"Story" Pv's are always about love and they are boring :D or about how hard is beeing a superstar =_____=

^ Well yes.. but maybe she tries out something different this time? I mean, in my opinion RnRC pvs were different. And also she's the ever-changing ayu!

Well, who knows, I don't mind "boring" love story PVs :laugh I like them.

This is really interesting! Haha...I think blossom will eventually have a PV...but I'm not complaining about this!

this will probably lower her sales a bit, but hopefully they can keep people interested.

maybe marginally, but that's it, IMO. The only sales it will affect are the people who buy ALL 4 versions, and I don't think TOO many ayu fans do that.

But... Both CD+DVD got MOON and Blossom PV, the diference was on the'making clip'...

^ No. Look at the official homepage, there is only the MOON PV and making of left on the DVD version.

What matters most is the song. PV is very important too, but it comes second for me.

aww that sucks :( i wanted a PV for an upbeat song like blossom. i'm kinda tired of ballad PVs already, haha. oh well, i think we'll see it eventually anyway.

Guess I'm the only one not sad about the blossom PV, hah..? I mean, I'm liking the song from what I've heard so far, but it honestly sounds like a very watery A-side, or even a B-side. So if it doesn't get a PV, I don't care. (Average songs not getting a video gives higher chance for a greater album track to actually get one. :O) MOON, on the other hand, NEEDS a PV. :heart

Exactly. Ayu sings about Love a lot anyway. I don't mind the eyecandy of Ayu in another love-story-setting! :luv2 Even if it's boring for some, I think most people like this stuff. For this Summer I prefer tragic fated-Ayu over wave-around-towels-Sunrise-Ayu.

I'm glad all the attention will be focused on MOON for this single now, as I'm loving it so so much. CDJ better give me my money back though. Do I have to email them about this or will they take care of it? I hardly trust them -_-

pvs are superfluous. ill be fine a blossom pv (i just wanted to see how creative it could be). i just want to hear the song really. ^___^ at least im not impatient yet

I'd prefer a PV for blossom than for MOON but I guess it can't be helped. Maybe they'll include a PV for blossom on her next album.

Perhaps the single is being pushed forward? That would explain it, less time to finish it and might try to avoid competition?
I should note that I have no idea who's releasing that could be a threat, except for Arashi the week before.

Oh god, I have this scary feeling that all the PVs are going to be connected, haha.

I don't think that it will be pushed back.

If it would be pushed back they would probably announce it already and maybe would make a PV for blossom and not cancel the 4th version.

^Awesome *__*

Maybe she wants to make a full PVs story on the next album? (Or just connect the singles' PVs!) Really looking forward to it!!

^I said push FORWARD! =P

Well, I don't think either. "xD
It has no reason. They just cut off blossom PV for a certain reason (which ayu wrote that there is a special reason that we will know about later, probably something with the next singles'/album's PVs).

The single's date is probably not being moved since July/August are basically full of releases now. If they do move it, it'll just interrupt her cycle for the two other singles.

They probably have the dates already planned out for the other singles and such, they're just top secret, fffffu~

I'm going to kind of be irritated if MOON ends with a "To be continued...." and this ends up being a funky cycle of 6 PVs that are connected with 6 different directors. It'd be neat, but I really don't want to see -that- director again. All of the "These can't be connected!" theories seem to be out of the window now, haha.

^Precious kazuyoshi, stay away from kazuhito kikuchi's song PV :laugh

A Big Surprise, I prefer a blossom PV than a MOON PV
Oh well, u.u

hey, this saves me money, so i'm ok with it!

i'm anxious to know what ayumi plans though. i'm not going to get my hopes up, just in case the end result is something as horrid as Distance Love. :rolleyes

not speaking of less versions, more-so that the single now only has one pv. it's happened in the past, but people will still be put off by it until they explain what's going on.

blossom's PV is still probably being made, but with a twist? It's a bit scary not knowing what's really going on, but she did say we'll have "Aha!" moments when we do figure it out.

Maybe the PV could be a save for the 49th single...

To be honest though, the mainstream public probably doesn't even know about this single yet. They've heared blossom in some commercial but won't think twice about it until they actually see the single being announced. I doubt it'd do much for sales.

"Oh, Ayu has a new release? I didn't know that." --like every Japanese person you ask probably

Haha. Like it's the reality that some fans don't seem to get. People aren't online checking up releases. I suppose they just see CMs on TV or go to the shops and see what's come out and figure it out from there.

i'm hoping that they will let the director of Days,Takahide Ishii to direct her new PV instead of kazu :P
sorry to say that i still couldn't accept kazu's brilliant concept on how to direct a PV.i think takahide can do much more better job than kazu :P

Exactly XD. I guess when you're a fan of an artist it's easy to lose track of how most people view that artist.

