new album "A ONE" 2015.04.08 in stores II

[js_surrealism]

For all of the constant criticisms of Ayu's work it's easy to forget that her last really weak album was Love songs. Everything from Party Queen onwards (including A One, if the single + previews are anything to go by) has been rock solid.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by js_surrealism

For all of the constant criticisms of Ayu's work it's easy to forget that her last really weak album was Love songs. Everything from Party Queen onwards (including A One, if the single + previews are anything to go by) has been rock solid.

What?!

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by js_surrealism

For all of the constant criticisms of Ayu's work it's easy to forget that her last really weak album was Love songs. Everything from Party Queen onwards (including A One, if the single + previews are anything to go by) has been rock solid.

Lmao is this a joke?

[js_surrealism]

^ Honestly, although I didn't like GIFT or Story much, I feel like the "generic ballad" / "midtempo" card is thrown out a bit too much. My personal sense is when you've hundreds of songs in your discography, it gets harder and harder to differentiate yourself stylistically. I think rather than dismissing certain songs because it 'sounds generic' it's worthwhile to listen out for how they are different. Sometimes you won't find much, but sometimes the payoff is quite good.

I think the Zutto/LM/Walk single is a good example of something that I was ready to write off at first listen, that I gradually grew to love with repeated listens, identifying different interesting nuances in her voice, the melody, the words.

Originally Posted by Zeke.

Lmao is this a joke?

I think it's pretty apparent that Ls is just not my cup of tea whereas you have a persistent hardon for it, so it's best that we just agree to disagree since we won't convince each other otherwise.

[Coelacanth]

Originally Posted by js_surrealism

I think the Zutto/LM/Walk single is a good example of something that I was ready to write off at first listen, that I gradually grew to love with repeated listens, identifying different interesting nuances in her voice, the melody, the words.

Wouldn't expect anyone here to be able to identify "nuance."

"The Show Must Go On" is already being mythfied in the fandom as a "snowy kiss" rehash and the full song isn't even out yet.

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by Coelacanth

Wouldn't expect anyone here to be able to identify "nuance."

"The Show Must Go On" is already being mythfied in the fandom as a "snowy kiss" rehash and the full song isn't even out yet.

Unless the entire rest of the song is entirely different, it's a snowy kiss rehash.

[Coelacanth]

Originally Posted by Tom Punks

Unless the entire rest of the song is entirely different, it's a snowy kiss rehash.

I mean, fair enough. lol

Quite a dramatic overstatement to say the song is "literally snowy kiss" tho.

I personally can remember the entire melody in the preview of TSMGO without getting it confused with snowy kiss.

The most trouble I ever had confusing the melodies of songs was with the choruses of BALLAD and BRILLANTE, which both begin very similarly.

Originally Posted by pepper

My friend is a huge fan of Bz, he told me that the new recording (ayu said: not for the album) is Bz duet. He showed me promo pic in a store with handwritten kanji, i cant post cause im on a phone, anybody know the news? Is it comfirmed?

Girl, get out of town.

Don't do this 2 me.

[pepper]

Originally Posted by Coelacanth

I mean, fair enough. lol

Quite a dramatic overstatement to say the song is "literally snowy kiss" tho.

I personally can remember the entire melody in the preview of TSMGO without getting it confused with snowy kiss.

The most trouble I ever had confusing the melodies of songs was with the choruses of BALLAD and BRILLANTE, which both begin very similarly.



Girl, get out of town.

Don't do this 2 me.

I dunno i just want to get this comfirmed, the picture says "collaboration single with ayu, in april" xd maybe i missed some fake news?

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by Coelacanth

I mean, fair enough. lol

Quite a dramatic overstatement to say the song is "literally snowy kiss" tho.

I personally can remember the entire melody in the preview of TSMGO without getting it confused with snowy kiss.

The most trouble I ever had confusing the melodies of songs was with the choruses of BALLAD and BRILLANTE, which both begin very similarly.

I'm always dramatic lol.

I don't think they're really that identical, but they feel similar enough that she really doesn't need both. (If we could go back in time and delete snowy kiss that'd be fine too tho.) It's a bigger issue for me because I absolutely abhor snowy kiss and never wanted to have to hear anything like it ever again.

I can't tell Walk apart from Story at all honestly...


LOL @ Ayu collabing with B'z

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by Coelacanth

Wouldn't expect anyone here to be able to identify "nuance."

<3<3<3

[KuuXAyu-fan]

I wish Ayu was shooting PVs for Warning, No Future, and The Show Must Go On. I love her ballads and all but I would rather she did PVs for uptempos...

[yamadashun]

Originally Posted by KuuXAyu-fan

I wish Ayu was shooting PVs for Warning, No Future, and The Show Must Go On. I love her ballads and all but I would rather she did PVs for uptempos...

but there are only 4 PVs in this album and 3 have been confirmed to be Zutto..., Last minute and The GIFT. I really hope the last one (the SM-isque pic she posted on Twitter) will be WARNING or NO FUTURE. but some said it's most probably The Show Must Go On... >_<