New Single 「talkin' 2 myself」

[q_case2alterna]

ow.. ic ic.... thx's 4 the translation... ^^

[qwerty]

I would have preferred Ayu to spell it "talking to myself." Maybe she spelled it like "talkin' 2 myself" for artistic creativity? She might have spelled it that way to represent the style of the song (genre and/or lyrics).

My friend was asking me why Ayu and Hikki didn't spell their titles with the "-ing." He asked, "Why don't they spell it like 'Starting'?! "

EDIT: Now that I think about it (), I like both "talking to myself" and "talkin' 2 myself." They both have their own charms.

I like grammar so much that I compare different ways of writing the same phrase/sentence.

[summersnow]

wow cool!! new single!!

yay!! thanks for the info!!

but the title sounds abit...weird...

[Dustie]

talkin' 2 myself (MY DOGS)

That's a pretty meaningful title, me thinks.

[Calico]

When I saw the thread title I was like "YAY ANOTHER RUMOR".

Oops.

Admittedly at first I thought "Oh, no! What is this?" but after seeing it over and over on each page, eh, you get over it. I'll probably get used to it just like all her other titles. "decision" though I like right away. I love one-word titles.

[greggerz189]

that's a nasty title.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by greggerz189

that's a nasty title.

People said the same thing about fairyland believe it or not.

[~X2RADialbomber~]

^ What an odd thing to say.

[WillofDusk]

^and rude may I add

[ruixiong89]

Originally Posted by Calico

When I saw the thread title I was like "YAY ANOTHER RUMOR".

Oops.

EXACTLY!

Trust me, you weren't the only one who was thinking that way.

Originally Posted by truehappiness

People said the same thing about fairyland believe it or not.

REALLY? I think fairyland is a pretty title. I'm slowly getting used to talkin' 2 myself. I just want to hear it really badly!! Around when should the covers come out?

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by KaoriNeko

REALLY? I think fairyland is a pretty title. I'm slowly getting used to talkin' 2 myself. I just want to hear it really badly!! Around when should the covers come out?

Probably by the time we get the CMs. LOL [By that time we'd have a portion of the song from the chaku uta leak..

Here're some comments from the fairyland announcement thread:

HAHAHAHAHA What the hell kind of title is "Fairyland"? It reminds me of a fusion between Forgiveness and Wonderland O.o Sounds like it'll be a cheesy ballad. (Though I hope I'm wrong)

At least Alterna will be on it, and I bet it'll sound better than Fairyland. (Such has been the case with her C/Ws)

WTF? Kinda S**T is this? Ok This song better be good cause the title isn't

hmmm. don't know what to say about the title. kinda odd.

oh well, i hope the music's good!
i love her new website layout! perfect for summer!

for the love of god.

'fairyland.'

that is flat-out, no-holds-barred, retarded.

Fairyland...Ayu, give us some more mature titles. I think the whole cuteness image is overdone. She needs to go back to her I Am.. Days.

Or she just could have named the single Alterna. Very nice title.

The reaction is generally the same, split between those who love both titles, and those who hate the first one like woooaah. lol

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by evolusean

I’m not creating a panic, but I’m turned off and disappointed. Like I said, Ayu (just as Hikki and Yuna Ito) is in the Japanese market where the overwhelming masses (speaking Japanese) wouldn’t know any different. Guaranteed Ayu herself doesn’t understand the nuance of her titling. I don’t know Yuna Ito well enough to judge, but Utada Hikaru’s sound is significantly more urban and casual than Ayu’s, and Tryin’ fits her style; this type of speech is embraced in urban music and art. When paired with Ayu, however, who has a more traditionally poetic style, it just sounds like she is trying to be overly American without understanding how these things really work. It makes it feel like another silly song she made because it’s her job, when she used to take her music so seriously as expression.

Maybe ayu wanted to try something new? The poetic singer part might be sometimes tiring and she wants to go out a bit off it with a great outragous title? (looking about how people "like it" it's pretty outregous xD).
If she will be all artisticly titles people would be bored.
As for me it's something new, fresh, especially not the worse I don't think it's a bad title. And I don't agree about the urban thing, any genre can have any kind of title (most of the time) and this might be sound as pop/rock/rock as well... n' and numbers stuff aren't made especially for urban music, and go figure maybe ayu likes urban music and she knows what she is doing?

[TITANIC]

yea..
cool..
thank you very much...

i can't wait it for long time..
hehehe

[truehappiness]

Usually if we have this much of an uproar over a bad song title... the song comes out okay in the end!

I'm hoping for the best! I'd rather have talkin' 2 myself instead of some generic title like "MELODY OF LOVE" or something. :\

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Usually if we have this much of an uproar over a bad song title... the song comes out okay in the end!

I'm hoping for the best!

It's about time ayu will get outragous xD


1 (LOVE) + (talkin') 2 (myself) be scandalous.

[cater2u]

i just wanna listen the song, not the title

[criminal]

Originally Posted by cttncandy

I loved the whole A Ballads era with the two Ayu's. Its probably not something she'll ever do again, but with a title like "talkin' 2 myself" a similar image would work reeeeally well.

OMG, another cover where Ayumi is fondling herself would be amazing, but I don't want to get my hopes up! >_<

Originally Posted by namiie

'Cause it's called discussion and I was under the impression that a forum is a place for discussion? Maybe we're just as perfectionistic as Ayu herself appears to be. Whether or not it's been "turned into" anything is subjective. You're not obligated to read the nitpickiness if you don't want to

Originally Posted by qwerty

I would have preferred...

I nominate this post to the "Best use of smilies in this thread" award.

[mui-gei-tal]

nice~ ahahaha...can't wait until the panasonic ad comes out! thanks for posting!~

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by evolusean

Just as you quoted me: “it received A-side treatment … as it had an instrumental track featured on the single”. Ayu has always had complete disregard for music industry norms when it comes to A-sides and B-sides, so of course none of us can guess whether or not decision will appear on her upcoming album. I am making obvious speculation, and offering that, if Ayu at least follows her own standards (rather than the industry’s), decision is likely to be a pure B-side based solely on the fact that does not appear to be getting the same treatment as Will (as an album-appearing B-side) did previously. It’s only logical.

This instrumental thing isn't even an "Ayu-standard". It's more like an "avex standard". I think in most of avex released singles, every new song gets an instrumental regardless if it is an A-side or a B-side.

Originally Posted by evolusean

I just saw that the site has updated since its original post. The initial update said: 3曲収録予定 (“3 tracks planned”) for the CD (which meant that two of which were talkin’ 2 myself and decision, with 1 additional track), and 2曲収録予定 (“2 tracks planned”) for the DVD (which meant both PVs). The new update clarifies, saying ほかリミックス曲含む3曲収録予定 (“An additional 3 tracks planned, including [a remix/remixes]”). This changes the scape of the single greatly. So now we know there will be the two core songs, and 3 additional tracks. I hope the suplementary tracks are two remixes and an instrumental, but we’ll see how it goes…

Doesn't 曲 mean "song" anyway and not tracks?

i.e. Kuu's single announcement: "初回盤は全2曲5Ver" = 2 songs, 5 versions (tracks) or BoA's single announcement: "New Singleは新曲3曲を収録した強力盤" = 3 new songs.