Mmmmh. Not sure what to think of Moon. I suppose it's nice but no "OMG! Wow"-feelings for me. And after I listened to it, I already forgot what it sounds like. :( Probably will grow on me though. (Hopefully...)

It's ok. Nothing spectacular, but I think it might change.

Is it just me or is this like the first rip of MW where the chorus sounds significantly lower than the rest of the song?

IMO once of her best ballad in a single since... since... uh... Together When...: I don't like Sunset, i don't like Days, I don't like You Were... and I don't like BALLAD ^^U

That person hase also the new songs from Namie on his youtube channel: link ayu:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_17CD...layer_embedded
link ayu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BefT...eature=channel

AND that same person has ALSO the new SINGLE from KUMI on his youtube channel!!!!!

Omg. I love it so much :heart It's so beautiful, and has that old Ayu feel, with beautiful, emotional vocals, and a gorgeous melody <3

This has gotten me so excited for the single! Now I really want to listen to blossom! :heart

The verses really captured my soul. If only the chorus could be better; more unique...but i'm not complaining! :love

i love MOON!!!
but it's the shortest ayu ballad song...!!! i don't like short song

maaan i thought moon would get a microphone reaction lol well i'm still madly in love

I can't believe they all leaked today! This is crazy...I'm loving MOON!

I really love it, but i need it to be longer!!!

:laugh I made a mistake. I didn't mean MOON/blossom, I meant the single that's coming after the next single :yes. Brain fart on my part T_T


edit; OMG MOON IS BEAUTIFUL <3

It's.....so beautiful. :cry

I don't like MOON more than You were... - and I highly doubt I ever will - but I think I already like it a little more than meaning of Love... Oh my ****ing gawd, Ayu is truly putting out AMAZING ballades the past few albums, especially just this past year. :luv2 This is making me so excited for her new album already, hahah!! :laugh

This is not the full song...we heard the full live rip and there is definitely a second verse.

I don't like very long songs like Sunset because they became sooooooooo boooooring :(

If it sounds like Far Away then I can't wait to eventually hear it!

mi|kshake~

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^OMG I thought that! When listenign to it the bridge came too early~ to they cut the song??? ¬¬

Well, I'm happy the awesomness of the song will be a bit longer ^-^

I'm so in love with the song I have to listen to it more, and I can't say "is better than this, or better than that" I just love it!! Ayu's vocals are just amazing, so sweet, soft *-*


And just one question.. I've read comments about this 3 singles being released with just one month in between... were did you get this info?? Nowhere says that! Or why do you get this feeling?? I missed sth??? O.o

It sounds like it was cut, there was a second verse in the live rip that was cut out of this version, right? I'm not complaining though, it's an amazing preview, and if this really is the full version, it's amazing too :D I really like it, but I feel like it should have been an album track not a main-a-side...

O_O

I never heard of such a thing & it's not confirmed that her 49th & 50th singles will be released in Aug & Sept

but for Anna Tsuchiya's case , yes it has been confirmed on her website

July - comeback single
Aug - another single
Sept - 3rd album

nothing at ayumi's end though

MOON = BEAUTIFUL.

:heart

that's all i have to say, lol.

I agree with you
Moon sounds forgettable.. It doesn't go anywhere for me. Should have been a b-side or an album track or something..
Hopefully Blossom will be better

Lol. Everybody was ALL. OVER. this song when all we had was a very crappy phone download clip, and now everybody's like, 'meh, who cares?--not that good :no'.... What happened?? :(

The verses and arrangement happened :yes

We've got the feeling XD But i thin that is more credible that they were released two months later

There was a news report (I forget which site) which reported that it would be released one month after the other.

Her voice had more feelings and energy in live, that happened.

Oh thanks XD I was a bit out of this thread and reading a bit I read comments like "3 singles in 3 months" and freaked out cause I don't know where people got this idea XDD

really?? and it's a reliable source?? I think it's a bit crazy to do that... and it would be more logic and clever release the 50th single on x'mas...

Uh? Really? :O I didn't read anythin about it!

I had a dream that I was in the MOON and blossom PVs! Like..I was ayu. lol maybe not really...I can never accurately remember my dreams. Maybe it was like an Endless sorrow-esque PV where she wasn't in it at all. I remember being so nervous because I've never filmed a PV before...and MOON had a backdrop of the moon (or maybe it was the real moon, but it was HUGE!) hahaha.

But then UFOs came and a rainstorm happened so PV filming got delayed and I woke up... >_<

I seriously doubt the validity of any said article...I mean it's possible, but if it were confirmed, more of us would know about it.

If the 50th single is released on september... then, at x'mas? Another single?

she may be trying to get back to releasing winter albums, sales are generally better in December.

