The showcase is an awesome way to promote the album imo. Over 100,000+ people will get exposed to the new songs and get a sample CD as well so I think they are doing well so far in the promotional aspect.

what is forever love is SO AWESOME... that chorus, OMG, I can't get it out of my head... Definitely one of my favorite Ayu songs in recent years...

I hope this album selling more than 100K or got platinum status 250K, who knows. I always wish ayumi popularity will rise again like namie amuro.

new ayu style:
1 Feel the love
2 Merry-go-round
3 Lelio
4 XOXO
5 Angel

old ayu style:
1 Pray
2 Hello new me
3 What is forever love
4 NOW & 4EVA
5 Terminal

Terminal is not old though. Give a listen to Armin's dub version or the longer preview of the verse and you'll be slayed by the trance beat

i really enjoy most of the new songs, my faves are XOXO, Lelio, what is forever love. these 3 sound very distinctive and unique, they all sound very refreshing specially Lelio.
i'm so excited for the new album and also the showcase, i hope she will perform all the new songs specially my fave ones. hehe.

Popping in to say, Terminal is by far my fave of the new songs. But excited for the new album.

I can't wait to listen to the final result of the album (from first to last track in the official order she chooses for the tracklist), because half of the songs have a very "Ayu" style, while the other half are something quite new for her, this is going to be interesting :D

I'd put NOW & 4EVA after Merry-go-round instead. ^_^ Other than that, good tracklist.

I really want an intro or 1 interlude, though. T__T Come on, you're Ayu!

And why is the album name and theme still a secret? I hope it's something awesome like ANGELS & DEMONS because of Terminal, Angel and Pray. :9 edit: actually maybe that's a bit too death metal-ish but u know... lol. as long as it doesn't contain the word love.

not really, its similar to his work @ ayu trance 1 or 2. hopefully the original song in full won't become like "Last angel".

what is forever love reminds me of BIGBANG's Haru Haru
K-pop ish~ :love

It will be pretty cool if Tell All is a bonus for TA version.

Btw they haven't put the TA version up on the official website, have they?

That's cause DAISHI DANCE also produced that song for BIGBANG :) Love his works.

I like Lelio's verses, but I still can't take to the chorus and the sneezing (????) part. NOW & 4EVA has that Ayu richness too it, it's nice but doesn't have anything special going for it, especially with the other tracks.

I cannot wait for Terminal, with the full one and the small snippets we have it sounds AMAZING. It's got that hint of melancholia in it that always makes an amazing Ayu song.

WIFL could go either way at this point, it's really annoying but it is really catchy too. D:

people, I can't be sure that she says what I heard in lelio but that FOR SURE it's not a sneeze, are you serious? it's a "at you" with a bad pronunciation, but still it's a word, why would she put an etchoo in her lyrics LOL

Thank goodness!! I love you LOL

Are you serious! Now that you guys mentioned it, it does sound like haru haru at some part. Gotta love his songs :)

so you guys find sneezing in lelio, and i actually heard hiccups, in one of the songs xD

I had this moment in reverse awhile back when I learned DAISHI DANCE did Haru Haru. I love DAISHI DANCE, and Haru Haru is one of the most perfect pop songs in existence... I felt so silly that I didn't hear it XD