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New singles crossroad 9/22 and 「L」 9/29 [VI]
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We'll just have to see how this performs, but I think the sales could be boosted by Tohoshinki fans just because it's not Ayu but (Hero Kim) Jejung (Jaejoong) is going to appear on the "blossom" PV - that's why we think we might actually have the confidence that despite Kumi Koda competition, Ayu can get #1 for "crossroad" despite the covers, which it seems that I don't like...
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i really hope that ayu would appear in the end of the PV, like Endless Sorrow. at least a glimpse will do, haha.
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You know what really... Single covers are not meant to be works of art. They are just singles, and what's most important is the thing inside.
But I don't really understand why people don't like the covers this time.. They are pretty safe, and they're very pretty. Again, if the single art is a work of art, it's bonus, but that just doesn't happen most of the time... |
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@jbrat: well people got their wish for being unpridictable. We haven't even heard ayus cover anyway. I think its quite alright
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a couple people mentioned they would be good if used for other artists. Lol. Ayu can't be simple sometimes. Ah well~ can't escape standards. (P.s. I could explain a little how I think different ayu fans just operate but I'd rather not here) Ahhhh~~ I wanna hear a preview of ayus version of seven days war soooo bad. And an hq prebview of crossroad. This single won't be overshadowed by L for me. Totally. And I really am curious as we get closer about the crossroad pv. |
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If only the cover would be like this :D
but T still love the "cover" on the newspapers :lech http://a.imageshack.us/img138/7371/9j0ow6jpg.png |
I'd have to say that while the covers aren't my favourite in terms of styling, they are pretty apt for the song, which really screams Ayu circa "For My Dear" era to me. I just went and youtube-ed "Seven Days War" and it has a really lovely melody, so I guess I'm also rather looking forward to this.
I'm just generally excited at the prospect of there being so much new Ayu music coming up within such a short span of time. |
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I thought the next single would be called VI for like five minutes and was confused...then realized the epic fail hahaha.
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tbh, I think it's interesting what a stark contrast the covers, which looks very futuristic, are to the actual songs inside, which are nostalgic-sounding. It may be stupid to some people, but I thought it's pretty interesting. It doesn't help that Ayu's working it on the covers either :laugh
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honestly, they played good cards to try and make this single sell!
a pv with jaejoong, for all the fan girls a cover of an old 80s pop hit, the older audience popteen covers- high school girls or w/e lol i must say, goood marketing strategies. |
^ yes yes true that!!
I hope this single does well :) |
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I just hope Ayu's gonna do live performances on TV Shows for crossroad..and even blossom..
I want her last 2 singles to sell WELL! |
I'm just wondering what Ayu has in store for the 50th single. It's gonna be kinda hard to top Jaejoong. lol
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Then 2,000,000+ copies sold in like, 2 hours? :mischief |
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crossroad went from a rather low position to #5 at Amazon as soon as they announced the PV-thing. Haha! Kinda scary...
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It will get #1 in a few hours =))
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LOL^^
ppl who waitin for her OS version single much better than who canceled their order because the Pv-things.. |
so what's the poster going to be like for crossroad?
is the collage thing going to be for L's poster? |
crossroad has a B2 collage poster for singles 1-25, and L has one for 26-50.
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Already a new thread!!!
I think Ayu will surely get number 1. we already have PV pics, story...don't you guys think we will see full PV soon? |
Well I preordered every edition of both singles, and regardless of covers, PVs etc I'm really pumped for this single and there's NO WAY whatsoever that I'm cancelling a single item in either order. No pun intended. :P I just hope the posters don't look cheap. Oh, something that would be neat is if she used the cover images as a mosaic to form a picture of herself or something for the posters.
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Hey if JJ's gonna be in the PV, do u think maybe once or twice she might ask him to be with her on stage when performing it? Like maybe during a tour or something.
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I don't think so, he's not featured in any song other than the PV.
