The only PV with that theme I loved was Virgin road. I just can't stand looking at Shuya's fake face expressions. He is such a bad actor. Over dramatic. He ruined BALLAD PV for me which had a lot of potential.

^ I think his dramatic face expression worked for "BALLAD" PV but I didn't like it in stage performances during concerts (but gladly he's not part of team anymore).

I wonder if you guys noticed Ayu's new instagram icon:
http://i63.tinypic.com/ehzm8m.png

Could it be the official cover for the new album?

^Nah, she's changed it on most social networks but the cover is fanmade. I can't remember where it came from but definitely fanmade :)

However she posted the pamphlet cover AGAIN, are we sure it's not the album cover?

maybe, She is waiting for your the best fanmade cover as the inspiration for the official one

^ It's possible.

I'm hoping for more of a traditional Japanese album cover similar to Ayu-mi-x 4 :)

I won't be surprised if she use 100% of the pamphlet photo................... Thou I hope not.

That has never happened in the past, but hey, anything is possible.

My problem is that he's pretty ugly.

I'm a bit shocked at this cause BALLAD PV is one of the few stuff where Shuya got the spotlight and I still enjoyed it :laugh Usually I think he's a overdramatic, yes, but the PV was really enjoyable to me

OMG I remember that lol!!! I think the issue most people had with Sparkle was that it was poorly edited but the concept was and still is pretty awesome.

About the Ballad PV I think Its a masterpiece compared to anything from the Love songs trilogy even with Shuya's ugly mug.

Shula is so hot. He should have married ayu.

I find it unlikely that they would use the same cover... Maybe she's just promoting the tour?
The album pictures could come from the same photoshoot though... I just hope it's not the exact same pictures.

I'm not a big fan of the BALLAD PV but the scenes of Ayu in her "Heaven" were stunning. Whoever designed the set should design my bedroom.

I thought sparkle was fine. All I can remember is people complaining about how she sang it in Japan. And the other ones who have a problem were ones who go funny about sex and stuff :P but that's probably because the idea for sparkle PV came from a porno if I remember the director's words :P
This is one of the song I can get non Japanese people to like straight away


She should not put her album development into the hands of Americans :P I think they are generally fine, but colours could of turned out better if it was handled by her JP team.
Think of xoxo as ayu supporting a friend who did something tough :) that how I explain her outfit and hair look in the pv :P

Not from his mouth but people found the original porno.

That too.

Shuya isn't ugly. Maybe your taste in men is a little different, but Shuya is beautiful to most of us. Overdramatic, sure. However, I love seeing him in Ayu's PVs and on stage with her. I just wish their performances weren't so corny.

Shuya always was my favourite male dancer and I think he's hot as hell. His overdramstic acting works well on stage, since it's the purpose that people who are far away can somehow grasp his facial expressions. In PVs it's a little too much, but since I'm biased when it comes to Shuya, it never bothered me.

Listening to a bunch of the tasuku interludes, I wonder if Ayu would ever do a tasuku x Ayu concept album and make them into full tracks.

So far tasuku's only full song for Ayu was fairyland and that was great.