[News] New Album TROUBLE on August 15th ~III~

[koumori]

I finally listened to TROUBLE last weekend... as a tl;dr, I feel the album is sub-par musically but her lyrics are on point, as always. I love the themes the album has and some of the imagery she creates, but the songs themselves fall a bit flat for the most part.

We Are The QUEENS
I was never really a fan of this song. I think it's repetitive, the lyrics are weak, and although it has some power to the chorus it just loses itself for me by half-way through. It just sounds commercial, which I didn't mind as much before when it was just used for a commercial, but I don't feel it really fit the album. It's good for karaoke though?

æternal
I particularly like the lyrics of this one, and it's a soothing listen. It's not particularly memorable though and I feel she's had a lot of songs like this over the years. There's no real hook or something about it to make it stand out from the other medium ballad tracks.

WORDS
It's not a horrible track, but musically feels repetitive after æternal. It was nice to listen to when it was a standalone release but I didn't think it was worth a place on a mini. It's not memorable to me.

W
This stands out at least, I think the "wow wow wow" hook is catchy and I really like the intro. It gets a bit messy and feels "empty" later in the song - probably goes on a minute too long or so, with no real oomph to the ending - but it's a good enough track. It's the most experimental/exciting track on the entire mini. The lyric direction reminds me a lot of Sexy little things...

The way I am
Forgettable. Beautiful lyrics but I don't even remember what the song sounds like, and it was the last one I listened to before reading this post. That's pretty sad.


I'm happy some people are enjoying the release and I hope it does well in Japan, with the different marketing campaign and given it is Ayu's 20th anniversary release - it's just not for me.

[Matt_rq]

This album doesn't give me any emotion at all, the songs are totally bland to me. I'm very worried for the future of the music of Ayu, because it's like nobody in her team (She included) give a damn for a quality release anymore. We have the Love Again fiasco but at least it has a few great songs on it. Come on! You can't name a Mini album an album just because you want it, only 5 songs and no Pvs, and a bunch of leftovers from a One and Made in Japan.

[love in music]

Hmm I do think it's true that some of her songs sound similar to past ones, and past ones she did better. I don't know, I think it's just how she is now. I feel that she is creative with her writing but when it comes to other things like picking out unique sounding demos or really pushing to work with creative people outside of her comfort zone to do exciting new things she just doesn't care to do it very often, and when she does, she usually steps out into a place not many people even wanted her to go to. I'm assuming she just has other things on her mind that are taking priority over being super creative and pleasing fans. She has been like this for a while now, in my opinion. I don't really blame her for it but I can understand fans being disappointed by it.

[KarenPang]

In a way I was hoping that there will be different new songs in both CD versions of TROUBLE instead of the tracklist being reversed :s

At least it's not another LOVE again issue but still :x

Party Queen had a lot of contention when it was released . I was the rare few that generally like the songs in it but not the covers/photoshoot

Originally Posted by cosmicfirefly

I would love it if she released something else before the year ends, but between a-nation, then almost immediately having to rehearse for the new tour starting in October until February, it seems unlikely we'll get anything else this year :/ I'm just hoping that after the TROUBLE tour, she'll release a proper full album, and not just wait a few months before going on another tour with no new releases.

Frankly I rather see TROUBLE get released as a full length album next year & this year a 20th anniversary best album gets released instead

Artistes who commemorate their milestone anniversaries in the business , they usually do that with a best album or maybe a concept/tribute album

[Uknow!]

I couldn't watch the videos but in this digest se shounds incredible for me https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmea2UCh...by=a.you_video

[Aga-chan]

The thing is that, while I myself haven't listened to TROUBLE yet, she said she was going to sing about the past two years, but the lyrics don't reflect that 100%. I think that maybe, MAYBE she wanted a release to put We are (I wrote ate, lol) the QUEENS and WORDS into context, so that she can move on. Perhaps it's like a middle-thing between M(A)DE IN JAPAN and the next full-lenght album, so that's why it isn't that much of a breakthrough release.
Just a thought.

[Uknow!]

[kotora]

Originally Posted by Uknow!

I thought she put a mushroom on the head in I am... / Moments performance.

[adrtwb]

When will today’s sales be out?

[Aga-chan]

Some people say that she's now a performing artist rather than a recording one, but if that's the case her live endeavours should be made readily available for anyone to buy. I'd pay good money for separate release of the TA 15 live, for example. Hopefully the other part of Just the beginning will be released for everyone to enjoy - and support! - not just a select few.
Didn't they release the info of the TROUBLE LE like three weeks in advance? No one has 200 dollars just lying around to spend on music-related things.

[Corvina]

That's not too bad.
I've expected around 15k first day.
The mu-mo versions count btw.

[LONJJONG]

Wow it’s actually good. MIJ was 19,898 on the first day

[Chris_Duvall]

^^^
Nice! That's not bad at all :-)

[CeReSu]

Not bad indeed!

It's been a few days since the digital release and I don't listen to it anymore.
I find this album boring (even W feels empty now).

[Yoake]

I played the album in a loop since its digital release and I like it more and more. Even aeternal sounds better for me now.

[EndOfTheWorld]

「WORDS」／浜崎あゆみ
https://www.uta-net.com/song/253466/

今日のうたコラムでは
最新作『TROUBLE』収録曲をご紹介！

何かから逃げ出して
＜この夜が明けて欲しくない＞と願い
＜明日の来ない世界＞を探している
孤独なあなたにこそ
届いてほしい1曲です。
➡︎https://ps.uta-net.com/cnkp

[EndOfTheWorld]

^Seems important? Is that Ayu explaining the meaning behind TROUBLE and WORDS?

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by EndOfTheWorld

^Seems important? Is that Ayu explaining the meaning behind TROUBLE and WORDS?

It says something like:

With today's column, introducing a number from recent release "TROUBLE!"

Taking off running from something,
wishing "I do not want this night to dawn,"
searching for "a world where tomorrow does not come"—
unto solitudinous you precisely,
it is a song I hope be delivered.

Edit: Lol, I didn't realize there's a whole article attached to that link.

[rainbow_smile]

I love the album too, and I can actually feel the magic in her songs even now. Just because her vision doesn't match yours, doesn't mean she's not putting any effort.

[hud]

Originally Posted by rainbow_smile

I love the album too, and I can actually feel the magic in her songs even now. Just because her vision doesn't match yours, doesn't mean she's not putting any effort.

agree.