[News] New mini album 'sixxxxxx' out August 5th, 2015 IV

[AyuGAME]

Oh my..the longer version of the cover looks so much better

[dumbellz]

Originally Posted by yamadashun

Thank you for the lyrics! Looking forward to English translation.

So excited with the hidden 6th track! If they follow FIVE's style, the hidden song might be "Sayonara feat. ____"(?)

The 6th track is not a hidden 6th track.

[Delicious n Bold]

So far summer diary and step by step sound like A ONE leftovers, even though they have their own lil charms.

[Surreal17]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

So far summer diary and step by step sound like A ONE leftovers, even though they have their own lil charms.

Summer diary is more magical than Step by step but both have those innacesible choruses, I don.t really know how to describe it.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

So far summer diary and step by step sound like A ONE leftovers, even though they have their own lil charms.

They sound nothing like A ONE at all. What did you base that on?

[TheRainbow]

I can see it with Step by step, but not really Summer diary. Though it'd be a good thing in my book, I still play A ONE lol.

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

They sound nothing like A ONE at all. What did you base that on?

Summer Diary sounds like the upbeat child of Out of Control and Story (moreso Story) while Step By Step sounds like No Future x TSMGO. Isn't each song composed by the same people? Yukumi and Komuro, with most being arranged by fan favourite Nakano? (I know TSMGO and OOC aren't). It also doesn't help that the hue of the videos for SD/SBS is quite similar to the hue of A ONE's era. Kind of like this light colouring, dim and cold lighting. SD is blue and SBS has this cold and painful purple feeling, all cold colours, and A ONE is full of cold colours. WARNING is blue (a bit darker), The gift is blue, ayu's FROZEN BLUE in Zutto, the single cover is blue, the album covers are blue , and the lyric booklet is blue (by blue I mean blue tinged/blue hue). The imagery from those videos evokes the imagery of A ONE. So the music looks AND sounds similar.

[primavera♥]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

Summer Diary sounds like the upbeat child of Out of Control and Story (moreso Story) while Step By Step sounds like No Future x TSMGO. Isn't each song composed by the same people? Yukumi and Komuro, with most being arranged by fan favourite Nakano? (I know TSMGO and OOC aren't). It also doesn't help that the hue of the videos for SD/SBS is quite similar to the hue of A ONE's era. Kind of like this light colouring, dim and cold lighting. SD is blue and SBS has this cold and painful purple feeling, all cold colours, and A ONE is full of cold colours. WARNING is blue (a bit darker), The gift is blue, ayu's FROZEN BLUE in Zutto, the single cover is blue, the album covers are blue , and the lyric booklet is blue (by blue I mean blue tinged/blue hue). The imagery from those videos evokes the imagery of A ONE. So the music looks AND sounds similar.

Lol what? Summer Diary does not have the feel of Out of Control. And not Story either. Summer Diary is actually pretty weird. Whenever it starts I feel like I'm about to hear something from ayu 10 years ago. Also her voice in it at times makes it sound like an older ayu. It also doesn't sound wintery like Story.

Now Step by Step, sure. Not No Future though. But TSMGO, obviously. Step by Step is the only thing reminiscent of A One and considering how we got it so close to the release of A One that doesn't surprise me. That song will probably be my main skip track for this release.

I guess if you think about songs being composed by the same people you can try yo make them seem like they're very similar in your head. But IMO, they're not. Summer Diary's PV also has a distinctly warmer feel that those from A One.

[attractive nausea]

Originally Posted by primavera♥

Now Step by Step, sure. Not No Future though. But TSMGO, obviously. Step by Step is the only thing reminiscent of A One and considering how we got it so close to the release of A One that doesn't surprise me. That song will probably be my main skip track for this release.

She recorded Step by Step while A ONE wasn't even out so yes, it does feel like an A ONE leftover and it's not surprising at all. I can't tell anything about Summer Diary because i haven't listened to the song though.
Almost two weeks left until the leak (we always get the leak on saturday before the release) so excited! I wonder when she'll reveal the tracklist.

[Surreal17]

I noticed that the instrumental part of the verses in Summer Diary sounds like footsteps in the water. Hanabi ep. 2 hal.s mix also has this sound and feel.

[Gustavopc]

Great that there's gonna be a sixth track, I am once again hoping for a song titled "Sixth sense" now

[oaristos]

One more track, another reason to already love this release.

[pepper]

I agree that Sd sound like something she made sum years ago, Step by step sounds pretty bland with original Summer diary sound.

[Rajma]

The first moment of melody reminded me of BLUE BIRD.
PV too.

[Maemi]

Summer diary is so boring that even after a few listens I still can't remember the refrain

[stepYOU1234]

Originally Posted by Surreal17

I noticed that the instrumental part of the verses in Summer Diary sounds like footsteps in the water. Hanabi ep. 2 hal.s mix also has this sound and feel.

What a lovely way of describing them!

[happiholic★]

I don't think any song on sixxxxxx sounds like a song on A One, but I do think they could all be from the same album.

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by primavera♥

Lol what? Summer Diary does not have the feel of Out of Control. And not Story either. Summer Diary is actually pretty weird. Whenever it starts I feel like I'm about to hear something from ayu 10 years ago. Also her voice in it at times makes it sound like an older ayu. It also doesn't sound wintery like Story.

lol that's exactly how i feel, though, for me the intro always makes me think of No Way To Say. But then it blooms into this abnormal warmth and definitely has a Blue Bird feeling. It definitely feels like something that could have been released years back. It's beautiful though. I love all the different sounds the instrumental has. It's like, pure magic!

[Welurru]

Originally Posted by happiholic★

I don't think any song on sixxxxxx sounds like a song on A One, but I do think they could all be from the same album.

Agreed.

In my mind A One is pretty much a ballad album, so having Step by Step, Summer Diary and Sayonara as uptempo separates the releases for me.
But with them sounding 'same era/album' enough I'm looking forward to culling the lesser tracks on A One and adding the best of sixxxxxx to make a decent/balanced A Oneeeeee playlist.

Musically 2015 is shaping up to be my fave Ayu era in quite a while.

[chocopockymaster]

A ONE had seven new full-length tracks (and none for a bell, bye) and now that this has six, it really does feel like getting a new album