The Party Queen era concepts analysis thread!

[Surreal17]

I love Deli's analysis.

few words about the artwork
Have you all noticed how on the back of the album, the city landscape turns purple? Her name is also written with the same colour on the front cover so I think the conclusion is that at the end of the battle ayu finally 'reached an agreement' with her self. Party Queen letters are written with yellow and the "13 album" stamp is like a mix between Ayumi & the party queen (a bit more yellow signifying ayu's bad habbits, traumas, disappointments, sacrifices, lush life etc. & less purple - ayu knows that she must find a balance in everything).

Symbolism of colours.
Purple became the color of kings, nobles, priests and magistrates all around the Mediterranean in Ancient times. Also, Purple and violet also played an important part in the religious paintings of the Renaissance. Angels and the Virgin Mary were often portrayed wearing purple or violet robes.

Yellow is commonly associated with gold, wealth, and pleasure, but also with envy, jealousy and betrayal.

The use of colours are realy interesting but still, it may not be true what I'm implying.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by Surreal17

I love Deli's analysis.

few words about the artwork
Have you all noticed how on the back of the album, the city landscape turns purple? Her name is also written with the same colour on the front cover so I think the conclusion is that at the end of the battle ayu finally 'reached an agreement' with her self. Party Queen letters are written with yellow and the "13 album" stamp is like a mix between Ayumi & the party queen (a bit more yellow signifying ayu's bad habbits, traumas, disappointments, sacrifices, lush life etc. & less purple - ayu knows that she must find a balance in everything).

Symbolism of colours.
Purple became the color of kings, nobles, priests and magistrates all around the Mediterranean in Ancient times. Also, Purple and violet also played an important part in the religious paintings of the Renaissance. Angels and the Virgin Mary were often portrayed wearing purple or violet robes.

Yellow is commonly associated with gold, wealth, and pleasure, but also with envy, jealousy and betrayal.

The use of colours are realy interesting but still, it may not be true what I'm implying.

Be cautious while using color symbolism to analyse eastern stuff, color symbolism isn't universal and different cultures add different meanings to different colors... I'm not an expert on japanese color symbolism, but I know white for example is used on several death related rituals over there, unlike in the west where we tend to use black. Or using an example closer to me, while blue is often associated with sadness and depression on Europe and North America, it's a very joyful color on the brazilian culture, mostly because we link it with the clear and warm summer sky.

But as I said, I don't really know japanese color symbolism, so, you may be right xD And I think it's interesting applying color symbolism while seeing Ayu's work, even because I remember reading once that japanese design puts the color meanings/feelings over the color contrast and aesthetic while picking up color pallets.

[marty]

Yes, I was hoping this thread would be posted!!
I feel too Love Songs, Party Queen and LOVE again are a trilogy, they're too connected, lyric wise.
I always felt like Tell me why is addressed to Ayu too. Maybe it's somehow about Mannie too (perhaps is about them, very far away, talking to each other in front of a computer screen), but a lot of themes are too familiar. Like the part when she's singing "why do you take all the blame" or "why do you desperately try to hide your weakness, saying “I’m fine”. Ayu used similar expressions about herself many times before, in lyrics and interviews.