I'm liking this ND CHOW/Alvin Goh combination then!

I was always used to the pretty things from ND CHOW, but this is amazing!

There's more on his fb!
Love the princess and diva look

this all is so sudden and very exciting...

+1

Alvin seems to be working mainly on high fashion shoots, Ayu needs more of that stuff, instead of all the gyaru. She's a stunning WOMAN not a teenager lacking confidence.
Also Ryan without Alvin would be the same pretty. That's how much a good stylist can do. I thought FIVE photoshoot was one of her best but this is just rasing the bar even higher!

O. MY GOD. That's AMAZINGLY EPIC. Truly, truly stunning photoshoot. Now, that's anniversary stuff. YOU GO, GIRL!!!!
Thanks for posting this gloriousness.

Only style I don't really like is the punk. Maybe it'll be better if without those chains on the nose.
Uraayu punk style is better than this.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...61685500_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...07491690_n.jpg


there's the full editorial (i think) on Alvin Goh's facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/alvingohk?ref=ts&fref=ts

^
Thank you so much!!
This is so interesting, and I really feel this is all about Ayu. I mean, like the people whom are dressing her and deciding the styles are really thinking about Ayu personality, as a person and as a icon. I love this, I just love it so much.

There's a Sina article with a weird new photo... another topless shot for the 15th anniversary. Any idea what it is from?

http://i.imgur.com/1ErZJud.jpg

http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/r/2013-09-26/10134015211.shtml

^ Ayu sure likes topless photoshoots... Or the photographers do. I don't blame them though, he has an amazing body.


That's a lot of photoshop on her boobs in the pink dress pic LOL

I loving this shoot! It's so different and refreshing, and the outfits are so interesting :yes

Yeah, I think Ayu should have stopped doing topless shoots starting with the re-print of the ViVi diary one that she did with ND CHOW. She's done like 4 since then and it's not as impacting as that or the Mirrorcle World shoot.

I THINK I WANT MORE from now on :)
at least something fresh and more or less creative than the other boring repetitve stuff

someone found this on tumblr
http://24.media.tumblr.com/3057b0964...peyqo1_500.jpg

She looks super pretty. Loving the shape of her hair :blove

I absolutely love what she is wearing! There is always something to bitch about, but these clothes look amazing on her. Even the new topless shoot looks good! Ayu-excitement is back!!!

I thought of that too but she has a much longer weave in this one.

AYU HEART NAILS vol 2?

Alvin Goh said on FB
"The gorgeous Ayumi Hamasaki behind-the-scene for Pink October"We Are Stronger Together" Charity Exhibition. "

Along with the new topless picture

He did say that he had 2 projects with Ayu~

Good job !!! Finally, she looks stunning!!
The princes pic is gorgeous

Wow i havent had anything good to say in so long, but what an amazing shoot!

update from 'Alvin Goh' facebook account :

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...50412267_n.jpg

Pink October "We Are Stronger Together" Charity Exhibition opens tomorrow at Pacific Place Mall in Hong Kong, Garden Court, 1-2pm.

Guest models for this charity exhibition includes Ayumi Hamasaki, Sandy Lam, Kit Chan and many more.

Come show your support to fight against Breast Cancer.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...size=960%2C960

im loving that hair!

^^ Damn.. I need these in HQ >_<

she is a GODDESS!

She looks stunning! I'm glad were getting all these new photos at the moment, her last string of shoots have been pretty damn amazing.

the hair is awesome

Finally the caliber of photoshoots she is capable of!

i love the new photos! totally edgy and high fashion!

I think I like it how you put it :)

I just saw that on ForAverClub @ Facebook
What is it exactly ? Ayu record something in L.A. ?

It seems that Ayu shared in her diary a video showing her recording a song in LA. A new song can clearly be heard in the video.
ForAver Club says that since it's limited to TA members, they won't share it.

an energetic song u can hear "lalalala Are we searching for the love lalalala You & Me..."

^^
Excitiiiiiing... We really might get something soon. I still hope she waits 'till next year, but it's good to hear she's at work! And now I really began speculating about what's gonna be!

Yeah the chorus is all english and it sounds awesome!!! Like an up beat club song! =) finally.

