New digital single 'Mask' out November 18th, 2022

[AyuCanada]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

While not exactly the same, I hear hints of Kahara Tomomi’s “I Believe” in the preview. Mostly just the tone and style (is it staccato?) of the piano maybe? There’s also some layering happening which I personally love. It’s very Komuro, but also very Ayu in regards to her winter songs at least (the layering I mean haha).


It’s also interesting how this is specifically mentioning “crossroad”—in that that was the last song Komuro had done both the composition and arrangement. To me, that’s still probably one of the best Komuro song in her discography, but I also wonder if that means he had far less involvement in the other ones? (Were they just stock tracks that existed in his catalogue that she bought?) And by mentioning “crossroad”, I wonder if Ayu also feels this will be just as strong a song?

Edit: Wait, Sending mail was also both composed and arranged by Komuro. So now I’m getting into conspiracy theories lol. Were they done around the same time? Both meant to be a single? On the same single? Was sending mail in fact done first, making crossroad the “newer” one by technicality? Or did Ayu simply forget? Lol

''Sending Mail'' was arranged by Yuta Nakano