Rock'n'Roll Circus 4/14 new album information [XIII]

[truehappiness]

I would think Microphone.. but idk. The people who were there did say they filmed it, right? It really should be included..

Sexy little things was filmed after Microphone was, so I would think perhaps... Sexy little things instead?

They might show glimpses of the fans every so often during BOTH of the making ofs though, haha.

[Aderianu]

pic from diary

[truehappiness]

Wait, what is this for? She did MUSIC JAPAN and HEY!HEY!HEY! already... so...?

HUH? Haha.

CDTV?

[KPL]

So that's the photo for MS performance right?

[KPL]

BTW anyone who has the LL translation? THX

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by LUOYUXIANG

BTW anyone who has the LL translation? THX

masa should post one soon, but here's one that Misa-chan did.

Last Links

目覚めとともに 窓に目を向け
やわらかく強く射し込め光を
見たらなぜだか 涙こぼれた
聞こえたんだろう 確かに感じたんだろう
今日のこんな空ならきっと うまく歩いていける気がするんだ

そう僕らはこの青いホシを踏みしめては生きてくんだよ
この世界に広がり続けるすべての魂は癒されなくとも


うつむいたなら 立ち止まればいい
進むべきではないという合図なんだろう
今日の空は高く遠すぎるから うまく呼吸ができないよ

でも僕らはこの青いホシを 踏みしめては生きてくんだよ
この世界に はびこり続けるすべての怒りは止められなくとも



今日のこんな空ならきっとうまく歩いていける気がするんだ

今僕らはこの青いホシを踏みしめては生きてくんだよ
この世界にまだ残っている 愛を確かに抱き締めながら

この世界にまだ残っている
愛は確かにここに残ってる

Opening my eyes and looking out the window
Watching the illuminating light, gentle yet strong
Somehow, my tears fell
Can you hear it? Surely you can feel it
If this is today's sky, we can surely set off well

Yes, we have lived by stepping out on this blue star (Earth)
We will continue to spread around the world, even if we can't heal any souls

If you can't lift up your head, it's best if you stop here
Because it's a sign that you can't go on
Because today's sky is too high up, too far out of reach, you won't be able to breathe

But we have lived by stepping out on this blue star
We will continue to spread around the world, even if we can't stop all the rage

If this is today's sky, we can surely set off well

Now, we have lived by stepping out on this blue star
We will leave our mark in this world, while holding tightly onto love

We will leave our mark in this world
We will surely leave our love here

The interludes for this album are EPIC imo. In a live context, they're going to be MORE EPIC THAN EPIC CAN BE.

So that's the photo for MS performance right?

Why would she post it 5-6 days after it happened though? Hm...

[Material Boy]

(Same message as in JPM)
Guys, I did my best to read and romanize the Last Links lyrics, but I'm sure it's full of mistakes, so please correct me if you see something wrong (especially if you can read kanji!!)

Spoiler:

目覚めとともに 窓に目を向け
やわらかく強く射し込め光を
見たらなぜだか 涙こぼれた
聞こえたんだろう 確かに感じたんだろう
今 日のこんな空ならきっと うまく歩いていける気がするんだ

そう僕らはこの青いホシを踏みしめては生きてくんだよ
この世界に広がり 続けるすべての魂は癒されなくとも

うつむいたなら 立ち止まればいい
進むべきではないという合図なんだろう
今日 の空は高く遠すぎるから うまく呼吸ができないよ

でも僕らはこの青いホシを 踏みしめては生きてくんだよ
この世界に はびこり続けるすべての怒りは止められなくとも

今日のこんな空ならきっとうまく歩いていける気がするんだ

今 僕らはこの青いホシを踏みしめては生きてくんだよ
この世界にまだ残っている 愛を確かに抱き締めながら

この世界にまだ残っている
愛 は確かにここに残ってる

metame totomoni mado ni me wo muke
yawarakaku tsuyoku shashiko mu hikari wo
mitera naze da ga namida koboreta
kikoetandarou tashikani kanjitandarou
kyo no konna sora nara kitto umaku aruiteikeru kigasurunda

sou bokura wa kono aoi hoshi wo umishimeta ha ikitekundayo
kono sekai ni hiyogari tsuzukeru subete no kanashimi ha ? sarenakutemo

utsumui tanara tachi domarebaii
susumu bekide ha naito iu ai sunandarou
kyo no sora ha takakudo sugiru kara umaku kokiyu ga deki nai yo

demo bokura wa kono aoi hoshi wo umishimeta ha ikitekundayo
kono sekai ni habikori tsuzukeru subete no hikari ha tomerarenakutemo

kyo no konna sora nara kitto umaku aruiteikeru kigasurunda

ima bokura wa kono aoi hoshi wo umishimeta ha ikitekundayo
kono sekai ni mada nottoteiru ai wo tashikani dakishimenakara

kono sekai ni mada nottoteiru
ai wo tashikani koko ni notteru

[rakeru]

