You were... / BALLAD information and covers [VII]

[DeepRiver]

BALLAD ... this Song is so amazing. Can't wait to see the PV ...

[love in music]

BALLAD is amazing in full. Now all I need is RED LINE to be great and this could wind up being one of my favorite ayu singles, if not my favorite.

[njanjayrp]

BALLAD is indeed a great song The ending is totally epic, I can't wait to hear it in HQ as I feel there is more to the music than we're able to hear.

[ayumisrael]

Yep, this single might score 3/3 and be fully amazing!

[Crystal_Ageha]

Umm..... I think I like BALLAD less after hearing the full HQ version, lol! ...>___> I've listened to it a few times in a row now, and it's not growing on me at all. I don't even feel a little bit of a spark that makes me think I may like it more than "ehh...." in the future. As a matter of fact, I'm just a little annoyed by the song now. :\ Sorry, Ayu. This will be one of the very few songs I can't bring myself to like enough to put on my MP3 player, or to even keep on my computer. It's pretty, and it's something a little different, but it just booorreesss me. And there's absolutely no climax or "oomph" in the song. The only thing I like is her vocals....but again, I like You were...'s better. >_<
But no worries!! You were... more than makes up for the disappointment that is BALLAD.

[labello]

BALLAD really sounds gorgeous *__*

I didn't really like the oriental feeling of GREEN so I am happy that BALLAD sounds so amazing~

Hopefully RED LINE will be good as well, anyway I don't regret preordering this single

[noisy_harmony]

I'm speechless.


BALLAD is amazing... Welcome back, real Ayu <3

[truehappiness]

If she can get light dresses for dancers and herself and explosive special effects, I doubt they weren't able to get ahold of some trees.

Yay, full BALLAD. The arrangement is gorgeous and rich.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

BALLAD is epic!!


so the pv of this song is the one where ayu appears fully covered with diamonds??

[ownsarai]

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

BALLAD is epic!!


so the pv of this song is the one where ayu appears fully covered with diamonds??

She had diamonds in You were... She was covered in diamond dust.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by ownsarai

She had diamonds in You were... She was covered in diamond dust.

Oh okay... how misleading Ayu can be. I wonder how long it took her to wash it off?

Makes me a bit more curious about the PV now... I think it would be predictable if it were as oriental as the song... which it probably will be lol. But interesting if it were not at all.

[Kazeyomi]

I listening to BALLAD right now.
The previous preview was pretty meh but now omg it's such an epic song.
I can say it, Yw/BALLAD will be her best single so far.. until RED LINE previews will not coming out lol

[Ayumi_lover]

I didn't like BALLAD at all >.<

About You were... PV: It was made like planned. Ayu's dress was planned to look that way. It's pretty obvious!! It's not cheap at all, and I think it costed more than for example Greatfull days PV even with filming that alligator! And don't connect that PV to Disney's movie because PV itself connected A LOT to the lyrics!

[jkm444]

Ballad is an okay song. It definitely has the theme of a-nation 03 feeling to it.

[Lanz16]

Even though BALLAD was leaked, I don't want to listen it
*resists temptation*

[truehappiness]

I have yet to see a single post that says "omg the trees looked so fake, hahaha, they couldn't even make a real tree, so low budget".

I think most of the posts just imply that they feel as though her budget ran out so they went with 2D tree cutouts instead of the real thing, rather than outright stating "So fake, can't even get real trees!" or something like that...

[dreamland2.0]

Ballad is very beautiful!! Very slow and soothing! Like a calmer version of GREEN. The arrangement is very nice, as I expected of Yuta Nakano

[GRACE]

BALLAD sounds like something alan rejected because it was too boring. Beautiful arrangement though, it's really destroyed by Ayu's voice. What happened ._. it's so BAD in this song.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by GRACE

BALLAD sounds like something alan rejected because it wasn't boring enough

Fixed
No I'm joking.. kind of.

I really hope we'll get RED LINE soon. I'm so curious about this song, I wonder if it'll be a ballad too.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by identity

Fixed
No I'm joking.. kind of.

I really hope we'll get RED LINE soon. I'm so curious about this song, I wonder if it'll be a ballad too.

Awww poor alan!

I'm wondering more and more about what RED LINE is going to sound like... I kind of hope it isn't a ballad. Although I'm sure it will be.