Is that the one that sounds kinda call-esque/rock or acoustic-tinged?

It has more to do with the song itself than her recycling a certain style she's done before lol. Like I can stan an infinite amount of competently produced mid-tempo pop-rock ballads like HOPE or PAIN or It was or whatever, or something interesting like the edgy rock songs or even the recycled summer pop songs. But I srsly feel like 75% of what she puts out these days is generic ballads and I don't think I can stomach anymore ever for as long as she or I live ugh. It's like she's clinging to the one WORST type of song she could possibly make and just recycling it over and over and over ad nauseam.

I think the problem i have with ppl saying "i don't like the previews, it sucks" is that i always see the exact same people complaining during every single release. Ok, you don't like ayu songs anymore, you wish she'd just go back to (insert old album here). Like idk, MOVE ON and stop complaining on the forum dedicated to her. A forum is a place where i can share my excitement and love for my favorite singer, not read old fans complaining because they're still stuck in 2006 and can't accept that their fav singer has changed

My guesses:
No future - Tetsuya Komuro
Out of control - Tetsuya Yukumi
Story - Tetsuya Yukumi or Kunio Tago
Warning - Kazuhiro Hara or Yuta Nakano
Show must go on - Yuta Nakano

Yuta hasn't done many compositions lately though.

lol See, the problem with this complaint is that these fans DO still like much of what she puts out (I stan the shit out of Colours... for what it is at least) and all YOU guys cling to when you complain about this is the negativity, which isn't nearly as universal as you try to make it out to be.

Honestly the previews are too much LQ ... too much noises but from what I can hear it will be 50% uptempo 50% mid-tempo/ballads ! one of the ballads seems to be interesting musically & the uptempo songs seems fresh ! But it's really difficult ...I "admire" people that can have such a strong opinion (good or bad) with such quality.

I will try to not listen to HQ previews if we get them before the release I don't want to spoil myself 1 month before the release XD

I pray for the two remaining tracks be actually songs and not interludes mmhhhh :s

I immediately thought TK after hearing the snippet of Show must go on. Idk tho.

Do you think it is the song that was a bit hard for Ayu to sing? I can kind of hear that.

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Oh yes I think she sings really high in one of the preview ;)

I sAid the same thing too!! But i just found myself listening to two tracks. I don't even know the title of which and which but I liked what i heard!! After listening to two previews I slapped myself!! LOL

Show must go on seemed an interlude to me at first.

Haha, it's so hard!!! I didn't hear Party Queen snippets until the whole album leaked (I was traveling abroad leading up to the release) and I didn't listen to any RnRC previews until I went to the first AT2010 show at Saitama, so having a live performance be the first time I heard the album tracks was pretty epic! I was slightly spoiled by them playing the RnRC commercial outside the venue with PV clips and everything, but that's just a technicality. :P

LOL yeah right!! Seriously as much as I love AHS i need to keep myself away from it (no, just a little) until the release! LOL

I can already tell I'm going to love "Out of control". It's exactly the type of song I was hoping from her. The rest I'm going to have to wait it out but from what I CAN hear... There's not really any duds except for perhaps The GIFT :\ It's just not clicking with me but, we'll see.

I'll try not to listen to them... I just started listening one of the songs and the quality is HORRIBLE. We won't know if the song is good or not with that quality. I remember I hated "What is forever love" preview and now I love it, hahha.

Yeah, "Show must go on" seems like a typical song Ayu might have some trouble recording.

and omg that 'sparkly' synth throughout "Story" gives me gooooooooosebumps. It almost feels reminiscent of the synth in ASFXX. Soooooo classic. God, now I'm having flashbacks of my angst-ridden 14 year old self listening to ASFXX. Just thinking about how Ayu's music truly seemed to help me get through those years. OK I need to pour myself a glass of bourbon, light a Milena's Boutique candle, and hop in the bath because I'm a sentimental mess right now.

The previews sound good but not amazing. A one, so far sounds like a forgettable album. :yes

"Story" sounds like a classic Ayu ballad to me. Ayu's usual interviewer said "Pray" was like a classic Ayu ballad, not to me - Story is just.... YES. THERE. THAT.

'No future" definitely sounds like millennial globe track - THIS is the TK sound I like, this kind of melody is one of the things that drew me to J-Pop in the first place. It's nice to hear Ayu do a track that really nails my favorite aspects of the TK sound.

"Show must go on" and "Warning" are my two favorites based on the clips overall.

"The Gift" is about what I expected, which is to say... a sound that, to me, is nothing special - but mixing & lyrics may make me fall in love with it.

Mixing and lyrics are gonna be pretty big factors in my enjoyment of the album overall. This sounds like the ayu on Party Queen and the ayu on Colours had a baby lol - let's just hope it inherited the right features from each one.

Obviously LQ but I think I like what I hear so far. I appreciated that Colours tried different things but I love Ayu's Ayu-ish songs which A ONE sounds like a return to :D

Thank you for sharing!

Typical ayu indeed, very classic like the last single was.
The melodies sound promising so far.

I'm just really concerned by the arrangements. I hope they will be a bit surprising and not using the same formula again again and again, making the songs boring and bland.

I love the songs <3 except the ballads. Hahaha. I think this is going to be the first album without a masterpiece ballad for ME.