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Old 7th July 2022, 06:10 PM
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I think this is my favourite song from her atm, can't get enough of it!

People seem to dislike "boy boy don't be shy, girl girl like sunshine" part but I think it's cute. It makes the song feel like it's all about having fun with friends while summer lasts and to enjoy the moment without any serious thoughts after all we've gone through the past 3 years

It gives me hope for better tomorrow for some reason
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Old 7th July 2022, 06:24 PM
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I think this is my favourite song from her atm, can't get enough of it!

People seem to dislike "boy boy don't be shy, girl girl like sunshine" part but I think it's cute. It makes the song feel like it's all about having fun with friends while summer lasts and to enjoy the moment without any serious thoughts after all we've gone through the past 3 years

It gives me hope for better tomorrow for some reason
Maybe it sound cringe-y for english native speakers, but I have a similar feeling.
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Old 7th July 2022, 06:45 PM
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I'm okay with it, except for the "Put your hands in air" part
Btw, does anyone know who produced and/or composed this song?
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Old 7th July 2022, 07:16 PM
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Btw, does anyone know who produced and/or composed this song?
Composer is Hajime Kato, ayu didn't work with him before
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Old 10th July 2022, 05:17 PM
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I'm okay with it, except for the "Put your hands in air" part
It's like we're back to those times when she used to say "put your hands!" instead of "put your hands up!".
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Old 7th July 2022, 08:21 PM
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I would just like to pop in and say just how much I love this song. <3 I have listened to it way more than any of her "newer" singles.
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Old 8th July 2022, 03:06 PM
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Definitely a nice song, I don't care much about the throwback vibes it projects but it's enjoyable enough.
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Old 9th July 2022, 07:04 AM
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The Summer Again PV has reached 500K views on YouTube!
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Old 9th July 2022, 07:58 AM
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The Summer Again PV has reached 500K views on YouTube!
It seems views are lower than Nonfiction.
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Old 9th July 2022, 08:06 AM
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They are.

In the beginning the difference wasn't too big, Summer Again had ~220k after 36h vs Nonfiction's ~250k. But Nonfiction already had 500k views after 4 days vs Summer Again's 500k in 7 days.
Nonfiction probably did better since the video came out on release day + there was some more hype with how it got announced. I think the challenge definitely helped a bit, too.

I remember Ayu mentioning another challenge for the summer – I wonder if that's still gonna happen or if they scrapped the idea.
It could give the song a little push, although I do believe that Nonfiction just has a "certain something" – possibly the aesthetics since Ayu doesn't have anything quite like it in her videography. Plus, the "are you kidding me?" & "you're full of shit" lines definitely got quite some attention by fans, haha!

However, if the views remain steady then I'm sure Summer Again will reach 1M in the near future. At least I hope so!
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Old 9th July 2022, 01:52 PM
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I'm not feeling this song at all, a bit annoying to me, repetitions in chorus always seem tiring but here nothing really flows together. I'm trying to like it, maybe a live version will be better although with her recent vocals I really doubt it
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Old 11th July 2022, 04:48 AM
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Ayu posted lots of photos of her in the blue look & in the cave. She captioned both posts with "recovery photo dump" so I'm wondering if she's recovering from an injury of they recovered some footage that previously was lost?
I'm probably overthinking it but it's clear that she likes this look a lot, so I'm wondering why it was barely included. I guess it could simply be that the footage wasn't good enough for her or something.
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Old 11th July 2022, 08:16 AM
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Ayu posted lots of photos of her in the blue look & in the cave. She captioned both posts with "recovery photo dump" so I'm wondering if she's recovering from an injury of they recovered some footage that previously was lost?
She posted on her IG Story last night that she's recently had a cold and returned from being on an IV, so I'm assuming she was referring to that.
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Old 11th July 2022, 04:06 PM
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She posted on her IG Story last night that she's recently had a cold and returned from being on an IV, so I'm assuming she was referring to that.
Oh dear!! Well, that definiely went past me. :O Thanks for telling me!

EDIT: The PV reached 600K
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Old 12th July 2022, 05:59 AM
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How can someone make a remaster if they don't have access to original files?
Is it just messing with equalizer?
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Old 14th July 2022, 06:16 AM
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I too am popping in from this dead account to say how amazing this song in.
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Old 15th July 2022, 05:40 AM
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Apple Music released all albums with DOLBY ATMOSPHERE
Sounds better
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Old 10th September 2022, 03:56 AM
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"Summer Again" PV has crossed 1 million views.
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Old 18th September 2022, 03:44 PM
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Still such a jam

I too wonder if there were more scenes from the 'cave setting' that we did not get to see as they didn't make the cut.
Either that or Ayu wanted more 'gold outfit' shots because of how heavy the headwear was.
And if so, I don't blame her, got to get the most out of that painful (and stunning) outfit, haha.
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"Summer Again" PV has crossed 1 million views.
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