I don't think the outfits for DREAM FESTIVAL 2013 were posted yet? Here they are, I found them on Yahoo Japan Auctions. It sees they are different from a-nation afterall. :)

http://i40.tinypic.com/122hwm0.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/s4pdm8.jpg

I bought these and when they arrive, I'll scan them and post them to my ayu tumblr blog. ^^

Oh yay, new music! :D I don't think it's too far-fetched to guess that we'll get her 15th album before April 8th.

^^ the black outfit looks really good.

Great! A new song!

Hope we get a snippet soon.

Looks like Mai82Go heard more?

oh woow..a total party song?? hahaha..thats interesting

It sound a little retro but not in a bad way ^^

meanwhile saw this outfit pics for TV Asashi Dream Festival , i LOVE it!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

Sounds a bit like Eurobeat which is not bad^^

wow the black outfit for tv asahi is so cool!

Her vocals for the new song are not good imo, but I'm hoping they'll make it work when the editing is done... It sounds catchy though

Sounds like You & Me ~episode II~ lol

It sounds better than You & Me.

Not a big fan of the new song so far. :(

I really hope she's just singing that in the background because it's lame :thud

edit: OK I heard the clip...it sounds eurobeat-ish, the lyrics are extremely cheesy, but I could listen to that, if it was anyone else singing it, I'd be like NOOOOO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=3QptnbdHS0Y

The song reminds me of the track that plays after BLUE BIRD in the A BEST LIVE CD rip.

yeah, the song sounds retro.. her vocals are strange and it would be better if she didnt try to go all namie amuro singing in english >>"
i didnt like it that much x.x

really?!? that's very exciting~!

Yeah, the vocals sound kind of strained. I'm hoping they sound better in HQ. But besides that, it sounds super catchy! I love how Eurobeat it is, it'd be awesome to get an Ayu song that's upbeat/pop/dance that isn't a summer song.

the video was shared after all.... nothing special, that song...

I wonder who they'll assign to arrange it. It sounds like a really rough cut. Will be interesting to see if it changes much from here to the actual release.

This :(

Honestly, it sounds like it could be a demo melody from Komuro (he tends to make old sounding stuff at first like this still) that will be modernized by an arranger later. I really hope they do some tweaks, tbh.

:yes but I believe she said that was a demo

I was here thinking, maybe she's just trying to make "You & Me ~episode II~" happen, since You & Me seemed to get her japanese audience and works good as a summer tune. I see happening with You & Me what happened to BLUE BIRD.
You & Me didn't fit LOVE again (sonorously talking, that's why she made that classical ver. of it to include as a bonus track), and this song will probably differ a lot from her new album too.

For me, releasing this summerish generic tracks it's just a new way of trying to grab some new casual listeners in festivals. And obviously, to have fun.

Dude... guess u didn't own the disc and downloaded the leak version lol the album includes the original version.
Though I believe a episode II coming or she just run out of ideas for the lyric.

The song is great. Not her vocals nor the lyrics. i hope it's in full japanese though. LOL but i must admit it, after listening to it like 30minutes ago, its still stuck on my head now specially the "lalalala" part!! hahaha Perhaps its catchiness will get me. Like how You and Me did to me. I hated it at first but I was almost in tears and jumping when I saw it live!

'0' seriously? omg, i always thought that actually something could be wrong about that version... crap =\

but well, the fact that the song differs a lot from the entire album still being true (even now that i know that the original version was included, no surprise it was the last track of it...)

^ Yeah, the version in the album is the original version of You & Me... Though I do agree the classical version would fit a lot better.

