I don't mind another mini but if it's something like five, all new tracks and each one with a nice PV :laugh

Same! I think it’s unrealistic to expect a MY STORY style album at this point, it looks like she’s getting used to the ‘one interlude / 10ish songs’ format, which I don’t mind at all!

But realistically whatever comes next is going to include Ohio, DaD and Pray for you at least, so even if she pulled a MADE IN JAPAN we’d get six songs which would be enough to keep me quiet for another five years :laugh

TROUBLE was such a ridiculous era, we had like 3 tours to promote it, it came with 2 different concerts, alternated covers, alternated tracklists, photobook, goods... and it had only 5 songs (and only 3 new). It is so weird to put on such huge marketing for what it was. In the end, the original music is probably the last thing we will remember from that era.

I assure you only the first chapter of the tour was slightly concentrated on the album as it at least borrowed the visuals and had a couple of songs from the album. Chapter 2 and especially Saigo no Trouble had nothing to do with it except from the interlude which was used during the whole tour...

It was my point exactly.

Going back to this, I wonder if Pray for you was never meant to be an Ayu song? Maybe it was always simply supposed to be sung by the choir with the video playing. Ayu has had several concert interlude songs before, so it's not impossible...

Also, I think she has deleted/archived the video she uploaded to her IG.

No, she didn't!
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJd2RuS...dium=copy_link

^Ah, I didn't see it because it is listed under IGTV posts. Thank you!

Interesting

I hope Pray for you gets an actual release one day because that instrumental sounds really beautiful. Would be a perfect song for autumn/winter for sure. ❤️

Well, maybe it is what it is, an instrumental specially made for MUSIC for LIFE, not an actual song with lyrics.