I think the title might be related to Hello new me's lyrics

"When I'm with you
My monochrome surroundings suddenly turn colorful
I love it, this is the first time I’ve felt like this"

OMG it still strikes me as the worst nightmare that a few days ago we were still talking about the possibility of "FEEL THE LOVE" as an album title....

It would be interesting if Colours turns out to be the opening short track. :love

lol Colour is singular so why should the covers be colourful? xD it can be black and white with a hint of red or blue or whatever. Or they can make Ayu inot a black and white painted lineart and only leave some places in colour...there is so much going through my head with this! The typical aproach would be all colours from the goddarm rainbow. This has some potential to make a very interesting aproach to the cover art. But i don't think they'll use it. It's Ayu xD

The title is the plural Colours :love

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If they do the rainbow colours for the cover art, it's just too hard to surpass RAINBOW though - the blue/water theme with colorful hair is just pure genius in the history of world's cover arts.

Or maybe this time they could think about a 10-color scheme, kind of letting each song to be represented by one color? IDK but I kind of look forward to what ayu has in stake for us.

Wow, what a great name! I love it! I hope the covers are very colorful

Is just me who hates the title? XDDD. I even prefer "F" LOL.

Nice observation ! I hope there will be other references to the title in the album !

Awww Colours sounds good tho :)

nice title, now covers plz so I can decide if I'll pre-order or not =)

Be still my heart. I could only dream of such a thing.

Someone said a few days ago that she needs to stop using peach pastels as covers, because she's been rocking that color scheme since Love Songs.I couldn't agree more. I'm sick of it. I just hope the cover is awesome. The name is intriguing, and the songs are all amazing. Please seal the deal with a kick-ass cover.

I gotta say, the moment I saw the official album title, I thought of the cover for "Rainbow".

i wish i can change "Angel" pv to "Terminal " pv, im dying for another futuristic pv from her again

British spelling...really?

At least the title does not contain "love" or something... Not even "F"...

missed that xD my bad still though they could be really creative with this instead of going a typical colorful photoshoot way.

Yes, I couldn't agree more. I want like NEXT LEVEL color. :laugh

Colours with U.

Why not?

Colors are so American while it omits U.

We don't want PARTY QUEEN That kind of style tho

It would be cool if she did the covers half black and white, half color. The title feels a little weird with the "u" since I'm not used to that spelling, but I still like it. I hope she uses a nice font for it.

Admins need to update the title of the thread.
And I like the title, is OK, I'm glad isn't "Feel the Love".

btw, Utada has a very popular song called COLORS.

Maybe that is one of the reasons she use Colours.


Imagine if she dresses very colourful but the background is so grey, monochrome colours?

That would be very cool.

we had MY STORY which is a really deep title that dispenses the need of title-track

I've only heard Feel the Love and a snippet of Pray.

So happy the album is called Colours and not Feel the Love. Can't wait to see the covers although it will be hard to live up to Rainbow!

Oh, well, Colours was the best choice between all the rumours, and even if I'm not crazy about it, she can work with a title like this.
All the potential for covers, booklet and general theme!

see? the title has so much potential for something really creative, but knowing Ayus team....i am not expecting anything grand xD

i am sure lots of us here can come up with amazing ideas more than what Ayu's team could. Though they can surprise us, i am in doubt, but who knows xD

But then again, are we even sure we know the full track list? *hopeshopeshopes*

we don't. I'm hoping for a title track, or at least one more song, and an intro/interludes.

The album title sounds interesting, hope we get covers soon.

How would you guys feel if the only songs we got were everything she's released so far? No intros, no interludes, and nothing new. Just Feel the love, Merry-go-round, Tell all, Hello new me, etc.

Like I would still buy the album cause I love Ayu; but I would be really, really underwhelmed cause her promoting technique this time around is a little bizarre.

^
Actually, I would love that. It'd make Colours (omg, feels so nice to be able to name it) a truly unique, new album for Ayu.
Short, yet explosive. Yep, I like the idea.

She is introducing the album to the public before selling it, that's why she called it showcase... All the "I didn't like that song before seeing it live" thing will be avoided and people won't buy it at the venue (as it will not be released before the showcase ends), so, there won't be Oricon counting only 33% of the venue sales, etc...

Her main consumers still are japanese people, not us...

