Yess! Now that the song's been written, the new single is finally gonna come out!! YYAAAYYY!!!!

making of 1 LOVE:yes
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ma...aki/2719891849 (@2:36)

Hah, funny, it's one of the only "making of's" I don't have downloaded. Thanks a ton! :D

YUSH! I'm glad Ayu sounds so excited to be working on this song. That's an automatic good sign, imo. Go Ayu go!

YAY!!

Yes! New single! :D :D

NEEEEEEEEEEW SONG NEEEEEEEW SINGLE, YAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!! I'm so excited :D :D :D

Oh...even though I LOVE that song, a new one would be nice.

But maybe she'll release a new single to coincide with the collection...and officially send Japanese into bankruptcy xD either way, all the promotion might be good!

I'm glad she at least announced a new song. :)

If she's nice, she'll release this single at a thanks price of 555 yen and everyone will FREAK. [and 1000yen for the +DVD ver..?]

finally! :D yey!! so cool!!

thx for the news

thats actually an awesome idea. never thought about that...i mean, i feel like a lot more people would buy it cuz it's a steal (plus her dedicated fans would reeeally appreciate it hahaha)

Well, that's how the management of ayaka x Kobukuro got people to buy the single "winding road"... it had really high sales because of its price, at least, I think so.. (352k+ since its release)

And they're doing the same thing with their latest single, "anata to"..

Just to note: apparently the original TA message [thanks to tethevo for pointing it out] used "kakkoii" instead of "really great"..

So to Ayu, the song is really really "COOL". She usually uses this to describe her harder songs like t2m and stuff, so we'll see.

finally, a new song!!! I'm so excited, can't wait :D

Thanks for the translation and news <3 As always I'm looking forward to Ayu's new song

yay :)

A "cool" song? Another Startin' please!

I'd group her kakkoii stuff as being like, ourselves/Because of You/Startin'.. kind of like, her non-cutesy stuff.

hmmmm
new song. :D
i hope i like it.

wow! new song!! and no any rest for Ayu =(

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!
NEW SONG!!!
It means new single!!!

THANKS FOR THE NEWS!!! XD



IM SO EXCITED!!! *goin' bananas*

Cool aye... I hope its a Peach John collab song/PV that will be ultra skanky <3

^ somehow, I doubt that a little XD

that's what i wanted to hear ;P

Yippy New single!!!! A kakkoii song!!!

OMG new song! New single! *dies*.
I can't wait. I want to know more.

And what is wrong with being pale? I am pale ... and I'm not bothered by it ... well, sometimes.

I want a mid-tempo song or ballad *0* !!! xD

hahaha xD that'd be...interesting :P

About 4 hours ago, ayu blogged from Narita Airport, saying she was on her way to record. Dunno where, but it's somewhere she has to fly to. Perhaps LA again? That'd be cool.

^ haha

I hope it's a pop song.

Ooh thanks for the info. I wonder if she'll record the 10th anniversary version of Who... there as well. Hopefully she'll be recording more than one new song. D:

I wanna see Ayu's tan~! LOL.

^ me too

yay a new song! :) I want a ballad. I guess her next single is a 2 a-side single.

I'm so excited :P

I EXPECT A LOT !!!

Thank you for the info!!
Wow another overseas PV.
It must be a rock or up-beat song since she likes to record them overseas (in NY or LA). Awesome!
It means she already recorded 1 song and now the 2nd one and afterwards the announcement hopefully.

I'd be happy with another rock song. I'd be happy with anything really, I'm one of those people who generally likes everything an artist puts out/hates it at first and falls in love with it a few months later(lookin' at you, MY ALL)

I'd be happy with another alterna/Mirrorcle World but I'd seriously hate another GAME/is this LOVE?/talkin' 2 myself.

I want something kind of like (don't) Leave me alone but 20395023950x better, or something like kiss o' kill.

WOW amazing news! Thx for posting!

I wonder how a song possible can sound cooler then WM?! Then it must be reaaaly cool!!! Looking forward to it! ^^

It kind of makes me think that one's all/claim rumor is true..
one's all ballad (recorded in Japan) and claim a rock song/up-beat (recorded in the US).
It might not be true at all though lol.

A new song! Sugoi!!!!

Yay new song we're all gonna slightly like then dislike then love! :D

Oh, 2ch.

Some 2ch users are sort of trying to predict the song.. seems like they're thinking it's gonna be rock since she said it was "cool."

[They list talkin' 2 myself, Because of You, evolution, SURREAL, INSPIRE, and Mirrorcle World as "kakkoii" I think...]

it will be cool if she realease two PVs :D

Would totally love another song like the bolded two.

Amen!

I'm hoping for a song similar to INSPIRE! :D

I'm thinking it will be like HEAVEN / alterna. One's all sounds like a summer single or ballad. Well, it won't be summer anymore when it's released so it'd be silly to make it a summer song. Plus, she hasn't released a ballad single for a while. claim sounds just like decision; kind of angsty rocky.

i rmember, when INSPIRE/GAME were released... INSPIRE was so strange! so i expect smth that produces teh same reaction (and not the same kind of song)

Oh my i'm so excited! I love almost all the songs except for because of you.

this is great news.

keep the good work up ayu, looking forward to this new song. ^__^

Woohoo, I look forward to it :)

No rock plz!!!

Unless it's pop-rock like INSPIRE

ditto. haha, i would rather not have a rock song--but i mean, i'll probably enjoy it anyway, haha. i wouldn't mind a song like SURREAL--but I also wouldnt mind a song like Boys & Girls hahaha :D but if its anything like humming 7/4.....x_x

As long as it isn't called One's all or claim I don't care what it sounds like. XD
Meh... I guess it is just a title, but it those titles just scream mediocrity to me. Hopefully (if they end up being titled that) the book won't reflect the cover.

