Stephanie always looks mature, I like that about her!

can i say she looks old there? XD sorry to say this, but its not a good shot for her! i'm sure they have a lot more better pics of her from that movie!

Her face angle..her chin is sticking out...but nvm I like the whole look of that...
she is..a songstress?

I think she looks pretty. :)

Whoa my god, she looks like one of those stately matrons or something. So not a good picture.

Would you all rather she look like she did on the single covers :p? I think it's an improvement and matches the character she's playing.

ahhh i just check her blog, and found she posted her childhood photo! she's mentioning about halloween

http://www.playlog.jp/steph/blog/

^ Aww, so cute!

she was sailor jupiter! ^o^

she prev says on her blog that she is a big fan of SM XD

Her Halloween outfit was so cute! She was adorable as a kid. :)

wiki.theppn says that Pride ~A Part of Me~ will be out January 14th, 2009.

I haven't found any other sources confirming this but on the Pride Movie website they updated the premiere date to be January 17th, so January 14th seems like a reasonable date.

^You mean 2009 right? :P I wish it were out already!

Woops yea I meant 2009 xD

Ack, sorry for double-posting but... I found a picture of Stephanie that I had to show everyone because well... she looks completely different!

http://www.vivid-ks.com/CCC/3nightslive/

It was linked to on the Pride movie site so it's a valid source.

She looks kind of old in it I think... but... it's better than some of her pictures xD.

wow, the make up does make her look older, lol. but it's not that bad of a picture.

She looks very fierce there! It's different, not as "sweet" as her other pictures, I like it!

she looks so ****ty here - LOVE IT!

she looks so different...

Rude xD? She is beautiful but it think she looks on that picture hot and sexy like a call girl xD

she looks completely beautiful o.O 'm proud of her xD her image is changing (Changin'? xD)

I agree! Stephanie is very beautiful.

Woooo new preview for Pride ~A Part of Me~ on Stephanie's official site! Plus covers! The release date isn't until February 15th though :(.

http://steph.jp/

It's really pretty after listening a couple of times. I didn't like it at first xD. But I LOVE LOVE LOVE the covers! FINALLY SOME GOOD ONES!

Hey, anyone realize that she sounds a little like Yuna Ito only with mega octaves?

cover is pretty - she looks kinda old - but beautiful - and song is good

Reminds me of Yuna's Truth...but her voice is very nice..
she has two duet singles already lol...
her mouth looks weird on the cover...but FINALLY something new

i like the song
and its the best cover she has made so far although i still think that camera not love her that much XD

wow, quite nice cover :D
and for judging the song i will wait for full version ^^'

is the tracklist posted???

1. Pride～A Part of Me～feat.SRM
2. Pride～A Part of Me～Stephanie Only ver.
3. KISSES
4. Changin'　(Double Piano Mix)

Yeah, I agree, she looks kinda old... but the song is really pretty!

not yet...thanks for posting it
can't wait

I like how she always provides a Stephanie Only version... just in case people don't like whoever she is doing the duet with xD.

Double Piano version sounds like it will be good too.

KISSES better be better than Together :p.

The Pride movie trailor is up :D. It looks like a cute movie xD. And I think Stephanie looks good in it!

http://www.pride-movie.jp/

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/3...iescenejq0.jpg

And woah, is that Stephanie? She's changed her look so much recently I can't tell xD.

She also sings two songs in the trailor (one is Pride ~A Part of Me~), I wonder if the other is the beginning of Pride ~A Part of Me~ or KISSES :).

^i think the person in that pic, wasn't stephanie

lOl that better not be her...

some scenes she looks likely old...but the other actress is evil!!! omgawd...slapped her so hard >.<
and spit in her drink...gosh

The song rocks! <3

the picture isnt her, instead of a woman-dresses pianist

i think the woman is a man XD

if anyone notice there is a two versions of PRIDE in discography - anyone can translate tell what is about with second version? DVD maybe?

Stephanie looks great when she was punched in face by her!
and when she said Anata ni na PRIDE janaino

Yeah, one of the versions comes with a DVD. It says 映画「プライド」 or Movie "Pride" for the tracklisting. The description says it's an "off-shot."

I can't wait for this to be released, it's been a while since her last release.

fan-net lists stephanie's 2nd album for March 4th.

"Pride" cover:

http://i40.tinypic.com/dvsmzs.jpg

its so freakin late...gosh...i miss her power too

I love the title...and the cover except for her face, the expression is a bit mean.

Wow a new album coming :D. Thank god she didn't wait to do 4 singles like last time xD. I can't wait to hear the full version of Pride ~A Part of Me~.

oh my god, i dont like it! i dont mind the BG or her dress, but her make-up and expression looks fierce (in a negative way), sorry, i dont like it.

hopefully the song will attract me more

the PV is out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwwrL42MJq0

The way she looks at the very beginning is atrocious. I was laughing so hard, which is bad for a ballad. But the other outfits + makeup in other parts look great, so that's good. And the song is quite nice, I hope it sells well.

wow! so fsat...suddenly 3PVs are out (Kuu and alan)

edit: WOOO love the song. She can do no wrong with such big ballads....her voice is lovely but those outfits relly... >.<
i think she acted well?..from the looks of it...
who's SRM?

yay...finally a new material from her...
waiting for HQ PV

They could have done... a little more for the PV xD.

But it's still a good song :). A little messier than I imagined but... I love the chorus xD.