Hm.... seems like some Japanese fans think it could be 'Colours' because of the 'ours' in it. So Colours?

As far as we know, 'Tell all' won't be included.

It should be, tho. If it were done right, 'NOW & 4EVA' would be the final track and then 'Tell all' as the hidden.

I don't mind the short album or that we already have everything. For all we know, she probably already has her next single release lined up anyway—unless she's taking a break.

I'm loving the title. I hope if this album is a success, it'll lead into a new tour that'll span through fall-spring. OMG that'll be awesome. Ayumi Hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2014-2015 ~colours~.

^

that would be awesome!

too bad she released RED LINE, GREEN and BLUE BIRD XD

I wouldn't mind no new tracks, but I'd like to have at least an intro. I'm still hoping for a title track to pop up though !

The promoting technique is actually quite good : "showcasing" the songs at each venue was quite clever, what is stupid is giving the full versions 1 month before the release, imo.

But she can make up for that if the covers/PV are exciting !

Maybe Yellow Fever will be the next coming song.

tracklist was updated on her website

2014-07-02
CD+DVD
「Colours」
品番：AVCD-38965/B
3,800円（本体価格）＋税

＜CD収録内容＞
01 Feel the love
02 XOXO
03 What is forever love
04 Hello new me
05 Pray
06 Angel
07 Terminal
08 Merry-go-round
09 Lelio
10 NOW & 4EVA
＜DVD収録内容＞
01 Feel the love (video clip)
02 XOXO (video clip)
03 Angel (video clip)
04 Merry-go-round (video clip)
05 Lelio (video clip)
06 Feel the love (making clip)
07 XOXO (making clip)
08 Angel (making clip)
09 Merry-go-round (making clip)
10 Lelio (making clip)

So we really get not even Interludes? o.o

This release is a MESS. So no new songs? That's it? Bye excitement, thanks avex marketing.

And seriously Hello new me - Pray - Angel - Terminal in a row in the middle of the album? That totally breaks the flow! These are all slow, long songs. Hello new me and Pray should've been at the end or separated or something... NOW & 4EVA as a last song? Ugh.

lol it's funny how you people expected a surprise from this xD ahahahaaaaa~

Why give a damn about the song order. Reorder it in iTunes or something if you've got a problem with it. I'm surprised there are no interludes, but I don't mind.

Can't wait for the cover and PVs~

I don't agree with putting slow songs to the end though. Ayu has done that for too many times (curtain call etc).

In my personal opinion, to be upbeat again after having a break is a more creative flow.

^Agreed! And this way I'm not going to skip the end of the album.

As for NOW& 4EVA being at the end, someone suggested (before the official tracklist was announced) that it could be cool to have it there, with Tell All as a hidden track. Seems quite likely doesn't it ?

I like the tracklist, as I said earlier I'm just a bit disappointed by the lack of interludes, but the tracks are good, so count me in Ayu !

But in terms of marketing, I do agree the path AVEX has chosen this time is really weird.

It seems as though this album is a monster, and the master has no idea how he should control it and, although it is gorgeous, the master does not know how to show it to the public.

I actually think that lyrically and sound wise NOW & 4EVA fits to be the last song.

Angel is a ballad so they put Hello new me-Pray-Angel it's a good choice if you think about it and hear it more, especially Terminal after them to end it since ayu's parts are like a ballad Terminal also has a "slower start" compared how to how it goes afterwards.

I think the order is ok, I wish that there would be more songs but maybe it's a transition album and the next ones will have more.

First studio/original/full-length ayu album with no interludes here guys hahaha.

(I wonder if it's her namie's STYLE talking about a transition).

No new songs? I can just make the album now....


This is beyond lazy. Release an album with ten songs, all great and I love but there are no suprises besides the cover art.


You all know this means no new music for a longgg time

GOSH those 6 songs ARE the new songs. Why are people complaining?! So now people are complaining that there are NO interludes and years ago, we were complaining she has 4 freakin' interludes. She just released them early FOR ALL OF US so deal with it. If you're already buying the album, then hang on for the PVs. If not, congratulations, you have the complete Colours album and you can start spamming it guilt-free. Just treat it as an early online release that is available a month before, what's wrong with that?

