Winter Single 「Zutto... / Last minute / Walk」 2014.12.24 in stores
 

2009年「You were… / BALLAD」以来となる冬バラード・シングルが12月24日にリリース決定。数々の名曲を生み出してきた 、小室哲哉氏、多胡邦夫氏、湯汲哲也氏という豪華作曲家陣を迎え、“TKバラード”、“王道冬バラード”、 “ロック・バラード”という、それぞれの個性が詰まった未発表新曲3曲を一挙収録！
ファンが待ち望んだ今年の冬を彩る究極のバラード3部作が、クリスマス・イヴに誕生！！

また、オフィシャルファンクラブ“TeamAyu”限定盤には会員限定ならではの豪華特典を予定した、まさ にクリスマス・イヴを記念するアニバーサリー限定盤を近日発表！！

2014-12-24
CDシングル
「Zutto... / Last minute / Walk」
品番：AVCD-83126
1,296円（税込）
DISC 1
01 Zutto... (Original mix)
02 Last minute (Original mix)
03 Walk (Original mix)
04 Zutto... (Original mix -Instrumental-)
05 Last minute (Original mix -Instrumental-)
06 Walk (Original mix -Instrumental-)

Source: http://avex.jp/ayu/discography/detail.php?id=1009092

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/AVCD-83126

That's fast CDJapan oO + really excited about this new single but wow no CD + DVD ? +_+

^I guess Ayu may not have time for PVs as she has to prepare for COUNTDOWN LIVE

I guess the PVs will end up on the future album

What a triple a-side single without any PV ;__;

That is really bad, but I hope the songs will be awesome again.

And with bonus B2 size poster in CDJ !!

Last minute indeed.

imo it's good to have CD only, her PVs can either be added value for albums or end up properly in Youtube

Glad the titles are not like X'MAS BABY XD

Triple A-side? YAY!
No PVs? What...? I hope she makes PVs later for the album or something...

But I'm still super happy it's triple A-side :D

Well, hopefully it gets promoted then. It sucks that she gets no attention anymore or no live performances for TV. If that goes on, this single will be out of top 10 just like Terminal was.

Considering the quality of her recent PVs, I'm really not bothered about not getting any. Cheesy titles but I don't care about titles either, so nothing really new here! Let's wait for the snippets!

I knew there was going to be a last. Last Links, Last angel, Last Minute.

It's funny Last minute sounds a bit like Last miracle, I wonder if someone misheard the title and leaked the info

This is really good news! go ayu :)

Love her Japanese titles, "Zutto" is my favourite title of these 3!

I thought she finally used a Japanese title and then I realized that it was Romanized. :o

Well I know what I'm getting myself for the holiday this year :D

No CD+DVD, Surprising. Maybe they'll add a TA limited version later? Though I'm happy with one mere version as I haven't found a job yet.
I really like the titles of the new songs.
I don't mind the absence of pvs. I prefer that than having the same bad quality than Colour's ones

That would be H single, No PVs. :)

H Single had no PVs and it sold a million but that was on 2002 just before sales took nosdives in general and ayu was still extremely popular and on top.

I'm so excited!!!

I wonder if Last minute is the rock ballad and is the Tetsuya Yukumi song (from the title's name lol)

Hopefully PVs will be added later, it will really add to the album.

I'll be waiting another two days to see if any news about a cd+dvd and the covers will come out, then I'll be ordering this and terminal :D

Triple A side! Yes! I never thought we'd get one of those again :D Titles sound promising too. Can't wait for the covers and to hear them :)

Maybe DVD era is over for just a single and Bluray is too expensive for just a single. An album/tour have more content so it worth both DVD and Bluray version.

At least it's a traditional physical version, not plugair/playbutton/somethingelse.

She has to release Vinyl again! <3

Who cares about pvs, please gimme great songs XD

This says in the description that there is a limited TA version. It's to "memorialize" Christmas Eve? And it says "luxurious" haha. Details to come soon.

New single is always good news, although I was expecting three releases as was implied by "trilogy". This is good news nonetheless.

I hope this won't be like Pray: great song (I don't understand the seemingly 'universal' hate on this song; IMO it's much better than some of her over-glorified ballads), but left as if forgotten without a PV, without any performance. Such a waste. I hope the three of them each gets a quality PV and the single gets a decENT PROMOTION GODDAMNIT

She might be dropping a new album next, where the DVD/BR includes 3 PVs from this single + like 1 new PV.

Ah, will all 3 songs be ballads?

Somebody should do something to her! She keeps teasing!!!!

Oh really I didnt figured H has no pvs!!

Seemingly. A TK Ballad, a rock ballad, and an "王道 (oudou)" winter ballad, which I have a hard time translating to English haha. It means like, "same as usual"--but in English it sounds rather negative haha. Like if you go to the same restaurant all the time, that'd be considered an "oudou" restaurant. lol

So like, a winter ballad done in the style of her most famous winter ballads?