It wouldn't make sense to have him on stage with Ayu, what should he do? :laugh |
^Ending vocalist.... or just grab the fan girls' attention:P:P:P j/k
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crossroad's cover ??? yeah~ i like it !!!!
but i dont like her hair, looks like moon/blossom hair style, i hope L's cover will be very different from crossroad & moon/blossom 's cover. this cover look like a fashion scan magazine, looks like same concept with cover single koda kumi-TABOO / namie amuro-60s 70 80s :? http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9663/taboo2.th.jpg http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5491/cd103.th.jpg credits : japanese music dreams |
I just saw the covers and OHMYGAWD! :thud
I kinda like it but it was strange... |
i neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed something to leak or at least a better recording of 'crossroad'. :x
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I guess it's more likely they'll play the PV with him in the background or something like that. :laugh |
I'm so hyped for crossroad. I love the sound of it, and I really like the cover of just Ayu's face.
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yeah~ this concept also reminds us of t2ms cover
http://ayumi.primenova.com/discograp...n2myselfCD.jpg http://ayumi.primenova.com/discograp...yselfCDDVD.jpg credits : ayumi.primenova.com http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/2985/75076957.th.jpg ^ I also hope that this picture also comes with high quality, so cutEEE~~~~ |
^I like Like that newspaper pic, she looks so cute haha
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I love her glasses!!!Hope we can get them someday...
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i think the covers are great! it's the best since days/green. it's stylish and contemporary. i like the font as well. i am tempted to buy all three formats!
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I wonder what that pic on the newspaper is for...
I hope it's for one of the booklet pics~~ |
great covers!!!!! better than MOON/blossom. but crossroad sounds like an average song but the cover has ayu being so sexy!! :P
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^And where can I see those pics? :S
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I guessed I'm late for the party here with all these news.
The covers are okay. She looks very "diva-ish" "Seven Days War" is an intresting title song and Ayu's not going to be in "blossom" MV? |
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njanjayrp, oh yes!! it should be promo pic.. she looks so nice on that pic :)
SoldierofSilence, LOL i don't think just because of JJ appear on her PV... he's gonna be invited to her tour/concert... wahaha... but at least, she probably gonna talk about him in TV shows... |
if this dbsk whatever guy is popular then the single better have good sales
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^he's the person in AyUmIXx avatar.
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^O.O I missed that >.>
I think ayumixx was the one who told me who hes was in another thread but I didn't know how he looked like. hmmm he's smexy |
^ yep..hope so..hope the single will sell very well..and hopefully the JJ fans who buy the single will get to know Ayu's music and become a fan too :)
that's what I wish for this whole collaboration thing :) |
With all the promo for crossroad....what about L? L is being so ignored, LOL. I hope it gets #1 too, it can reach number on the fact that it's her 50th single alone, what about promotions?
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So today's perf. of "crossroad" was amazing.
Even my roommate, who has stated how much he despises Komuro and how stupid he thought it was that Komuro was working on this single, cried while listening/watching it. It's a beautiful song. It's nostalgic, but not too nostalgic. It represents both the new Ayu and the old Ayu. And while everyone is entitled to their own opinions, people who end up not liking this song will baffle me... |
^ that's good to hear. Have you manged to memorize any of the lyrics?
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@tokyoxjapanxfan: wow that's great to hear. I'm personally very excited o hear the song. The preview sounds soooo nice. And sort of partly nostalgic but still new as u described basically. I want to hear it nooow haha~
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Ooh my gosh, tokyoxjapanxfan, I am sooooo excited now!!!!!!!! :thud
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tokyoxjapanxfan, I'm glad to hear it! Thank you :D
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wow all this time I thought L was a song in crossroad
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I will laugh so hard if people who have not liked the previews that cancelled their preorders now love the full quality full-length song that they have to go re-preorder the single all over again.:P
But really, I WANT THE SONG RIGHT NOW!!! |
^ I will laugh so hard if people who canceled CD+DVD pre-orders now like PVs on it and have to order the single all over again
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Ohhhh!!! tokyoxjapanxfan that's so exciting! I already love the previews! I've listened to the LQ a-nation rip at least 200 times! I'm already in love with this song. :luv2
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Plus, just thought, but I was thinking that JJ being on this PV would probably also help sales of the next album (once announced in many more months) as Ayu usually includes all PVs on her album DVD. |
Hope someone has recorded crossroad in a better quality, it will be an AWSOME song.
