New album out by Christmas!
 

credit: Torin @ Ayu's Story
Take out with full credits!

I'm friends with Torin and she said the person who gave her this info was Deli, so rest easy. Deli can go ahead and confirm this if she wants. ^^

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

there's the original message!
so excited omgggg.

I can't believe this...two albums within eight months of each other.
Great, now to prepare for my bank account to suffer

nice! lets hope this is something that will surpirse us! i mean for epic album tracks! weeee~~!!

amazing news! i never experienced ayumi releasing 2 studio albums in one year since i've only been a fan since Secret. so it's pretty cool! :P

i hope there'll be new PVs again for some album tracks! preferably upbeat songs, lol.

17 tracks, 1 intro, and 1 interlude ftw! lol

I remember listening to JEWEL on Christmas Eve... this makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside ^^

why 17? I hope she does an outro. She's never had one of those before.

one of the best parts is that my wallet won't cry! I can make my friends/family members buy me all the versions as christmas gifts!

LOL Well, it's already been copied & pasted on here, but yes, Ayu says she can't help but sing her own praises cuz she'll have an album out as a christmas present to everyone. ^_^ She seems very VERY excited, as are all of us! ^_^

Yaii!! New album!! I hope she makes a pv for Last Angel *_____*

awesome news :D

she's always this enthusiastic about albums though.

and 17 tracks just because MY STORY had 17 ... and we've already got 7 songs for this album... so I just want to get a nice amount of album tracks :/

Oh no, my wallet is sobbing :cry

I REALLY hope it's just gonna be like CD and CD+DVD, maybe with first press extras.
These USBs and special limited boxsets really kill my bank account lol

Yeah, I'm really hoping this one gets tons of tracks too. I'm not really all that worried though, it seems like Ayu has worked on TONS of songs already since L came out.

I personally think it's too soon but I'm excited anyway!

*hyperventilates*...with this news...IM VERY EXCITED NOW! hahahah..always wanted something proper to confirm and FINALLY!!

15th/22nd Dec anyone??? Damn that's exactly 2 months from now!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope Ayu keeps that 90s sound running through her next album!

I can't believe this... she has NEVER released albums this quickly, not even in her peak

I'm looking forward to CDL. I guess she will put in some new songs in there... :heart :D

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! OMG, THERE'S NOTHING I'VE MISSED MORE AT CHRISTMAS THAN AYU'S NEW ALBUM COMING OUT.

Yay, that's my christmas present decided. ♥

so fast...no complain...i like ayu new stuff...teeheehee...

OMG, didn't expect that!

It could be 15 tracks again.. 6 tracks from the singles, 7 new ones and 3 interludes.

And she's worked these songs over a small amount of time - so im hoping the album is one of her more consistent sound-wise.

I am sooooo excited! lol I wonder what kind of sound the album tracks will have.

based on the announcement of You were.../BALLAD coming out on the 16th of December and announced on the 22nd of October....

The announcement has to be coming really soon

omg yeah, with it only being 2 months from now they should officially announce it with the amount of tracks on TA any day now!!

This is a bit too soon, imo. But hey let her do whatever makes her happy. Looking forward to it.

Sadly, I think she is going to include SDW in the album... I really hope she doesn't, but blahhhhh. Maybe it'll be 16 tracks like (m)u.

I hope there is a hidden track!

Haha omg...must...contain...excitement!

I know right? Her record is the 10 months between LOVEppears and Duty, I think... This beats it by a MILE. Only just over 8 months between albums this time! Insanity!!

Can't wait for the translation of what she said~~~ *o*

Lol does she stop?!

wow.cool!but i don't have extra money to buy now T_T

just something about a great album coming, and it's our christmas present? something like that

I really can't wait for this!!!

no.

market doesn't work like that sadly. Expect all the single songs on the album XD

oh wow! this is really really exciting news! I was feeling a little bit sad after L was released but now I have something to look forward to

Me too!

I know the title is gonna blow me away!
I can't wait for the official announcement!

WHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER!!!!! \0_______0/

No better Christmas present than a brand new Ayu album! I think she's still working on songs too because she had just mentioned a song she wrote on twitter!!!!

I'm hoping for 6 single tracks MAXIMUM! TK will just have to take an ego chill pill and leave SEVEN DAYS WAR for the single! :laugh The only way it gets in there is if it's a bonus track lol.

