oh i love mirai <3
just not hitotsu so much, only the chinese version better
alan's earlier songs sounded awkward to me except AENS

I like the wailing and the ehru in Mirai but that's it.
Even if alan isn't as confident in singing in Japanese as Chinese, she sounds more sure now then when she first started out.

ok new blog, and seriously, the amount of typos lol

Today, I went home! ! ! ! (2009-01-09 04:47:26)

At home!http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...mmy48/1-11.gif

The reason I went home this time is because of the promotion for [Chi Bi 2]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj85/pommy48/001.gif

Alan with director John Woo and the cast went to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Sichuan to start promoting [Chi Bi 2]! Every stop we go to, we're always within a close distance with all the movie fans, so we can communicate! I'm really happy oh.http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj85/pommy48/3-4.gif


The happiest thing is that alan won Shanghai's 2008 "Annual modern figure award"! Haha, haha, haha
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj85/pommy48/1-7.jpg


The most most most happiest thing~~~~~~~there's still more~~~~~came back home~~~~saw my dad and mom, and my precious son, BOBI!http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...mmy48/1-14.gifhttp://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...mmy48/1-14.gifhttp://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...mmy48/1-14.gif They think about me a lot, I think about them very very very very much.http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...mmy48/1-11.gifhttp://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...mmy48/1-11.gif They're all good! I can rest assured! ! !


Wait wait wait wait~~~~! I still have one thing I want to say! ! Hey hey! ! ! ! ! Not only receiving a big award this ward, I also got a "present"! ! At the time when I just wanted to change cellphones, I never would've thought~~~~~~~that the thing I want the most fell from the sky~~~~~a loved pink pink pink pink pink, a beautiful rotating cellphone.http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...mmy48/1-15.gif I'm too happy~~~~~~~~~ Have an award, received a present! Alan will work even harder, striving! ! !Whatever good thing happened to me today, I want to share with everyone! ! ! Oh~~~it's 5 a.m? ? ? ? ? ! ! ! Hurry and get to sleep! ! It's time to sayhttp://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...mmy48/2-13.gifhttp://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj85/pommy48/2-4.gif bye bye! Good night! ! ! !
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj85/pommy48/1-8.jpg
The number you have called is busy right now~~~~ http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj85/pommy48/2-3.jpg
Soon I'll see you guys again! Expecting! ! !

*that award, not sure just what it is, so i guess it's like a newcomers award in a way
BOBI is her dog? haha don't think alan is a single mother
it's absolutely so cute how happy she get about getting a new cell phone~!

^ Reminds of you when you get excited.
Kinda choked when I read the my precious son line.

Really cute! Thanks.

wow...thanks for blog translation
congrats that she win something

alan debut album is available on Cdjapan
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-23695
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-23696

only 4 new songs :(
sorry if that was posted already

better than none

such a cute message :D

and thank you for the album info...
now i need the tracklist x3 but i'm pretty sure i'll pre-order this album soon ^^

AVCD-23695
alan/alan 1st album(Title subject to change) [CD+DVD / Jacket C] CDA
3800 yen US$41/92.38 Release Date:2009/03/04
Description:First album release from alan featuring two tie-up songs, eight single songs, and four new songs. Includes DVD with music video of eight single songs and more. *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.
bonus:special feature/bonus available
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=AVCD-23695
*********************************************
AVCD-23696
alan/alan 1st album(Title subject to change) [Jacket C] CDA
3000 yen US$32/92.38 Release Date:2009/03/04
Description:First album release from alan featuring two tie-up songs, eight single songs, and four new songs.
bonus:special feature/bonus available
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=AVCD-23696

about time man I say :D

looks like I will be getting it locally since I have a feeling the local HMV will be importing the CD only from here

but 4 new songs is a bit too little :( but still better than nothing

now's to wait for Hey ! Say ! JUMP to put out their debut album

i wonder if liberty and japanese chi bi will be there

hmm guess im happy about the news of being 4 new songs in the album but i guess if it covers Gunjou no Tani, chi bi and perhaps liberty it only leaves room for 1 or 2 actual new song/s thats not going to a single...

but whatever the situation this album will be an epic !

at least her debut album is finally able to bear fruit & see the light now :D

so its..