^ I was thinking the same
we could get another secret release

I like this idea :)

Ugh.. but it woudl be too soon for another album IMO... -______-

Well all this are our thoughts XDD who knows what is ayu planning to do XDDD

Ooh I like December idea :D Yes sales will be awesome!! (in both ways ;) :laugh)

Oh my god. MOON is perfect.

Goosebumbs all over, honestly.

<3

^ Yay!! Somebody else still loves it!!! ^,^

Aw, man, I think the arrangement is breathtaking! D: The verses could be better, but they definitely build up the chorus very nicely.
I agree to an extent, though ballades are almost always more emotional live, especially with Ayu. ^_^

That would be great, I think. :yes

It is kinda soon... I could easily see her making this into a mini-album, though! :O And even if it turns out to be a full album, I'm sure she'll put her all into it, considering the three singles project and her 50th single and all that leading up to it (not that she doesn't usually put her all into it :)), so it should be okay. I'm honestly either hoping for a mini-album around mid-December or a full album around spring. Seems the most ideal.

I'm loving the song! I'm glad the woowoo part at the end is on the studio version. Ayu's voice is so :love....reminds me of the old days. Can't wait for the full version!

wow a December album would be great, or even a mini-album!

^ mini would be amazing :luv2 (yes I'm sick I prefer mini more than full album)

I'd actually prefer a mini-album from her, too. Maybe because Memorial address is one of the greatest albums EVER? :P Or, maybe it's simply because her past few albums are like mini-albums, anyhow, just with massive interlude-ness thrown in, and I'd rather just have the real songs for a change. XP

^I wouldn't agree that Memorial address is one of her best, but... yes I do agree with introductions and interludes - we can live without them and take a rest from them for a while :)

Girl - reading all the posts here I could probably count the people who think that on one hand. That's pretty good for a new ayu song :laugh

MOON is so amazing! I loved it!! ♥♥♥

Theres something about this song i dont like.

I dont know its not her voice, or anything like that because we've heard that from the rip.

Its something about the instruments i dont know it resembles the quality i dont like. (hard to explain). In some parts, it might be just the quality of the mp3, but the bass is so dead lol.

I definetly think that blossom should be the lead single now...

Her voice sounds so much better, i like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, it seems more people are coming out about liking it now, lol. :D Just a lot of 'meh' comments all came out at first. ^^'

Yeah, "meh" comments make me sad because I personally love the song, but as long as a majority love it, I'll be a happy person (*^_^*)

She really should use this old composer more often and use this same tone of voice in more of her ballads. Dropping the vibrato was such a good move. Now just to wait for the covers/PV. I'm really interested in what she'll do with this PV.

If MOON is supposed to be part of a trilogy that might be the reason that they made a version where a verse were cut out and the song was shortened. If I'm not totally wrong that's what they did for vogue - Far away - SEASONS to make a long PV with all of the 3 songs.

Anyway, I'm even more excited for this single now after having heard the MOON rip, I so LOVE the intro :love!
I can't wait to hear blossom & the remixes :love

I know, right? :yconfused I'm so confused over what the general consensus is on this song because of AHS's odd mood swings lol. Regardless, I LOVE IT! Someone previously said that it sounds a bit like "Far Away" and I definitely agree. Wasn't Duty one of the more favored albums here at AHS? If so, then I thought more people would like "MOON" because it sounds like it came from that era. Knowing that, I think this song will be popular with the Japanese public as well because it's such a strong, nostalgic ballad.

^ Hm. I honestly don't hear the Far away thing, other than the nostalgia.... But no, I don't think Duty is a very liked album here (RAINBOW and, of freakin' course, MY STORY seem to be the two most favoured in general, from what I've seen). D: But the Japanese, on the other hand, obviously love it, and I think this throw-back to the feel of her earlier albums will be a success. :yes

Wow, I actually liked MOON. I'm not going crazy over it like I did with BALLAD, but I thought it was really pretty. Good job Ayu :)

duty is my 2nd favorite, after (miss) Oo

I really loved the chaku uta chorus we had, and I still love the chorus now.
It's just that the rest is.. don't know. Not overwhelming, but for You were... it took a week for me to like it and even more for me to love it so I guess I will MOON in the end, too.
Just needs some time.

:yes i'm with you. Dropping the vibrato was her best move

I always see people raving about Duty, and they ALWAYS have to compare it to her newer stuff and be like "omg Duty is so much better". People bringing it up so much and constantly comparing it to her newer stuff that I happen to enjoy a lot more makes me like it less and less.

I really like it. Not love yet, but we'll see! It does remind me of something from duty. It has a similar feel to Key and SCAR but with more warmth like Days. Some good lyrics too that aren't as repeatitive as some songs have been getting. Can't wait to see some more information- lives, covers e.t.c. :D

There is still subtle vibrato throughout the song, although it is very well controlled and not just randomly going everywhere. Possibly its effect is used to portray a character of restraint? Anyways though, I love her vocals in MOON!

