^ayumi will use it for sure then! :lech

That looks more like a perfume ad in a magazine than anything. I'm glad you are talking about the covers cause I don't like kylie minogue, and I dislike what I heard so far from that album. XD (don't kill me)

I wouldn't mind another nude. I want something mysterious, with a hint of thriller. like this. (don't worry, it's not scary) Or I'd at least like it as a photoshoot inside the booklet. The last picture actually kind of reminds me of ayumi. lol

Ayu did the Roman thing for her performance of INSPIRE at AT05 and CDL~Future Classics~ and as much as I love the way she pulls that look off... I don't think it'd mesh well with crossroad at all and I don't think such a specific theme would be good for "L."

roman style you say? Damn I think I kinda failed with my covers XD

um but anyway..speaking about roman, I think this down here would look gorgeous on her, though it might be just an other beauty shot:



though I would agree with amorphose that to me it's a bit off.....

http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/t...9lb66A0GIIOg--

i hope she makes the L using her body

^ lol, americas next top model shot!

um using the body....might be a good idea, um but that's pretty difficult to get understood by other people.

^^I'd really like that too! :D

@Chibinina4: not that sorta thing. more like those ancient roman pillars and such. I'm not quite sure how to describe it in words. I have a different picture in my mind though.

@Picaflor: that reminds me of a freaky ghost movie. Such a thing and it'd scare me every time i looked at it.:P

Oh, and maybe if shes really running out of ideas the "L" single can just be a cover of all her favorite TV characters.:P:P:P:P just kidding.

But seriously, i bet constantly coming up with new ideas for singles, albums, live events etc being a singer, group or band must be quite difficult. I have a pretty good imagination and am quite good at things that require it, but I think if I were a singer I'd probably just run out of things sooner or later and get real frustrated followed by lazy and just start making my next single a remix of Moonlight Densetsu or something dumb like that....

Artcika, that is a GORGEOUS photo shoot! I would love to see Ayu do a photoshoot on location like that, but as you said, it's more like a "beauty shot" instead of being in character.

LOL Picaflor, I won't kill you. ;) Speaking of perfume ads, one of the ads I would love to see imitated as an album/single cover is the "Beyond Paradise" campaign by Estee Lauder. It's such a beautiful series in person.




Or she could do another album/single cover set with one of her dogs, kinda like a throwback to A Song for XX. Estee Lauder did an adorable ad campaign for the "Pleasures" perfume with a woman and her puppy. I know it probably wouldn't work for "crossroad" and "L," but it's a cute concept that she can try in the future anyway.




I do wonder if she uses perfume ads as inspiration for some of her photo shoots. Some of Jennifer Lopez's ads for "Still Perfume" remind me of the "MOON/blossom" cover shoot:

^i dont like how j-lo looks in those ad photos... actually they sorta remind me of the Marylin Monroe thing look Aguilera's doing lately. that first ad with the multi-rainbow thing is neat. Reminds me of that particular Ayu album of same name a little. Just i dont like the look on the person's face in the ad.

Some perfume ads are really cool and it would be cool if ayu got inspired by one to do a single cover.

Speaking of perfume, I always wanted to find that perfume ad that looks really really similar to ayu's Carols cd cover. I remember the background and the swing and the dress looked a whole lot alike. anyone know what I'm talking about?

If i'm not wrong it was a Celine Dion perfume.

^yeah, i think that was it. thanks. i remember the background being red though, I'm sure someone photoshopped that though.

i'm sure an ayu-hater. haha.

i kind of hope this will be like the & single, where there is a giant stylized letter L. although, L is just not as cool looking as the & sign.

wait till Ayu cosplays as the Death Note's L for L's cover... omg I wouldn't know what to say if that were to happen.. :no

maybe ayu can be part of the L and shuya can be the other part... :innocent

Actually, I hope an L isn't on the cover at all. Just on the OBI or if it is on the cover, just be something that's not too distracting like M/b was with those horrid gradients. :no

Btw, I just checked CDJ and they've added the posters. :D

Maybe I'm behind the times and it's been discussed already, but do we know what L stands for? I can't recall any official info, but I'm sure we all have theories.
(In my dreams, it stands for my name. Because after all, it's released on my birthday.)

It's her 50th single. L is the Roman Numeral for the number "50".

Also, did A, M, and H stand for anything? Nope.