I like how Angel goes right after Pray because yes, it is somewhat like a ballad. And Angel and Terminal going together is like one of the coolest transitions in terms of lyrical content and titles.
I have a feeling they wanted a 10-track listing on the CD and DVD. LOL...i noticed she used to have 14 as the number

My thoughts exactly. No matter what she does people are never happy. No one said there was going to be more than 10 songs. Just that the order wasn't determined. So I dunno why did people even think there would be more.

First off, there's a difference between NO interludes and FOUR. At least an introduction track would've been good, then there'd be no complaining.

Yes those 6 new songs are the "new songs", but as LUOYUXIANG described so vividly, releasing the songs so early but not the cover title and art makes it seem like a disjointed, incomplete project. As opposed to the album feeling like a new "era" it just seems like a random release of songs.

Also, Hello new me, Pray and Angel are ballads, yes, but sticking them at the first half of the album is a bad flow, like BALLAD and Sunset being at the beginning of Rock'n'Roll Circus. You start the album off with energy, then 2 tracks later you go into slow ballad mood for 20 minutes. You don't need to stick all the ballads together.

Angel > Terminal is a great flow, though. Track list would've been really good with Pray after NOW & 4EVA for me. Not that it matters too much, I play albums on random anyway, but they could've improved the track list.

This album somehow makes me appreciate Namie's FEEL even more haha.

There's always something to complain about, it doesn't mean someone isn't happy about a release if they criticize a part of it. That's what a forum is for, discussing different views and opinions of something you're interested in. :)

Though I am a tad dismayed at no surprises with the tracklist, I do recognize that Ayu has taken her time to craft an album to her liking. Each of the new songs has its own power that I think can hold up well with a ten track album. I consider myself lucky that Ayu releases as much as she does when compared to several of my favorite artists (one of which took SIX YEARS to release anything new!).

Seriously... no new tracks? Not even Tell all or something. We waited all those weeks for nothing?

I really expect another "mini" by the end of the year or I will think she's become more lazy than uncreative.

It's not no new songs dude. It's u download the songs before the album was release. What r you complaining about??? You waited for nothing? She's lazy??? u guys seriously looked stupid.

Yeah I think calling her lazy is the worst and most wrong thing one can say about it.

She worked on that thing for like 6 months (more than on other albums) along with working on the new show and it's not just 1 song or two album.

If you don't like the materials, ok, if you want more songs, it's ok, but the last thing ayu can be called is lazy.

Honestly, she's managed to craft one of her strongest albums from the last few years. I'd rather have 10 great tracks than another LOVE Again affair, i couldn't care less about interludes i never listen to them anyway.

Thank you for the compliment, but you obviously didn't understand.

My point is that they were holding informations for weeks as if there was something more (than a title and a track order, I mean what is the point, really?) Plus the album is not cheaper (I'm not sure I can count on that though?).

Last album was full of old songs she decided to release together (is that why this album is so bland?) and it was released more than one year ago.

So yes, she is definitely working less and less as years go by. And I wouldn't "complain" (I'm not even angry or else, really, I learned to lower my expectations with her) if her work was awesome which is not the case IMO.

Anyway, this album is a mess creative wise. It would have been clever to release all those "trendy" songs together and put more "classic" material in a future album. But yeah it's ayu and her team.

I'm happy she is trying new things (for once...) even though she chose EDM like everybody else (but 3 years later).

This fanbase is impossible to please. Jeez!

Lol, just an FYI—a good tracklist is not always defined by how well the songs "flow" together stylistically.

It's always interesting when tension rises and falls, and then rises again unexpectedly.

I actually think MY STORY's track order is really unfortunate. The only interesting thing that happens is winding road ---> Humming. That midtempo ballad middle-section... All great songs, all stylistically similar... but it just drags and DRAGS.

Why are people complaining again?

If you aren't buying the album what are you complaining about? Ayu's not retiring next week. This isn't her "last hurrah" and she was saying she'd release 20 songs but then decided on 5. You didn't pay for anything. Nothing has been taken away from you...

If you are buying the album what are you complaining about? Ayu's not retiring next week. This isn't her "last hurrah" and she was saying she'd release 20 songs but then decided on 5. You preordered based on these tracks alone. Nothing has been taken away from you...

