Ok. That was unexpected. I don't even know how to react! xD
I'm glad we're getting new material, but I'm also worried about the quality.. Everything is happening too fast! But well, let's see what she's hiding under her sleeve!

Yahuuuuu cant wait to preorder it

Omg, seriously, this is just so soon. Very unexpected. :O

Not too bothered about another RedOne track but maybe I'll be surprised

Wow I predicted the 5 songs correctly lol

Expecting it to sound like A ONE lite lol

Is this what it was like being an Ayu fan in the early 2000's? God knows she probably announced new singles every other day. This is pretty exciting!

I became her fan in August of 2005 so her singles getting regularly released or whatever? That was beginning to decline.

So I can imagine being in like 2000-2003 and just being like :thud

5th August is "Trust" single relese day
will she continue to release something at the 17th anniversary days? =) It's 7th October and 9th December, 10th June skipped

I'm dying of excitement. That's GREAT news! :heart

JESUS.

Well, I must say....I totally was not expecting this! :laugh :P Although I kinda had this feeling, that ayu would probably be releasing something during the summer...and now I'm very happy to know that it'll be a mini-album. :D I am sooo excited! 5 songs & 3 PVs are completely enough for me. And I am very excited that one song will be produced by RedOne! :love Already can't wait to jam out, to that. :D And call me crazy...but I'm already impatiently waiting for an actual title & covers! :laugh That's how excited I am. :P Absolutely looking forward to this mini-album! Thanksss, ayu! :heart

Woah. Honestly, my initial reaction was a little wary. A ONE hasn't even been out for a week. GIRL. Her last two studio albums (A ONE and Colours) only had 10-11 tracks, though. In the past, she'd release albums with 15 or 16 tracks, so actually it's not really that abnormal that she would want to put out more music. This is just a different release pattern from the recent past, I think.

After sorting that through in my head (lol), I'm excited now. :) This year is shaping up to be an amazing one for my J-Pop faves. First Kuu, then Ayu, then Ai, next Namie, and back to Ayu again? I'm broke and I love it. :weep

Guuuurl is on fire omg my body is ready for this

if it will be another XOXO with the same damn PV I will be pretty damn aggresive about it. I prefer 12938128389128391823 ballads than another piece of Ayu making idiot of herself.

from other thread

Great time to be an ayu fan. I consider myself lucky!

^ Why am I not surprised by this? :roflmao Well, it's 4 months from now, she has plenty of time for preparing everything. She might be a bit busy with the tour, but that's okay

To me it's fine if she takes her time, she needs to wait a little for good inspiration and ideas.

O.o Didn't she say two years ago that she doesn't want to release a cd for the sake of a date anymore or something like that? It's weird to see that she hasn't written the lyrics yet while she already announced the mini-album.

RedOne...I don't know if I should be happy or if I should be sad. XOXO was badly executed with a lack of energy in the chorus while movin' on without you was good. But this last one was composed by another person and was a "jpop song" style, so it helps a lot. As for this new mini album it should be a new song, I think that I should be afraid. I prefer not to believe into this song for that moment.