[FIVE] PV's thoughts!

[CHE.R.RY]

Originally Posted by JackieRos

majority is wtf

idk why brillante is such a big deal. progress is a waste of space. another song is an ok pv.

beloved and why are amazing I love them.

Yeah I don't really understand the big hype on BRILLANTE too...I mean it's a good song but I don't think it's really amazing. Oh well, guess we just have different tastes.

Well here's my opinions:

1. progress
Ugh...if I had watched the PV without first listening to progress I would've had a very hard time enjoying it as much as I do. The PV was soooooo boring & it made me really dizzy. I kind of have an issue with first person perspective when it comes to watching stuff (I can't play first person games). I almost couldn't finish the video, so that pretty much gives you an idea of what I think of it. 1/10

2. ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
Slightly more interesting than progress, & definitely less annoying. Either way it was still pretty boring & made the song feel long (which it already is). Choreography was a little questionable at times...almost like I felt like it didn't really fit the song's atmosphere. This is pretty much on the same level as the Decision PV for me...not really much going on & plain. URATA NAOYA & Ayu looked really good in the PV but that was about it. 3/10

3. Why... feat. JUNO
Now this video was interesting! It actually made me fall in love with the song. I don't know if I totally understood what was going on, but maybe if I read the lyrics & watched it again I'd figure it out. Either way, it was not at dull or uninteresting...I really enjoyed it . It was the best out of the bunch imo. 10/10

4. beloved
Hm, it was a soothing video. I think Ayu looked very elegant in it...she looked her age, but in a good way. It was mature & really showed a soft side of Ayu. I thought the children were cute in it as well. Was it amazing? No but it was pleasant to watch & it made me appreciate the song for what it is..plus I found it very touching in the end with the 'Under the Sky' . 9/10

5. BRILLANTE
My oh my, the hype for this one lol. Well tbh, I didn't really get the PV ...of course I hate to say it, but most of the time I just like to watch & not rack my brain to decipher the underlying themes. It wasn't a bad PV over all, but it was a little awkward at certain points how they all seemed so mesmerized by her...almost like she was the queen of wrestling or something lol. I know I'm probably way off with my interpretation but eh, whatever. It really irritated me how they kept cutting back to her in that one dude's arms...it was like WTF! Idk why it bothered me, but it just seemed stupid for some reason. I found the end pretty shocking with her dying so suddenly...It actually kind of startled me, especially when blood began running from her eyes. Over all, the PV was interesting & the guys weren't hard on the eyes either . 8/10

[adantatu2]

progress - Good pv, the animation is perfect, but i want more ayu.......9/10

Why... - I like the butterflies and the concept, i think they are pretty cool, maybe this pv needs more weird scenes.........9/10

ANother song - The most boring PV of FIVE, ayu looks pretty cool, but i only see the dancers and urata dancing.........6/10

beloved - I like the changes between b&w and color. Maybe isn't very original, but is ok.....8/10

BRILLANTE - It's amazing, but the guy with ayu is creeppy and honestly i was expecting fights, XD........9/10

[bondingo]

progress: Pretty stupid to be honest. I was expecting a lot more since I like the song, but it doesnt even seem like an Ayu video.

ANother song: It's such an R&B video! The outfits and everything, the lighting and all that; I actually kinda like it. Definitely something new for Ayu, so it was cool to see. Still hate Naota being in the song though.

Why...: VERY cool. The butterfly room was clearly straight out of the Ladies Night PV, which is one of her best imo. The whole thing was very surreal and cool. Another interesting, new kind of video from Ayu.

beloved: Really boring. Total throwaway PV.

BRILLANTE: I was expecting a lot more based on the beginning, but it just kept getting a bit weirder but not better. I liked the end where she's on the throne and bleeds from her eye, and her outfit was INCREDIBLE, but I feel like it was missed potential.

[waterballoon]

progress - So-so... I like the idea a lot, but something's really amaterish about the camera work

Why... - 2nd best. Love the Alice in Wonderland theme.... beautiful imagery... Ayu looks good, ZUNO's cute too.

beloved - it's 1 of those PVs I play to remind myself how beautiful she is just being herself. Doesn't help that the song is so soothing and sweet too

BRILLIANTE - best song and PV of the album, hands down. Amazing symbolism and imagery and the ending was just wow. It felt better than the endings of most movies these days

[PoetGirl]

progress - I cried during it, I think its awsome.

