New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [VIII]

[pepper]

anybody hear the "steam" sound in the Return Road? Omg, it does sound epic.
and lol a cup of tea, I just listened the full preview and it sound a little dubstep or I am crazy? XDDDDDD

[TeamAyu2004]

its so close! next week we have the full stuff cominng! Yes!
Letter is amazing to me, I'm actually like the entire rock section of the album.
this is going to be epic.

[JackieRos]

resisting the previews >.<

[Deep snow]

Originally Posted by JackieRos

resisting the previews >.<

So strong

Anyway, I'm anticipating an awesome setlist for the tour! OMG an entire ballad section (perhaps of Return Road, Letter, reminds me and Tell me why) with more singing and less-to-no crying would be fantastic. FANTASTIC I TELL YOU.

[pepper]

^ ballads? the only ballad I can hear there without hbya, it's Letter, but it's still not the generic Ayu ballad. xD

[xLuna&1LOVE]

I failed resisting.


I have already my favourites. They are between taskebab and cup of tea

[HanabiChick]

Listened to the previews, and I liked everything after taskebab. I've heard the full radio leak of Party queen, it didn't grab me as it's the type of song I don't like, and the same with what little I heard of NaNaNa and Shake It♥. Everything after that I liked, and I'm looking forward to hearing the full versions of those.

[Griz Lee]

This album is just EPIC .really like all the songs and serenade suprised me ...i think, its the best iinterlude in the album

[pepper]

My friend who is not an Ayu fan just told me (I forced her to listen to the previews) that she loves... Party queen. She told me "All I can see that I am dancing on the table and everyone is singing the chorus with me" <3

GIVE.ME.THE.LEAK.

[freedreamer]

anyone thinks its advisable to start listening the album from the back onwards..
13&14
10-12
so on..
im afraid of ending up dissing the back tracks after hearing the power in front lol

[TeamAyu2004]

I already dont like the two jazz tracks, so thats a minus for me... But, HBYR is amazing, so I think I might listen through to get to that track!

Originally Posted by pepper

^ ballads? the only ballad I can hear there without hbya, it's Letter, but it's still not the generic Ayu ballad. xD

i would consider all the rock songs something along the lines of a rock ballad...
but not the typical ayumi ballad true. more like because of You

[Lady_Eowyn]

Spoiler:

Our prayers were finally heard...more rock and nomedium tempoballads! *________*

I'll wait till i get my album anyway, i'm really excited!

[truehappiness]

She did have like two albums of ballads/medium tracks so... rock was bound to come soon after that, haha.

You're Party Queen.
I'm a lonely Queen.

I can't wait to hear that line in NaNaNa.

[TeamAyu2004]

i noticed that she does rock when she is "down" in terms of life...
and ballads when she is happy.. lol

[ayu_ready?]

from the previews

I like NaNaNa & Shake it
Letter is typical & call is typical too
I don't like reminds me
Return Road is epic to me already
Tell me why is really sad, a big + from me
the NEXT LOVE sounds weird somehow, only after the 3d listen I was able to understand it is 'musicalesque'. do not like it,though. nothing beats Pride
Eyes, Smoke, Magic I never believed she'd do that! shocked.

but why her vocal sounds strained..?

[douggn]

I could see Eyes, Smoke, Magic getting used in front of Sexy little things in a concert. Going to be fun subbing Return Road I Think Return Road and NaNaNa could be my favorite from PQ

[attractive nausea]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

You're Party Queen.
I'm a lonely Queen.

I can't wait to hear that line in NaNaNa.

This is from NaNaNa's lyrics? Never saw it anywhere, i may have missed something i guess .0.

[truehappiness]

Someone who went to the showing mentioned a few lyrics and You're a Party Queen/I'm a lonely Queen was one of the lyrics that showed up. It seems that they showed the songs along with a projector that showed the lyrics as the songs played.

[zellyx]

From her SCawaii 2012 interview:
Lots of Ayu choreography?

Q:[I'm so envious, just because you had it! (laugh) So before I self-destruct, let's return to talk about the album. 「Eyes, Smoke, Magic」 and 「the next LOVE」 seem to have musical influences in them.]

A: ["I went to see lots of Broadway musicals when I was in London, and also went to dance school. I challenged myself to create choreography for 1 song every 3 days, and I made use of my knowledge of musicals in that too. I have never tried how my voice and songs would sound like in the genre, so during my stay in London, I ordered chorus member Timmy to create songs with requests like "I want a song that feels of this particular scene in this musical". And so these 2 songs were created after nights of discussion and work. I managed to create these because I was in London, and because I had Timmy. The guy whom rumors call my new lover. (lol)"]

[Deep snow]

Originally Posted by pepper

^ ballads? the only ballad I can hear there without hbya, it's Letter, but it's still not the generic Ayu ballad. xD

I consider the songs from taskebab until a cup of tea somewhat ballads. What's generic ayu-ballad, by the way? I'm definitely getting some 'classic' ayu-ballad-vibes from reminds me, Return Road and Tell me why (although now we've established that Tell me why is a cover, but I suppose it still counts as an ayu-ballad now that she's the one singing it).

Some of these songs just feel...at home

And whoa

Originally Posted by truehappiness

You're Party Queen.
I'm a lonely Queen.

I can't wait to hear that line in NaNaNa.

So she's being explicit about the whole sad party queen thing. These little details are killing me.