14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [V]

[TeamAyu2004]

Originally Posted by Jawdarna

Gloria will probably do an Eyes, Smoke, Magic and troll everybody. xD

oh, ew. No more!! lol

[BlackSilence]

^ i think i am one of a very few who actually loved the song xD
i loved PQ personally it had more rock than what she's been releasing after RnRC. i wouldn't say any of the songs actually had that strong ock flavour tho. they were pretty dark but nowhere near her rock stuff.
i don't think that untill she changes her image again we'll get anything really dark. she's all nostalgic and butterfly pink now....

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by Jawdarna

Gloria will probably do an Eyes, Smoke, Magic and troll everybody. xD

Once is enough
I'm not in any kind of mindset to appreciate that kind of song
ESM came to me when I embraced ayu without bias
now on the other hand...

[AyuWorld]

Originally Posted by Jawdarna

Gloria will probably do an Eyes, Smoke, Magic and troll everybody. xD

please dont make it a nightmare comes true

[Luther10]

I heard the new songs last night in my dream:

04. SAKURA - enka with a lot of oo la la ss
07. Bye-bye darling - pop rock with a bit of rap thrown in
10. petal - jazz / swing / big band
12. untitled for her... story 2 - country style folk song with banjo and fiddle
13. Gloria - power ballad with organ, choir, church bells and pigeons

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by Luther10

I heard the new songs last night in my dream:

04. SAKURA - enka with a lot of oo la la ss
07. Bye-bye darling - pop rock with a bit of rap thrown in
10. petal - jazz / swing / big band
12. untitled for her... story 2 - country style folk song with banjo and fiddle
13. Gloria - power ballad with organ, choir, church bells and pigeons

Everything but untitled 2 sounds good

[Not~Yet]

Return Road was frankly ruined for me by the backing vocals that come in near the last verse or something. The "hoo~o hooo~~o hoo"s. That might seem nitpicky but it just sounds so out of place/tune. I always skip to the next track about halfway through because of it lol *sad*

And about the earlier conversation about her fanbase only listening to the surface these days and therefore enjoying her stuff, I actually feel that to enjoy songs like LOVE or Ls tracks (the "boring" songs) you have to pay attention to more than the use of "basic" instruments and the lack of hooks and gimmicks, to notice the uniqueness and the delicate ways the song expresses itself. Not saying that bland songs are always better when examined like that. Just that when you enjoy a song because it has obviously oomph due to big, fast paced and loud arrangement you're then likely listening to the surface only. (Aand not saying those songs couldn't be great when examined in depth)

Originally Posted by Luther10

I heard the new songs last night in my dream:
10. petal - jazz / swing / big band

I kinda hope she'll do swing, or electro swing (SLT) again someday.

[Jawdarna]

I don't mind Eyes, Smoke, Magic. It was pretty funny though when the previews came out though, as everybody had been really anticipating that one because of its title...

And the rest is history.

I still think the title Gloria is based upon 'glory'. Unless she knows somebody called Gloria/finds it significant in some other way. It would be odd if something focuses on the concept of glory and winning was a ballad though. Though, Ayu could be going for a sports anthem vibe. Who knows.
Maria and Hana aren't the only female names mentioned in Ayu's discography anymore (SAKURA too has added to this)...

[Ayu-me]

Originally Posted by Jawdarna

I still think the title Gloria is based upon 'glory'. Unless she knows somebody called Gloria/finds it significant in some other way. It would be odd if something focuses on the concept of glory and winning was a ballad though. Though, Ayu could be going for a sports anthem vibe. Who knows.
Maria and Hana aren't the only female names mentioned in Ayu's discography anymore (SAKURA too has added to this)...

"Gloria" and "glory" are also words synonymous with "halo". So lyrically, I think it could be a bit like "ANGEL'S SONG" with a gloria instead of a pair of wings. Just a theory though, Ayu has a habit of surprising us after all...

[calltome]

Originally Posted by Jawdarna

I don't mind Eyes, Smoke, Magic. It was pretty funny though when the previews came out though, as everybody had been really anticipating that one because of its title...

And the rest is history. .

Lol you're so funny!! I love eyes, smoke, magic.

[Jawdarna]

^ Yeah, I found PQ very pop rocky. I would like to see a release with more rock essence, less pop essence.

I'm hoping for the opposite of minimalism next time. Ayu does well with decadence.

Though, if Ayu went all vampire again I think that would be awesome too.

[pepper]

well, Gloria reminds me of M song the most. Ballady, but with a choiral atmosphere, church and stuff.

[pepper]

^ haha yes, a cutessy song called Gloria :> But it does make sense.
But it's the ballad section... so it will be probably a weird slow tempo song, classic boring ballad or sth powerfull (like M)

[Delirium-Zer0]

Look! And yeah, the big clip is just... a giant paper clip lol

[TeamAyu2004]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

Look! And yeah, the big clip is just... a giant paper clip lol

what is this from?

[Linza-mo]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

what is this from?

From TeamAyu! =)

[Delicious n Bold]

It's not even worth it i think...

[Andrenekoi]

Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai

The only place on the world people has the ability to foresee how a song will be in details just based on it's title.

[harufi]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai

The only place on the world people has the ability to foresee how a song will be in details just based on it's title.

I get that its fun to speculate...and I can understand from looking at the tracklist to help work out what genre a song will be like, but I don't really get all the comments saying "i bet X sounds like Y!", I just keep thinking there's new info or previews

[ayu_ready?]

I guess her poor use of rock genre nowadays can simply be linked to her ear and voice problems. idk how she can pull off singing it well