, alone, with no kids, no lover.
oh ayu


(on a lighter note she makes an incredibly hot mom <3)

[roanmy]

Originally Posted by Mitkki

What's with the complaints about the setting?
It's vintage, sunny, perfect, peaceful, suburban America. Everything one would want with white-picket fence included.
It's also the perfect contrast to the soon turning 32-year-old ayu, alone, with no kids, no lover.
oh ayu


(on a lighter note she makes an incredibly hot mom <3)

I can see Ayu having a lover now, easily! Though I doubt we'll ever know who it is, unless they turn into bf/gf. And 32 and no kids? Omg, hold the press, WHAT a scandal! =p

I'm aure Ayu'll have kids when or if she wants them. According to Kuu she should probably hurry up though. =p

[Lanz16]

Originally Posted by Keiichi_JPU

The ending saves this PV. It's intriguing, dark, gives a lot of meaning to the song and the previous images. Without it, this whole PV would be nothing.

That's why I really, really hope this will be connected to another PV, Last Angel perhaps? I want to know what her REAL life is, because Sweet Season obviously pictures the perfect life she's dreaming of.

I completely agree.


I was surprised to its ending and then it took me time to think what this PV is saying.
Then I re-watch it again and I finally got the message.

The theme of PV is about a person who is dreaming a happy life but in the reality, is in shambles.

I love the song even more so as the PV.

[roanmy]

I thought it was ok, but I LOVED the ending! =D

[GREENdays]

I love the idea behind it and the whole concept, I just felt that it was executed badly. As in, they could of included maybe just one or two other scenes to break things up a little. It got very repetitive after about 2 minutes of shots of kids and Ayu sitting down and by the pool. They needed another scene to keep things abit more exciting.

Having said that, it is one of her better PVs from recently.

[AyuWorld]

from the beginning i was laughing so hard when the kids call her "mom" XDD and then she was like nodding to them (without saying nothing) and drives the car LOL,yea they focus a lot on the kid XD and ayu looks like shes not really comfortable with kids,haha she looks like their big sister XDD

but i love the message here,i think Ayu always wants a happy family like that,the last part is like the young Ayu when shes having fun like other teenagers,deep in her heart she wants a family like that =(

or

she wants a family like that after she retired later XDDD

PS: i dont know,it looks like Ayu VS Miley Cyrus in the last part LOL

[Mitkki]

^ lol.. we're obviously not talking about the same thing.

[Picaflor 7/4]

^I'd think the same thing if it wasn't for the fact that almost all of her pv extras are white. not just this video.

I wouldn't have liked it as much if it wasn't for the ending.

[kotora]

Originally Posted by Picaflor 7/4

^I'd think the same thing if it wasn't for the fact that almost all of her pv extras are white. not just this video.

I wouldn't have liked it as much if it wasn't for the ending.

True, you have your point.

[happiholic★]

I can understand the video, but what makes me not like it are those kids bad singing, and the fact that it just dragged on and on. Didn't like it at all.

[*hearT_Place*]

Hmm...I didn't see "rocker Ayu" in the scene at the end; I saw a girl, who passed out drunk at a party at someone's house and who looked haggard and tired from her lifestyle, wake up and realize she'd just had a really good dream, one that seemed much more fulfilling than whatever life she was living. I didn't necessarily see the video as being specifically about Ayu herself, but it's interesting to consider.

I absolutely loved this PV. It was really cute in the beginning (I actually didn't mind the kids trying to sing along to Ayu's song) and the ending was really jarring. Now, when I watch it, I get a sad feeling once the film starts getting distorted, because I know what's coming

[chu-lips]

is it just me who think that ayu's last scene face looks like britney..
lol..

[Kazeyomi]

Sweet Season PV is a great PV and fits with the song as well. I couldn't imagine anything less cute and lovely as it.
The ending it's quite shocking, at first I was 'wat o___o it was a dream!'. Suddenly the PV turns sad.

I don't mind if her sons are white, or they're trying to sing along to Ayu's song and failed at that or if Ayu don't appear so often in the PV. I really liked

[Nukaru]

I really love this PV. At first I thought it was boring and meaningless. Just happy-go-lucky, no story, no meaning and then the broken girl at the end came along and woke from, probably the best dream, she's had in years.


IMO, Dream-Ayu was never supposed to fit in the PV. She acts awkward in almost every scene of the dream-sequence. She's too happy, too exited, she looks at the kids all the time, not just 'her' kids, but all the kids and gets overly exited. So, IMO, she's not a mom. She seems like she never had kids to begin with. She's happy they're there, but she doesn't know how to express it. If she had kids and her life was like this everyday, she wouldn't act so out of it.

The second verse has her sitting alone at the pool, her feet in the water, the chair she was sitting on is still standing behind her, the balloons are still there, but the kids and her husband are missing. I think, that's the first time, she begins to realize she's dreaming. And since she won't want to wake up, she repeats every scene she saw, to stay in that dream-like phase. She even adds the kids singing to her song, to make that dream even more enjoyable for her (she's smiling when they're singing.)

Then after the second chorus she starts to wake up. The pictures get blurry, the colors change. Flashbacks to all the things she's seen in that dream are coming to her mind.

Dream-Ayu is standing at the pool, with her arms outstretched, like she wants to embrace every single thing she has seen in this dream. The Images get a blue tint, the chair she was sitting on is empty, the picture quality gets worse. And as the little girl blows up the bubbles she just made, she makes the final decision to wake up and let's herself fall into the pool, because she knows she's not supposed to be there. (Some of her interacting with the kids is played backwards, like she was erasing herself out of that dream.)

The colors chage back to normal, the sun isn't shining, and Broken-Ayu wakes up, tearstains on her face, make-up messed up. And she realizes what she dreamed of, why she has tears in her eyes:

Because, she can't be a part of that dream-life. Her carrier (outfit) and her lifestyle (alcohol, knocked over things - either she was angry, held a little party all by herself or she held a party with guests) won't let that happen. That dream-life is everything she wants and can't get, because then she had to choose.


Well, that's my way to interpret a PV I wasn't so fond of when I first saw the short version and instantly fell in love with the first time I watched the full version. It even made me love the song Sweet Season like.. WOAH xD

My 2 cents ^^;