YAY!!!!
I already love this album as most of the single songs are awesome:D

I wonder if all the album tracks are gonna be upbeat? lol

Oh YAYY!!

o - m - g !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that's sooooooooooooo exciting!!!!!

But we are talking about new studio album???
or is the remix album??

Well, i can't wait for both,
i hope just 2 versions of the studio album, i don't want another expensive BOX or USB editions. I hope she can put a pv for Last Angel too.

I'm really excited for this! I cannot wait to see what Ayu has in store for this album~ I also wish the single tracks weren't included on the album, except for maybe Last angel, crossroad, MOON and Virgin Road...but of course that will never happen. But still...yay~ New album in a few months. I know what I am asking my fiancee to buy me for Christmas. ^^

Dude, I am PARTYING THIS WEEKEND! This is more cause for celebration! I'm gettin crunkkkkkkkkkkkk. Ayu's gonna turn me into an alcoholic T_____T LOL j/k

I don't think she'd make a big deal on her blog about a remix album.

Can I come? LOL

now that it's been mentioned... it might be just Ayu Trance 4.
if she said something like "Xmas gift for the fans"... the remix album fits pretty well.

hm...you're right. I mean it does say that.

I wouldn't care if it were ayu trance 4.

Guess we'll have to wait and see...lol

Maybe it is the remix album, but I'm hoping for a new album before the remix album...

Oh baby, you are ALWAYS welcome! :friends :glomped :shughug




:xmas :banana1

+1 :P

I'm not sure they can pull a remix album together that fast... Plus she's been working on an original album much longer.

Just for arguments sake, you don't think so?
I feel like a remix album would be pretty simple to put together...who knows though. lol

(btw whats ur twitter? am I already following u? haha)

Talk about best ayu year ever.

2 new albums

3 singles

she started twittering

and maybe a remix album.

Wondering when remixes will be out BUT WHO CARES *dancing all around*

New Album on Christmas, Remixes should be out on February then.

PLEASE AYU DO NOT INCLUDE crossroad/MOON/blossom/L single! More new tracks. MOAR.

second this! XD

YES.

YES.

****ING HELL YES.

*KEYMASHES CANNOT EXPRESS MY JOY*

**** YES, ONE MORE REASON TO STAY ALIVE UNTIL JANUARY.

I bet she's talking of a brand new album!!!

some Japanese fans still don't know about the Ayu Trance 4 project and remember that the great news has been posted in TA Diary.

I'm really happy because I was in Tokyo when RnRC was released and I'll be again in Tokyo when the new album goes on sale xD maybe will get another chance to meet Ayu in Tokyo FM xD new album + CDL, so exciteeeeeeed!!!!!

This is the first time I will not be annoyed if single tracks aren't included, I bought all the singles for once haha And the only PV I liked was Virgin Road, and L was the only single I bought in CD+DVD (...and they cancelled the special package)

Last Angel best get a PV on the new album or I'll cry.

Also this will be my second experience with the whole Ayu releasing two albums in the same year thing! (First was obviously (miss)understood and Secret)

Sooooo exciiiiited ohhhhhmaaaaahhhhgaaaaawwwwwdd

I mean knowing the magic of Avex, it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility. But they'd first have to figure out which DJs they want to use, contact these DJs, the DJs have to say yes or no, the DJs then get the a capella tracks and have to work completely from scratch (I'm not familiar with the process whether it takes a week or a month or whatever), then they have to have the tracks mastered, sent to Ayu/Avex, they have to approve, cover shoots etc etc etc. I don't know how long this process usually takes, but since she has already been working on an original album and is still working on it (plus CDL, PVs probably?), I would think that it wouldn't be a remix album just yet.

BUT they can always surprise us, they could even release both at the same time, who knows. An original album seems more practical to me though. But it's a win-win anyway right? I mean I'm equally excited for both possibilities! :D:D:D:D

OH YES. Although BOTH at the same time would be an epic WIN. (and a murder of my wallet ;_x)

Me has no moneys to spend ;___;
LOL I always have money for Ayu but woah really soon!

lol and you know its never gonna happen

im thinking for 7 tracks + interludes too....mannn i wonder what's the new material gonna be like...I have this feeling there'll definitely be a new ballad somehow ..

i think Last angel and blossom are gonna be transitioning tracks.. maybe we'll get 2-3 rock tracks, 2-3 upbeat pop..1 new ballad...with 3 ballads (MOON, crossroad, VR), 2 goodbye tracks (Sweet Season, SDW)...2 interludes

OH MY GODDDD.

