MADE IN JAPAN song titles + lyric teasers on social media

[Gustavopc]

Eeeeh, I don't mind long or short titles, nor ALL CAPS or lower case titles. What DOES bother me is "serious" songs with foolish titles like "Song 4 U" and "talkin' 2 myself". "You are the only one" is a nice title and we can guess it's gonna be a beautiful ballad, so I am okay. As long as it's not "U R the only 1" I'm reaaaally okay with everything else

Mad World seems to be a great track, I imagine something like SCAR/End of the world

[oaristos]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

What DOES bother me is "serious" songs with foolish titles like "Song 4 U" and "talkin' 2 myself". "You are the only one" is a nice title and we can guess it's gonna be a beautiful ballad, so I am okay. As long as it's not "U R the only 1" I'm reaaaally okay with everything else

I actually quite like "talkin' 2 myself" but I wish she had stopped using actual number in song titles after that (I still laugh at "NOW & 4EVA").

[Zeke.]

It's annoying though when more and more the same or similar discussions are being had across three or even four different threads. I lose my own comments half the time and a few times I have to quote someone from another thread because it's relavent to comment on in another thread where the discussion seems to be running deeper.

I'm an organization freak though so a universal standard for posting in the various sections I see as beneficial. Sometimes it's like people want to be the first to announce something to the forum that they jump on creating a new thread before taking the time to figure out what makes the most sense as far as delivery goes. There are some members who seem to have a leg into announcements the most, or like opening new threads, so I think having an understanding that when you open a big thread like the news for an album, you should be ready to take on the responsibility of updating the first post so that we have one place to store the information. Generally people have been good with that but this made in Japan era has been kind of disastrous.

[Zeke.]

More or less, but I think the oddest thing was the first 'news' thread "New album." being opened in the News section when there wasn't anything concrete or official to showcase in the first post. Like we all knew she was working on an album, it didn't really warrant a news thread. I think that's also why it has felt like longer than it has been because the initial seed was laid in the news section earlier in the production process than were used to. It's like if we would open a news thread up in January for the tour that hasn't been announced yet.

Anyway, it's not a huge deal, I just love and appreciate good organization. A formatting system like [title of project] [number thread] [latest development] would make the threads easier to differentiate and continue a developing disussion across multiple threads as they evolve in relation to a common subject.

[Zeke.]

The most recent shot reminds me of a modern day shot from the album "A Song For XX." The way her hair just kind of falls flat, the cut, how you're able to see the individual strands of hair in the bangs, and make out the ends of her hair.

First photo, a black and white photo like cover of A Song For XX.

Second photo, her hair is damp, like in album shots from A Song For XX.

Also, A Song For XX, the album, is literally what made her.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

The most recent shot reminds me of a modern day shot from the album "A Song For XX." The way her hair just kind of falls flat, the cut, how you're able to see the individual strands of hair in the bangs, and make out the ends of her hair.

First photo, a black and white photo like cover of A Song For XX.

Second photo, her hair is damp, like in album shots from A Song For XX.

Also, A Song For XX, the album, is literally what made her.

I think she also has similar bracelets pictured in ASFXX, but she's not wearing them.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I think she also has similar bracelets pictured in ASFXX, but she's not wearing them.

I was looking too, but the jewelry featured that looked similar looked almost like rings. But yeah, that reference is also definitely there.

[RealLight]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

Eeeeh, I don't mind long or short titles, nor ALL CAPS or lower case titles. What DOES bother me is "serious" songs with foolish titles like "Song 4 U" and "talkin' 2 myself".

I quite like talkin' 2 myself tbh, but I agree, I still cringe when I read Song 4 u, NOW & 4EVA

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

"You are the only one" is a nice title and we can guess it's gonna be a beautiful ballad, so I am okay. As long as it's not "U R the only 1" I'm reaaaally okay with everything else

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[4Seasons]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

Eeeeh, I don't mind long or short titles, nor ALL CAPS or lower case titles. What DOES bother me is "serious" songs with foolish titles like "Song 4 U" and "talkin' 2 myself". "You are the only one" is a nice title and we can guess it's gonna be a beautiful ballad, so I am okay. As long as it's not "U R the only 1" I'm reaaaally okay with everything else

Mad World seems to be a great track, I imagine something like SCAR/End of the world

I think if the song is really great then the title doesn't matter at all.
But if the song is just "OK" then every factor must count including the title. NOW & 4EVA is just "OK" to me, and I hate the title, so I don't bother with it.

Could've just been "Now & Forever".