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does that make sense???? and the good news about him in the pv, i have got 2 THSK fans who asked me to help them order the CD+DVD, TA version, as they find that ayu's covers is always nice and they would like to have a big sticker of it too. there you got it!!!!!!! THSK fans buying the cd because of jaejoong~~~ (^-^) |
I want to watch the whole stage instead of the three of them only.. Glad JJ always staring at Ayu :D
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^^good for the sales man (I don't care about sales but I'm hoping that it goes well ya know)
I'm not excited about anything ayu releases lately *sigh* but I'm super curious how the pv is going to be. btw is there any reason ayu is not in pv? |
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Oh god, there's so much to catch up. The covers look awesome and awkward at the same time, lol. I love the outfit! :laugh And the color scheme. Yeah, they probably don't fit the songs but oh well. Jaejoong will be in the PV, that's great. I think it's cool that Ayu won't be starring, I love how she uses the PV to tell a story and not just show off herself. Of course I love watching Ayu but I apperciate the fact that she wants to step aside from the spotlight (she's still probably very much in charge behind the scenes) now and then in order to make everything work. :yes I love SEVEN DAYS WAR, I'm so happy Ayu's covering it. It totally suits her and just for some reason I'm happy she's covering a song, lol! |
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I like what I see, it's no much though haha At least we have some pics ^_^ |
^i wonder if one of the paintings he does will be of Ayu:P
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thanks for sharing.. THSK fans really appreciate Ayu's works.. :) and hopefully, they can turn to be Ayu's fans :) hihi~~ JackieRos, she said she doesn't want to be on the PV because she's afraid that she is just gonna get too much talking LOL..I'm not sure what she meant by that though... but she said that she wants a challenge to make a PV without herself in it~~ now i'm sooooooooooooooo can't wait for crossroad to be released its PV and its Song! |
If there's a lot of talking involved... Maybe this is a mini movie with blossom as the soundtrack...?
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the covers!!! ohHhH~~. i`m liking the 80`s / fusion look. i can`t decide which i like best.. probably the 2nd one (middle). they`re all pretty good covers. sanks for updating once again~.
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just Ayu won't act at all..just letting other models to act the storyline.. it's just getting interesting... |
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http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=435 Under the spoiler you can see crossroad preorders at amazon.jp after the news was released Jaejoong would be in blossom PV. I first thought about passing for buying this single too (waiting for her next album), but I'm going to preorder it now :yes Some Japanese THSK fans I'm following on twitter are going to get it too :yes And this is from an a-nation fanaccount by a JYJ fan: "We were able to hear ayu hamasaki’s live performance of “Blossom”. During ayu’s song, I tried to imagine how Jaejoong would look in the PV. I know that it would be lovely to the eye." |
I think Crossroad might be her weirdest single so far... don't you think? weird coversong, 1 week before another single's release, pv without ayu in it etc :S
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^ It will probably be her most "interesting" single.
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It is a PV without Ayu in it? I always dislike videos, where you can't see the singer in it. Hope, Crossroad-PV will be with ayu in it! |
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http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/5237/cross.png |
^ ok... all i can say is lmao@ this single possibly being her best selling in forever because of boyband influence
at first we were worried about crossroad... i think we should be thinking of L! LOL |
^ ikr!? hahahaha Of course I'd want that it was because of ayu and not because of Jejong appearing in her PV... but of course I'm happy he's appearing and that it may sell well thanks to him!!
Now I wonder what will ayu and avex do to focus on L... xD |
LOL omg that is amazing haha. Well then...I'm interested to see these sales haha~
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