There's a theory it could be related to the Roman numeral for 50 which is also L but no, we have no idea what it stands for. :P

@Picaflor: I think M stood for Maria. A and H are the first letters of her first and last name so I assumed that's what they stood for... XD

^ Omg I feel so dumb I never noticed the A and H thing before!! :P Lol! I like all these short and sweet titles XD Much easier to say than, for example, sunrise/sunset ~LOVE is ALL~ XD

I've had my mind on what kind of songs will be on L, and if there will be a song titled "L" :) I hope it will be as epic as the other one letter/symbol singles were! A, }{, and & :luv2 }{ and & had amazing covers, too <3

I always thought M was too obvious. Even the chorus says Maria :laugh

and A with H too: Ayumi Hamasaki :P




I'm not sure about & at all though... it looks cool anyway XD

crossroad's chakuuta is out on 9/1 ;)

^Finally! Something! lol :laugh

let's hope we get the covers then as well.

yay! thanks :D

Thank you!

So we should get the covers until then (because recochoku use the cover in their site)!
Maybe we will get it tomorrow. ^^


It also means a new recochoku thread to make~

Do they always use the new cover? Or is it possible they can just use the last cover she had in case the new one isn't out yet like some sites do?

yippeee!!!
Thanks for the update! :)

Looking forward to the covers and first presses details!

They can put "Now Printing" though I never saw it happening with ayu. The covers always put up before.

I remember they used old covers before or ? - Microphone for example didn't have the RnRC cover displayed right away.

the melody is sounds pretty good. I can't wait to hear some better quality stuff.

Here's to hoping for the full tracklist (and covers?) on September 1st then also, since I'm not interested in hearing more chaku-uta at all! :P

If u have the & single turn it on its edge. If you're holding it right its a handwritten capitol "A"

Finally some news! Maybe the covers will be out over the weekend :D

hmmm they are using Moon/Blossom photoshoot pics as the cover image on cdjapan.

They always use the images from the previous release as temporary images til the official new ones are available to them.

what? O.o

crossroad will be used in CM for QUALITA travel agensy
http://qualita-travel.com/

but I don't know where CM will be broadcasted %)

ooo.i thought they invited lin chi ling as the PV main actress XD

If that's true then :dead2

^ any tie-in is better than no tie-in :P Good to hear.

It has started airing already, it seems.

thanks for the info! *missing LUMIX :(*

Sounds interesting!

Wow Tie-in with CM about travel, can't imagine

i think ayu will don't appear on the cm,only will appear crossroad
is only my thought

Can't wait. Still if i was in Japan, I wouldn't wanna travel too much. I'd be happy. :D

a tie-in with a travel agency? that seems kind of odd...but as someone else said, any tie-in is better than no tie-in!

It seems that Ayu is branching out in her CMs. Reminds a lot of her early years where she did quite a lot of different CMs.
Quite interested to see this CM.

I wanna see her do more hi-chew CMs... but i doubt that'll happen.

me too. those were always SO much fun!!! and the BOSS CMs were great too!

^ The BOSS CMs are my favourite! They show Ayu's funny side a lot, and I really love that XD

^^I agree!

Ohh I loved BOSS :laugh I would love another one!! :heart

Finally a tie-in^^. Even if it isn't a big one it'll probably be good for the sales.

Yay! I love her CMs!

i doubt she will be in it though. i can't imagine a travel agency being able to afford to get both the song and ayumi herself for their CM.

maybe i'll be wrong though. it'd be cool to see her in a travel CM.

i think they're just gonna use the song as the CM song..
the endorser will still be lin zhi ling..
just like kiwi zepsri~

It'd be neat if she was in a travel CM though. I'm not too big on tropical places and such, bit heck, if it meant i could sit on some comfy chairs and have a chat with Ayu over some drinks I'd go there. :P :)

:yes i think the same

There's a small possibility that the b-side on crossroad will have a tie-in.

Also, the songs on L. Ahhh so much we don't know lol

any news on TA? ayu tweeted about a new TA entry

yeah saw the tweet ttoo... maybe updated with crossroad covers *STOPS DREAMING*...

Said something about her updating TA... thats all i managed to understand....

^^ i'll be just happy if it's the full tracklist for crossroad :laugh

^ or anything related to crossroad tbh

It´s time to have some information, just 4 weeks lefy until crossroad

When ayu mentions updates on TA she's only talking about her TA diary. There's just some more cute photos of her there, nothing like behind the scenes of new photo shoots or anything though.

lol damn ><" at least we get new cute photos lol

Okay, hang on a second...WHY WOULD ONE OF AYU'S SONGS BE USED FOR A TRAVEL AGENCY COMMERCIAL?!