It's pretty simple, she's got an amazing solid album plus the option for a hidden track or two and so many of you always complain the interludes are taking up space.... :(

I like interludes and I'll miss them, but this has shaped up to be a wonderful album. We have a good album title and also have all new PVs and a photoshoot to look forward to.

It's not the end of the world.

"The new album doesn't have something it was already known it wouldn't have, I FEEL CHEATED"

...

Oh God I just saw the full track list on her website and I'm shocked that there are only 10 songs and there are no PVs for Pray (none for Hello new me either, but I care so little about the song). I kept hoping she would pull a surprise near the release date, but it seems she's pulling another Party Queen instead (i.e. where I thought she'd have more PV, which was for Party Queen, but in the end there are only the four videos). I'm gonna try listing the songs on iTunes and listen to how they play out.

OMG, I think the tracklist was already known so far. Ayu also announced the number of the songs and the PVs too. She LET US KNOW EVERTHING ALREADY : the whole songs, the title of the album,... . The only promising things are just the Official PV and covers.
I don't know why most of you complained about the hidden track or something like that... which SHE DID'T MENTION BEFORE :(
Give her a break and let's wait for the rest of album COLOURS...

^ I was under the impression that the revealed songs make up only the partial track list

I find Pray Angel and Terminal being in order reeeeally interesting.

for those who didn't notice,
CD+DVD: Pray > Angel > Terminal
others edition: Pray > Terminal > Angel

seriously, i dunno how to deal the change from Pray to Terminal. i can understand the flow for Party Queen tracklist but not this time. my desire tracklist:

01 Terminal
02 Lelio
03 Merry-go-round
04 Angel
05 Pray
06 NOW & 4EVA
07 What is forever love
08 Hello new me
09 XOXO
10 Feel the love

I put the songs in order on iTunes and I just finished listening to them. They make...an okay flow somehow. Although NOW & 4EVA is a bit strange as a closer (I think Hello new me fits better). I also find it weird that the dance songs are scattered, but that's probably to prevent an allegedly boring section of continuous ballads. If this is indeed the actual track list, then this album does have interesting colors. Sorry. colours.

Oh yeah I didn't even notice the differences between the editions... I wonder which is the real one?

Can't wait for XOXO PV!

Wow, I really like the order of the songs!
I'm also happy with the lack of interludes, since it's a good thing to change the format a little. With so many strong songs, this album doesn't really need it imo. Can't wait for the covers!

To be honest, I'm glad there's no interludes! Tracklist is quite short by her standards, but its jammed full of absolutely amazing songs. Personally can't wait for Lelio and XoXo PVs :)

i dont care about the tracklist order... (NOW&4EVA as the only track I really like lol as the last is cool though)

i don't care about the release schedule...
i don't care about the album lenght...
i don't even care about the album cover art (missunderstood was the best album with the worst covers...)
the most important thing is music duh

i only care that i don't like those songs. (only NOW&4EVA and What is forever love)


XDDDDDDDDD

but she have very diffrent ideas at very diffrent times, so I just hope she will make album such Party Queen again, it was only 2 albums ago. or maybe another album at the end of the year?

its something like that:
Terminal - Angel - Merry-go-round (slow techno)
Feel the love - XOXO - Leilo (fast pop techno)
Hello new me - Pray (sappy ballads)

and only What is forever love and NOW&4EVA stands out.

Really guys (to specific people, not everyone)?

It was never implied that it was only a partial tracklist. It was specifically said that there would be 10 songs. I could see surprise about no interludes. But no new tracks? The fuck are you even talking about?

The six new songs are the new tracks. We very recently got them because they are new. They were just released ahead of time but not like months before.

If you look at the showcase, it is a showcase because it features songs from an unreleased album. Which is different because usually people will be familiar with what she is touring because the album is released beforehand. But I think they allowed the songs to be released so that people could still build some familiarity with the songs that they were paying to see live if they wanted to. Otherwise, it's just a fun surprise showcase of new material before it's officially released.

But apparently, not everyone gets that. These 6 new songs are new. Just leaked early.

I'm sorry, but how did the tracklist REALLY surprise anyone? It's your fault if you couldn't read information properly. And it doesn't make ayu lazy.

Dislike the album, order, and the lack of interludes all you want, but at least be reasonable.