THIS !!! :yes

LOL MY FRIEND ON TWITTER "What? Really? Didn't we just have one in March?!"

...oh, non-Ayu friend, you so silly XD

OMGGGG CRYING RN

CELEBRATING THIS WEEKEND WITH AN AYU ALBUM MARATHON: A SONG-ROCKIN' CIRCUS!

AFTER PARTY PARTY = AYU TRANCE MARATHON!

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Excitement level = THROUGH THE ROOF!

Gosh! I wonder what the title will be... the album tracks... the PVs... THE COVERS!!! So much anticipation!!! Unlike some fans, Ayu never disappoints me! So I could only imagine the FLAWLESSNESS that will be this album! Such a good year to be an Ayu fan. :luv2

gif...stolen! haha Love it~

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY. *bows before thee*

This post.
The more I think about it the more excited I get!

MY WISH HAS COME TRUE!! I kept trying to tweet her asking her this specific question! Yaaaaaaaaaay!!!!

SO! Christmas is on a Saturday this year, the Wednesday of that week is 12/22/2010! If that's the latest date, Ayu could announce the album either late October/early November and have time to do MASSIVE promotion, have a MASSIVE CDL set list, perform an album track at Kouhaku (or Virgin Road)(?).... Does it fall on a double week? If so we might have massive sales this time around... nothing too groundbreaking but maybe it'll do a little better than RnRC with more promotion? MAYBE AYU COULD DO A PUBLIC APPEARANCE FOR CHRISTMAS AND GET MASSIVE WEEKEND SALES?!?!?!?!?!

Awesome! I really miss the Christmas album releases.

Yes!! I'm so excited right now... I wonder how many new songs will be on it.

Has any big artist already announced an album release on that date? If not, she can seal that spot :). Personally I dun want another 01.01 album. First it's not a good date to release album anymore, and by that time x'mas is already gone. But oh well even if the new album is gonna be released on 12.22, I will not be able to get the album before x'mas anywayz. I dunno the x'mas mail deadline in Japan, but it must be around early Dec. It will take forever to mail to Canada :no.

But I still want the album no matter what... :rolleyes

I'm going to die. Best year ever!!! ^___^

:thud this is amazing. I'm so happy.

Yay! This will make the build-up to Christmas more exciting! I really hope it includes a winter ballad. I know we have so many ballads everyone is saying but I want another winter ballad. A good one. But that means soon I'll have to refrain from AHS to avoid tracklist/photos/too much information. Or I'll just turn off images like I normally do.

HECK YEAH!!!!! :yatta

I don't remember there being anyone HUGE on that day, singles OR album-wise, when I was paging through the CDJapan December release list. :X

I hope she wont get stuck again with the double oricon week...and bring this album down to #2 like what happened with guilty...

im saying this in great part because ahs goes nuts with stuff like this XD

She makes me so happy *_*

too rushed :no

I bet is not going to be good

She's been working on it since around September...

But I'm sure this will be the main excuse for people not liking it:rolleyes

I bet it IS going to be good. flawless, in fact. so damn excited omg.

It's a dumb excuse since she probably spent less time crafting I am... or something and people love that album. It's like not even a factor when it comes to the quality of Ayu's albums, people are just making excuses and putting Ayu at fault if they don't like an album.

I just send her a message through TeamAyu about the idea of making a CD signing session at a megastore in Shibuya (Tsutaya, 109 or Tower Records), it sounds quite impossible but it would give a lot of promotion, it would be awesome!!!

Actually, hasn't she said she's been writing songs for the album since before September? I could have sworn she posted a blog entry about it quite a while ago.

Definitely, some of her earlier stuff that she's most famous for even today and that a ton of people worship was made in an extreme hurry + she had a busier schedule back then. With ayu, taking her time doesn't equal epic music. Some people are their most brilliant when under pressure.

^True. The time she spent on an album is not directly proportional to the quality. She used to release albums in less than a year anywayz.

ASfxx --> LOVEppears (11 months)
LOVEppears --> Duty (10 months)
I am... --> RAINBOW (less than a year)
etc.

Good, she can steal that spot then :D.

*waits with bated breathe for more info*