So happy to see so much Yuta Nakano in the credits. Btw, can anyone tell me what Hana Nishimura has worked on in the past? I haven't heard that name passed around.

[truehappiness]

Hana Nishimura is/was a brand new composer whose debut work was Sunrise.

She seems to have done J-R&B indie stuff before, but that's about it.

[sanzo2011]

Booklet looks amazing ! i really want this album !

[truehappiness]

I think that NEXT LEVEL had some really good album interludes, but they didn't really do that great when translated to the stage.

With these interludes, they're great on the album and will probably sound AMAZING/EPIC/EPIC/EPIC when they play during the tour.

If you haven't listened, you'll get what I mean when you do.

but why are they SO BAD apparently?

Some people just really don't like them, like how a ton of people HATE Curtain call.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I think that NEXT LEVEL had some really good album interludes, but they didn't really do that great when translated to the stage.

With these interludes, they're great on the album and will probably sound AMAZING/EPIC/EPIC/EPIC when they play during the tour.

If you haven't listened, you'll get what I mean when you do.



Some people just really don't like them, like how a ton of people HATE Curtain call.

random comparison but okay xD They are just interludes anyway, wont really matter if I like them or not... but people picking on them as they do kinda annoys me a bit lol as I said, they are just interludes

I actually prefer them saying that they are her worst interludes ever than saying that she's done some similar interludes before, it means she's trying new things in her albums all the time

[nanakopy87]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I think that NEXT LEVEL had some really good album interludes, but they didn't really do that great when translated to the stage.

With these interludes, they're great on the album and will probably sound AMAZING/EPIC/EPIC/EPIC when they play during the tour.

If you haven't listened, you'll get what I mean when you do.



Some people just really don't like them, like how a ton of people HATE Curtain call.

this is interesting.i actually thought that the interludes in NL is very suitable for concert tours

[truehappiness]

The interludes are definitely very new for Ayu, haha. Though Jump! sounds like it would fit on NEXT LEVEL somewhat.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

as long as they arent like BoA's IDENTITY interludes, I guess it will be alright

[truehappiness]

as long as they arent like BoA's IDENTITY interludes, I guess it will be alright

HAHAHA. Those footsteps and... that other one that was 5 seconds?

Jeez, those weren't even... hahahaha. They're all about 1:40 seconds and for most people, the introduction is the weakest.

Some descriptions of the interludes if you want to know what they're like:

Spoiler:

THE introduction: Sounds like a bit of a creepy-synth space opera + a strange military drumline portion near the end. With some sparkle harps at the very end, haha.
montage: Super dark creepy orchestral piece with strings, organs, among other things... again, very space opera-y. You'll understand it when you hear it.
Jump!: Really upbeat with Ayu vocalizing "oooooooooooooooo!!!" a lot and a bunch of male voices saying JUMP! for most of it. The genre of this interlude is probably "hard" electronic digital rock.

i actually thought that the interludes in NL is very suitable for concert tours

Pieces of SEVEN and Bridge were imo, but Load and Disco sound better on the CD for me, haha.

[Tony G]

what about disco-munication? best interlude ever. seriously. like ever. and it had an awesome video at AT09.

[maze]

Originally Posted by Tony G

what about disco-munication? best interlude ever. seriously. like ever.

i love you

[love in music]

I love the interludes. There's no Kaleidoscope part 1948539430 I remember someone here wanted to bet me she'd have another one of those on Rock 'n' Roll circus. Looks like you lost~

[truehappiness]

I remember someone here wanted to bet me she'd have another one of those on Rock 'n' Roll circus. Looks like you lost~

Yeah, the only songs HAL is on are You were... and... wait is that it?!