Two years since Ayu's last single

[AyuHamasaki01]

Time really flies. I can't believe it's already been 2 years.

[Bigtop]

This is why I have been lacking interest with Ayu - lack of single releases... It has been almost two years, and sure time flies - at that time I was only getting started with my final year in high school...

[yoshino]

I have been waiting for Ayu's new single for a very long time!!!
Ayu definitely should release it. Dun the Japanese love singles? That will help in her sales, not just based on albums alone.

[Sandy]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

I said new material. They never forced her to make new songs for A Best, she did that so that people would have reason to buy the album, because she didn't want a best album. The album itself was put together by avex, Ayumi really had nothing to do with it.

^Oh, I must have (miss)understood you! see hat I did there? hheheh...
I just count a new CD and a new single to be new material. But no worries, no harm done

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

^Format has nothing to do with it Sabrina....if those songs [E,S,M and the next LOVE] were released as a single I'd be mortified!

^Agree. And I love the songs. TRhey're not single materials. Singles are supposed to get people's attention, right? I mean positive attention... These are songs like Dolls, Close to you, teddy bear and Beautiful Day - songs for an audience that knows her, or at least that's what I think...

Originally Posted by Kazeyomi

Maybe avex want to focus on digital releases, rather than physical ones.
I think just hardcore fans buy CDs nowadays.

iTunes is in. Digital is in. Apple and all fancy stuff you can get to it is in. I get that, but I'm a simple country girl - I like a certain pattern.
Single - Single - Cm's for ex. Kosé with the single song in it - PV - CD
Something like that. I just feel it's getting really old and mainstream.

I figured, giving it a thought or two, that it's been two years b/c first she got married and was all busy with that and then she got divorced and was all busy with that. I mean... is it just me or could that be a reason?
What I'm done with are the thousand of remixes since I never listen to them (unless being acoustic/acoustic orchestra) but I get why peapole like them so I don't complain Honestly, I'd choose a single like that any day over a new A, H, &, L single since we have too many of those. She should take a break from that pattern and do another trilogy in like three years or so.

I'm not crying over not having new material (since PQ is still growing and new to me) but yeah, a single is deffinately the way to go next. But I guess Ayu doesn't need the sales unless the demand is coming from avex (th way TeamAyu2004 pointed it out earlier).

I should not be allowed to write anything after 2 A.M. It's 2:35 A.M where I live, I think it's bed time now...

[Nessa]

Delirium-Zero, you're awesome.