New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [II]

[Lady_Eowyn]

Originally Posted by Lady~Deviance

I swear you stans get more and more sensitive/defensive by the second.

Cannot agree with you more some of them are seriously scary.

Anyway,i love your post,and like i've said before we're in a forum,so it's totally valid your opinion if your are not offending anyone. Of course we'll always differ if a song/ picture can be considered great or not and that's completely respectable...but at least we are not pretending our opinion is the only one that matters lol

[rusuke]

Party Queen is a refreshing title for Ayu. I won't expect anything but I'm excited to know everything about this album.

[YUKARI]

hope Party Queen as good and refreshing as NL was

[TeamAyu2004]

Originally Posted by YUKARI

hope Party Queen as good and refreshing as NL was

I dont know how i feel about that... I had to wait years before I liked Next Level! I dont want that to happen with Party Queen, lol.

[femtrooper]

Originally Posted by YUKARI

hope Party Queen as good and refreshing as NL was

My hope is that it will be similar to Next Level in a more electro way.

[YUKARI]

Originally Posted by femtrooper

My hope is that it will be similar to Next Level in a more electro way.

oh yeah me too!

[adantatu2]

I don't know what to expect from ayu, i just want to know more details

[Tony G]

Its funny that they push that she's using top engineers and musicians, yet her composer (Timmy) is about as novice as they come. I think both sides of the table need to know what they're doing for something like that to work.

All of her albums have top-notch production so I doubt anything else is being done differently here. They're just pushing the "London" aspect of it more.

[Aderianu]

Boxsets at HMV

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[happiholic★]

Perhaps the concept used for Party Queen, like the cover art, won't be London inspired, like RnRC. If it is, I won't be happy. Personally. That's just my opinion, though

[Uemarasan]

Originally Posted by happiholic★

Perhaps the concept used for Party Queen, like the cover art, won't be London inspired, like RnRC. If it is, I won't be happy. Personally. That's just my opinion, though

Haha, I really hope so. That Rock and Roll Circus cover was terrible. Bad choice of colors, bad hair, bad makeup, bad facial expression, bad layout, bad graphic design, bad clothes. Cliche, twee, childish, completely inappropriate for a woman of thirty.

I hope Party Queen is just a fun, fun, fun album. No heaviness whatsover.

I actually have grown to appreciate Love Songs over time. I like how it's a throwback to the old J-pop sound of the 90s when TK was king and conceptually-speaking it was a very strong album. November seems to be a divisive song here, but I think it's a masterpiece. The use of kitsch - the obviously old-fashioned music, saccharine, artless - contrasted with Ayu's impassioned insistence on lack of irony to convey genuine emotion is brilliant.

One album that I think Ayu needs to seriously consider creating is a traditional Japanese-inspired one. I mean, Will is one of her greatest songs, why hasn't she gone back to that fusion of sounds? I guess there's also theme for a-nation. Her voice shares so many qualities with enka that it would be a missed opportunity if she didn't try to make a whole album out of it.

[ALfromHELLSING]

don't wanna complain but it always has to be 14 tracks? this is kind of weird tradition. I mean not 13 or 15 or any other number, but 14 since Secret (except R'n'RC).

anyway I hope I won't end up buying all editions 'cause of the different covers. they r so expensive this time. box better have the same cover. plz avex (>_<)

[everlastingRAINBOW]

Next Level was Ayu's last decent album to me. I hope PQ can reach at that level for me (which isn't saying much). FIVE and most of LS was horrendous :/

[femtrooper]

Originally Posted by everlastingRAINBOW

Next Level was Ayu's last decent album to me. I hope PQ can reach at that level for me (which isn't saying much). FIVE and most of LS was horrendous :/

Exactly how I feel!

I too also find it interesting that she's got Timmy producing songs when he is some nobody really...he's not a professional...he's very novice. I like Party Queen though...so I am hoping more songs have that sound.

[jewelbox]

Originally Posted by everlastingRAINBOW

Next Level was Ayu's last decent album to me. I hope PQ can reach at that level for me (which isn't saying much). FIVE and most of LS was horrendous :/

I totally agree! I hope it is even little bit like NEXT LEVEL, then it would already be better than RnC and FIVE for me......

[emi♡]

^^This is basically the strong point of Love Songs.

To elaborate on what I meant when I said the music sucked, was more a comment on the compositions. I have no issue with the sound or arrangements, which is the biggest factor in the conceptual feel, imo.

It IS her most coherent album, but personally, I couldnt care less about that. It made the album boring for me.


Oh well, all this stuff is rehashed now lol idk what I want for the new album. Maybe just epic songs. I hate being bored. I want her to amaze.

[Uemarasan]

I believe if you like the TK sound of the nineties then you will like Love Songs, but if you don't then this album will never work for you. Most of Ayu's best albums have been strongly conceptual and coherent, though: Duty, My Story, Next Level, Love Songs. Only I Am... and (miss)understood are on the same level.

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by Uemarasan

I believe if you like the TK sound of the nineties then you will like Love Songs, but if you don't then this album will never work for you. Most of Ayu's best albums have been strongly conceptual and coherent, though: Duty, My Story, Next Level, Love Songs. Only I Am... and (miss)understood are on the same level.

I hate TK with a passion and I love Love songs lol.

[LONJJONG]

I predict that Serenade in A mirror will be an instrumental track.

Umh well I don't really like RnRc, but I like Love songs so much. I hope this album will bring a new style
Just realized that there's a song titled "Eyes, Smoke, Magic". I remember someone in AHS had ever predicted "Magic" for ayu's new album~

[relmy]

I hope, if Party Queen is London inspired, it's more London inspired than Rock'n'Roll Circus.

There was no London in that album. It could have been shot in a studio anywhere in the world and turned out exactly the same. Sticking the Union Jack on your outfit and dressing up in leather and studs does not make something feel like London.

Don't even get me started on the shots of Big Ben and the Buckingham Palace gates, my 12 year old niece has taken better photos of them. RnRC was so... tacky. Only word to describe it.