New album titled 'MADE IN JAPAN'

[Baernash]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

Because that's how artists promote themselves.

Not anymore. Nowadays you can successfully promote new recordings ONLINE by releasing digital singles, promoting on social media etc. Times of getting 2-3 singles before album release are over and I'm happy with that.

[//ABEST]

i think they will cut that horrid opening away since it's called (Original mix) on A7. i bet it's gonna be (album version) without it on upcoming album

[attractive nausea]

Originally Posted by //ABEST

i think they will cut that horrid opening away since it's called (Original mix) on A7. i bet it's gonna be (album version) without it on upcoming album

I loooooooove the opening ♥ And iirc the PV didn't have the opening and i thought it sounded weird

I know i love getting a lot of new material at once but having like 1 or 2 singles out beforehand is nice too, i remember loving looking forward to her singles.

[rainbow_smile]

Idk, all her singles say "Original mix" regardless whether the album version is any different.

I wouldn't mind if she included Winter diary, I'm in the minority that actually loves the song lol

[Lilly]

Kiss o' kill. I love this song, it would be awesome to see her performing it. Did she ever perform Pray live? I love this song too and would like to see it.

[attractive nausea]

^ I think she did Pray during TA tour last year but i'm not sure anymore

[Uknow!]

^ She did but I think it wasn't recorded

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by Uknow!

^ She did but I think it wasn't recorded

Too bad, I wanted to see it, I really love this song

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Well singles used to mean lots of new lives and magazines. Then she stopped promoting.

But I mean it used to be a given that we'd have a entire year to build up to an album with great videos and promotion in between.


Her albums got to the point where there'd be like 6-7 music videos. Because she had lots of time to record them over the year for the singles, then she would make videos for 2-4 songs on the album.

So singles used to mean a lot... Haha

[js_surrealism]

ayumix 8 pls

[Party_King]

Originally Posted by js_surrealism

ayumix 8 pls

Hell yeah! I would be totally in for that! ♥

Originally Posted by Zeke.

I think also, singles provide for the opportunity to deliver a concept. A mini "world" and environment can be fleshed out from the songs and turned into a visual spectacle. It allows for a bit of extravagance, and the world of Hamasaki Ayumi seems much larger and expansive when you look back on a year and see all the different places she took you with her paintings of works. It's like the door opens every 3 months and it's a new place to explore, a new vision to be seen. I miss that feeling of waiting for the door to open again, and the curiosity as to what we will be shown this time. As the release date gree closer, we'd all have our ears pressed to that door. We'd begin to hear muffled sounds (snippets, CM spots) - processing the tease of what's to come. That's how I remember it.

Exactly this.

[Gustavopc]

^ Whenever I'm writing a post right after your I get distracted by your sign lol (not complaining tho)

I wasn't expecting the album to be named MADE IN JAPAN, that's a surprise for me lol I guess that's an opposite route of the usual? To me it looks like the tour named the album, not the other way round.

Either way I hope she goes for some traditional Japanese elements on some of the songs. Like, I don't need her to sing enka on the album (would love it tho) but songs hinting on it, like Shape of Love and Will

[truehappiness]

I think it's just changed a bit as the industry has changed and as Ayu herself has changed. I don't know if we'll ever get that again with her pulling away from promo almost completely and no CM tie ups anymore.

[oaristos]

When it comes to Ayu nowadays I don't care about singles anymore. Colours and A ONE were pretty short and something tells me that she's going to keep releasing albums with fewer tracks, so I'd rather have new material instead of a bunch of tracks from singles. It was different back in the day when a single used to mean a new PV, a bunch of TV performances, promotion, etc. Ah, the old days...

[mi|kshake]

I'm not sure if I'm convinced that the album is going to be "dark" as we don't have much information to go on.

I must be really bad at music too because the version of GREEN from the last CDL doesn't sound anything like rock to me

Same - to me it sounds more, well...Green-y.

[truehappiness]

I think if it makes Ayu think "Is this person going to be okay?!", I'm sure it's a bit different from the usual, lol.

[Gustavopc]

I'd say GREEN was a (Band version) rather than rock... Yeah there was a guitar but that's not enough for me (M at PoM is an example of a rock version)

[Andrenekoi]

It was a japanese version instead of the original chinese arrangment...

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

GREEN (MADE IN JAPAN version) would be a great bonus to a single or album haha.

[Fubuki]

Darker songs (be it because of lyrics, instrumental, both or whatever) are definitely my favourite, but I never hope too much for her to make new ones because she said she writes songs depending on how she feels, and I obviously hope for her to feel good. So, reading what she said about dark lyrics, looks like ayu hit my sweetspot. I wouldn't mind something apparently upbeat and happy-go-lucky but with actually melancholic lyrics such as fairyland; also, I second who said an alterna-like song would be awesome for the internet bullying theme.

Spoiler:

Oh, and I'm in the Winter diary lovers minority group as well. Without the intro, anyway, it wouldn't feel the same: the organ pipe part is just beautiful, and even though in the beginning I wasn't too fond of the "Silent Night" part, I think it introduces the song splendidly.