I'm pretty sure most people don't know about a new song from any random Western artist until they see it on TV or hear it on the radio. Not when vague rumours start to sprout on fan forums XD.

aw too bad ;_;
I want blossom pv so baad~ but I'm hoping for this

interesting~ this is like rule/sparkle single with just one pv on it.

LOL This is... bad?

i wish ayu really has something suprising for us...
i'm a little dissapointed that blossom didn't have PV too..i like the song a lot

i think Moon will be the main A side that she will promote, we will see her singing it on tv live performance...that's good, but i really miss her full of joy performance

I don't know that even though one of the versions got cancelled, this may help Ayu a bit because now Arashi fans have another option for single releases on the same day - "To be free" or THIS:

I want an upbeat PV too, so blossom better have a PV.

If they will be connected, please let it be a small tie in like in Micro/Slt. Storylines are boring or they look the same, only music changes (almost like in vogue/Far Away/SEASONS:P) - i hope it will not happened!! Im craving for creativity~! Ayu can do it!

I loved the Microphone/SLT connection. I want something like that too. But whatever she does I'm sure it'll be great. I feel like she has some new sort of inspiration lately.

What?! No blossom PV... D: I was looking forward to that the most! Oh well.... Patience is a virtue xD;

i am sure that the blossom PV will happen. just not yet for this single. but as you can see, it was indeed planned! it would be a different story if they didn't intend to do a blossom PV in the first place!

i'm sure it will be put on the single after that, or something like that...

@Picaflor:

What they said. :P A forum is a place for discussion, threads are created so people can discuss certain topics so while some might think the things being said are silly, I think it's sillier that people think discussion shouldn't happen in news related threads as that is what they're there for. Otherwise, the news would be posted separately on the main page or something.

Anyways back to more important things, WHATT??? Well, the cancellation doesn't really bother me since I was only planning on buying one version and it wasn't that one, lol. :D I was looking forward to blossom's PV (probably more than MOON's) as I thought for sure we'd get another beautiful oriental/feudal piece like part of me or GREEN. :love

I'm very intrigued though, what's Ayu got cooking under her heavily dyed top? It sounds like it could be a short movie or mini-series type deal. I wouldn't be surprised if the tracklisting for the MOON/blossom DVD suddenly changed to MOON/blossom PV + making of or the running time turns out to be like 10 minutes. Oh, the possibilities.... that Ayu. Strangely though, this is actually making me want to buy M/b's CD+DVD version lol. XD Maybe that was their master plan all along. o__o

I'm annoyed, blossom/MOON CD+DVD was the ONLY copy I ordered, so now I have to make another order and order it again. :headache

That sort of makes it weird that there is a "MOON / blossom"-version and a "blossom / MOON "-version for the single :|.

Though I'm not really sad that they cut out blossom PV since I'm happy with just a PV for MOON (which is the song, judging from the previews, that I like better^^).

o.O

aw...

I was hoping that blossom would be another GLOOMING colorful upbeat PV with a lot of flowers in it~~ T.T

but yeah.. they CANCEL it~~~ =.=a

I might be colorful upbeat PV with a lot of flowers in it
they just postponed it

Good they canceled it - I don't mind to cancel also 2nd CD only. Two version of single that's enough and blossom PV may be released at further album.

And if they don't make one, oh well.

A and H had NO PVs at all and they are her best-selling singles. I couldn't care less either way. I trust in ayu.

i believe that the blossom PV will be released on the next single, 49th..
it's like a tactic to earn more money.. avex somehow knows that fans are eagerly to watch blossom PV.. haha XD

Ha, I wish I could be that nonchalant.

tbh i wouldn't mind if these next few singles were pv less.

^ For me, the PV /completes/ a song. That's why I've always felt this hole in my heart for }{. Of course, that unsettlingness (I know that's not a word xD) I don't have for album-only tracks but just knowing that it's an A-side and that it could've had a PV, it just drives me nuts.

I'm sure blossom will have it's PV but I'd be really upset if there were no PVs for the rest of this project, though I'm sure it's not likely.

Ehhh??? Nooo!!! I wanted blossom PV!!!!!! :bawl WHYYYY??? :bawl

:no nooo, avex. Don't cancel pvs.

I'm like Edge, PVs add to the song for me. :(

I actually kind of agree with this. I see no point in the blossom/MOON CD version if there isn't going to be a CD+DVD version accompanying it. It kind of seems silly. :P They should just go ahead and either tack the remixes onto the MOON/blossom tracklists or save them for the next single. One less version is not going to hurt her sales, the people who were likely to even buy blossom/MOON are the ones who were going to buy (multiple copies of) the singles anyway. If people like the songs, they'll buy them. Multiple versions isn't going to change that.

