New single 'Dreamed a Dream' by Tetsuya Komuro out July 31st, 2020

[Katsuyuki012]

His "retirement" didn't last all that long, he returned a few months later.

[summerain]

Originally Posted by Katsuyuki012

His "retirement" didn't last all that long, he returned a few months later.

There's a meme in Brazil that I think it fits so well with his situation. "I was humiliated, I'll deactivate my account for a few weeks".

[Raiu-Ayu]

That ELT mash up is amazing but this Eurobeat one wins the game for me

[chocopockymaster]

Originally Posted by Raiu-Ayu

That ELT mash up is amazing but this Eurobeat one wins the game for me

omfg that is fucking fantastic

[polka-dot-jewel]

Originally Posted by Raiu-Ayu

That ELT mash up is amazing but this Eurobeat one wins the game for me

this is AWESOME

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by Raiu-Ayu

That ELT mash up is amazing but this Eurobeat one wins the game for me

This party is on crack, I can't dance that fast.

Originally Posted by vayarose

Love the chorus. It remind me with the 90-es era or an anime OP song. She need more songs like this.

It keeps reminding me of Identity's chorus.

The instrumental bridge (not the guitar one, but I like it a lot too) is the best part, so bombastic and explosive.
I think the only things I dislike about this track are uuuh parts (and they also last too long), very dry and semi-cutesy voice in the verses. Oh, there's also one note in the second verse that sounds sharp as if it's a result of pitch correction mistake, but then I realized it was a choice, I just don't like how it ruins the melody (nanimo KAmo ga).

Originally Posted by Aderianu

I understood what bothers me the most. It's the intro and the same part near the end. I want to try to cut them

The intro is fantastic.

Originally Posted by Yoake

But the arrangement of the chorus...where is the explosion?

I agree, some power is missing. But I don't know what exactly could've fixed that, something rockish?

[maririn]

Originally Posted by Katsuyuki012

His "retirement" didn't last all that long, he returned a few months later.

yeah, I was just reading that. I guess he needs to keep working to pay off his debts...

I have a mixed feeling about his composing and returning to the industry

He's a talented composer/producer but he's not, imo, the greatest human being, especially when it comes to his girlfriends/wives...

[DonkeyKongRemix]

Wow. This sounds great!!!
😯

This and her last song will be great for an album. I can feel it coming.

[Chibi-Chan]

Regarding TK and his "retirement" keep in mind that it is the common thing to do in Japan, especially for politicians, to "retire" after a scandal and then to come back with a "different" job/job title.
TK is a shitty human being and I would have preferred it if he would have been gone for good, but it was clear that he would come back. Sadly.
I'm really excited for the new song, but there is this little "bad taste" to it because of TK for me. Men like TK and the people still working with him despite everything that is known for almost 30 years are the reason why so much abuse can happen and is happing in the industry.

I really hope one day keiko will be able to come back with a solo project. She would deserve it and I always felt that globe only got the fame it got because of what she was able to deliver with her voice. TK is a skilled composer, sure, but without keiko's distinctive voice and how she is able to deliver emotions through it (very similar to Ayu btw, I think) is what makes globe songs great in the first place for me.

[MKAyu]

Originally Posted by Chibi-Chan

Regarding TK and his "retirement" keep in mind that it is the common thing to do in Japan, especially for politicians, to "retire" after a scandal and then to come back with a "different" job/job title.
TK is a shitty human being and I would have preferred it if he would have been gone for good, but it was clear that he would come back.

Agree. But what's considered unforgivable in Japan is different. Think of Watsuki Nobuhiro who writes Rurouni Kenshin manga for children. After he was caught with kiddy porn of pre-teen girls he not only made a successful comeback, this year he's doing some project with the creator of One Piece, one of the most popular manga for children there is! Some American twitter complained, but none in Japan that I saw. It's not a career-ending problem there.

I just can't see TK going away anytime soon, because no one with power will mind what he did too much. I'm not thrilled about that, but I'm resigned. Living in Japan for six years, I became very dull to issues like that.