Also, do you think the songs and descriptions are related? TK ballad, winter ballad, and then rock ballad are listed in that order in the desciption. So do you think the tracklist reflects that? Zutto... being Komuro, Last minute being the winter ballad, and Walk being the rock ballad?

^ ugh.. Thanks for the info.. I don't want 3 ballads though -.- boring...

so freaking excited. it's good there're no PVs especially if her dancers have been directing lmfaooo

I wonder if this version'll be available for the Global TA members too.

She wrote something about the songs on the TA blog. Walk has TK in the text, Zutto... has Days and Last minute has Memorial address.

So the use of the word "trilogy" stands for... not a PV trilogy for sure... maybe a Lyrics trilogy? Or just because they are three songs... ._.

PS: I'm sorry that I'm using the same avatar as stepYOU1234 but when I try to upload an avatar from my computer an error message is displayed... :dead2

I CAN'T WAIT!!

coolness!!
already preordered!

Awesome maybe it will be a candle again. She showed some candles in her TA blog. :D

She is so pretty :3

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@OyTony
Ah thanks I didn't even notice she updated! haha

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSS!

OMG and a reference to Days?

Wish she'd stop using the same words for titles (ie. "Last"), however, I do feel "last minute" sounds the best out of the titles with "last" in them.

I really hope that the new Christmas ballad isn't in the style of Days X_X

Her description of the songs (I wil try my best to translate it xD):

Walk: Japanese people and everyone else even just hearing the intro will have their head full of "emotional scene". No matter how much do you hear it you will be almost crying and the melody wil soak into your entire body. This is TK Ballad!

Zutto...: [*Song of*] a person that had experience of loving someone and felt a tight feeling in his/her heart and could stand up while nodding 10.000 times. A ballad from the creator of Days, Taigo.

Last minute: During the recording (on the first take) Lico-neesan (seems like) was overwhelmed by emotion [*she use here too the word "tightening of the chest"] and ran out of the recording studio. [*I can't really understand the rest of the sentence.*] This song is a rock ballad made from our really really precious strongest duo Yukumi and tasuku that had made Memorial address.


Okay, she is teasing too much. I can't wait to listen it!

Wow...japanese title...

WINTER BALLAD TRILOGY!!!! 24/12 release
 

Hey ayu fans!

just thought i'd post this in case anyone didn't know yet, ayu is going to release 3 winter BALLADS for us on Christmas Eve!

how exciting!
1. because it's a new release.
2. BALLADS!!!! (I wasn't a massive fan of the new western dance phase)

anyone else pretty excited?

the songs are called: 'Zutto...', 'Last minute', and 'Walk'.

anyone care to explain what Zutto means? lol.

woo!

What IS a TK ballad? LOL..November? Virgin Road?

I super excited for Last minute hahah

OMG Last minute will be something like Memorial address *-* That would be awesome, because that is one of her best songs ever!!

The creators from Memorial Address, huh? If it's just half as good as that one, I'd be content! :D

And I hope the TK song is more Virgin Road and less November/Love Song.

Lol maybe last minute is named like that because it is the one song she wasn't done writing the other day? Lol

I'm surprised that no one has brought up the fact that this single DOESN'T HAVE ANY REMIX!!!!!!!!!!!
I died.

Virgin Road boring. November is grand. I will take anything similar in depth to November's stunning arrangement.

Screw the remixes. If Walk is in the vein of November and Last minute in the vein of Memorial Adress then I'll be really glad.

TASUKU!!!!!!!!!!!

CUM 2 PAPA!!!!!!!!

I think Oudou can mean "ace".

Same. November is absolutely everything.

Lol

by the descriptions, those 3 ballads seem grand.. specially last minute, always love ayu's rock ballad. usually very emotional and powerful.

can't wait to listen to previews!

OMG!!!! so excited about this~ I hope the songs will be awesome...
Last minute??? << OMG love this title~

Y'all are getting your hopes up for nothing. It's not going to be anything like Memorial address lbr. lol

You don't know that...

^Exactly.

So only one version? Hm...is avex under new management? lol

huge excitement! this is gonna be so amazing! i hope we get winterish covers as well :yes

thank god for not having any PVs, then there are not chance it to ruin the song :yes

I'm so happy for this xmas present!!!!

Well a huge negative regarding no PVs is the fact that there is less chance for us to even hear these songs earlier than the official release date. Which truly sucks because I like to enjoy my winter ballads all season long, leading UP TO Xmas.

I love me some new ballads! Will definitely pre-order in a few days or next week to wait if a new version comes up.

And I'm being hopeful in that no DVD/Blu-ray means ayu is really confident in these three songs. She seems to be really happy divulging little details to us, and the single is confidently a triple a-side. Doesn't seem unsure of them at all!

i've already preordered!(> < ; ) if there will be another versions i'll buy them too lol

I don't know if you gurls realize but tasuku in his element when he does rock/ballad arrangements.

