awesome! can't wait. :)

interested more in "You were..." just based off titles, lol. :P

Oh my! I really think this single will be good. I love the tittle "BALLAD", really looking forward to it ^^

Thank god I didn't order the calendar yet : D Gonna get both DVD versions ^^,

i believe both PV will featured in her next new album?i might get CD only since it has both songs from the cd+dvd versions

she better have at least good covers..pls no more S/S look covers

I will be preordering ALL THREE VERSIONS. OMFG I'm so excited...I've been checking the official site everyday for news!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She actually named a ballad....."BALLAD" lol. And back to the many versions again.

That's so strange...the fake single I made had a limited TA version on it. >.> Can I (sort of) predict stuff or what! :roflmao
This is awesome! I'm excited and I cannot wait to hear them and see the covers. :D
When I was having trouble logging on, I thought maybe the calendar pictures finally leaked. But this is actually even better! Thanks so much for sharing the news~

I'm praying that at least ONE of the new songs is a true ballad, not like Days/GREEN/No way to say.
I want a genuine ballad like forgiveness, Dearest, or CAROLS

lol do you think she has been listening/hanging out with alan ? :laugh *points to BALLAD

but anyway yay I can't wait for the single to be out :) but I'm sad that abingdon boys school's From Dusk Till Dawn is going up against her on that day @_@

ugh sometimes it's tough when you support so many artistes T_T T_T T_T T_T

lol...haha..i'm sure this news is much more better than the calendar pictures ...:D

That's totally what I was going to say! xD;

I'm sure the lyrics will reveal the meaning to the title. It always does. :yes

Plus it's for TA so I don't think they care what it's called hahaha.

I think it's pretty awesome that she made a song like that for the FC. Very sweet of her. SO SIT IT DOWN to all those people who say she doesn't care about her fans! She just made a song for them! TAKE THAT! :P

is it too early to request a 30s preview?

^LOL I would think so! Your too funny.

I've got the feeling that You were... is gonna be similar in lyrics to Together when...!

I bet this single is gonna do pretty good overall, If S/S did okay. In Japan they love ayu-ballads, even more I think when is gonna be release a few days before Christmas!! *-* great date they picked XD

Well, if you reaaaally reaaally just want to thank the fans - you release the song to them for free. :yes

i am hoping you were is the sequel from YOU :P

Ah why do people assume alan is the only artist who ever had a song titled BALLAD? I highly dislike the title, but I guess it won't matter if the song is good.

Which is a good thing, as there will be more covers to choose from and the sales will be slightly higher. I am glad we're getting remixes and a b-side as the single will be more appealing for buyers which was one of the problems with Sunrise/Sunset imo.

I'll prolly get the cd only ver. as the album will have the PVs anyways ^_^

i think it's sweet too but i don't feel like i fit in and it's not really for me.. since i'm not a member of TA :(
i think it'd be better if it was ~for fans~ or something because not all her fans can be in TA

yay good news!!! probably ayu is too busy to find a name for her new ballad. so she name it BALLAD.

About the 'for the fans' song, maybe she's trying to get even closer to them? (Like, she had her fans in 2 videoclips this year, and now a song for/to them!!) She really wanna keep her fans xD I like it ^^


EDIT: Now, I've done my math about what I have to buy (Ayu's 2010 calendar, 3 new single versions, alan's new single and new album = more than 200 USD!!!!!! D: )

I'm really gonna have a poor lonely Christmas XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Thanks for the information!! i wonder what genre this single will be

Why would anyone say that? :shakehead

She's one of the most devoted artists ever...

if BALLAD turned out to be an up-tempo song then it would be a great title xD

the titles are kinda meh.. I wonder what 'red line' stands for, the red thread of fate maybe? but it's a 3 new songs so I'm happy ^-^

That was attempted (I think) with the high quality download/stream of t2m months before release, and... that didn't work out so well.

Initial thoughts....hmmm...alan already did BALLAD....also Red Line is the lamest thing I've ever heard. Second....uh....damn...she's been working with that idiot who doesnt know how to shoot photos....hope this isnt another disaster

Thanks Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood!!

i'm so happy...finally a great news!

ayu had an album called A BALLADS years ago LOL so that wouldn't really count ;)



EDIT: Already up for preorder in Yesasia: http://www.yesasia.com/global/search...i-en/list.html

available for preorder in Yesasia:

http://www.yesasia.com/global/search...i-en/list.html

:D

But t2m was never meant to be something that was free. In my hypothetical situation, a song that is for the fans would be free and therefore no one would care how much it spreads because it was never meant as something as an income source to begin with. :)

yeah!! tat's interesting.. I so gonna look forward to the covers. I like the titles and the versions that they are coming up with! =)

Finally, new single! :D

Hmm, why is there only You were... making PV?
I hope You were... & BALLAD aren't a similar PV like Sunrise/sunset.