Ashita e no Sanka
Hitotsu
Natsukashii Mirai
Sora Uta
Kaze no Tegami
RED CLIFF
Megumi no Ame
Gunjou no Tani
(8 already)
+
Chi Bi (*** ver.)
Liberty
and that traditional sounding tune we heard from some drama...
+ SOMETHING ELSE

i'm hoping the last track is Japanese version of Jia You ! feat like ... Ken Hirai or something like that. XD

that'd be cool

and i think this will defintely be marketed as a best

Oh wow. $41!!! Toooooooooo much!!! They should at least cut down on the price of the album!!! No one's gonna buy it if the price is THAT high!!! :headache And only four new songs??? Owww.... alan..... :no

no kidding Alicia

I can imagine how much the price will be like when the local HMV imports the CD only of her album here in due time :dead2

Wow so 4th marth will be, UTADA English album, BoA Best album,and alan album <3

alan album gonna be awesome! can't wait the 4 new songs ^^

Order complete, my life is magic~~

The two tie-in songs it's talking about are probably Kuon no Kawa for RED CLIFF 2, and MAYBE Liberty for that Drama, OR, that song from the CM a while back.

And then two more new songs.

I'm so excited~

PLEASE GOD!!!!!!!!! OH GOD PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
give me an OS PRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*haha at yum's comment*

So I guess it's quite a safe bet to say that Gunjou no Tani will be alan's 8th single since it's more or less assumed that Liberty will be a 'digital single' of sorts ? :shrug

I wonder what 1st press bonus is CDJapan referring to ? hmmm

^ :lech a lock of alan's hair? :lech

Neowing says the first press is a bonus track and an 8 page photobooklet

a 8 page booklet...that's not a lot, but i bet the pics will be beautiful, i really don't want to see 1 pic of alan, and the 7 other pics are of the background @_@

I know it was done in Sichuan(I spelled that wrong)

At this point though, CDJapan is being weird and listing both as Jacket C... That's definately weird.

eww that's expensive XD I'll just let someone on Ebay put it up for cheap :B

yeah it's sichuan

oo chi bi 2 making of...that's not uploaded right?

I've already spent 93 bucks on this album :D

oh mah gawd D8 alan ain't worth 93 dollars for me, sorry XD

I've probably spent about 500 total on alan, if I paid about 50 for both versions of each single, and then almost 100 for the album...

aww i feel bad for alan

the GRSE PV, she shot it outside, and it was -15 degrees @_@
so the shots only showing her upper body when she's sitting, she actually have a huge jacket in her lap

The things poor singers have to go through to entertain us ;_;... no wonder she didn't look too pleased in the GRSE PV ;_;

and! they had a fan blowing at her @_@
and she was in like such a thin fabric outfit
hope she isn't sick T_T

but i do love the red outfit <3

Why would they do that to her ;_;... Stupid stupid avex...

i blame the chinese director, but i'll convert the file to avi and upload here~

http://www.mediafire.com/?izahziwoun2

yes please an OS press too avex Taiwan :eviltongu

:roflmao

T_T

an 8 page booklet ? that's too little . At least the bonus track will sound promising

:O wow

^Which is why avex will be nuked if there are CD+DVD and CD-only versions for all three jackets and not all three jackets being a CD+DVD LE, CD+DVD RE and CD-only >.>

I only have so much money. And all of it is devoted to alan, if Ayu announces an album, I'm going to bawl.

March will be a good month if alan's debut album is released! I hope she has good tie-ins, because it doesn't seem like a lot of incentive to buy it...only 4 new songs. o_O

Anyone know how Liberty's doing on the download charts?

