'LOVE' mini album out November 8th, 1st of five 15th anniversary releases
 

It's OFFICIAL.

Key points for now:
- Celebrating months leading up to 15th anniversary, 5 months of releases
- First part is the mini album LOVE that is coming out 11/8/12
- mini album has 3 new songs and 12 tracks
- Songs are Song 4 u [composed by Yuta Nakano/HINATAspring], Melody [composed by Yasuhiko Hoshino], and Missing [composed by Kazuhiro Hara]
- Melody is a medium ballad, Missing is a medium rock flavored tune overflowing with pain/sadness
- every month on the 8th day of the month until the 15th anniversary, something new will be released (NOT necessarily all mini albums) on 11/8, 12/8, 1/8, 2/8, and 3/8.

Tracklist + composers


Bonus items


Preorder links

Information from before the release was confirmed

NO!! dont post this!! It might be a rumor and break my heart!

I don't know if people who have been Ayu fans for like 10+ years would just make up rumors though... it's just odd if it's a rumor. You don't normally see fake information coming from those people.

Anybody could make up fake stuff though; it doesn't matter how long they've been a fan for. Being a fan for 10 years just gives them more material to work with.

I understand... but people snap all the time... lol

I hope its not a rumor... but till then, I'm just not going to believe it so Im not disappointed.. lol

Well, when someone says "God: Ayu / member of TeamAyu for 10 years" .. or something in their profile, I'm less likely to believe that they want to troll people with fake information. This isn't 2ch here after all.

Anyway, she did post this:
"すいません、まだ公式じゃなかったみたいなので一旦消しますね。"

Posting an apology saying that because it wasn't official-seeming, she removed it.

This is bad..just going to get people's hopes up. You should at least put [Unconfirmed] or something in the title

I wonder where she got her info??

The source was TeamAyu, apparently.

本当かどうか分かんないから適当に聞き流す程度で聞いて欲しいわ～
15周年に向けて５ヶ月連続リリースされるそうで、第一弾として11月にミニアルバム「LOVE」を発売す るっていうのをTAで更新されてたそうなんだけど、内容は見れなくてタイトルだけ出てたらしいんだけど、今 は消えてるそうよ
それを見た人が何人かいたみたいだわ。何かしらTA側の記載ミスがあって一時的に消してるのかもしれないけ ど、本当だったら早く情報欲しいわね

It was removed from TeamAyu quickly though.

And of course, 2ch made some fake tracklists based on the initial information or something...

If they're going to make fake stuff, they should at least spell things correctly.

LOVE... she has Love Songs, 1Love and other
well, after Song 4 u that's not a surprise %)

^ lol the 8th isn't even a wednesday

I do hope this is true. And I wonder, if it is true, how long we'll have to wait until the news comes out...

So? Deli's been a fan for the same amount of time, yet has only been a TA member for less than a year - and she's pretty much a walking Ayu encyclopedia.

The situation imo is different for most fans living outside of Japan. Until recently, not many people outside of the general area of Japan/China/Taiwan could even think of joining TA. And being somewhat related, do you think that Deli (being such a longtime fan) would post something fake just to make people excited? This person even apologized. I've been a fan for the same amount of time as well [or maybe a bit longer] and I'm not a member of TA. Am I going to try to lie to people? I don't really get why you want to argue about this.

Anyway, we kind of know the origins of this information now and I don't think it's false.

This.

So if it's true it means 5 mini albums in 5 months up to April 8th's week?

And if it's true I hope that they will pull it right this time and not mess it like the 3 last singles.

No, it means one mini album first and then other releases that we don't know anything about yet. Could be singles most possibly.

It would be interesting since...

November~ mini album
December~ ?
January~ ?
February~ ?
March~ ?

Then April 8th would have a set of concerts of some sort? She could skip a month or two, I suppose like when she did the 3 rapid releases for MOON/crossroad/L.

I would expect the months to be filled up with potentially more remix albums and some other interesting releases like the LIFE STYLE BOOK vol.2.

Yeah, I can totally see AVEX milking fans in this 15th anniversary, they won't get a another chance to do so in another 5 years, who knows what's gonna happen then too (with ayu's popularity, her ears, etc).

I expect a bunch of stuff, hopefully not another BEST OF in the mix.

And doesn't she have lots of leftover songs from Party Queen?? Perfect time to put them all in a mini and perhaps new singles too. Not to even mention that Timmy is still composing. Something big is coming for sure.