Okay, but hang on a second - when was the last time an Ayu song was used for something related to travel (like airlines or such)?

Well, even though she has flown JAL and ANA, I've never even heard of Ayu doing commercials for any of these two airlines, and maybe this is something the first time we've ever seen this - having an Ayu song advertising a travel agency...

:roflmao

it's like asking why one of Ayu's songs would be used for... cameras, kiwis, drinks, make-up etc.. lolol

travel agency tie-ins seem to be a first for her :yes

and oh Ayu can't endorse JAL or ANA, she'd eventually breach her contract by constantly flying on the Apple airline :P

Is there an actual post, or is it just pictures and captions?

a post but also pictures!

maybe because the word crossroad has to do with travelling? on a road?

its a stretch i know. i'm sure it has nothing to do with travel though, its just random like waterballoon said. i mean, what does glitter have to do with kiwis? lol.

@Bigtop: probably just for promotion. I mean half the songs she's used in Panasonic CMs for example have nothing to do with cameras or phones. Just its an endorsement and says that Ayu likes their product or service.

I bet the pv will feature clips from britney's movie "crossroads" lol.

^LOL it'd be the closest I'd ever get to seeing my two favorite pop divas together. XD

Since when have Ayu's songs had anything to do with the product tie-in? lol It's just as random as kiwis and cameras. The title 'crossroad' does suggest traveling or some type of journey so in that way, it being a tie-in for a travel agency DOES fit. :laugh I also doubt she'll be in it but it'd be cool if she was.

Whenever I imagine this CM, the only thing coming to mind is Ayu in a flight attendant outfit XD

LOL I was thinking of Perfume's NIGHT FLIGHT CM XD

i thought of ayu in an airplane full of crying children and other horrible things, but then she goes to the travel agency and we flash to her sitting comfy in first class with one of her puppies. :yes

^ ^ Lol!! I forgot about that XD

^ Ooh that would be nice, actually! I wanna see Ayu's "grrr" face in the "bad" plane :P And I wanna see her doggies make an appearance in a CM again! :heart

The perfect plan would be:
This week:L and crossroad full tracklist
Next week:crossroad's othernsong preview and crossroad covers
Next week:crossroad single PVs and L's songs previews and L's covers
Next week:L's PVs

I think that plan should have started 2 weeks ago tbh. But I hope they'll do something like that now so we don't have to get so extremely tired of waiting!

alan had a tie-in with QUALITA too. You can see the CM and probably you can have an idea about the cm.

^I've never seen a travel CM like that before...

same here. i quite like it too.... just i'm not interested in tropical places or beaches when i travel. i like exploring historical places and other such things when i travel. I guess I'm kinda an odd ball in that sense. :P:P:P

Just heard crossroads. Sounds pretty, but why does it remind me of Rikki's Suteki da ne? Hopefully the HQ version will sound more distinct.

^omg! where did u hear it?!

Sorry I meant the preview posted, lol.

Nah, you're not, my mum's like that, as well as my best friend. I think there's 3 types of holidays: lazy beach holidays, cultural (historical) holidays, and my type of holiday: the party holiday. /completely off-topic/

Anyway, I wanted to hold myself back, but I downloaded the live Crossroad preview and it sounds really good! I can hardly hear a thing, but the melody sounds very good, I hear a lot of potential and I'm very excited! :)

By the way, I keep thinking Crossroad as "Crossroads", like, as the Britney movie. Anyone else have that issue? :laugh

Sorry for the double post but this is EXACTLY what I thought!

Thank you, kind sir! I'm glad its not just me.

@SoldierofSilence: I am same. I live in florida. I gots beaches lol. But I'm a history nerd who's dream career is archaeology so I'd rather see historical places XD I hope to visit Greece on our schools Europe trip.

I'm so excited. (For the 10,000 time)

I've honestly never had a big interest in the beach. Plus, I'm too nervous to step into the ocean. However, i must admit there's many famous places and things I'd love to go see someday... Heck, although i'm nervous to step into the ocean i think if i could get into one of those subs things and go down to see the Titanic wreckage I'd do it. History isnt boring. History teachers in highschool are. :P As I said to mine once during a lesson "U know, i bet the people fighting that war weren't bored, so how come we are?":P Anyways, I'm getting off-topic now.

oh, about the posters, does anyone think maybe if you put the two posters side-by-side they could form some bigger picture? That'd be pretty cool.