I'll get off my soapbox now

Well I was expecting a few interludes; that's why I was planning to wait to indulge in the new songs until I could have the full on "album experience". This is such a disconnected Ayu release. I was hoping for ONE bonus track but oh well.

For me, Ayu has done better electronically influenced songs in the past. None of these songs are of her best, and Wake me up still has more character and appeal than any of this new material.

Ayu can do electronic music, but she HAS TO DO IT HER WAY. Wake me up was evident that she has the power to excel in that environment while maintaining her signature aura and environment through music.

omg this this this. It was said from the beginning that the tracklist would only consist of ten songs--I don't know if people just willfully misunderstood the form that this album would take, or what. The amount of whining some people are capable of is truly incredible. :shakehead

Listening to the tracks in their official order is a really nice surprise! A couple of especially gorgeous moments:

What is forever love to Hello new me: while the first lingers over the unforgettable past love, the latter moves on.

Angel to Terminal: as someone pointed out in previous posts, the lyrical transition is quite nice. Musically, the flow is intense as well, plus that both numbers depict the haunting atmosphere in their own distinct way.

Now and 4eva as an ending is actually nice. After the explosion of Lelio, to hear the peaceful piano intro does deliver an emotional casecade.

People need to wipe out the prejudice and give ayu a listen before complaining the mismatch between ayu's choice and that of their own

1+ count me in. I don't speak english so fluent to say it that way. ;d
"that" electronic music is not a bad music - she just can make electronic music in her own style and it's more powerful (Sparkle, Wake me up, NaNaNa, NEXT LEVEL album and so on) I liked "Connected" because it was ONE track on the album in that style. But tbh It was a time that I though Connected was a remix of something.

I'm fine with only 10 tracks, but I like all the songs. I don't mind the lack of interludes. If the interludes are taken off of some of her previous albums, there would also be only 10 songs.

I've gotten used to the fact that certain factions of her fans will just complain about anything she ever does. But the fact that we literally had all the information about the tracklist besides the order, and people STILL created their own false impressions of "more tracks" or "intros/interludes" and then blame HER for their own ignorance? That's hitting an all-time low of stupid.

I also can't seem to get over how good some of these songs would sound with ROCK arrangements. If she can do an entire album dedicated to electronic, she needs a new album dedicated to hard rock. I truly believe that's where she can succeed and suits her current voice the best!

Completely agree. It has a MY ALL vibe
By the way is just me or they're not referring to this album as her "15th Album"? I've only saw "Original Album"... It reminds me of "Feel the love" not being referred as her 51st Single

there are always people who likes everything about new release
there are always people who likes song but dislike titles/album titles/covers etc and people who likes titles/cover but dislike the songs
there are always people who don't like anything
there are always people who dislikes some and like some.

always.

and you know, there are always people who complain about people complaining :)

I don't mind the "short" tracklist. But, I'd hope for a little surprise. Too bad, whatever.
Oh well, I like the songs. The album is great. Wonder what the covers look like.

Edit: still... really? Are some saying again that fans "blame" her for whatever. And that they always do complain? Please... this crap need to stop. I do not see any harm done. Not to ayu. Not to anyone else.

I agree with you so much on this one.

No excitment?

Well, if Avex would arrest you as they do when they found japanese people ilegally downloading music, then I'm sure you would be excited about the 8 new songs!

:eviltongu

You would be excited as I am because I only listened to the previews :cool

Some Ayu fans suffer from debilitating nostalgia, and really have no clue what they want from her musically or stylistically. They simply want to experience & relive the same "feelings" and "perceptions" they did with their favorite songs in the past. It's a really bitter stage of fandom, and I'm glad I was able to move past it.

I like most of her interludes/intros but thank goodness there aren't any this time.
Sometimes they're wasted as 1 minutes longer songs, that's annoying lol.

I'm not shocked by the short tracklist neither :shrug as long as the songs are good (and they are for me) I'm happy with it.

NO INTERLUDES!?!?!?

It ain't an Ayumi album without interludes (well maybe a bit of an exaggeration considering Five & Memorial address don't have any). Still, I hope this isn't a continuing trend!

(I think I'm having my first AHS meltdown haha!)

Definitely glad I haven't heard 9 out of 10 songs! Still looking forward to the album.
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I would so be up a rock Ayumi album! Or even a mini album

At least give me an intro track lol I've always liked Ayu's intros/interludes. I'm underwhelmed but the songs are great. Can't wait to get my copy! And hopefully Tell all is a hidden track.