ANother song - for that kind of song its perfect, but I would like it if there were brighter colours and more ayu dancing but still, its amazing

Why - I didnt like darker parts, I wanted it to be brighter too but overall I liked it

beloved - oh god I cried during beloved too, I saw international fans in those kids all around the world and when they pointed hands to the sky I was sure she was singing about her fans, especially part in lyrics 'i want you to praise me when others deny me' , so emotional...

BRILLANTE - just epic

[rusuke]

"progress" - I'm OK with it. It's not something that Ayu did before but I don't like Ayu's face at the end of the PV. 3/5

"Why..." - It's so Alice in wonderland theme and I like it! So interesting and wonderful! 4/5

"ANother song" - a typical RnB PV but I like how it turned out. Simple choreography but suits the song so it doesn't matter. 3/5

"beloved" - My most favorite PV among the Five. Ayu is so simply beautiful. Light make up, no elaborated costumes and sets, running children, beach and colorful kites make this PV simply touching! So simple and yet so beautiful. When I Ayu kneeled to the two kids, I thought they are her own children!!! I thought Ayu would be a kind, loving and wonderful mother! 5/5

"BRILLIANTE" - My least fave among the Five. I know it has a deeper meaning but I just don't like how it creeps me because of the last part. I can watch the men with just underwear although the gym scene is kinda weird, but still I just can't watch it more. OKAY, I was disappointed because I can't show this PV to the living room. But the song is good! But who knows it might changed my taste. 2/5

[ayu_ready?]

progress -
ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA - okay but boring
Why... feat. JUNO - KAWAII
beloved - nice, but out of all nature-water PVs SURREAL is still the best
BRILLANTE - the best song the best PV , please make more like this

[Kashoku]

BRILLANTE IS BRILLIANT.

The entire time I felt like she was a Goa'uld and Tim was Skaara from Stargate and that made me love it x10000000000000.

[jkm444]

Why.. my favorite from all 5 pvs! I love the fairy tail theme for this music video!
beloved very artistic and simple! My second favorite pv!
BRILLANTE, third favorite pv! Another music video I can't show in the living room..
progress sort of reminds me of Madonna's ray of light music video.
Another song =boring!

[the3ye]

Spoiler:

and the winner is.....

[HTMSD]

progress : 8/10 it fit with the lyrics, I can feel the hype about A WORLD IS ONE in that.
Why... : 6/10 the only thing I liked in that PV is the butterflies, also the randomness like she did with SLT and alterna.
ANother song : 5/10 Urata runing the PV (for me, lol)
beloved : 9/10 I love the transition between the black/white scene and color scene. I felt that the PV is about ayu wants to suicide herself in a beach because Mannie couldn't give her a child. When she's gonna doing that, she saw a bunch of kid playing, and adopt then. Although, I was trapped by the "Under the same sky" title at the end (LOL so much)
BRILLANTE : 6/10 I'm a man, and I hate those flesh. The only thing I like on that dark PV is the ending, seems that ayu want to go out from that sea of flesh, but forced to stay there until she die. Yeah, I think something about a country which is only man live there, and think that women is god. LOL.

[SKYia]

I've been thinking of BRILLANTE PV as it reminded me of something but didn't know what was that. It wasn't any particular clip or movie or anything, something rather like a scenario. I was thinking about her way of shivering and the guy who kept sing with the same face and now I know. You may laugh but it slightly reminds me of Nero's death from Quo Vadis (just the story).

Here's how I understand the story, you don't have to agree

In the beginning Ayu's sleeping in the arms of her personal advisor, a person who is like second family, she trusts him no matter what. Don't you get the feeling that his singing sounds as if he was repeating "Do it, you have to do it, you have no other choice". She wakes up tired as if she has been thinking about sth for a very long time or made a fatal decision. Her face is sad and she looks as if she's about to start crying, while the guy is self-confident and sometimes even smiling, almost saying "there's no other way, you are strong, you can do it". He even shooshes her at some point as if to calm her.

In the meantime, scenes show Ayu walking and dancing among her "army" / people. This may be the past since her face is calm and she's confident. It may show how great emperor / boss she used to be, the guys do their exercises, however, some of the guys look at her as if they knew she's about to do something wrong (something they won't like), rumors are being spread, etc.