Idk, some people (not you) get off on getting people riled up like this. I'm not saying you or this person is a liar, but I don't get why this should be considered "legitimate" news, especially since said news has since been deleted. And it was on TA, more than one person was sure to catch it, right? I just don't want everybody to get their hopes up, is all.

But I do hope it is true :)

I wonder why they removed it... someone posting something before they were supposed too??

Also, although some of the stuff was miss spelled... some of the tracks looked amazing.

It's not (Wednesday)... but the 8th of april was her debut... sooo.. it kind makes sense.

I'm hopping for a mini... then 3 singles... then an epic new album.. 2CD+4DVD :D

Seriously, don't believe the 2ch thing. That's not real... 100% sure about that.

Just look at the fake lyrics they wrote... which are weird as usual, haha.

Again, crossed out because FAKE.

(Make Love)one・two・three

てか、今夜は 君といたいのよ
my darling てか、xxxしたいのよ(u fu fu)
つか、人生のほんの少し pick upした
ほんの一瞬くらいさ
ずっとずっと 傍にいようよ
離れたくないのよ my boyfriend
あの星空の ナントカ星みたいに
ほらね ほらね 永遠に…

あたしの子供みたいな なんちゃってで
壮大で つまり つまりを言うとね
ファンタスティック・ドリーム
叶えてくれるのは 君だけだよ☆

※U fu fu fu,make to me luv 1、2、3！
朝まで言い続けるわ 耳にタコが出来るくらいに
だからu fu fu fu,make to me luv 1、2、3、4、5！
ロバさんにも聞こえるくらい
この愛はbigでpowerfulでtoughnessってコト←(〃_〃)

Agh, haha. They even mention stuff about lipsynching in this...

^ I know. I would even look at the facebook stuff with narrowed eyes...
But one can dream...

Yeaaah, Facebook leaks are usually super sketchy, but it appears that there may have been a source that leaked that information beforehand.

I noticed that Song 4 u is now up on JASRAC with the HINATAspring/Yuta Nakano composer credit so I wonder if it popped up there beforehand...

Don't releases usually happen on Wednesdays though? This would be a Thursday.

6 weeks before "release". if it's true - time to upload news

If you recall Mirrorcle World, the 'release date' was on a Tuesday since it was her 10th anniversary single on April 8th. It would be interesting if they tried to line up everything on the "8th" just to make things more interesting. However, that'd be a lot of Saturday/Friday/random day releases.

Perhaps for books and stuff? She could also release the HOTEL Love songs DVD/BD at some point during the time from now until her anniversary as well.

OMG NEW MINI PRAISE QUEEN AYU OMG *bows*

I will accept this as a likely rumour for now. It's more than possible, Timmy has been talking about composing and stuff ALOT lately, we got the new song yesterday, it's a good marketing streategy similar to one she already used 2010...but most importantly, the source is the same that gave us correct information very shortly ago.

It's just the sake of tradition it says it will be released on the 8th, on actual fact most stores will probably break the street date and put it out on the Wedneday with everything else.

Oh fingers crossed! I hope it's true :)

I was talking about the fake chinese track listing, which listed November 8th (Wed)--to which I was laughing, because the 8th is actually a Thursday, so they made a mistake, along with their made up track list.

Wow i hope this is true! I really like the idea of five releases leading up to her anniversary. Hopefully the mini is on the same level as FIVE (Yes i love that album, u will deal)

They seem to get their sources from Twitter/other Chinese fans who are looking everywhere.

They're also a bit flipfloppy. They said "Song 4 u" was her next single but then now they're saying 'LOVE' is the upcoming mini album due to the tweet that was posted.

Well, we'll find out in due time.

Maybe on her birthday since it's next week?

Actually, I think that the original date of the 8th may have been on TeamAyu...

But this seems to say otherwise... that on TA it just said a rough "November" date.

15周年に向けて５ヶ月連続リリースされるそうで、第一弾として11月にミニアルバム「LOVE」 を発売す るっていうのをTAで更新されてたそうなんだけど、内容は見れなくてタイトルだけ出てたらしい んだけど、今 は消えてるそうよ

Wow if this is true it'd be pretty cool. I wasn't a huge fan of the last 3 releases, but I will definitely stay tuned for this.

Maybe it'll be a full album.

MUAHAHAHA

Omfg. Jaw officially dropped.

OMG! i'm so tired of her mini albums! her way of release makes me think of K-pop bands who keep releasing non-stop mini albums!

http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi...18/1346121274/

I found out where the posts came from. At around 6PM last night in Japan, someone mentioned that the info was placed on TA before being removed.