I don't think it will work in alan's favor . It might for some other artistes but for her I don't think so

even though avex has been pumping a lot of $ into her career , they only can do so much to a certain extent

I know O_O , it's just when Mika Nakashima released VOICE & there were only 4 new songs on there :S

ok i uploaded the little making of for GRSE for those that don't want to download

Which means CDJapan's labeling is likely a typo ala Kaze no Tegami, which is still called "UNTITLED"

hopefully anyway. Well, if this drama is really good and becomes mega popular, like Last Friends did for PoL, hopefully it'll sell well. I can't believe avex is putting her debut album up against BoA and Hikki though x_x...

Do you know if it says she filmed two PVs in one sitting that day (Chinese and Japanese versions)

There goes me pre-ordering alan's album. >.>
$41? With 4 new songs? Brilliant planning avex.:sarclap
I can only imagine what the price is in Japan. :shakehead

according to CDJapan , Melody :

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/list_from_c...tml?key=435178

3000 Yen for a CD only album's expensive :dead2

lol
I can imainge tracklist like this

8 singles song + 2 interludes + libertry + japanese chi bi

With tax included on the more pricer CD, it's about $44. Not as high as I thought it would be.

no dude, it's 8 singles, 2 tie up songs and 4 new songs... that's what it says at CDJ

so it's a 14 track album.

"Gunjou no Tani" PV: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v17175016PEg77eYf

OMG THANK YOU I ****ING LOVE THIS SONG

thankyouu! i lovelovelovelove te song!!! i love that it's abit rocky :luv2
and alan looks sooooo pretty as usual :P

Thanks!

I LOVE THE PV<3
and the song<3at the beginning I didnt think it was anythign outstanding, but by the end<3I am totally impressed!

I WANT A PV-RIP!

I just saw the making of for Chi Bi..Twins is still together?o.o

I love this PV :)

lol i think they make everyone that come to that show do that little thing, so maybe twins did it in the past?

holy crap~~ OMG I LOVE THE SONG~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AH!! GORGEOUS SCENES! and BEAUTIFUL ALAN!!! i love how her voice sounds so different and the music is like pop in a way

and she sounds like ai otsuka in some parts

ah~ little bit of the wailing!

i must say, this is her best so far as to her variety in changing her voice!

^ lol i tought she sounded a bit like hitomi shimatani at some parts :P

oo i'm downloading the pv from alan-china, so i'll upload soon ^_^
it's 36mb, so that's a good size :yes

The only song I enjoyed from alan was Ashita e no Sanka and the Orchestra Rearrangement. Everything else didn't appeal to me, but at least alan is getting a bit more popular as the days go by.

alan has seriously some of the most beautiful PVs ever

i love this song!!

I'll have to wait for someone to re-up it, as VEOH blocked Serbia XD So AVEX people need brains, I thought they'd go for a single compilation after another couple of singles~

Gunjou no Tani is a great song.
The PV is as always very beautiful

i'll probably upload to youtube, but you can download it here

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...74#post1775174

I don't know if it's her best song, but it's definetly really really listenable. It has so many interesting things to listen to without sounding like a collage. LOVE it! She looks gorgeous and her voice is amazing like always. :love

ok i uploaded to youtube too


and this is the mp3rip from the pv
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...16#post1775216

PV-RIP!WHOOOT!!

I'm so pleased right now there aren't words for it~! The PV was gorgeous, the song is amazing, and UPBEAT. FINALLY.

Good job, mighty goddess, this is definately one of her best~!

Gunjou no Tani is the song alan needed. Some people may not agree but after so many ballads (even if they weren't in a row), this song needed to happen. The album seems more bearable to me now.