The interlacing scenes with Timmy show Ayu being totally lost, she already did something wrong, her army revolts. She escapes to the highest point, her throne and they climb after her. There's this beautiful contrast between the scenes with the red sky and her people standing around her and protecting her (the past) and the scenes with black sky and her people trying to reach her with angry faces which suggests bad intentions (the present).

Timmy, still being next to her, still tells her to do it and now we can assume that he wants her to commit suicide, the crowd wants to get her but she finally says she will do it herself (or he screams that for her, I still cannot say whether he pushes her into the crowd or not, seems so at first but then he seems to scream NO at some point and stretches his hand in her direction).

She gets back on the trone and then understands that she had been tricked by her advisor and he was never a person she could have trusted. She's face to face with him for a short moment but before she manages to ask or do anything he kills her.

[OyTony]

^
I like your interpretation. I came up with the same story in my mind. XD

[voltron]

Is it just me, or does it look like the desert road in the Progress video look like the road she's walking down in Daybreak PV?

[SKYia]

Originally Posted by voltron

Is it just me, or does it look like the desert road in the Progress video look like the road she's walking down in Daybreak PV?

Yup, the whole PV felt like going back through Ayu's life / PVs, it's not just Japan, there's desert like in Virgin Road / Next Level / Inspire etc, there a beach (blue bird / fairyland, etc) , urban areas (e.g. appears, love song), a disco (lady dynamite), a hotel corridor and room (Ladie's night / is this love), and then there's just Ayu on the road, her winding road. And just like some people didn't like Daybreak PV they won't like this one

When this PV started I was disappointed, I hoped it will either tell a story of the first two people in the PV (guy in subway and girl outside) or it will go from one person to another showing Ayu on the way (showing her singing the most powerful parts). I was 100% sure she will appear at the very end of the video, this was too obvious.

I wish that instead of those random people there was Ayu in either random clothes or dressed like herself from several past clips. I don't hate this PV but it could be nice idea for some other song, Progress is so amazing that it deserves a better PV, some mindblowing story with lot's of things going on :p

[shuyalove]

I´m totally according with Skyia!
but I don't know why in the end he (Timmy) became bad

[jyujiw]

Wow SKYia this interpretation of progress blow out my mind now =O I would never notice something like that.

And I really like the story behind BRILLANTE, she seems to be the ruler of them all, seeming strong in front of all but weak when she is with Timmy, and when she tries to get over the throne and change her life, she's pushed back and dies. Something like we can't do everything we want.

[truehappiness]

The guy who appears on the desert road near the 3/4 mark of progress looks VERY familiar. I'm not sure what I remember him from...

[Tom Punks]

progress - I don't like it and I'll probably never watch it again. Actually, I'm really let down because this song could have had an AMAZING PV, but... yeah, it doesn't.

ANother song - UGH THE CORNROWS. I thought we were waaay past this, Ayu. The PV isn't terrible, but then, it's not great either. There's nothing going on and Ayu doesn't even do anything but stand there and watch the other guys dance. Won't be watching this again either.

Why... - This one was pretty decent. The editing could have been much better, and it would have been awesome if she'd fallen through the bed or something at the beginning, instead of just... being shown falling randomly. (Yes, I get that she's dreaming, but that doesn't mean they can't make the transition smoother.) I like how the butterflies cover her and make her butterfly dress and I like JUNO in this.

beloved - I think this was the best PV of the bunch, but I don't favor it. I wanted more shots of Ayu in the hawt black dress!

BRILLANTE - Everyone seems to love this PV, but I thought it was incredibly boring. Six minutes of nothing going on and then Ayu dying at the end. I'll pass...

[sesshy]

Progress - I liked the speeding through different areas. Though... I'm trying to understand if they were trying to match it with the song.

Why - It was... um. I don't know. The only thing I liked were the lady's dress and Ayumi's outfit. Oh, also the rose room. Were they trying some kind of Alice in Wonderland inspiration?

ANother song - It was boring, but I like the song.

beloved - Simple and nice PV

BRILLANTE - I don't know how I feel about it. It did reminded me of INSPIRE.

I wasn't so hyped up with the PVs. Songs are nice, but PVs didn't impress me much.