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[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

I hope in the video she's in the club Lady Dynamite meets Fly high style! <3

Cats and/or dogs are also a must.

[Earth_maiden]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

I hope in the video she's in the club Lady Dynamite meets Fly high style! <3

I want the PV to be as close to your siggy as possible. Disco cats, turn tables and random colours.

[Chibi-Chan]

^I would totally love that!!! xD

[Bigtop]

Based on the PV length, I have a feeling this song could end up AT LEAST SIX MINUTES LONG... (and by what I mean it could be that long or longer)

[pimenta]

Originally Posted by Isicio

I'm thinking...what the kind of cd case will use avex for this release? the usual case of the cd+dvd or the normal 2cd case like LOVE and again?

I want a chubby CD+DVD case!! I think they're so much nicer than the regular 2 CD thin cases. But considering some of her later releases were with thin cases, I guess they stopped using the chubby cases for her releases as well
On the other hand, thin cases are much easier to replace if the break... I absolutely can't seem to find completely clear chubby cases for sale

[marty]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

I hope in the video she's in the club Lady Dynamite meets Fly high style! <3

YES.

[ayu_ready?]

good

[Livey~]

Fourth listen right now~
I'm going easy on this lol

[Yumsushi]

Originally Posted by maikaru

Have you never been exposed to exaggerations being used as a device for comedy? I'm trying to inject comedic relief into my rant.

If I truly wanted that effect to be a crime against humanity, I'd be crazy. Jeez.

Some people.

Anyways. About that "box?" Yeah. I'm not sure how wanting her to be a great artist is putting her into a box. Like our friend just posted above us, lots of her songs, like July 1st and Fairyland, are catchy, fun, but the lyrics are great, and the production of the songs are perfect, top notch (Don't get me started on Sunrise, though. I still hate this song too.) The bass is perfect, the synths are in place, and the effects used are neither annoying nor useless. July 1st is a freakin' Mona Lisa, okay. It's my jam. So is INSPIRE, GAME, Boys & Girls, I am..., progress, Song 4 U, Missing, A song for..., etc. The list goes on. I absolutely LOVE Love Again. It's almost perfect for me. Even You & Me has its place.

Praying for a miracle with merry-go-round. Except I kind of hate Verbal. God, this single is not for me. (I guess I should insert the LOL here to illustrate my comedic relief here too, right?)

I don't think your overreacting. The song sounds very dated, in fact the music sounds like it came from a midi. I think decent production could have saved the song but who knows. I can't understand how this is her comeback single. I really want to be excited about it but its very underwhelming.

[ayuinh.k?]

Originally Posted by Yumsushi

I don't think your overreacting. The song sounds very dated, in fact the music sounds like it came from a midi. I think decent production could have saved the song but who knows. I can't understand how this is her comeback single. I really want to be excited about it but its very underwhelming.

I think ayu needs to refrain from using compositions by tetsuya komuro, his music sounds outdated. I really want her to use other composers like Wake me up and tell me why

[Yumsushi]

Originally Posted by ayuinh.k?

I think ayu needs to refrain from using compositions by tetsuya komuro, his music sounds outdated. I really want her to use other composers like Wake me up and tell me why

I don't mind TK at all! In fact I LOVE Love songs, but I don't know what happened here. It's like the studio was a time warp back to the 90s.

[ayuinh.k?]

Originally Posted by Yumsushi

I don't mind TK at all! In fact I LOVE Love songs, but I don't know what happened here. It's like the studio was a time warp back to the 90s.

Love songs is a good consistent album and it was the first time she used TK's compositions in a very very long time, so it sounded "fresh"..but idk what happened afterwards, maybe she needs to find a good arranger for TK songs to sound more modern

[relmy]

I think Love Songs worked because she'd been focused on pushing rock and certain styles for a few years. Rock'n'Roll Circus was so BIG that Love Songs felt like a nice back to basics album that was about 'Ayu' rather than 'Ayu + everyone'? I don't know if that makes much sense. Plus, I think you could tell she was really in love. ;__;

[ExodusUK]

Originally Posted by ayuinh.k?

I think ayu needs to refrain from using compositions by tetsuya komuro, his music sounds outdated. I really want her to use other composers like Wake me up and tell me why

It's more to do with the arrangers, the composer isn't really responsible for the production of the track.

[Andrenekoi]

Trends works in cycles... Almost everything that is big right now is derivative from the 90s. She is just trying aproaching a 90s aesthetic nobody else is in Jpop.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

It's more to do with the arrangers, the composer isn't really responsible for the production of the track.

Tk more often than not arranges his own compositions though, doesn't he?

[hsienko]

Originally Posted by ayuinh.k?

I think ayu needs to refrain from using compositions by tetsuya komuro, his music sounds outdated. I really want her to use other composers like Wake me up and tell me why

And its not like a good nostalgic throwbackish sound either, it just sounds outdated like they're using old technology or something.

[pommy48]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

Tk more often than not arranges his own compositions though, doesn't he?

They used an American arranger this time I believe...I think it was mentioned on LINE or Facebook...or TA, but just one of those places

[Delirium-Zer0]

Jaycen Joshua (who you're probably thinking of) was the mixer (He worked on a few tracks on Love Songs). The arranger is DJ Hello Kitty who, yes, is a remixer/arranger/producer/DJ who's officially tied to Sanrio, dresses up like Hello Kitty, and has CDs and everything.

http://djhellokitty.com/index.html

[Isicio]

Originally Posted by pimenta

I want a chubby CD+DVD case!! I think they're so much nicer than the regular 2 CD thin cases. But considering some of her later releases were with thin cases, I guess they stopped using the chubby cases for her releases as well
On the other hand, thin cases are much easier to replace if the break... I absolutely can't seem to find completely clear chubby cases for sale

yes you're right, is hard to replace that type of cases but are so cool haha we will see what type will be use...