Very interesting, seems very true !
5 mini album ? why not, I just hope the prince will be lower as usual !
Thanks for the information =)

I hope its not true. A mini-album? oh no, please =( title? LOVE? wtf? where's your creative mind, ayu? you already made an album called Love Songs...

I always make screenshot when see huge news on TA
Why people don't %)

Well, also keep in mind that she just released a new song called "Song 4 u" and also had a mini called "FIVE" with five songs on it about a year ago.

Perhaps they had been viewing on their cell phone?

because they're lying, the girl that tweeted about it, backed out and deleted her tweet when she saw it was spreading.

^ it was on facebook... and she said she didn't think it sounded official enough...

lol.. really? This coming from the same person that has a song title Song 4 you...

this is like, her best title ever... lol. LOVE...

which goes with me theory and her english tweet... she is in love sooner than she thought...
BWAHAHA!

After the GUILTY tracklist leaking (I think it was from AyuChina) where everyone thought it was obviously fake (lol, I was one of them xD) and it turned out to be true, I wouldn't count this out. I don't have high hopes but its a possibility.

And come on Ayu, where dafuq is my new single?

There were two reports of the information leaking.

Apparently they saw it in the 'new releases' section in mobile TA before refreshing to confirm and then... it was gone. They must have really messed up, haha.

She could make 4 singles and then in April a new album with them... that could be better I think.

BTW I want the information NOW! xDD

^^ either that are they are still gathering info...

I was actually thinking about this in the car... we blame avex for all this stuff in ayumi career... but what if it was actually ayumi that had all the planning problems?

avex: Ayumi, we need to sit down and come up with a schedule for your music releases.
ayaumi: I really dont have anything right now.
::a few months pass by::
Ayumi: So I have this mini album I would like released in the next two weeks!
:avex: WHAT?!?! We dont have time to plan for something like that!
Ayumi: I'm ayumi, *****! make it happen!

:lech

I wouldn't doubt it now, then. Didn't the same happen with a release in the last 5 years or so?

I can't remember which though, lack of sleep x___x

Yeah, I remember this happening as well post-GUILTY but I don't exactly remember which release it was. I think someone here screencapped it too?

avex: Where did this mini-album come from?!
Ayumi: I have a secret. Maybe you do too?

Well didn't they say they had a **** load of tracks left over from PQ?

They could easily release a mini-album of those, even if they only had a few.

(non-scheduling type thing lol)

It was a DVD box or something I think with all of her PVs?

Oh, was it the A CLIP BOX? Or something that came out before then...?

Wasn't it you that got the screencaps?

yeah she did say that... but I wonder if she made music for all that, or just had the lyrics...

I'm pretty sure about the leak that someone just posted it before they were supposed too and took it off... either that, or someone is having a lot of fun with us right now

Are you just figuring this out?! :roflmao

I bet it was Ayu at the computer updating the website and messed up, hahahaha.

^ I believe it.

Hope this is true, but the idea of having to wait 6/7 weeks to have Song 4 u ~full ver~ doesn't please me that much tbh :P (i'm afraid i'll overplay the track and get tired of it before even listening to the full one)

If it's true I hope it's better than FIVE :innocent

If there's not another "hidden word" or whatever in the title, I shall be disappointed.

^^ look at you! trying to start something... lol
FIVE was AMAZING if you got rid of like 3 songs... :lech

I can just imagine that...

:roflmao Sorry about that, just sharing my opinion. I actually agree about getting rid of the 3 songs xD

I liked every single song on FIVE (Why...'s Urata version was so much better than the JUNO version imo) so that release was pretty strong imo. Could have done without the collabs, really. If there is more Urata/JUNO on this, I don't know if I can handle the dramu that will occur.

How much you wanna bet the next mini is HOPE? :roflmao

god I hope she doesn't try to do R&B again.

^ yeah no more RandB...
I liked FIVE but I also felt that to colabs brought it down some... I liked them... but they could of been b-sides to a single really.


EDIT:
never apology for an opinion... just make sure your not attacking someone! ( and you weren't!)

What is this blasphemy?! lol
Why... was good regardless, but the Juno version was flawless!!!

Urata's is much more fun though. Still, his gets automatic negative points for that piece of garbage song that was (cleverly titled) ANother Song.

If she's going with --VE themes, it'll be LIVE/SAVE/GIVE/JIVE/something else.