Still praying for my evolution-esque song, but this song is so amazing <3 I love it <3

This song is BEAUTIFUL. It totally kills a lot of the songs she released already, and I was IN LOVE with those to begin with. :heart

Gunjou no Tani just beat Sora Uta and RED CLIFF ~Shin Sen~ as my fave alan songs.

i've been listening to 群青の谷 on repeat forever now :heart it might be my favorite alan song now

^ haha me too right now <3 :hi5
so glad this is gonna be on the album! :luv2

I can't wait for february, I want to have this in my hands nooooooooow ;_;

The song is nice and the PV is pretty, but this isn't really what I call a single material.

wow you're crazy

that song is so freaking amazing

I'm really glad she didn't do another ballad. Granted, I'm willing to bet those four new songs on the album are all ballads >.>...

^ NOOOO! OH GOD NOOO!
...i want something upbeat

WAIT!...what...if....they're interludes :thud

noooo don't say that ;_;
i hope at least 2/4 of them are upbeat

Well, two of them are likely Kuon no Kawa and Liberty, and those are ballads (well... ballad-ish in Kuon's case)... and then there's that ballad CM song from a while back...

I WANT MY EVOLUTION-ISH SONG ;_; WHERE IS IT AVEX, WHERE.

And there's also still that song from that Non-Marriage Alliance drama commercial thing that we thought was Liberty xD. That was a ballad too. 3/4 xD.

oh you mean that watashi no tsuki? or whatever song?

no Liberty isn't one of the 4 untitled songs? right

No, that's Liberty. Liberty is used for the Non-Marriage Alliance, Fuji-TV and alan's site confirm that. The CM song from a while back is what you're thinking about, that's the song everyone thinks is that "watashi to tsuki" or whatever

Oh, I thought the CM was for Non-Marriage Alliance xD. The one with the boy and girl and then the girl walks away and the boy sees a flower and runs after the girl.

^No, that was for something else. Liberty is from the Non-Marriage Alliance, I know for sure because I found the Fuji-TV page that said it XD I posted it in the last thread somewhere.

And no one's said yet whether Liberty is on the album or not yet. I think it's safe to assume it is since it has a drama tie-in and they mentioned 2 tied-in songs as part of the new songs right? So Liberty and Kuon no Kawa

The drama isn't mentioned in the CM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ojopMSVRU, something about a "MEIHO group"

what tie in is Kuon no Kawa for?

Kuon no Kawa is the Japanese version of GRSE

^..ah...haha..i knew that :thud

Liberty's sort of up in the air at the moment, who knows if it'll make the album or not. Maybe they'll put it on there ala Get It On -> "INTRODUCTION to the Second Session"

anyone got Liberty yet? Know how it's doing on the... downloady charts, anything?

I love this song after my first listen. I love this kind of syncopated rhythm in general cuz it gets me moving and walking. Good song since Ashita.

btw, I love the cover and the PV. I'm going to buy this single for sure.

Argh, sounds like alan's new album is like Yuna Ito's HEART; ballad heavy. Only few of those ballads were actually good. :thud

i LOVE gunjou no tani
a medium tempo song...
love it..

I hear some resemblance of Faye Wong's voice and style in Gunjou no Tani.

oo really? i guess i can hear a little bit of it
but it's nice alan is developing her own style ;)

I have Gunjou no Tani on loop. Hopefully after the album, avex will balance the numbers of ballads and we get GRACE's evolution-like track.

Gunjou no Tani sounds different from her previous stuff which's good !

already downloaded the PV , going to watch it later on

oo me too! :hi5
not that many songs are ballads...right? what songs do you guys consider are ballads? @_@

i like gunjou no tani. :D i didn't like a song by her this much since...megume no ame :P i still didn't hear liberty or that chinese song for RED CLIFF part 2, though. i'm kinda mixed up with news, so aside from gunjou no tani, there is "Liberty" and....?

^ Great River Surges East (GRSE)

that's for her japanese career or chinese? and chi bi is the song for red cliff part 2, right?

so it's liberty, GRSE, and chi bi?

^Which is called River of Eternity, Kuon no Kawa, in Japan. CHI BI=GRSE

I wonder what she'll call the album~