Lonely Angel flopped really badly . I don't even if not want to imagine how many copies were sold +_+

probably only a few hundreds...I bet most stores did not even order a copy

I wanted to wait & get Taiwan press of Lonely Angel but now I'm not so sure if Universal Taiwan make it , even though they made MY COVERS quite late

I probably will get it via CDJapan since I have quite a lot of points that will be expiring soon . Might as well utilise them before I can't use my points any longer +_+

Now I know why the covers for Lonely Angel are erm ... interesting

That's because Aoyama had a hand in designing it with another person . Art direction wise she was the 1 that did it as well

Thelma's Instagram has been active lately and her posts are so interesting, haha. She seems to be into some niche internet culture. Pretty cool, esp for a Japanese girl.

New mini album GRAY SMOKE will released on 16th Sept

GRAY SMOKE will have 6 songs & artistes such as Shimizu Shota + Dragon Ash's Furuya Kenji will contribute vocals to Aoyama's 1st mini album

http://natalie.mu/music/news/153806
http://www.thelma.jp/news/newslist.php

I'm glad she's coming back! I never liked her music but Lonely Angel was a beautiful surprise, I really enjoyed the album.

she...still has a contract? (oop) Good for her; I may check it out provided I don't forget about it between now and the release date.

You should listen to her past studio albums , especially Emotions & WILL

I don't quite like her debut album DIARY that much even though there were some good songs on it like HIGHER

^^ the shade of it all haha (I thought the same)
Excited about the Shota feature, was hoping for a Miliyah or a Che'Nelle feature (All my ladies was so awesome) but then again my hopes are always too big, but who knows

Up to now it still annoys me that people only knows if not assumes that Aoyama's best song is Soba ni Iru ne

On the contrary , Soba ni Iru ne is 1 of my least fave singles from her xD She has better singles in her discography but unfortunately if not obviously they never matched up the commercial success that Soba ni Iru ne had :x

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Aoyama Thelma to team up with Shimizu Shota, Furuya Kenji, and more for new mini album

http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...new-mini-album

I have listened to her entire discography already, I just don't like the sonority of her previous albums.

Emotions was the only album I liked from her. But I'm also a sucker for Soba Ni Iru ne lol

I'm seriously shocked, but I'll check it out! She has some good ones.

GRAY SMOKE cover , finalised tracklist & promo pic

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...EY%20SMOKE.jpg

http://i60.tinypic.com/2jadvdd.jpg

http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000118948
http://www.excite.co.jp/News/photo_news/p-4057327/
http://www.thelma.jp/news/newslist.php

stay featuring Shimizu Shota will be sold digitally from 2nd Sept onwards

oh wow forgot about that release. Even though we don't see her properly on the cover, I really like it! Can't wait to listen to her duet with Shota <3

I hope the songs in GREY SMOKE will be good . Curious to find out if Aoyama's vocals will flow well with Shota's or not

If so , I will tell my younger sister to get it for me when she heads back to Japan in Oct 8D

More details on GRAY SMOKE

http://aramajapan.com/news/music/new...y-smoke/21631/

the cover is so funny...Thelma face is not even there...I understand the concept is gray smoke..but to cover all of Thelma face..is kinda..sad..at least please show little part of her face..just like the promo picture...

I usually hate covers with smoke on them...but I guess that's when it's coming from someone's mouth. It's not bad. I'm expecting it to sound nothing like lonely angel...which is probably a great thing.

Forgot how much I liked wasurenai yo, last letter, and zutto. Really sweet ballads.