I hope she does some kind of angry 90's R&B like Real Love by Mary J. Blige xD

Hope another mini album is called TIM!.

Juno is easier on the eyes... :lech
And you caught that ANother song thing too... cookies for everyone!

I like Urata with AAA... I dont really get a vibe from him and ayumi together for some reason.

I want 5 epic pieces like BRILLANTE...this would be nice!

:yes I hope I didn't offend anyone, and I certainly hope I didn't start a war :roflmao

Anyway, if this news about LOVE is true, and it is indeed the first release of the 15th Anniversary, I'm already looking forward to the next releases. :yes

I have some from the A CLIP BOX but the other box was some years ago I think.

By the way, what is the harm of releasing the information early anyway? It's not really going to harm anyone and fans will be just as excited now as they would be later....

^ it could be just that not everything is in order and they dont want to say something that will never happen... that tends to piss people off

I too hope the rumors are true...

mini... then 3 singles... then the album... awww... amazing...
And after the album... remix albums!!!

^^I know.

I love how koda's team releases everything 50 million years ahead...but it would be nice if Ayu's team could find some sort of balance.

Probably because it was an 'accident'.

Usually they have dates where they can being releasing information officially and can't really do it any earlier than that. It's why when we get news after getting obscure "NEW SINGLE / THEME SONG!!!" updates for weeks, they say "information ban has been lifted!" or something like that.

sarcasm? Ayu should've gotten cookies for being that sharp too :P

Juno's voice is just so much better to me. Urata is kind of like Olivia in the sense that he's okay but will never be more than mediocre if he's not with a group.

I think Ayu and JUNO (he's sooo hawt too) just feel more organic as collaborators.

5 releases next 5 months, fans will need to save up money.
Specially if they released super expensive tea/cookie/glass/mug/fork/spoon/make-your-picnic versions xD

^ 1 release per month for five months.

I know LOVE is probably the most unoriginal title ever, but im excited LOL

I would love this tracklist:
1. Lady LOVE (Electropop/Dance)
2. heartshoot (Electropop/Dance)
3. Song 4 u
4. falling rain (Rock)
5. Love & Hug (Cute/Pop)

DVD tracklist:
1. Lady LOVE PV
2. Song 4 U PV

Then something like this on December

Title: HOPE
Tracklist:
1. Fight for Life (classical pop/rock ayu)
2. lonely (rock)
3. Now or Never (rock)
4. Making Fate (Super ballad)
5. for Tomorrow (concert-end type)

Dvd tracklist:
1. Fight for Life PV
2. Making Fate PV

This for the January release

Title: LIFE
Tracklist:
1. A Song for XX~Anniversary Version~
2. Hana~Anniversary Version~
3. poker face~Anniversary Version~
4. Wishing~Anniverdary Version~
5. As if...~Anniversary Version~
6. POWDER SNOW~Anniversary Version~
7. Trust~Anniversary Version~
8. For my dear... ~Anniversary Version~
9. Trauma ~Anniversary Version~
10. And Then ~Anniversary Version~
11. immature ~Anniversary Version~
12. End roll~Anniversary Version~
13. monochrome ~Anniversary Version~
14. appears ~Anniversary Version~
15. Boys & Girls ~Anniversary Version~
16. LIFE (emptional ballad)

DVD tracklist:
1. A Song for XX PV
2. monochrome~End roll PV
3. LIFE PV

This for late February/Early March

Title: We Shine/remember me
Tracklist:
1. We Shine (pop/super upbeat)
2. remember me (nostalgic ballad)

DVD Tracklist:
1. We Shine PV
2. remember me PV

This for the April release:

Title: A STORY
Tracklist
CD 1
CD 2
CD 3
CD 4
CD 5 tracklist:
1. The World (epic song, mixes ballad parts with pure rock)
2. Song 4 U
3. Fight for Life
4. dancezone (Interlude)
5. Lady LOVE
6. Gossip Holic (electropop/dance)
7. We Shine
8. lovestage (Interlude)
9. Rain Will Fall (Super ballad)
10. Making Fate
11. remember me
12. LIFE
13. Mother (emotional piano ballad about her mother)

No sarcasm intended... I just thought THAT was an unoriginal title...
I can deal with LOVE... but just making another song with him and calling it ANother Song is kinda lazy... lol.. (but at the same time... kinda clever.. lol)

Love and Hope and all that jazz... some people may find it lazy, but it is a great and simple message for.. well... LOVE and HOPE... lol
not everything needs to be cryptic and have tons of meaning

ANd yes... JUNO has a much better voice... I like him more...