This is the point where the moderators will tell us to get back on topic, so that's all I'll say about that. I know how you feel, but I'm not willing to leave Japan, which has so much I love, behind--so what can we do?

[Toniayu123]

Keep in mind we don’t know Komuro personally. You can’t know a anything for sure until you experience it yourself, so everything is a hypothesis. That aside, her compositions are astounding, for me the best songs Ayu has released were composed by him.

[Chibi-Chan]

^I feel you. There is a lot about Japan I love and I can't wait to get back next year, but this is the stuff that makes you lose faith in humanity as a whole. In Japan's "defence" though, it took decades to take Weinstein down, Polanski still is admired and wins prizes and those are just two of the men in the industry everyone knew about. In the end, it is not much different anywhere and even here at ahs getting a teenager into drugs, fucking her and parading her around in her drugged state, apparently just in underwear, is considered no big deal and a "private matter".
Which is why I won't stop pointing out that TK is a shitty human being. I resignated in so far as that I don't expect this industry to change any time soon, but people can at least know what he did.

[Earth_maiden]

Originally Posted by Chibi-Chan

^I feel you. There is a lot about Japan I love and I can't wait to get back next year, but this is the stuff that makes you lose faith in humanity as a whole. In Japan's "defence" though, it took decades to take Weinstein down, Polanski still is admired and wins prizes and those are just two of the men in the industry everyone knew about. In the end, it is not much different anywhere and even here at ahs getting a teenager into drugs, fucking her and parading her around in her drugged state, apparently just in underwear, is considered no big deal and a "private matter".
Which is why I won't stop pointing out that TK is a shitty human being. I resignated in so far as that I don't expect this industry to change any time soon, but people can at least know what he did.

This makes me want to call out other members in here who are very anti-feminist and pro-Trump and agree with his views on women being second class citizens despite women themselves, but I can't do that without getting banned. But I agree with you Chibi, you don't stop pointing the finger at people who do these things because nothing changes if you don't.

I hope she adds those remixes somewhere, to a special CD or AYU MIX 8 or whatever we're up to.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Fucking love it

[280301]

While this track sounds really intriguing so far, I honestly feel like TK is one of Ayu's weaker composers. Sure, there are some great tracks (Love song, snowy kiss, etc.), but that classic Hamasaki sound was not defined by him at all, and I feel he has never quite achieved it as others have. I'm happy if the song turns out to have a globe-esque sound though.

I do think that Ayu should have avoided working with him also, re: all of the above. It's not a great look, especially as she seems to have a number of feminist-ish songs.

[truehappiness]

I think that his compositions are usually elevated by her arrangement team and it's not usually super positively received when they lean into the "old TK sound" if at all. With all of the songs he had done up till he 'retired', I kind of wonder how much choice there was for Ayu in getting demos since usually she gets a certain amount of demos from Max or her managers then picks from those.

https://twitter.com/GAK0116/status/1287222395153993728

GAK who did the amazing rock mix of M made a version of Dreamed a Dream that sounds AWESOME!!!

[ayujarl]

LOVE the EURO mix!!!

also love this piano mix someone created.

[ayujarl]

Originally Posted by ayujarl

LOVE the EURO mix!!!

also love this piano mix someone created.

OMG Ayumi also put this on her Instagram story!!!
those 3 remixes are so gorgeous~
Please release them as official remixes

[truehappiness]

ats- / Atsushi Sato did an arrangement! He usually does actual Ayu arrangements, lol! (Over, aeternal, WORDS, TODAY) Formerly as part of H/\L he is usually on his own lately. Also he produced some of Kalen's songs.

[mizuki-7]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

ats- / Atsushi Sato did an arrangement! He usually does actual Ayu arrangements, lol! (Over, aeternal, WORDS, TODAY) Formerly as part of H/\L he is usually on his own lately. Also he produced some of Kalen's songs.

So good and somewhat reminiscent of her Loveppears era ! Interesting hear her current vocal with this kind of arrangement I really like Now I’m a afraid that the final song is not as good lol