BRILLIANTE thoughts/opinions

[CHE.R.RY]

In odd way, this song slightly reminds me of a mix of Don't Look Back & ever free, only not as good as those two songs. I'm starting to like it more & more with each listen...it probably is the most unique & artistic song on FIVE, but it's not my favorite. I hate the way it sounds like Ayu is screeching in the beginning of the chorus ...it's a little annoying. I think that's what bothers me the most...& I don't usually say Ayu screeches her notes, but after it hurt my ears I kind of felt a little .

[XFER]

Guys, the song's name is NOT BRILLIANTE, so get rid of that "I". lol

I am loving the song, and think that Bubbly's interpretation is pretty good. Even if it's not accurate, it definitely seems like it is. The epic-ness of the song is so great, and wish she could keep making awesome songs like this. I have liked a few songs since "HEAVEN", but nothing as much as this. Go Ayu!!!!!!

[kotora]

After watching this song PV, I do not get it. Why does ayu die and suffer pain?

Why do guys have to take showers with black underwear but not naked?

[XFER]

Originally Posted by kotora

Why do guys have to take showers with black underwear but not naked?

Yeah! They need to rectify that asap!!

[rookies]

It's ok I guess.

New ranking:

progress > beloved > Why... > BRILLANTE > ANother Song

[Ayumi_Hamasaki902]

I myself, LOVED the PV and the song. I was watching the PV when my boyfriend asked me what I was watching and he came over to watch it with me and not even a minute or so into it, he's like "Yeah, ok, she just lost me." lol

[auss246]

Absolutely adore it.. way different from the other songs, and does it remind anybody else slightly of I am..? Just the slightest hint of it in there..

[Mr. Goto]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

The first 45 seconds had me really excited. But in the end, it didn't blow me away like it's blowing away everyone else lol

same!

i don't hate the song but based on most people's reactions i set my expectations a little too high.

really love the part at 3:55 when the orchestra comes in

[AyuHamasaki01]

I don't really like it tbh...

[Zeke.]

The one I choose to listen to the most. Not a HUGE fan of the chanting but I also don't like the little techno sound during the bridge. It totally does not fit the dramatic strings there. Shoulda saved it for another song.

[AyUmIXx]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

I think this song is just further proof that fans worry about her musical creativity for no reason. I'm happy Ayu doesn't churn out epic music every single time because it makes songs like this that much more breath-taking. It's what makes her signature music signature, if her entire discography were full of BRILLANTE's or Microphone's or Do it again's then the songs wouldn't stand out as much and they wouldn't be able to showcase how truly magnificent they are. Ayu always has one mind-blowing, orgasm-inducing song on each album, FIVE is no exception with BRILLANTE. Bravo Ayu, you did it again

agree with you~

BRILLANTE has now invaded my mind..
it's liked a spell... swahahahah XD

[[taskin.ayu]]

I hated it at first, it seemed like a let down when she started singing. xD I was expecting a harder hitting sound. I do like it a lot now though after a few listens, definitely my favorite on FIVE now.

[ruixiong89]

BRILLANTE! I restores my confidence in Ayu to still do weird and quirky things with her music! I think that's the side of her that we all like a lot better! It's a great song with a great scary-as-hell PV! Awesome!

[Echiko]

Wonderful song that's very different and unexpected. Very hauntingly sad. Love the song. The music video....I welcome any interpretations to make it more likeable. lol!

[Sandy]

I am ver sorry if I am hurting anyone's feelings with this, but I'd like to have my "freedom of speech":

This is one of the worst things ever. And not just in music. The arrangement didn't fit my taste at all. The PV was so tacky and terrible I felt a part of me died. I felt the same way the time I saw Lady Dynamite PV.

The only good thing was the lyrics. And the fact that it ended eventually. But you can't please everyone, so I'll accept it

Let me just make one thing clear before people start judging (I read the first post so...):

Just because I have a different opinion doesn't make me close minded.

[ayu_ready?]

I thought more about the PV and wasn't Ayu actually portrayed as some Goddess? I mean the throne and her arabian-smth outfit and Timmy like this servant witch or smth

and like she was there with half-naked-men-fighters, the victory [Ayu] which they all aimed for and then she walking with men with champion belts side by side, like she's really the victory of Goddess. and then she was on the throne and they all called for her, called for her and then she got to them but then somehow the men started to get away from her and leaving her, right?

oh I already have 2 interpretations of the PV

Originally Posted by Sandy

I am ver sorry if I am hurting anyone's feelings with this, but I'd like to have my "freedom of speech":

This is one of the worst things ever. And not just in music. The arrangement didn't fit my taste at all. The PV was so tacky and terrible I felt a part of me died. I felt the same way the time I saw Lady Dynamite PV.