OMG! SO EXCITING! :D

i thought the same, all the 3 songs have horrible titles..what kinda title is BALLAD??? :headache

I'm excited anyway 'cause we're gonna have 3 brand new songs

As if! avex would never let her..

Agree.. I mean, we can't be members of TA, but we buy her CDs from Japan (or, I guess, most of us from HK), I guess that's just as big fans as the ones in TA..

GREAT NEWS!

Me too. Last years "Days" was a god-send to me. I guess since it was such a hit that they are trying to go for something like that again. I hope the songs are as good, if not BETTER!

SOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED for AYU WINTER RELEASE!

I think I will buy the CD only version. Because all PV and making wiil be at the DVD with the album

The single is also up for preorder on CDJapan :)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/list_from_c...tml?key=246497

this's for you Pei Yee :innocent

Great news^^
I hope the single will be up for pre.order at mu-mo soon, and I hope for cool mu-mo/TA items ^^

Ayu said the new songs are different style...different style ballads? or it could be the lyrics.

hopefully both!! :D

yaiiy less than 2 months... here we go ayu to keep new record again...

so far no competitor can be a threat for Ayu

CDJapan, CD+DVD:

CDJapan, CD:
I wonder, if this means, that there will be different first presses.. if so, I need all three XD

You have NO IDEA how many people I've heard say that she's fake and doesn't care at all about her fans, all she cares about is milking them to get money for her LV/Chanel/whatever designer it is this week fashions. It just makes me sick. People seem to think that she's ALL about money. I'm sure she likes the money, but she really seems to genuinely care about her fans.
Gosh, I'm so excited about this single! You were... sounds like it will be really nice. Not sure about BALLAD, will have to wait on that one.

I just hope this doesn't sound like sunset.......I want more of a deep ballad-y feel....like pride, or SEASONS or M.

OMG 16 December, my birthday :heart
I'm so excited haha *_*

It's up at YesAsia too: Jacket A, Jacket B, Jacket C

thanks karen.and i've placed my order...gosh..this is the first time i made decision so fast :D

okiee.. i will preorder now..
you were... sounds promising but the title was bleehhh..
i was expecting something more creative title like mirrorcle world, pride, CAROLS, marionette

:roflmao go go you Aurelie :laugh

haha no problem Pei Yee

yeah I had that same feeling too last week when the same thing happened to me *points to LANDS's BANDAGE :innocent

anyway I think You were ... / BALLAD should have no problem to get #1 on 16th Dec

Yeaaaah great news!! Cant' wait!
Title You were and Red line are very nice but BALLAD is not original, reminds me song of alan xDDDD

where you saw this?i can't see it :tired

XD! I guess, at least, there will be one BALLAD? :roflma

I'm interested in buying all three now. XD

even red line makes me wonder RED CLIFF directly..hohoh

so, this single is double A-side & b-side?

i wanna see the covers first..
then i'll decide whether to buy it or not..pls come out soon!!

Lol seems like people forgot that avex likes to release "suggested titles" at the beginning of every year. I'm sure "BALLAD" was one of them...not like alan owns it or anything anyway. It's not exactly original. :laugh

Still, good news. I'll preorder once the covers are out. =)

well from what I know , all the major Johnny's releases are all taking place in Nov & so far , I'm not seeing any BIG releases in Dec (other than Namie's 9th album on the same release date as You were ... / BALLAD)

so as long as more promo's done on her part in this new single , things should be fine even though I'm still sore that abingdon boys school's going up against her on that day D:

no chance for them to get #1 now like ever if this keeps up :weep

OMG! I heard!! I'm really excited about this one!

And yet another JE-type release.

*pre-orders the CD-only version*

...oh, man, I better have like 30 bucks come December >_> I can't give up Fukuhara Miho's single. ;_;

Cool, finally a track for her fans. ^^ I hope though that "RED LINE" will remain a proper B-side. She hardly has any.

Looking forward to it. ^^ Hope that both ballads will be completely different.

Thanks for the news. ^^

I'm really looking forward to this one. 3 new ballads, that's grand. But December seems so far away! That's 2 months :(

Things I immediately thought of when I read the title:
You were... = I am... haha. I am... part 2 maybe?
Ballad = kind of bland, but yeah I thought of the alan song
red line ~for ta~ = It's obviously the red thread of fate, someone else already pointed out. It's a recurring theme in Japan it seems. I remember it was in Nana (Manga) and there is a drama series/movie with the title Akai Ito, basically about that red thread as well. Just search for Red string of fate and you're likely to find some info on that one.

Thanks for the news, I was hoping for winter ballad. I like the titles, looking forward to this.

At least we have some news about a new single. Thanks for the info! :)

:( A ballad-single? I was hoping for a bit of rock... And I wish the song would just be 'Red line' or "RED LINE" instead of ~for ta~... sounds more weak.... But hopefully the songs are good.. A new single of course is always good

I'm going to order CD version on CD Japan now!!! I can't wait to hear new songs!!!

