[Miliyah Kato] Enter the LOVELAND♥ in thread #6

[Beauty4123]

Such amazing covers! My fave is the CD+DVD. I'm also loving Miliyah's pink hair & just her current fashion/look, in general. And speaking of love...I'm also in love with the tracklist, too! Especially the titles "BABYLON" & "MIRROR MIRROR". Super excited to listen to this album!

[blackmage]

When I saw her post the CD only cover on instagram, I died a little inside... Well not really, but I was like WHAT IS THIS?!

CD+DVD is better, I like the pink hair. Excited for the album regardless because 17 tracks AND the tracklist seems like it'll be amazing.

[chocopockymaster]

I loved the CD-only LOVELAND cover soooooo much that I knew the next album cover would measure up to it...but good lord those are awful x__X

It seems tragic to go from the amazingness of FUTURE LOVERS to these, too </3

[280301]

I like them solely because they're very similar to what a lot of artists internationally are doing at the moment. I like that Miliyah follows the 'current' and is successful at doing so, it is something that seems so rare in j-pop, where everyone seems to be five years behind but still attempts to follow the now and it just doesn't execute well.

Also, the CD+DVD reminds me of Bowie. Whilst I much prefer the CD only, I think that when we finally get to listen to the album, we'll be able to appreciate it more. It seems very heavily guided by appearances and their symbolism, going by Miliyah's singles.

[ayu_ready?]

I don't like the covers and I wonder whether the album will end up being boring or fun

[Ryusei]

^ Knowing Miliyah's lyrics it'll primarily be sad as f*ck with some bangers like mirai koibito. Hoping for some surprising tracks, like UNIQUE or Reisei to jounetsu no aida from LOVELAND. But really anything is fine if it's not annoying like piece of cake...

[orbitalaspect]

Anyone else just notice there will be no new PVs?

I wonder if they expect this album to flop...

[Utena]

there was no album PV with LOVELAND was it? I wouldn't count RUN FREE as it was previously released as a digital single.

[Meat Pao]

I dunno why Miliyah always seems to have tragically bad studio album covers lol. The only cover I really like is LOVELAND's CD+DVD one and it's primarily cos of the peculiarity of her eating spaghetti lmao. Nonetheless I'm looking forward to the album cos I've been really digging her recent singles. Just bummed that Never Call Me Again is not in it tho!

[thinkingoutloud89]

TRUE LOVERS had great Covers. So did HEAVEN.

[Utena]

The only album covers I don't like are TOKYO STAR's. The rest of the covers are either pretty or to the very least decent. So are LIBERTY's in my humble opinion. I guess they're not what I would call mainstream pretty but I do think they're ok. But obviously if you compare them to FUTURE LOVER or Lipstick, they could look bad... I guess?!

[blackmage]

My favorite album cover art is TRUE LOVERS with Best Destiny as close second. My least favorite is Muse! Liberty is even better than that lol.

[Utena]

I think mine would be Ring or TRUE LOVERS. I love the colors and composition of the Ring covers even though her face isn't quite appealing. Also really like BEST DESTINY and MUSE. They're usually good to me overall, besides TOKYO STAR which I find so awkward for some reason.

[blackmage]

^ I feel the same way about Ring, the composition, the lighting and general pose Miliyah has is very appealing, but her expression doesn't match the feeling or is just a bit awkward. From a far, like icon size it looks great, but larger its noticeable with her facial expression.

[Chiharo]

I actually love her expression in the Ring cover, too, lol. Her pose, what she's wearing, the background, and that thing she's holding in the air - it's all perfect. TRUE LOVERS, especially the CD only cover are so beautiful. Actually, the CD only one is what made me listen to Miliyah in the first place. I never liked Diamond Princess cover because it's so tacky, or CD only cover of LOVELAND, too. TOKYO STAR is bad with those stripes and her expression but I got used to it.

[NintendoHTF1242]

HEAVEN CD+DVD is my fave album cover, with Ring coming second. TRUE LOVERS is beautiful too.

[Baernash]

I'm not really excited for the album. I haven't found on her recent singles any addictive songs. As for me her best era was between 2008-2011 - good singles and solid album "HEAVEN". Out of her recent stuff I love only "Shounen Shoujo" single. I hope that album won't be filled with forgettable ballades (like last 2) but after big disappointment with "FUTURE LOVER" I don't know do I really want upbeat songs like that...

And covers are HORRIBLE. CD only looks like sample picture and CD+DVD version is just... bad. Picture is overexposed with shadow crossing part of her eye and forehead which looks just wrong. Sorry but I believe that if she would do a selfie of herself that would be probably a better cover.

Originally Posted by orbitalaspect

Anyone else just notice there will be no new PVs?

I wonder if they expect this album to flop...

Not on the album but it doesn't mean that we'll not get new PV(s) to promote the album. In the past she used to release PV from previous single on recent single...

[280301]

My favourite is the TRUE LOVERS CD+DVD. So gorgeous.

Imo Miliyah just keeps getting better and better for me. She's moved beyond that generic jpop sound pre-2012. I like that she has created her own personality. My only criticism is that she churns out too many uninspired ballads as album only tracks. Hoping for a bit more diversity after TRUE LOVERS and LOVELAND (although I love both dearly).

[Utena]

Megumi no Hikari and H.I.K.A.R.I. are now available on Itunes <3

[tenshi no hane]

^ Thanks for the heads-up!

HIKARI sounds nice based on the preview, gonna wait for the full album to buy it. I did get Megumi no Hikari. I'm so glad it's finally out~ I loooove it