[Official Message] NEW MINI ALBUM『FIVE』 2011.8.31 in stores ~II~

[RayJason]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

i really hope that for FIVE, she won't release short ver PVs..
and i wonder from all those FIVE songs which will be the MAIN song?

progress for sure.

[love in music]

I don't like Lady Dynamite OR my name's WOMEN. they both drag on far too long and there's nothing special about them. LD is worse though. I remember when first listening to a LQ rip of it I was like "wait, that's it? there must be more going on in the HQ instrumental so I'll wait" but it was still bland. it just seems incomplete for an ayu song - doesn't have a climax or really go anywhere. Plus her vocals are really weak. I never had an issue with the PV though, it actually made me be able to tolerate the song. same with the my name's WOMEN PV.

don't even know why we're discussing these songs but I'm bored so whatever.

[pepper]

Originally Posted by love in music

I don't like Lady Dynamite OR my name's WOMEN. they both drag on far too long and there's nothing special about them. LD is worse though. I remember when first listening to a LQ rip of it I was like "wait, that's it? there must be more going on in the HQ instrumental so I'll wait" but it was still bland. it just seems incomplete for an ayu song - doesn't have a climax or really go anywhere. Plus her vocals are really weak. I never had an issue with the PV though, it actually made me be able to tolerate the song. same with the my name's WOMEN PV.

don't even know why we're discussing these songs but I'm bored so whatever.

this is exactly how I feel about LD, my english is too week to write that lol

I have good feelings for JUNO collab and BRILLANTE. I think the Urata song will be boring and beloved will be something like meaning of love which I meh so bad. I already love progress but the verses are kinda veeery medium.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

I have absolutely no expectations for the collabs...ugh.

I hope beloved is astounding. A ballad about being in love and happy.

[ayumisrael]

I will get both versions from CDjapan then, I don't need a hair rubber and it will be too expensive with a mini fan (from mu-mo > tenso).

I wish that there would be boys/girls versions of TA/mu-mo gifts

[Chibi-Chan]

Mh, am I the only one who is absolutely excited for the collabs? xD

[love in music]

^I'm excited for the Urata one since I like his voice but I really don't like JUNO's voice so I'm not as excited for that, though I am still interested to hear it.

[PoetGirl]

lol, which songs you like by ayu, you people are strange

my name's WOMEN is so powerful and dope, and Lady Dynamite is in your face and strong
Btw ayu is all about being agressive and strong so what actually you like by ayu lol

[love in music]

Originally Posted by PoetGirl

lol, which songs you like by ayu, you people are strange

my name's WOMEN is so powerful and dope, and Lady Dynamite is in your face and strong
Btw ayu is all about being agressive and strong so what actually you like by ayu lol

She has much better powerful tracks. Rule, Microphone, t2m, Love Song, I am..., (miss)understood, alterna, 1 LOVE, until that Day..., & Heartplace come to mind.

[PoetGirl]

Originally Posted by love in music

She has much better powerful tracks. Rule, Microphone, t2m, Love Song, I am..., (miss)understood, alterna, 1 LOVE, until that Day..., & Heartplace come to mind.

and I love them all

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by love in music

She has much better powerful tracks. Rule, Microphone, t2m, Love Song, I am..., (miss)understood, alterna, 1 LOVE, until that Day..., & Heartplace come to mind.

Love Song is not very powerful either imo, very watery. (miss)understood is a decent classic now but standalone it's not that powerful.

[RayJason]

This slowly is becoming an "my name is WOMEN" vs. Lady Dynamite" thread ....

I think that
・Why... feat. JUNO will suck, because I have heard this guy's voice. Though maybe he can sound good when collaborating with ayu.
・beloved will be great, and I hope that it will be a strong ballad, or something like Days.
・progress I already love this, so nothing can go miss with this.
・ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA I have no hope for this one, but maybe it turns out to be good.
・BRILLANTE this will not be a gay (themed) song, at least I don't hope so.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by krtman2002

Then, am I the only one who loves Lady Dynamite and hates My names women and GREEN?

I hope we could watch one of the Pvs before the album release.

Originally Posted by isthisLOL?

I am absolutely in love with Lady Dynamite. It's unique in Ayu's discography as it is an upbeat but non-happy-pop song you can sing along to with an attitude that isn't there often. I never got how people found it boring, when it comes on I start moving around and singing along lol I don't want a second Lady Dynamite but as a song I love it, one of my favs of Rock 'n' Roll Circus definitely.
While my name's WOMEN never got me, it always had this incredibly generic and thin sound to me and the video looked awkward in parts. It's a mix of the outfits, wigs and the actual video(it's one of the rare cases where 4:3 annoys me, it would have looked more...epic in 16:9k, with more of a view of the set)

Originally Posted by ren'ai

I second the

Lady Dynamite is awesome. I'd kill for another song like that on the mini

YAY LADY D LOVE!!!

Back on topic. I'm still not that excited for this release, I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't have any expectations for how anything will sound. I guess I'm more in a "Let's see how this turns out" state. I know the music won't suck because it's Ayu so I'm not really worried about the songs.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

YAY LADY D LOVE!!!

Back on topic. I'm still not that excited for this release, I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't have any expectations for how anything will sound. I guess I'm more in a "Let's see how this turns out" state. I know the music won't suck because it's Ayu so I'm not really worried about the songs.

BEST STATE TO BE IN! I'm constantly in this state now as it holds no expectations so you can't really be "disappointed" from the ideas and perceptions you create in your head before the release. I felt this way before Love songs. Yes I was excited, but I wasn't doing it overkill and the album was great. I know if I had any other expectations of what the album should/would be, I would have been disappointed. But this way, I had no thoughts on individual songs and that is the best way to go into releases.

[PoetGirl]

Im not as excited as I can be for new ayu release because of the date. I mean, thats literally the end of summer, and we all know what end of the summer brings - school

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by PoetGirl

Im not as excited as I can be for new ayu release because of the date. I mean, thats literally the end of summer, and we all know what end of the summer brings - school

I would be (I already finished school 4 years ago) since going to school with new music from ayu and return home and listen to it was always awesome. xD

[PoetGirl]

School means no free time for me, thats why Im sad, I wish she released it now so I can enjoy it through summer

[ayumimylove]

BRILLANTE maybe will be a happy-cutie with a summer sense

Another song i REALLY hope that will be better than DREAM ON

beloved Uhm maybe will be the winter ballad for this year

Why.... I don´t know who is JUNO so nothing comes to mind

progress... I LOVED IT it´s so anime xD, the instrumental sounds really cool and powerfull vocals.

So...maybe FIVE will be good , I really hope she´ll surprise me

[JackieRos]

I love Lady Dynamite the song and the pv, it just takes time to love it.
I hated it at first and then I felt in love.

My favorite part is when they go ooooh ah ooooh ah

The pv is something that ayu never does but it worked for me.
But no I don't want and don't think we'll get another pv like that.

[truehappiness]

That's normally how I am for any new releases, lol.

I wonder if BRILLANTE will end up being the "experimental-ish" track of the album. The translation of the description (mysteriously impressionistic) leads me to think so anyway, along with the breakdown of the tracks so far. (2 medium numbers, 1 pop-rock (progress), 1 ballad... then there's whatever BRILLANTE ends up being.) I think we've had at least one per album for the last few years.

I hope it's going to be upbeat. We seem to be lacking them on the album, buuuu.