Why do fans think Ayu was so creative with her titles? The most creative one that I can think of off the top of my head is Mirrorcle World. For albums, LOVEppears, (miss) understood maybe....

Her big hits... evolution, UNITE!, SURREAL, Boys & Girls, Dearest... These aren't really exciting LOL.

The theory one fan mentioned was:
November - 'LOVE' mini
December - A WINTER BEST
January - HOTEL Love songs DVD/BD
February - digital single for album track or something
March - new studio album

It seems like a rather likely way this could happen if it were true.

^ no no no! I hate that, lol

mini, single, single, single, album...

yes, this would be good.

EDIT:
we could replace the middle single with a DVD/Blu-ray of course... i would be happy with that as well.

I'd be happy with mini - single - somerandomDVDrelease - single - album
One single could be digital, one formal (even though I dislike digital-only releases :P)

I'm excited - I like the idea that every song on the maybe coming mini-album would be LOVE-something. Kind of like Mirrorcle Monster posted with Lady LOVE and Love & Hug. But if every single song is like meaning of LOVE, I'm gonna die a little :tired

Nov- Autumn Best
Dec- Driving HITS
Jan- Ayu Weaves Vol 1
Feb- Spring Best
Mar- B side Best

Hmmm.. why she not release a new Single? Why a new Mini-Album.. if it is true...

thats like 2 songs, lol, unless you are counted the double A sides as one being a b-side...

thats the one thing I hated about the 50 single remix thing that she did... she counted all her double a-sides as the 2nd track being a b-side... poop on you ayumi!

the only thing that makes me doubt this is legit is the mini album title "LOVE".
having already "LOVEppears" and "love songs" in her discography, i find it weird that she would choose such a simple name for the next release.

wait and see i guess...

EDIT: disregard that, it is official now.
disappointed with the lack of creativity for album names, but yaaay, at least new remixes :)

LOVE is such a typical name for an album and 5 mini albums really -.-
But I wont care as long as I like the songs. But please don't be anything like FIVE

source: TeamAyu

デビュー15周年に向けて5ヶ月連続リリース決定！
第一弾として、11月8日（木）にミニ・アルバム『LOVE』を発売！！
デビュー15周年記念日である2013年4月8日に向け、毎月8日に自身初となる5ヶ月連続リリースが決定 ！
その第一弾として、書き下ろし新曲3曲「Song 4 u」「Melody」「Missing」と、大ヒット曲「You & Me」のリミックスなど含む全12ver.入りミニ・アルバム『LOVE』をリリース！
「Song 4 u」は、11月1日発売のゲーム「テイルズ オブ エクシリア2」のテーマソングに決定しており、9月23日に幕張メッセで開催された“東京ゲームショウ20 12”にて楽曲が初解禁された際には、熱狂的なテイルズ・ファンから大歓声で迎えられた。昨年の「prog ress」に続く「テイルズ オブ」シリーズとのコラボレーションで、壮大な世界観と疾走感溢れる楽曲はまさにファンの期待を裏切らない ものとなっている。「Melody」は、星野靖彦氏作曲によるミディアム・バラードで、心に響く歌詞と一聴 したら忘れないメロディはまさにayuバラードの真骨頂。「Missing」は、数多くのヒット曲を生み出 してきた原一博氏作曲のロックテイスト溢れる切ないミディアム・ナンバーとなっており、3曲ともayuの魅 力が存分に発揮された楽曲に仕上がっている。さらに、今年の夏を席巻し現在もヒット中の「Yo u & Me」の大沢伸一、Remo-conによるリミックスほか、全12ヴァージョンを収録！
このミニ・アルバムを皮切りに、12月8日（土）、1月8日（火）、2月8日（金）、3月8日（金）と、5 作連続怒濤のリリース！！

2012.11.8 in stores
MINI ALBUM『LOVE』

^ coolness! so I guess its official!

and not five mini albums people...

google translate sucks...
but it looks like it will have three new songs and a remix of you and me!
plus song 4 you!

EDIT:
Holy crap!! YES!!! that was from TA?

and it is the 8th of every month!! there goes all my money!! :*)

It could be a maxi single with 3 new songs and ton of remix... but the price is cheaper than five so it's not a big deal =)

omggggg

That's not a mini.

That's a single.

**** you Avex.

^ i know right!! but they are calling it a mini.. whatever...
what is the third option? limited??

Probably another ToX edition, like with FIVE.