I hope it does well :).

The PV wasn't very well done, but the song's pretty nice. Stephanie's stylist need to figure out which styles work for her and which don't, though.

Agreed. I really liked her in two outfits especially, one was blue and one was green, they are about 2/3 + 3/4 into the PV.

The PV isn't really that interesting. :/

and she continue the mini skirt or hot pants saga...hahaha...LOL
the song is nice...can't wait to hear the solo stephanie version of that song...
and i think the movie give good impact to her confident imo...

the song is pretty good, the chorus is stephanie's trademark.

but too bad:
-no super high notes
-the outfit was BAD
-her hair do was weird
-the PV is cheap made

it's too bad for her. she can do much better than this

her PVs arnt her forte....we love her because of her lovely voice and power ballads...and for me, that's all that matters hahahha..
because after a cheap PV, i wont watch it anymore

I don't like how the both of them in the beginning of the PV were walking towards each other. It made it look like they were in love or something. :/

here is the single its supose to came out on Wen

I LOVE KISSES

I hope her next PV is going to be a lot better than Pride.

There is a pv for pride?

^ Yup, there's a PV for Pride.

Watch here:

It's not a good pv!
Nothing is interesting in it!
thanks for sharing!

It's too boring IMO.

SONY really messed up with this PV, unfortunately. :/

I have to agree. Poor Stephanie. :(

And Steph didn't look that pretty in the PV. She looked a lot older for some reason. :/

So I just listened to the single.

The ballad (both with SRM and solo) is okay. It's not as bad as some people said. I prefer it without the video, because the video is just promo for the movie really. But it's a nice Stephanie-esque ballad, and I am happy (but not THRILLED) with it.

KISSES is amazing, I've been listening to that a lot. I'm glad that the b-side was so excellent, it would have been easy for them to throw it away and give us crud.

Changin' is a nice add-on, especially since I love that song, and I think Steph sings it better solo (even though I love Roma, I enjoy the song more when Steph sings it by herself).

Not a BAD single (the cover is pretty, but did someone tell this girl she has an ugly smile? Because she never seems to lol) but the a-side and PV could use a bit of work. Otherwise, not completely bad. Let's hope she has some lives and the movie has promotion so it'll sell!

I hope she's going to have some live performances for the song. :)

she had a big tie in again so I think they will promote it

Here are the lyrics to KISSES (I did it first since I have listened to it more than the a-side xD)

Toki ga tatte mo
Kawaru koto ga nakute
Massugu na FEELING

Mune ga yamu hodo ni
Kitai tsunorasete wa sou
Fuan ni nattari shite

Soshitara
Tsukisasaru SMILE
Watashi wa sarau no

Setsunai kisu nara
Nando kawashita n darou
Sono tabi ni nanika ni utareteta
Kanashii yoru mo
Aenai hi mo tobikoete
OH THAT KISS JUST NEVER
FADES AWAY

Toki ni wa chotto
Kawaigenai kedo kamo ne
Tsuyogari dakara

I'M SURE THAT IT'S OBVIOUS
Wakariyasui koto deshou
YOU KNOW THAT
I DO LOVE YOU BABY

Dakara SAY SAY SAY
Tsukisasaru PHRASE
Kikasete hoshii yo

Yasashii kisu nara
Nando demo tarinai no
Wagamama ni dakishimete ite
Kono shunkan wo
Kokoro ni yakizukete
OH THIS KISS WILL NEVER
FADE AWAY

REMEMBER THE TIMES
WE CAME ALONG
STILL WE HAVE
SO MUCH MORE TO SHARE

Tada kimi wo aiseru ima wo
Tsukande itai
ALL THE TIME
ALL THE WAY

Setsunai kisu nara
Nando kawashita n darou
Sono tabi nanika ni utareteta
Kanashii yoru mo
Aenai hi mo tobikoete
OH SO I CAN HAVE THAT
KISS FROM YOU
Yasashii kisu nara
Nando demo tarinai no
Wagamama ni dakishimete ite
Kono shunkan wo
Kokoro ni yakizukete
OH THIS KISS WILL NEVER
FADE AWAY

thanks for lyrics!

Apparently that movie tie-in flopped. -___-

I didn't see this single on Oricon at all. Does anyone know how it sold?

And how did the movie do?

As I mentioned in the comment above yours, it flopped. -___- That's what I read on JPM forums. :/

yea, the single and movie both flopped. sadly.

It is pretty sad. I think Stephanie has a really nice voice. And she's very beautiful/pretty as well.

One thing I didn't like about Pride was that SRM was featured in it. I would have preferred Stephanie only in the song and PV.

Oh wells, here's hoping her next song will be more successful. ^^

This single was pretty good. The PV was horrible, but the songs were actually quite good, especially KISSES! =[

The single is available for download in the asian download section, if anyone is looking for it. ^^

She really could made a better pv! If her single flopped, the pv is one of the reason!

It's not her fault, it's SONY's fault. I doubt she had much say in the PV's concept/direction.

2009.01.18 Pride ~A Part of Me~ feat. SRM #82 SALES : 820
tell me its not true <lol>
maybe it will sell more if movie come on screen - and what will be with album - they would cancel it? O.o

As far as I know, the movie didn't chart on the top 10 so I don't know how much help that would do. The single itself didn't do well so I don't expect any live performances. How is she supposed to promote it now?

820 copies?! Wow...

Ami sells better than Stephanie xD

820?!
wow...