Me too! I still think they have a lot to edit on that song to make it work, but it's for sure very catchy already, it's stuck in my head :laugh

Night and day
night and day

lalalala~

IMO the original version closes the album concept beautifully... The album starts with her falling in love in the summer, and them breaking up, and them recovering from the break up, and them falling in love again during the summer, so, it's a never ending cycle of loving again and again.

the song is catchy! sounds so eurobeat but at the same time sounds retro i hope they will edit the arrangement though, and hm maybe im excited if it would in full english but then im afraid about ayu's prononciation for certain words, so im ok if its half japanese half english

like namie did, certain sounds weird x)

Using the classical version wouldn't change the cycle idea so much, it's still the same song... But I get your point, the more up-beat sound of the original You & Me version, alongside with the song's meaning, fits the up-beat sound of Wake me up in the begging of the album, therefore this whole cycle idea gets more outstanding (if that wasn't what you meant though, then I'm sorry, I must have misinterpreted your point ^^")...
But, anyway, I still think the classical version would fit the album better, because its arrangements would fit better the arrangements of the other songs at the end of the album, my opinion of course :)

we were talking about sonority, not concept. because either way the concept would fit, but the sonority would fit better with the classical version, got it? not that it was a bad choice, but IMO it would have been better to pick up the classical version...

interesting song...sounds kind of catchy but I don't want english :(....

Umm I don't think ayu will perform there (unless she joins and will be one of the "and more..." but what does the first box means? ayu's in the first box (not the performers box). There will be rankings and something relating to 6 artists (Mr. Children, B'z, hikki, namie, ayu and JUDY & MARY)

1993年の放送開始から20年！
多くのアーティストがお祝いのSPライブを！
そして20年間のランキングを大発表！
更にミスチル・B’z・宇多田・安室・浜崎に
JUDY AND MARYらの名曲ゲストライブ集も大放出！
CDTVの全てが詰まった4時間生放送！！

It's CDTV 20th Anniversary Special

http://www.tbs.co.jp/cdtv/20th/

Is it safe to say now that it's title is going to be Night & Day? loool

Interesting, some kind of rankings of best selling artists or more popular from the past 20 years? Probably something like that, based the artists they mentioned...
Don't think she'll perform though, they wouldn't let Ayu for the "and more..." artists, they would list her name for sure.

You got my point ^^

Also, the original version helps waking the listener up after such a slow album @_@

Ah there's a video where she says something about CDTV 20th Anniversary which I don't think it means much but she looks super cute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLSSt2rR6sc

And isn't that the outfit she has for the recording in LA vid that we got some days ago?!

^thank you!!!

when the CDTV 20th anniversary will be broadcasted??

AHHHHH MAGAZINES!!!!!!!

yay for Majesty! just hope she won't be semi-nude again

btw what about Kouhaku? I saw her name in the lists, but I don't know if they were official
hmm

^ cool! yeah enough already with nude or semi nude pose, give us something fresh and stylish for winter

i would want tv live for new single too

Yay, I'm so happy!~ After the last Majesty photoshoot, which I adored, I can't wait for the next issue!

yay!

i hope for more performance...at least 4-5 performances please...

She's by no means going to promote a single release at five different TV formats these days. Sadly, those times are long over.

Prediction. I believe NHK will announce the official list sometime next week.

OR SOMETHING BADASS like Harper's Bazaar was! PLEASE AYU.

The magazine says "PRIVATE PHOTO SESSION" so who knows what that means... Ayu, no more semi-nudeeeee.

1. Kouhaku
2. Best Artist
3. MS Superlive (Hopefully)

maybe CDTV (fingger crossed)

^

does that MS stands for Music Station? If so, I don't think ayu will perform with them...

I wasn't here during the MS incident. Was she banned from it?

What FNS Drama? I thought the only thing was that people didn't like the performance? She performed on FNS Summer so I'm confident she'll do FNS.

It was probably fake. That'd be pretty disrespectful if it were the case...

That looks fake...why would they mention her dropping out of school at the end?
And the title looks like they're just attracting trolls over~

I thought the only issue she had with FNS was when she had that bad performance of evolution?

I think Ayu apologized herself for the You were... / evolution thing on her blog.

And as for this rumor, it sounds like the 'disabled person being told to stand up at CDL who was really her friend' of recent Ayu-dom.

She is not on the initial list, plus she hasn't been on Best Artist since 2010. So this might not happen I am afraid. :(

Not to mention that 11/27 is a bit early for single promotion.

Other 'artists' completely rely on full-playbacks, so I highly doubt anyone is in the position to judge Ayu's live vocals. That's why her TV performances are quality; they are regularly sung authentically live, unlike a lot of moments during concerts.