I'm hoping for something completely new and original. Nothing has been able to top fairyland c/w alterna for me yet... That was the first Ayu release I really anticipated and couldn't wait for. Before that I was just a casual listener. haha Make me that happy again, please Ayu!

I want a rock song like Because of You *0*

I want something that stands out from the past 3 summer A-sides.

Well, this definitely won't be a summer single. They're all like "AYU SKIPPED HER SUMMER SINGLE?!" over at 2ch. lol.

!!!I KNEW IT!! when i was entering the forum just now i had this weird feeling something big was going to happen like a new song or something but when i looked at the news section and when the latest entry wasent about a new song the feeling lowwered alittle but then i read THIS!!!i cant wait:D:D.......now just to wait a few months before it comes out:grumpy

WELL IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!!!!

thank you

soooo happy to hear about the new song!!! Now I need REAL internet to order when it comes out...wii internet=no thanks! :weep

Wonder whether it'll be late autumn or early winter release if it's for a new single.

Hell yeah!

About time for a new single to come out!

I wonder what kind of lyrics will it have, the arrangement..

OMG! This is what we are all expecting from her hehehe.

*+D.N.A.+*

you know...i wonder if this song will be a tie-in like Born To Be... was

for the Olympics maybe??? oooh i hope so...i love the sound of BTB

finally..... Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ! ! ! !:yatta . I wounder how she looks with tanskin :P

OMG!!! I'm soooo glad she'll have a summer single!!!!!! ^___^ Thank you so much for the translation!!

hmm hope she'll release around october time? :D or ASAP ! ARGGGGGGGG !
CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER !!!!!!!!

Aww Ayu is adorable. I'm glad she's ultra-bubbly after that really heartful TA message about her friend a while ago.

But geez, I really hope the 2009 calendar is nice. 2008's calendar was a horrid trainwreck of bad costumes/make-up and even worse Photoshopping.

HOORAY FOR COOL NEW SONG! =D

Honestly, if you want a runthrough of like, all of the costumes that will be in the calendar.. here you go. You may not be pleased. Note that these are just assumptions and should not be taken as fact.



That's just like, 6 looks.. so we have like one more to figure out. I'm kinda scared as to what it'll be though... Remember that none of these are like, 100% true,.. but for the most part, they're true.

^^ :O
WHOA. That yellow thing is crazy ugly, but I SERIOUSLY LOVE everything else!!! :heart

Eeew I really hate that black leather thingy. >.<

wow, really informative thread!

thanks for all the info guys :)

I hope this week or next week the website update any news of the new Single

^yeah, HOPEFULLY eh :D
thanks for all the sources truehappiness :)

Ayu is uber gorgeous in the glittery gown.

Is there any updates on the "new song" now? [:-(

As much as we already know one of the songs is 100% or rock song or up beat song (as she said it's a cool song and not beautiful or something).

I want to hear it so bad already !!!
I hope there will be announcemenets anytime soon!

let's hope for a up beat song!

Well, what else has she released around this time of the year? *looks up discography*

talkin' 2 myself
2 rock songs

HEAVEN
ballad and rock

CAROLS
ballad

Voyage
ballad

I'm getting the impression it will be ROCK / BALLAD like MW. But she has already done that this year... Hmm. Either rock + ballad ala HEAVEN or pop + rock ala fairyland, imo.

BUT she used the word COOL..on purpose, because its a summery song? I'm putting my money on having a ballad too, though.

I WAN A UPBEAT....STARTIN' STYLE

Hell yeah that would be awwwwesome!!

It won't be a summery song since it won't be released in summer...
As been said usually when she call a song "kakkoii' it's rockish or up-beat but not summer up-beat.

I can't wait to know what songs are they.

id say "surreal" is a "kakkoii" song, so id rather something like that, haha. GAME, talkin' 2 myself, decision, etc. = song types i don't want right now.

It's most likely going to be a ballad or something really......I don't know how to describe it....breathtaking and attention-grabbing, since she'll probably want to perform it at all those glitzy year end shows like Kouhaku/FNS/Best Artist, etc.

But she said it's a cool song. Not A beautiful song. When she says it's a beautiful or touchy song it's a ballad.

kakkoii doesn't really fits ballads lol just up-beat or rock songs XD
Unless if she records it for something else and not the next single.

She should make it c/w a ballad. Sort of like how glitter/fated was an upbeat(albeit pop) and a ballad.

fairyland alterna anyone? It'd be awesome if she could make a single that had all different styles... fairyland had summerpop, edgy rock, electro and even reggae.. =) so.. rock c/w ballad isn't all that impossible

fairyland was released in august..pretty close to september. : p

But yea, if it's not rock and upbeat I count it as summer-ish.. I count most of LOVEppears as summer-ish..Maybe the wrong term. :d

argh i want a ballad :(

i want a ballad too! but a songs like INSPIRE will be good too

Why does everyone want a ballad...? Last time we got a ballad, she gave us Life. I'm good with an uptempo rock song thanks XP

^

Because Life isn't like..a winter ballad. And winter ballads are good. Though it's not really winter... But still. : >

The reason why everyone wants a ballad is because her last single that featured a ballad as the lead song was almost 3 years ago with HEAVEN.

^^ OMG! That's sooo true! :thud

It would be great if she can release an upbeat songs together with a ballad, about the lead song thingy i'm fine with either one =]

Technically, Together When... was a single, albeit digital, it's still a single.