PVs act as massive promo these days, it's different then in the past, but now they actually release music videos for sale, so it spurs people to buy the single more then they normally would want to.

Agreed. Not only this, but PVs open up a whole new market for television marketing. Like music video channels or tv shows give artists more viewing opportunities.

Not only that, but but I remember being in Japan and seeing a lot of billboards showing previews of songs on the music charts with the PVs.

I agree completely.

Yup. It's exactly why artists these days in Japan make PVs for album tracks not actually released as singles - to promote the album. That's a fairly new tactic. Ayu didn't use it prior to Rainbow ( I think).

Yeah the first non-single PV was Real Me?

Bit disappointed about there not being a blossom PV. She might do what she did with the Sparkle PV and put it on a later release. I doubt we'll be left with an a-side song without a music video. I'd rather her take her time to make a great PV rather than to rush one in time.

What if it still comes out in July during promotion, just wasn't early enough for press of the single?

It's a very good tactic, too.

It absolutely puzzles me why CD+DVD versions of albums aren't standard in the west. I'd rather a re-release of an album with the music videos included than re-release of an album with just like one or two new songs (that usually aren't that good). I also don't get why they release like one or two singles then the album and then keep releasing singles off of the album. o_o I mean, I get it's to promote the album but at the same time a good part of the target audience has already bought the album so why would they purchase songs they already have? I like that J-artists release all the singles beforehand as it increases the hype because you're thinking "oh these singles are amazing, I wonder what the whole album will be like" y'know? It's a lot more exciting than hearing the whole album and wondering which track you've already heard that they will make into a single.

^ Its pretty rare that a j-pop artist releases a single after the album is out. They are called re-cut singles. There are some, but not a lot. Its more of a western music industry thing. In japan, singles before albums 95% of the time.

I like have a whole fresh new album to listen to as well. It adds to the overall feel of the album. Don't like it when the album is full of too many singles that I'm already sick of listening to. And Ayu has been guilty of changing the overall sound/feel from the album between its first single release and album release (NEXT LEVEL is really guilty of this). When you make all the songs at once, it flows better.

With 3 (or 4) singles from Ayu, her next album is shaping up to be a long one.

I'm not sure why they chose this business model in Japan. It doesn't help promote the album for a long time, but on the other hand, it helps promote the singles.

Me, I prefer the Japanese model. After the singles you can just feel the tension building to a new album. Then, after that, you know you're getting something completely different in small chunks until the release of the next album. <3

I think Connected counts as a PV-from-an-album... sort of?

Also, I think CMs were enough in the late 90s and early 00s, so they didn't really need to make PVs if they had the CMs airing. It worked for A and H and a bunch of the album tracks from the albums before I am... right? (Like... people think of POWDER SNOW / ASFXX and probably think of those hooded CMs where snow is falling, or they think of A and its quadruple tie ups... haha.)

I kinda of agree but then I kinda don't. With Ayu, I'd said only her most recent releases have had that problem of not flowing well. Her pre-Secret albums are all very well put together and sounded like they had a clear vision in mind (well, maybe not m(u) but that album's awesome anyway lol). Then you have Britney who recorded tracks for her 2007 album months (and in the case of Gimme More: years) between each other and that turned out to be her most consistent album yet. Buono's last album had a very solid and consistent sounding tracklist as well (though you wouldn't think so with how different the singles were). So I think ultimately it just comes down to the artist and whether they choose to stick it out with their vision.

I've got this idea that the next album is either going a mini-album (a 2.0 of my favorite album <333) or something along the lines of My Story with like 17 tracks. So either really long or really short. lol Something about it is going to be "extreme" I just feel it. XD

I'm the complete opposite, I think NEXT LEVEL is the one that flows best, aside from GREEN, which doesn't fit too well on the album, but I love the song!

The interludes are also really great with combining the overall feel of the album.

NEXT LEVEL has to be her most fluid album ever lol

I'm also surprise when I saw this...

Well, let's just look forward to Ayu's plans.

I'd preffer blossom to have a pv over moon actually. but this is the first time in forever that she's had an a-side that doesn't have a pv.

also i consider connected to be a single (i know it's not) but i think the drizzly single makes up for it.

I t will be the Ayu version of Diamond/Over the Clouds
I wanna see the covers!!!!!!!!!

Sparkle didn't have a PV on the single either. I think the PV will come out later. Just a matter of when and how...

When do we normally get covers? I forget about this every time!
Even though the last release was a few months ago.. :thud

i totally forgot Sparkle didnt have a pv and i was not to happy.

but i guess it was all fine in the end.

About a month or so before the single/album is released. We should probably see them sometime next week.