Will
GREEN
Memorial address
HANABI II
(miss)understood
Daybreak
I am...
Heartplace
It was
call
Letter
reminds me
卒業写真
YOU (northern breeze)

Even if he's working with a less than stellar composition like call or It was, he always delivers a more organic sound, which I really like.

What does ZUTTO mean?

^ always/forever

Haha so strange. I was just thinking "it would be nice for ayu to have a song titled Always"

I don't like it just because


I will laugh if PVs will be on dvd at super expensive TeamAyu version

Ate there any TA exclusives for this single?

I try not to have high expectations but damn, another "Days" and "Memorial Address"?? If "Zutto..." and "Last minute" are going to be as good as these masterpieces, I'm gonna cry out of happiness ;_;

Btw I can't stop hearing Kuu's "Walk" in my head when I read the title XD

I'm praying for songs as catchy as Days, as emotional as Memorial address! Yesssss

Ooo, nice... the return of Yukumi plus tasuku is interesting.

what is happening in that pic?

^ A massage? That angle makes her nose look twice as big as it is lol

She's GOT to have some lives if there's no PVs then. We'll get Kohaku at least. And if she's too busy for that, then idk.

An Atrl sized mess.


Anyway I'm excited for the songs and pray that one of them sounds dated. Nothing says christmas like dated music.

She looks weird xD

Now that I've heard the story about "egg," it makes me think we're going to have to request a CD from her with the tracklisting:

-X'MAS BABY
-Last Miracle
-Homebound
-Bonfire
-Egg
-Waiting for the end
-Sunlight

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ANYWAY...

I can't wait for this single to come out! :D I think the few details we've received have made the release sound very exciting and AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, that picture above with Ayumi is very strange. It looks like they're giving her like a majorly intense back massage or something. :P I get the feeling that she's working really hard on this coming single!

OMG stop

THIS is getting really interesting!

I also won't complain we won't have any PV. After Colours's atrocity... :yes

Just give me 2-3 good/consistent songs with no lazy arrangements. Also some originality please... Don't want another Days/M/meaning of LOVE/you-can-put-80%-of-LOVE again-here...

Wow a rock ballad

She will probably make PV's for the album; but disappointing to know that there aren't any acoustic or remixes on the single. The single is kind of redundant to buy then lol but still hella excited!

maybe they aren't going to give us DVD release of the PVs but it is still possible that they might have one or two for promotion, just like western folks do.

i really like that japanese title i actually made an anniversary fake album with a title Always http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116722 lol

I think my favorite rumor though was for a single titled "GRAVITY" but I don't remember the c/w track. I believe it was a rumored 40th single release.

Gravity would have been a cool song title. Though, for some reason with a title like that, I would imagine the song to be more of an electronic sounding kind of song, or sound like something by Nami Tamaki. (like some of those J-Pop songs that don't like anything but J-Pop...how Japanese pop has that unique sound that Western music doesn't have...>.>)

You know what is my least favorite "rumored" song title? Or rather, people are so convinced that it's by Ayu but IT ISN'T. BUTTERFLY.

Seriously. I still run into that daily. It's frustrating...>.< Some day, Ayu should come out with a song called "Butterfly" just so she actually has a song called that, but that may draw out more confusion... :D

I want her to promote it on Music Station Super Live with TeamAyu lottery to be part of the studio crowd.

It didn't occur to me that there would be any PVs! I just assumed they hadn't released the DVD/Blu-ray tracklisting!

I'll cope but I was so looking forward to some new Winter PVs (not directed by A Staff or whoever)

I want some cover picture. Don't wanna expecting so much about the new songs although there are some speculation said that some of the song gonna be rock ballad since what I expected rarely walk on the same way.

The shadow on the girl's chin on the left made it look like she had stubble and I was genuinely confused lol :shakehead

I need that rock ballad to give me life! I can just feel it

The rumor of EGG around I am... era was the best.

I like how she titled this single because avex cannot put it as a mini album, like Love , again.

Finally! A new TRIPLE A-side winter ballad single!...wait - no CD+DVD version? No PVs?

i agree that it is really last minute for her to have 3 PVs done from now till Xmas eve, and i don't mind she puts them in the future album rather than rushing out now with bad quality and execution. But i am a bit disappointed there's no remix song included.

and i also guess that Last minute has a high chance to be the rock ballad from Yukumi!

I think it might have been NOW & FOREVER or similar, which has sort of come true now...! I remember a now and forever rumoured title around 2006 which would have been near her 40th single?

Just realised I've been an Ayu fan for nearly 10 years now that I think back to that rumour! I think it was the first time I was around on a forum for track title rumours :eek

No PVS, and No remixes. That's reason enough for me to not buy the single. Especially if all 3 songs are going to be on the new album.

THREE SONGS??!! Yes! Hopefully all majestic ballads. :love:love:love

She was sitting in front of a keyboard meant she was composing? :)