At this point, I was just waiting for the tracklist to be in order. Initially, it seemed like they only released the preliminary tracklist to show off the new producers' songs (the information from Amazon and HMV) but then the official website said "all 10 songs" and "full album" so... we ended up with a 10 track album a few days later after the announcement.

The order is about what I expected, but somehow the '11 colors' comment from the TA blog makes me wonder if a hidden track will be the 11th color. (and kind of align with the amount of tour dates)

I wonder what's up with Terminal and Angel switching on the non-CD+DVD versions.

Hmm... Only TEN tracks...the fewest that I've seen?

But maybe...all these ten tracks are NOT interludes? Whoa...

So "Colours" is a full studio album with 10 tracks but "Love" and "again" are mini albums at 12 tracks. Hmmm... Lelio is still awesome!

At least some smart comments here.
Most of the people are disliking & hating new releases at the same time. It's hard to just completely love or completely hate something.

But here "everytime" someone say something "bad" he get bashed with some stupid sarcastic comments, personal attacks, and "I know better than you stuff".:rolleyes This attitude is so childish, pointless and really really annoying. Some should really chill out, I really hope for you ayu is not the main interest in your life...

Whenever I "complain" here I don't complain about people always loving stuff I don't like, it is so dumb. I respect their point of view, mine is not better than theirs and vice versa.

And to conclude, as an artist too I'm always happy when people are criticizing my work. Some don't get that but it's one of the things that makes you doing better things, evolving, being more creative. I would feel terrible if people always loved my stuff. But gosh some just don't get that...

Well, for example, what you said earlier warrants responses like the one I made. You complained about no new tracks and that she's being lazy because of that. Just like some other people. Even though these are new tracks. 6 of them. and they've announced forever ago how many new tracks there would be. And that's what the showcase is for. They just didn't have a title yet. That was to be announced. Not tracks. This whole project is related to the showcase and so everything is done differently this time.

And that complaint is kind of dumb, because that's a reasonable amount of new tracks, I'm sure those producers were more expensive, and she clearly put effort into the project. Oh, and we already knew how many there were so no surprise. They are the new tracks.

You can complain it's too short, that you don't like it, etc etc. Most people don't have a problem with that though they still have the right to make observations on why you're complaining, which you maybe confuse for bashing.

But yeah, if it's something unreasonable, like misinformation on your part, then yeah, they might get a little sarcastic. I do anyway.

I am just glad that we know everything for sure now aside from covers. Having everything in that weird "information isn't really final" format until now was pretty odd.

Something with a darker mood like guilty or duty would be nice lol. And rock.

"unreasonable"...

I don't know what is it but I assume we never really got the answer if there would just be 10 tracks or some extra stuff. And the signs were really confusing. You can't pretend the contrary.
Holding information for a long time, the price, no "mini" mention while as someone said LOVE & again are considered as minis.
Plus I'm not speaking Japanese obviously.

So no, I still think its not just an error on my part and people don't deserve childish comments which creates a bad environment.

I'm already over this.

Edit:
"and they've announced forever ago how many new tracks there would be."
Are you sure?

And to be honest I didn't even think about your comment which is not that bad compared to others.

What point are you trying to make? That I'd be excited about an Ayu release if "avex arrested me"? What's that even about? Hahaha

And I see we suddenly have EIGHT new songs! Surprise people, there are 2 hidden tracks after all!

The official site announced since the beginning 10 songs: Feel the love, MGR and 8 new songs. Pray and Hello new me are considered as new songs (maybe because they didn't get a physical release?).

Okay, bb, you do you. It's whatever.

Not all of us were confused as I saw nothing confusing. 10 tracks( yes I'm sure). 6 new. Premium showcase before release. And withholding the title and covers and track order, etc kind of doesn't matter with what they already said. Probably weren't even finalized, but they did post what was expected. I'd be surprised if there were more.

But feel free to be surprised and think she's lazy. It's your view of ayu anyway. I just like to offer a different perspective if possible.

My point is that if you are not excited about the album is because you ilegally downloaded the music :rolleyes

so DON'T COMPLAIN

Of course and I have nothing against that. I never said I was right.