^
Thank you!:heart

I hope for something fresh. And pls, no obvious green screen / fake background.. x.x

Well.. considering Sunrise / Sunset cover was shot in front of a REAL ocean.. I'd say: Please use a greenscreen ayu!! :laugh

I don't mind honestly, as long as it looks natural. Not like it was shot in front of a cardboard print (S/S again, bad editing imho)

^LOL, ikr? :laugh

I don't mind the green screen at all as long as it's beautiful. MW and G/d were perfect imho. :love If it's natural though, a BB or fairyland type deal would be ideal since those were gorgeous as well.


Oh gawd, how'd I forget about NEXT LEVEL? lol :thud

Yeah, aside from GREEN being weirdly placed after a dance track, that album was pretty spot on. The interludes led perfectly in the different "sections" of the album (and not to mention were amazing on their own). It has it's chinks here and there but out of the post-Secret albums that's definitely the exception in terms of fluidity. :yes

(on another note, how come whenever I write something late at night I always end of contradicting/correcting myself less than 24 hours later? lol)

no pv for blossom :( thats so sad!!! >.<
but im still buying the single! :3

I don't mind greenscreens either, so long as they're nice and not too fakelooking.

me too the title are really exiting . moon remind me of tsuki no shizumu and blossom of part of me and the bea's up cover with blossom in the back .

i hope the covers will look like those :luv2

Yeah, but GREEN ruins the flow. What about pieces of seven? The whole album has to flow. If a song is completly out of place, then it doesn't flow. That's the whole point of a consistent album - flows from start to end. not start to middle and 3/4's through until the end.

A lot a the time (not always though) the reason that western artist release 1 single before the album then a few more after is because usually the single preceeding the album is to gather hype for the album while the singles afterwards are to promote the accompaning tour (if there is one). This really because the main way of business during the '90s when bands like Nirvana, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins and Garbage would do extremely long world tours (usually spanning 2-3 years) in promotion for 1 album, so they'd need a song playing on the radio/tv so people will be like "oh we should go buy tickets to see them live."

That's not always the case though, like Mariah Carey released 7 singles before she toured for her Mimi album.

Yeah, that's what I meant.:tipsy
With "greenscreen" I was referring to some other artist's cover that appeared recently like alans new single covers.
I love how she herself looks on most them but the background..:irked

Actually for me, GREEN flows perfectly, I love to listen to GREEN right after rollin'.

I think because you have intensity for the previous 2 songs, and then when you hear the opening few lines of GREEN, it's kind of relief from the heaviness. I don't like all genres in this corner, all genres in this corner, so I think NEXT LEVEL flows perfectly for me, even with GREEN where it is, it strangely very works for me.

That sucks that they canceled the release. It's unlike them to cancel anything, let alone a single release from their biggest artist. I wonder what happened.

The single itself is not canceled, just one version of it.

COVER!!! i really want to see the cover...i believe it will coming very soon, maybe this week or next week...really can't wait

I think it's time for the covers to be revealed to us I guess :D
I really can't wait to see them and hear a clear full version of both songs :)

^ I've been thinking about what Ayu will be doing for the covers..
Maybe similar to Kuu's MOON single cover? That was so gorgeous.

I'm not a singleologist, but there are a lot of time constraints, you know. She's releasing three singles in three months after all.

Although Kuu's MOON covers were amazing but I hope Ayu can do something even more beautiful :D

I think the covers will be showed next week

But the problem is this: could they delay the single all because of THIS!!? (TA blog)

^I think these lyrics are for the next single, not for MOON/blossom, or at least I hope so ! I don't hope they delay it anyway.

I've just thought about the lack of blossom's PV...

We already said she could do another trilogy PV... so blossom is just the first part of it.
The 49th and 50th singles could also have just on new PV each and may follow the same pattern.

She/her team didn't have enough time to think about the 3 parts clip or to concretize it (they may want to wait for the 3 related songs to be made).

Then we would have blossom+xx+xx PV with the 50th single (as a special release) or with the album...

I don't know if I'm clear... Poor English sorry guys! -_-

They're probably for the Kazuhito Kikuchi track.

Omfg, we don't even know for sure if we actually won't have a blossom PV - and, Ayu herself said that she thinks we'll be pleased with what happens - yet people here STILL have their panties all up in a bunch?? >__> Seriously, guys, it's okay. D: There's still a good chance it will have a PV, and it's not like they're canceling the entire song or something...

wow...i hope everything will be still on time...
good luck ayu!!! GANBARE!!!

Oh, maybe that's for later this fall, I believe, the one that she deleted the lyrics?

lol Ayu deleting the lyrics... that seems so cute for some reason. :laugh Well, I'm sure it happened for a reason, everything does, and she'll come up with something even more amazing. So I'm not worried about it.

^ oh yeah... i think it's for the 49th single (?)

blosssom/Moon has already been recorded right?

like since last month?

PS: WE WANT THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE COVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D