I agree. A beautiful soft vibrato. I hope it continues to stay that way in lives

I must be crazy, I was ok with the live rip, but now the actual rip .... except the chorus, NO. I didn't even notice the rest, I dunno, something is missing for me and something BIG ! Plus it sounds ... I dunno, it's sunny outside, and all, not the time for me for this !

The Far away thing is the sound you can hear in the start of Far away, it's something electronic i think.

from the 0:00 to 0:35 you can hear what I think people say. In moon it's not so clear that sound but I still can heard it. If not the same, it's sooooo similar :yes

I kind of hear it, but it's not as annoying as it is in Far away. That part of the song actually ruins Far away for me.

^ OMG it pretty much ruins the song for me, too--so annoying!! >.< And that reminds me of this time I was playing the song - a very rare time, indeed - and my husband was sitting beside me.... About half way through the song, he looks at me and he says, 'HOLY **** WHAT IS THAT NOISE???? IT'S SO ANNOYING! :mad' Lol.

lol that was like my reaction when I first heard it.. I was like "seriously? is this a joke? this can't be the official song.. it's so annoying". Luckily ayu came out with an acoustic version of that song without that noise.

Omg, I love that. It's like some guy saying "down, down, pull it down" it sounds like - lol. But I really like Far away. I'm not listening to any rips of MOON until the single releases in high quality.

I like FA verses only, her vocal/maybe melody of chorus (and the beginning) it's annoying for me (all these shiku iku ~ shiku actually sounds like "pee" in my language.) I don't have anything against the music, and it's pretty simmilar to MOON, but not so "omg it sound just like this!11oneone".

Wow such hate for Far away. :no
I think I like it so much because it took me a while to appreciate it but now I really adore it.

SEASONS > Far away > vogue

I like MOON. I didn't get that "WOW"-factor from it though... but I feel like I robbed that of myself by playing the preview and the live version so much. :( The choruses are really good but the verses are kind of lacking. I really like this song though. :) I'm hopeful for blossom too! :D

I can't imagine a PV for MOON at all... hopefully, that's a good thing. :)

I had the same feeling while I listening to MOON.
Actually, I like it. The arrangement its great and I wonder why she did not use this composer more often.
But I didn't get the 'WOWOMGAMAZINGBESUTSONGUEVERRRRRR' thing though :shrug that's ok.

I can't wait for blossom now *_*!

I know :( Far away hate is so mean. I'm really weird though, I actually like Far away and vogue more then SEASONS

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the same here.
Far away its such a really good song, more than SEASONS imo.

i don't hear any similarities with far away and moon... O_o. but i don't hear similarities between angel's song and fairyland either--i'm not very good with that stuff i guess haha

i love far away...

I love MOON a lot..
the very beginning reminds me of the opening of rainy day..but then, it rocks!
i love it :)

Unlike everyone else, I thought the live version of MOON was pretty meh... but something told me I'd LOVE the studio version and you know what? It was completely correct. :D

This is gorgeous, just about everything I expected this to be when the single was annonuced. Classic Ayu all the way with some updated vocals. ^^ This is personally the only ballad she's done in a long time that's touched me. I haven't loved or even really liked a ballad she's done since Secret tbph (unless GREEN counts as one... does it? lol) so I'm very very happy with this release. <3333

Moon doesn't beat Jewel, Powder Snow, Voyage, or RAINBOW (and certainly not Hanabi ~episode 2~) in my book but I'll definitely be listening to it a lot more than Sunset/BALLAD/Days and You were... lol

^agree 100%

Her latest ballads have lacked something for me. The only recent one I really love is countdown, because it's really strong.

And MOON sounds so strong too! in a different way though, but the chorus just... Explodes into your head (does that sound odd?)

well anyhow, I'm completely in love with MOON!

The last ballad I liked by Ayu was Together when... and that wasn't that long ago. I really like MOON though!

Me too. :) Seasons is overrated. Far Away > Vogue > Seasons

And btw, I don't hear any similarity between Far Away and Moon.

I hope blossom will leak already. Listened to MOON like 2 times and bored of it.

omg this.

I dunno....I heard this song right after listening to alan's new song....and this song just lacks power...I mean...its good....and its like one of the best songs Ayu has released in a while...but it's just not up to par with some of her older stuff....and this is not bad. The song is good....good stuff....just not AMAZING.

It sounds like he's saying that....something "down" :laugh I never liked that lol.

i'm not crazy for moon, but that doesn't mean much...i didn't really like microphone or sexy little things much at first and now i love them both.

i just preordered the two CD only versions. i can't wait for the remixes from rock'n'roll circus. :yes

I hear "ow ow roll it out" lol

I LOVE Far away.
I also love MOON. I admit that the verses can be a bit boring, but it's still a nice song.

I really want to hear blossom! lol