[News] New mini album out August 5th, 2015 II

[orangeakira]

I really like the line "what would it take for me to be able to hate you?"
I hope the whole lyrics are powerful because as soon as I read that line about summer magic, I rolled my eyes so hard I gave myself a headache.

[primavera♥]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

What would it take
for me to be able to hate you

What would it take
for me to be able to forget you

What would it take, what would it take, what would it take

Please tell me
if there's a way I can go back to being the person I used to be
before all this happened

I like these, these are good.

I feel like one of the only people who enjoys ayu's sappier lyrics most of the time because I'm always in my feelings about something lol. And I like seeing the different feelings she conveys and sympathizing.

[kotora]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

continuation maybe. In my mind I hear it as ballad or midtempo song

どうしたら
嫌いになれるの

どうしたら
忘れられるの

どうしたら どうしたら どうしたら

こうなってしまう前の自分に
ねぇ戻れるのかを教えて

Please don't drop this in the toilet again.

[Delicious n Bold]

It'll be ok if she drops it in the toilet XDD

[Aderianu]

Originally Posted by kotora

Please don't drop this in the toilet again.

ahaha maybe she posted this in twitter so will not lose it again

[pepper]

the lyrics sound dark and rocky, but it can be anything, even a medium song with a "nostalgic" happy vibe like TO BE or November. But the repetition of どうしたら どうしたら どうしたら would make a good aggresive song.

Her sad lyrics can fit into anything.

If she would write something like "Lets go the the beach and shout about how we love each other" we would be 100% its a glitter'esqe song or a ballad.

[aliceshields]

I smell WARNING episode II, but no, please no recycle~ XP

[thinkingoutloud89]

I think these are quite bland and not deep at all. Yes, they can be touching but I wish she would work more with some stylistic intruments of language.

[happiholic★]

Lyrics are blah at best, but at least she writes them herself. Honestly, her career is so long for her to be the sole person who writes her lyrics, I am impressed overall. I don't need deep music from Ayu anymore. Just something I can stand to listen to

What is this I see about July 1st being on the digital single?

[Aderianu]

Originally Posted by happiholic★

What is this I see about July 1st being on the digital single?

it's re-release in HD format

[thinkingoutloud89]

^well, she is not changing...or not progresing so there is nothing new to write about.

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by happiholic★

Lyrics are blah at best, but at least she writes them herself. Honestly, her career is so long for her to be the sole person who writes her lyrics, I am impressed overall. I don't need deep music from Ayu anymore. Just something I can stand to listen to

What is this I see about July 1st being on the digital single?

I agree lol. The lyrics sound identical to shit I've seen 15-year-old kids post all over Twitter. @_@ Totally uninspired and forced for the sake of filling lines without anything to actually say.

[Andrenekoi]

^Or to sell music to those 15-years-old. What usually is the goal of her seasonal releases anyway.

[Chibi-Chan]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

^Or to sell music to those 15-years-old. What usually is the goal of her seasonal releases anyway.

Haha exactly my thoughts

[orbitalaspect]

It would be nice to see Ayu challenge herself to write an entire album of songs that have nothing to do with love, not a single lyric about a relationship or missing someone or anything like that. Just an honestly creative album about something other than love.

Because even on A ONE, 7 out of the 11 songs are about love. It's a bit tired now.

[happiholic★]

Well, there are different kinds of love. She isn't always necessarily talking about romantic love.

[NintendoHTF1242]

What is there for her to even write about though lol friendships? We got July 1st for that. Nostalgic childhood memories? fairyland. Death? ever free. Alcohol? Party queen.

Ayu has always been really insightful on the topic of love, and I always find her lyrics regarding it pretty interesting.

[thinkingoutloud89]

more universal tehemes
and you can still write abourt love, but in a more clever way

[Delicious n Bold]

She should write about drugs
It'll be something new at least

[primavera♥]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

What is there for her to even write about though lol friendships? We got July 1st for that. Nostalgic childhood memories? fairyland. Death? ever free. Alcohol? Party queen.

Ayu has always been really insightful on the topic of love, and I always find her lyrics regarding it pretty interesting.

Lol right. Ayu's talked about so much stuff over time. It's not like she's an expert on every aspect of life ever. But she is pretty insightful, emotional, wise, and aware from all that she has written over time. A song is born is still one of my favorites from her lyrically.

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Love is a very big thing. And I think she's explored that in many ways so I can see people tiring of it. But it's probably just really relevant to her like it is to some other people.

Maybe one day she'll be inspired to make some intense social commentary about different things, although she has songs for women, etc. That'd be cool. But I don't necessarily expect it, especially if she wasn't well-versed on many things.

And I suppose she could be more creative in how she expresses things even in the same topics but to me, she already writes well (through translation) and it's probably better in Japanese.

Her situation is similar to one of my favorite rappers who catches crap for the creativity of his lyrics while praise from others. The praise comes from him being an amazing storyteller and extremely relatable and soulful, even if a bit corny at times. I feel the same way about ayu sometimes.

To each his own though when it comes to lyric preferences and expectations