[News] CDTV reveals cover for 'M(A)DE IN JAPAN'

[koumori]

Originally Posted by Baernash

God, I love these covers. The colours are gorgeous and they're just downright wonderful. I miss alan so much...

[Isicio]

Originally Posted by Baernash

Do you remember alan? Couple of her early singles had covers with eyes opened (for CD+DVD) and closed (for CD only):




I don't mind that mentioned covers are that similar but I'm really disappointed with TA covers - face only (again).

But this covers are well executed like BLUE BIRD covers. Made In Japan covers are good but the CD Only cover could be better, with her eyes looking to the front, up or down.

[douggn]

The cover could simply refer to how she feels, how she has to be careful at what she will say, because the past year, people keep jumping on her, like how she had her staff take over her Twitter, because her japanese fans kept jumping on that she was cheating on her husband over some remarks she made with male friends. It could be a reference to today's social standings and how people react over the littlest thing now a days, that you feel the real problems can never come out. Or it was just a simple idea from her photographer and like said by another user in a few posts ago, it could of just been a 5 min photo shoot

[truehappiness]

She's in a different place as far as her career goes.

At the time when she was a perfectionist workaholic, she was also barely eating right or taking care of herself. If she is healthy and happy, I don't have any issue really with the images she wants to produce now.

[sitara]

^ in the end it is really only up to her. obviously she is happy with the visuals she is putting out there, I am just stating my opinion. because: forum.

she could be eating right, taking care of herself and still make photoshoots like she used to. just saying as an artist her ealier visual work had huge appeal to me and was very inspiring. it's a pity; but obviously she doesn't owe us anything either, I do understand that

[js_surrealism]

Originally Posted by sitara

^ in the end it is really only up to her. obviously she is happy with the visuals she is putting out there, I am just stating my opinion. because: forum.

she could be eating right, taking care of herself and still make photoshoots like she used to. just saying as an artist her ealier visual work had huge appeal to me and was very inspiring. it's a pity; but obviously she doesn't owe us anything either, I do understand that

yea at the end of the day she'll do what she wants, and we either like it or we don't.

she's definitely lost her edge as a visual artist though, but I think that's not what she's going for now. you don't always have to be an innovator to be a popular well-selling pop artist. being vanilla works as well, especially if you've been around forever.

[sitara]

indeed

[TheRainbow]

I always hear praise for I am... but I think it's one of her worst covers, along with (miss)understood and Love songs lol. I don't even think she has had all that many good covers in the past. Just serviceable.

[js_surrealism]

Originally Posted by TheRainbow

I always hear praise for I am... but I think it's one of her worst covers, along with (miss)understood and Love songs lol. I don't even think she has had all that many good covers in the past. Just serviceable.

Lol i agree, but at least there was a concept behind it, and an ambition, though it's not necessarily to my taste?

It feels like since Love songs (maybe even earlier? I'm not sure), it's just close up shots with variations in styling, which is a little static.

I actually think Duty and Rainbow are some of her best covers ever.

[AyuWorld]

Japanesee fans loved the TA cover. our taste is really different lol

https://www.facebook.com/ayuangel.ne...type=3&theater

[rainbow_smile]

Quick poll on Twitter with the question "what's your favorite M(A)DE IN JAPAN cover? " and after 509 votes (mainly from Japanese fans) ... the TeamAyu versions have win! Surprising isn't it ?

It's possible to see who voted on twitter polls? Or is it a function only available to accounts with a lot of followers?

[sitara]

japanese taste really confuses me lol XD
I wish I could sit together with japanese fans and have a discussion about photoshoots/cover design so I can understand why they prefer (in my opinion) bland beauty shots to something that involves an interesting concept / something more to look at than just a face XD I'm really interested!

so this proves that Ayu is right on the money.

[Baernash]

Originally Posted by sitara

japanese taste really confuses me lol XD
I wish I could sit together with japanese fans and have a discussion about photoshoots/cover design so I can understand why they prefer (in my opinion) bland beauty shots to something that involves an interesting concept / something more to look at than just a face XD I'm really interested!

so this proves that Ayu is right on the money.

I tried once and the answer was "she's beautiful, she don't need anything more".
I don't like all those "face only" covers - they don't express nothing. Where the hell is creativity? If I wouldn't knew the singer and somebody would show me this type of covers asking "what kind of singer it may be" or "what's the album concept" I would answer: some mainstream singer with some boring ballads.

[rainbow_smile]

Originally Posted by sitara

japanese taste really confuses me lol XD
I wish I could sit together with japanese fans and have a discussion about photoshoots/cover design so I can understand why they prefer (in my opinion) bland beauty shots to something that involves an interesting concept / something more to look at than just a face XD I'm really interested!

so this proves that Ayu is right on the money.

Because tastes differ and some people prefer something that they like to look at and that looks pretty on their shelves to something with meaning. In fact, even a lot of Western fans don't care about the meaning and concept if the cover doesn't look pretty (Party queen). Besides, not everyone agrees that these covers have a meaning, some people think it's just a pic with a rope, so yeah. That's why everyone's opinion is different

[js_surrealism]

Originally Posted by rainbow_smile

Because tastes differ and some people prefer something that they like to look at and that looks pretty on their shelves to something with meaning. In fact, even a lot of Western fans don't care about the meaning and concept if the cover doesn't look pretty (Party queen). Besides, not everyone agrees that these covers have a meaning, some people think it's just a pic with a rope, so yeah. That's why everyone's opinion is different

I think she looks super pretty in the PQ shots! (again, taste differs)

[Heavenly]

Originally Posted by js_surrealism

I think she looks super pretty in the PQ shots! (again, taste differs)

PQ covers are not the definition of something pretty to put on my shelf xD

[js_surrealism]

I quite like it when she toes the line between trashy and pretty, because that's kind of what her music is like nowadays. It demonstrates a certain level of self awareness that feels intelligent, in control, and empowered to me. But I definitely understand why many people dislike it. It's not my favourite cover, but there was, for me, at least an idea behind the shoot that was coherent to the album theme.

[rainbow_smile]

^ Well, a lot of fans hate it because it looks trashy, that's what I meant to say

[Ryusei]

I think it isn't THAT surprising because this type of pictures also gets the most likes on her instagram.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

I hate party queen because it looks half assed. And also, her image was never a party queen. Like, ever.

She was never a Lindsay or Paris or Britney.

So to try to play up the "media portrayal" of her, it doesn't work--she wasn't portrayed that way.

She's portrayed as a diva, but that's not the same as what's being expressed on PQ. So yeah, that's what makes me hate that cover lol.