The only good thing was the lyrics. And the fact that it ended eventually. But you can't please everyone, so I'll accept it

Let me just make one thing clear before people start judging (I read the first post so...):

Just because I have a different opinion doesn't make me close minded.

honestly I felt like it had smth in common with Lady Dynamite, really. because the outfits seem to be one style. I hate Lady Dynamite actually. BRILLANTE seems better though for me,not close to the ideal of others, remember Free & Easy for example or even more. better off the whole mini.
I agree about the arrangement. it wasn't done properly.the song is beautiful in lyrics and just the epic feel it gives, but really the arrangement sucked at the parts of chorus especially and slightly at the end.
I agree about the tacky PV feel = Lady Dynamite though. much agree.

[koumori]

Originally Posted by Sandy

This is one of the worst things ever. And not just in music. The arrangement didn't fit my taste at all. The PV was so tacky and terrible I felt a part of me died. I felt the same way the time I saw Lady Dynamite PV.

Although I do love the song, and the lyrics, I have to agree about the PV. Ayu looked gorgeous, but the guys and Timmy in drag were just so...random..especially given the lyric concept..and during the whole PV there was no apparent storyline, just another "symbolic" PV. I think only the last minute or so interested me, it got quite intense and I wasn't expecting the ending. Before that, I was really bored and wondering what the point was. It looked glamorous, Egyptian-inspired...and when reading the lyrics to BRILLANTE, that doesn't make sense. Maybe I'm missing something.

[pepper]

Originally Posted by Sandy

I am ver sorry if I am hurting anyone's feelings with this, but I'd like to have my "freedom of speech":

This is one of the worst things ever. And not just in music. The arrangement didn't fit my taste at all. The PV was so tacky and terrible I felt a part of me died. I felt the same way the time I saw Lady Dynamite PV.

The only good thing was the lyrics. And the fact that it ended eventually. But you can't please everyone, so I'll accept it

Let me just make one thing clear before people start judging (I read the first post so...):

Just because I have a different opinion doesn't make me close minded.

I really "dislike" Lady Dynamite, I do love BRILLANTE, but this is your opinion and nobody have the rights to hate you about it!

[the angel song]

Ok I found some stuff on Wikipedia lol. Take it with a grain of salt, it's all speculation.

Since ayu is using an Egyptian looking lady, our first thoughts are Cleopatra. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_VII

This part is interesting 'For she was a woman of surpassing beauty, and at that time, when she was in the prime of her youth, she was most striking; she also possessed a most charming voice and knowledge of how to make herself agreeable to every one. Being brilliant to look upon and to listen to, with the power to subjugate every one, even a love-sated man already past his prime, she thought that it would be in keeping with her role to meet Caesar, and she reposed in her beauty all her claims to the throne.'

It says she believed she was the goddess Isis who represents Motherhood, Magic, and Fertility. Cleopatra committed suicide by being bitten by an asp (an Egyptian cobra) which is Cleopatra's tried and true method of "painless executions" where you get sleepy and paralyses occurs starting at the eyes.

This part really fit in with the pv in a loose interpretation: 'Plutarch, writing about 130 years after the event, reports that Octavian succeeded in capturing Cleopatra in her mausoleum after the death of Antony. He ordered his freedman Epaphroditus to guard her to prevent her from committing suicide, because he allegedly wanted to present her in his triumph. But Cleopatra was able to deceive Epaphroditus and kill herself nevertheless. Plutarch states that she was found dead, her handmaiden Iras dying at her feet, and another handmaiden, Charmion, adjusting her crown before she herself fell. He then goes on to state that an asp was concealed in a basket of figs that was brought to her by a rustic, and, finding it after eating a few figs, she held out her arm for it to bite. Octavian's triumphal march back in Rome, an effigy of Cleopatra that had an asp clinging to it was part of the parade.'

You see how Cleopatra's beauty and glory were still exploited even after her death? And that Plutarch guy seems very "Timmy" lol

Anyways, this is just from my internet detective work, so don't take it too seriously, but do read the wiki article to get the whole story.

[truehappiness]

It's probably very close to what they had in mind for the video.

I doubt that BRILLANTE was created 'just for the heck of it' much like what Lady Dynamite was.