The fact that her covers in the past 2 years (this, and Movin on without you) have all been 10 times better than all her original material must surely be testament to:

a) how lazy she has been with her original music and
b) how incredibly strong the songwriting was 1998~2004

Buuurn

Guess I'm one of the few who don't like this cover?
I adored MOWY, and previous covers ayu did but this...

Too cutesy sung, too much vibrato, too flat? I feel it lacks punch and the arrangement sounds cheap-ish. what are you doing TK?!

I don't really care for this cover. It sounds like she's struggling and her voice sounds almost shrill, in addition to the song being rather bland on it's own. It's as though she recorded it right after finishing a concert when her voice was gone. Not very good, especially after the recent "Seasons" performance, where she proved she's still an able singer. Compared to the MOWY it's almost atrocious. =(

Here's hoping for winter diary! =D

I actually LOVE the original so much hearing it for the first time today?! omg..now im trying to get into the ayu version HAHA

Koda Kumi won this time for me.


NMB48

What's her name in romanji?

^ Ayaka Umeda. LOL I didn't see the kanji name and I thought all NMB48 sung it.

I have to say both Hyde and hitomi's covers are also ON POINT! Might actually have to buy this. Lol.

can someone make translation for this song? i can't find one anywhere :no

I'm high-key loving the TRF version of wanna Be A Dreammaker now.

It's my first globe song and the TRF version perfected it (thanks, shit-ton of Autotune!).

超特急 (Bullet Train)

當山みれい (Touyama Mirei)

Seeing NMB48, my first thought was a bunch of girls shouting lyrics at microphones again. I don't know how anyone can hear THAT many girls clearly.

Da-iCE

坂本美雨 (Miu Sakamoto)

I wish they had given a better song to Kumi. Didn't care much about this one from the preview.

It's easier to take something original and make it better than it is to create something original. I think the problem with Ayu is that her music is too predictable, even when she crosses genres. And a lot of that has to do with her, and a lot has to do with her studio team.

It's also worth note that artists like Seiko, Dolly Parton, and others who never evolve sound just as boring. To be honest, I'm surprised Seiko even sells records considering a mashup of her entire career would sound like one song.

i've listened to 20 seconds of that cover. I don't know GLOBE nore ever bothered to care to check, so i really couldn't care less about the release. NEXT!

I... don't know if I like it. I love the original, and this sounds too much like it I guess? But the original suits Ayu so well, so it makes sense she didn't change much. I think it all sounds too... clean? I think I'm a bit disappointed because MOWY was SO good, but I also don't care that much for the original in that case.

hitomi's cover though, oh my god. So good.

sounds amazing

Ayaka Umeda! I knew her back from AKB48 and DiVA before being transferred to Osaka's NMB48...