You were.../BALLAD information thread [II]

[Ayu-me]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

Even God can't help us when it comes to Kazu.

Hah, then I'll be praying to the awesome angel Castiel to kick Kazu's ass out of Ayu's music. He's a decent photographer sometimes but he's gotta be a great photographer at least once for me to like him!
(and Cas was a reference to the TV series Supernatural btw)

[waterballoon]

I think Kazu is an all right photographer who has hits and misses, but with Ayu, his photos get gradually worse lol. And also it's getting a little stale/stagnant by sticking around with the same photographer... my opinion of course.

Anyway, I really have high hopes for this single... I know I've said this 1000 times but lol I can't wait for more information!

[ayumisrael]

Well the calendar cover was a huge upgrade from S/S imo. xD

But hopefully they can come up with something great for the single. ^^

[keikeiaznqueen]

Originally Posted by bluegie

^agree njanayrp. She was getting well known by her lyrics in the first place, not her image. I dun think her image played the part until probly Boy & Girls moment (or a bit early). But her lyrics were still praised until probly Ma at least.

Even if you're not that hardcore, you should know that her dark lyrics captured Japanese teenagers in the first place, not her image. Her fashion came afterwards. Of course, now her glamour covers up everything she's done before (and including her mind), which is quite sad...

Oh, I haven't seen a good summary of the way Ayu is best known according to era like this before. To add to that, the way her glamour overrides everything she's done and is doing is probably the reason why people on AHS constantly want to see her in a more natural state. (In jeans, with less makeup, etc.) It'll be nice if Ayu appears like that in an official event someday again.

Originally Posted by kendelle

Uh oh, the cover expressions will probably be like this!

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So diverse! xDD

Actually, I can't wait to see how many different angles we get the fish lips in!

LOL!! Oh my god, I hope it doesn't turn out like that. XDD But then again, it'd be painfully funny.

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by keikeiaznqueen

Oh, I haven't seen a good summary of the way Ayu is best known according to era like this before. To add to that, the way her glamour overrides everything she's done and is doing is probably the reason why people on AHS constantly want to see her in a more natural state. (In jeans, with less makeup, etc.) It'll be nice if Ayu appears like that in an official event someday again.
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And then what? She will do it so satisfy older fans and people who like more relateable images, be fake to herself and people (by doin stuff she doesn't want) and then the world will be complete and all of the older fans and a lot of new fans will come (which I doubt it)? I'm not sure if she should.

[rakeru]

i think we see her pretty natural in Ayu's Diary and all, with those sometimes-unflattering pictures of her around her house or in the plane. maybe she's just gotten more feminine in the past few years.

[ayumisrael]

Yes and I'm glad she did since she is a woman. =P

[Ayusan]

I would prefer a poster than a changeable jacket T-T though if the cover doesn't fit my taste just a small changeable jacket will do it ^w^ but yeah as it will be a Xmas gift for my sis ... would rather prefer a poster as GREEN/Days single !

[Masamune]

Finally a new single soon...Thanks so much for the info...

[Corvina]

Changeable jackets?
So the cover(s) has to be really good or this first press will be a big fail... (I don't want to imagine it)

I'm not too excited cause I'm not a ballad type at all, there are just few Ayu ballads I like. But it's nice that she's releasing something again this year.

[aloopy]

I don't really care about the covers lol

I just hope that the songs will be great. I'm a huge fan of her ballads, it's just that her latest ballads didn't do anything for me.
so yeah... I keep my fingers crossed

[Maemi]

Are we still talking about tracklist? Because when the covers will be out, there will be like 3 more threads only about that.

Anyway, Ayu's ballads NEVER disappointed me. Sunset was really nice, relaxing and so on, only Curtain Call sucked. Can't remember any other disliked ballad.

[ayuayu798]

^Yeah curtain call was a huge dissapointment!

[JackieRos]

if its not about the tracklist, is the covers (which duh we havent seen), then is about kazu
then it does 180° tracklist, covers, kazu blah blah smack then some photoshop smack
so much complaing oh and how can we forget the famous fish lips

oh boo hoo oh sob

[Mai82Go]

^^really? I love Curtain Call. It's simple yet complex. I love the lyrics and the raw emotion. Only the PV is soso for me. So I don't mind another Curtain Call. But I agree with a lot of people: A song like JEWEL would be great. I think JEWEL and Dearest are my favourite ballads. And I have a weakness for forgiveness, which most people seem to hate. Well, out of 3 one of them will surely suit my tastes. Hopefully all 3 *_*

Edit: Wait, my favourite is memorial address. And fated really grew on me as well. Aaargh. And I also like Days. Dammit, more and more songs come to my mind. Ok, I admit, she can probably do nothing wrong.

[yuki_unmei]

so much hate for Curtain call

anyway i hope one of them will be a rock ballad like Memorial address/fated

[panda♥]

Originally Posted by JPopDream

^ before you know it, Ayu will complain about Nintendo complaining about people complaining about the people complaining about the titles. In the end the math = ALOT OF COMPLAINING! lmao

when I think You were... / BALLAD I keep thinking the covers = cream / white and GREEN / Days sort of look! lolll
that would be awesome, those were my favorite covers and my favorite single <33
BTW: Is she performing the single in her concert when it's released? Or is it just being sold?

then we'll all complain about Ayu complaining about Nintendo complaining about other people complaining about the people complaining about the titles.


i imagine the covers will be very natural and subtle.

[CoriKaru]

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

lol sadly I've seen lots of other posts of you, and most of them ain't that positive about Hamasaki anyway :S so it's not just about THIS thread and your opinion about this single...

I'm sorry if you can't get over past comments of mine, but this moment right here was solely about her upcoming Single and her writing and their titles. Believe it. How you keep bringing irrelevant issues into this is beyond me, which is why I ignored your previous comment that had a bunch of nonsense fluff in it not to do with anything. But please join us anytime you'd like if you're ever able to get past your grudge.

You're appreciated with a wink and a smile dear. <---(Behind these shades, I'm winking)

[foxhana]

I used to think her recent singles suck after watching the PV. I only started to like them after seeing her live performances at a-nation 09, so chill ppl. Now I love sunrise so much muahaha~ Seeing ayu performed so sincerely....

[noidea]

everybody hates curtain call...why is it one of my favourite ayu-ballads? xD