Thanks for sharing.

Well it's a winter single after all, but there are 3 songs... so maybe one of them might be rock!

I'd love it if BALLAD had irony in it. <3
Too sad they've already said it's a ballad. T_T

I'm excited <3
aaaand I don't have to buy all 3 versions to get a song which isn't on all versions so I'm just buying the 2 CD+DVD versions <3

I really hope so... I'm putting my money on 'RED LINE' to be rock.... but.. A good ballad isn't that bad... but real good ballads are rare

delirium,do you think is it possible to put the pre-order link at the first post there?

:roflmao

let's hope that RED LINE ~for TA~ will be a kick ass tune to balance things out then :)

anyway having said that , I don't mind if either 1 of the A-side will be a winter rock ballad . That will be ace <3

Yay for Music Box versions! Eww three different versions. LOL Talk about being lazy. BALLAD? alan already did this Ayu, get a different title. But can't wait.

I can´t wait to hear and see the songs and videos I´m really looking forward to the release :luv2

OMG! I'm so excited now! And they will make me buy all three versions! This is like what she did for days/green, they switch the first title.

Obviously i'll buy A and B cd+dvd versions because of the different covers and making clips... This is sure... But i'll also buy cd only version if I love the cover or it comes with different first press gift. Oh my poor money! Hahaha! Well I only do it for ayu, so...

Anyway, about the red line thing, what others said about the story of fate, etc.. I think they are right but I also thing ayu is making reference of her red bracelet and what it means for her... She talked a lot about this bracelet days ago and TA members (me included xd) send her a lot of emotional messages...

I think it's so nice she makes a song for her fans, and i'm a ta member, but still I find this 'for ta' quite excluding, because not all her fans are in ta... I know she may be refering to ALL her fans, but...

Well, now we have to wait, but i'm really excited about this songs! I hope they will be great! I don't know how will be the ballads, but I feel as RED LINE will be similar to MY ALL!

this time round everyone should put his/her expectations for the covers as low as possible

*points to Sunrise/Sunset as a prime eg. :innocent

Not counting Together When... in 2007, Ayu hasn't released over 2 physical singles in a year since 2005. :P This is exciting.

And 3 ballads! Looking forward to this release. :D

That's true. I've forgotten all about that bracelet. So maybe it's more a reference to the bracelet than to the red thread of fate itself. Or the bracelet is a reference to the red thread of fate and the song is a reference to the bracelet. :yes complicated much?

I don't think it (red line) will be a rock song. I'm guessing 3 ballads here. The title doesn't strike me as rock. Maybe Rock Ballad? :luv2

i hope for 3 ballads. i dont like rock that much. why do people who want rock from ayu
dont go just listen to rock bands lol.

im thinking so hard now what to choose, and i think ill buy all the version or only cd one -.- hopefully ill be more sure when covers will be out.

About the covers: I'm guessing topless Ayu caught up in a web of red strings adorned with red ribons. :luv2

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
ayu's first solid winter ballad single since HEAVEN!

LOLLLL

that's something ON/OFF has done except the topless part so nahhhhh xD xD

I'm guessing er snow as the backdrop for the covers ?

What about Together When... And wasn't HEAVEN released in September or so? And what about Days? ;)

Together When wasn't a physical release.. and Days came with GREEN which, in my opinion, isn't a winter-song at all.

And I am SO EXCITED FOR THIS NEW SINGLE!!! OMG!!
Gonna buy Version A and C (and hope A's cover is better than B's.. otherwise I'm gonna beg CDJapan to change the in my order after the covers come out xD haha)

BTW did people also complain like this when she released SECRET? (since Kuu has the same album title). People it's just a NAME, there are hardly any song titles that are truly original. I bet that 99% of all song titles were used before by some artist.. (unless you think of something as wacky as RED LINE ~for TA~ lol) I think BALLAD sounds epic, and it's about the music anyway :P

i think the red lien means the 'red thread' that ayu wears.
She once said that it connects her with the TA members

I'm just waiting for the polls to start:

which is better?
BLUE BIRD
GREEN
RED LINE

^ I love you XDDD

sad part is, it'll probably be me who starts it :(

Well, I'd prefer the red version no matter who has done it before. I really liked the Mirrorcle World Cover, so I'd like to have something similar. Snow as in Sunrise/Sunset sea & flowers background? I think snow is hard to do as background, or generally on photos.

@Keiichi
For me Days is much more Winter Song than HEAVEN. But everybody's got different opinions.

This is so awesome!!
I'm so glad, I love those titles!

Ayu please no O3O pose PLEASE!

I hope the songs are varied, since we already got:

Sunrise- upbeat
Sunset- ballad
You were...- ballad
and BALLAD

you were sounds interesting! I can't wait for the previews!

it would be cool if the present is actually the red bracelet that Ayu wears :)