Can you believe the L single is almost 5 years old?
 

Just months away...let's discuss the single that gave us two of (in my opinion) Ayu's best songs of the past decade....Last Angel and Virgin Road? Both songs are just :love:love:love:love Even Sweet Seasons has grown on me over the years. Such a perfect single and the best way to end nearly a decade of contious frequent singles. :love

I personally can't believe how many years have gone by...with all of these singles/albums! :rubeyes I feel like it was just 2008, 2009, 2010...it's crazy. :dlol But ayu's music just never gets old! I'll always love the whole "L" single, but especially "Last Angel". :heart And then it'll almost be 5 years since "Love songs", too! Where does the time go?! :faint :laugh

YES! I can't believe it myself...I think a lot of people will start recognising Love Songs as one of Ayu's best ever albums this year...of course the majority of us knew that from it's release..I won't hear a bad word about it, the only slights are Blossom and Sweet Season x

tbh the whole Love songs era seems so far away for me... Not that it has aged badly, it's just that things during her marriage and even after it was so rushed and full of things that it seems like L came out a decade ago

lol I've actually loved "blossom". :P but "Sweet Season" is the kind of song that grows on you, after some time. While it's not my most favorite song by ayu, I still like listening to it whenever I get the chance. :) There's absolutely no denying how amazing of an album "Love songs", was, though. :luv2 I just loved that whole era (and the "Rock'n'Roll Circus" era) so much! Oh what a year, 2010 was...:love

I honestly can't believe it's been five years already. L came out when I was still in high school lol.

2010 was my first year as a fan. I remember I was begging for Ayu to record another epic dance song like WHATEVER or And then and then (lol) boom! she released Last angel. Last angel became one of my favourite songs of all time.

Yes, I can. Time flies.

VIRGIN ROAD WAS SO EPIC!

Wow, I can't believe it's been so long! My best friend brought me the CD when he was in Japan and it's still a cherished keepsake. Virgin Road and Last Angel were absolutely epic when they came out. :luv2

I can't believe NEXT LEVEL is over 6 years old. I took a 4 year break from Ayu right after NEXT LEVEL so it still seems somewhat new to me in a weird way. I wish I had seen 2010 it sounds like it was a good year.

It's been so long! I started listening to ayu in 2009 but it's only when MOON/blossom was released that i became a "real" fan, that year was awesome from start to finish (well minus the CDL 2010-2011 that i didn't like at that time and i never tried to watch it again since then)

Yes!
I thought about Rock 'n' Roll Circus' and Love songs' 5th anniversary just a few days ago...
Awww all these sweet memories are back... 2010 was such a special year for me! ♥
my favorite song from this year is crossroad for sure...
Until today this song is in my top-3-ayu-songs ^^

BTT: the L-single wasn't ever a big deal for me and against the forum mainstream my favorite song from L is Sweet Season!
Not that I hate Virgin road or Last angel, but Sweet Season has this optimistic/nostalgic feeling for me which I need sometimes...
Virgin road + PV is a milestone in ayu's discography for sure but i never felt this song as a whole - sadly :(
and Last angel? I was bored as hell when I saw it on PREMIUM SHOWCASE ~Feel the love~ setlist and even on Rock 'n' Roll Circus Tour Final ~7 Days Special~ and COUNTDOWN LIVE 2010-2011 A ~do it again~ I can't stand it's positions after Microphone and Duty...
I like Last angel but I just can't stand it for live shows... :(

When L single first leaked I downloaded it in the morning (around 5am) and went to my MA exam, I still remember how nervous I was while listening to Virgin Road, I was trembling at the bus stop, it actually calmed me down back then (a little bit)

I'll never forget what a milestone the L single was, and how disappointed I was when we found out that they had no special plans for the single such as packaging, extras, bonus songs or anything. The posters were literally just 25 single covers floating around on a black piece of paper. They actually split it up into two posters rather than doing a mosaic tile for all 50. My signature had more time and effort and artistic style put into it than those posters.

Last time Ayu got a #1 single. And since then, LOVE songs, and then the great East Japan earthquake and tsunami...and no more Ayu #1 singles. :(

Time sure goes really fast.

It's a great single, but I don't think they're two of the best songs from the last decade, by far.

This does make me feel old af though.

wow... 5 years already? I didn't even notice it was this long ago! Now that I think about it, the single came out during my last school year, which seems like forever ago now, but this single doesn't seem old at all for me, this is kinda weird haha

I guess the long time she spent without releasing singles makes L not seem like it is so old, specially because the single is so good and the songs aged really well. Though sometimes I also can't believe how many years have past since I became Ayu's fan, it's been nearly 10 years! Time goes by too fast.

Time surely flies. That was a great era, I remember being shocked after listening to Love songs for the first time, such a beautiful record.