New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [IX]
I am posting all relevant information in here! Hopefully it helps. If anything needs to be fixed or added, please post it here and I will add it ASAP!
**Originally the title of the album was reported as "Party queen" by Kome, but Ayu corrected Kome and said it was "Party Queen". It looks like he sent out the notice before Ayu made the correction.
Quote:
フジテレビ系木曜よる10時ドラマ「最後から二番目の恋」主題歌として話題の「how beautiful you are」をはじめ、未発表書き下ろし新曲のみ全14曲を収録した超豪華フル・アルバム!全曲ロンドン ・レコ ーディングを敢行し、世界の音楽シーンの最前線で活躍するトップ・エンジニアやミュージシャン を多数起用し た、まさに世界標準のサウンドが詰め込まれた意欲作。
【CD+2DVD】【CD+DVD】【CD】の全3形態でのリリースで、【DVD-1】にはロンドンで撮り下ろされた3曲を含むミュージック・クリップ4曲とそれらのメイキング・ クリップの 未発表8トラックを豪華収録!さらに【DVD-2】には、2011年大晦日に開催されたばかりの最新ライヴ「ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 ~HOTEL Love songs~」を完全収録!!
Translation by Misa-chan:
Starting with the unveiling of Fuji TV’s Thursday 10pm drama 「Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi」’s theme song 「how beautiful you are」, a super grand full album of 14 brand new songs will be released! All songs were recorded in London, featuring top engineers and musicians at the helm of today’s musical scene, creating an ambitious album of world-class quality. 3 versions will be released:【CD+2DVD】【CD+DVD】【CD】【DVD-1】 will include the PVs for 4 songs, 3 of which were filmed in London, plus making-of clips to make up a total of 8 tracks!【DVD-2】 will be the complete live recording of countdown live concert held on New Year’s Eve in 2011, 「ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 ~HOTEL Love songs~」!!
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Covers + photos of the actual product
Booklet images
Spoiler:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Foyuki
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Tracklist
Spoiler:
01.Party queen ※PEACH JOHN ワークブラCMソング
02.NaNaNa
03.Shake It♥
04.taskebab
05.call
06.Letter
07.reminds me
08.Return Road
09.Tell me why
10.a cup of tea
11.the next LOVE
12.Eyes, Smoke, Magic
13.Serenade in A minor
14.how beautiful you are ※フジテレビ系木曜よる10時ドラマ「最後から二番目の恋」主題歌
01.Shake It♥ (video clip)
02.NaNaNa (video clip)
03.Return Road (video clip)
04.how beautiful you are (video clip)
05.Shake It♥ (making clip)
06.NaNaNa (making clip)
07.Return Road (making clip)
08.how beautiful you are (making clip)
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzU2ODU0Nzgw.html
**NOT IN ORDER, subject to change as additional PVs/songs may be added
・how beautiful you are
・Return Road
・Shake It♥
・NaNaNa
・Party queen
・Letter
・call
・reminds me
・the next LOVE
・Eyes, Smoke, Magic
・Tell me why
・taskebab
・a cup of tea
・Serenade in A minor
・how beautiful you are (video clip)
・Return Road (video clip)
・Shake It♥ (video clip)
・NaNaNa (video clip)
・how beautiful you are (making clip)
・Return Road (making clip)
・Shake It♥ (making clip)
・NaNaNa (making clip)
NOT CONFIRMED
01. Return Road (4:17)
02. Letter (4:51)
03. call (4:14)
04. Tell me why (5:02)
05. taskebab (interlude) (2:08)
06. the next LOVE (3:55)
07. Shake It (4:35)
08. a cup of tea (interlude) (1:21)
09. NaNaNa (3:52)
10. Eyes, Smoke, Magic (interlude) (1:46)
11. Party queen (4:33)
12. reminds me (5:27)
13. Serenade in A minor (interlude) (1:48)
14. how beautiful you are + hidden track (Happening Here) (10:12)
NOT CONFIRMED
Composers + arrangers
Versions
Spoiler:
CD+2DVD - first press includes a regular CD case + special DVD packaging in a plastic sleeve for the COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~ DVDs, regular press has all discs in regular cases
CD+DVD - regular CD+DVD
CD only - regular CD only
PLAYBUTTON - special button that also functions as an mp3 player... more information at http://www.playbutton.co
SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET CD+2DVD+Blu-ray - special set that has the CD+2DVD, POWER of MUSIC Blu-ray, and a pair of half pint glasses and cork coasters
SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET CD+4DVD - special set that has the CD+2DVD, POWER of MUSIC 2 DVD set, and a pair of half pint glasses and cork coasters
Mockup of the limited box from the website
*Exclusive goods for box set are half pint glasses and cork coasters. Two of each.
Bonus goods
Misc. information
Spoiler:
- Masashi Muto directed PVs for this album
- it appears that the album cover was shot in London with Leslie in late November ( https://twitter.com/#!/lesliekeesupe...34749770022913)
- Timmy composed both Party queen and how beautiful you are
- There is a commemorative photobook coming out on 03/21 [the same day] with special shots not included in the album ( http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=334)
- how beautiful you are is being released as a digital single on 02/08 on iTunes with a cover
- it is thought that there are only two interludes due to Ayu saying that she recorded 12 songs in London
- Timmy wrote Party Queen with Ayu in mind
- Ayu mentioned that castings for a PV in a recent tweet (but it is unknown if she was talking in the present tense) so another PV for the album is not unlikely! (She is in fact filming another PV.)
- The spoiler that follows has PV tidbits from the last few new album threads while she was in London recording.
Spoiler:
Originally Posted by gwijai
my friend is a dancer in london and he txted me this eve to say he was doing three music videos for a japanese singer!! I was like OMG ITS AYU and he said yeah thats her name lol!! Shooting a pv this tonight for a fast song called shake it! and then they will be doing another pv on sat and one on monday!!!
Ah, it looks like it was gwijai's post then. They said it was a fast song and I remember wondering if the PVs were going to be connected since it seems that they are going to have some of the same cast members in all three PVs (somewhat like that band in the background of Sexy little things/Microphone).
With this piece of information combined with Nigel's Tumblr (the stylist for the extras) it looks like Shake It is for sure the first PV filmed in an apartment in East London. I think it's also safe to say that Return Road was filmed in the factory with the tank, scientists, and drones, and NaNaNa was filmed at the Fabric nightclub in Farringdon with people doing a bit of gymnastics and in crazy makeup/hair/tattoos/etcetera.
Spoiler:
Shake It
- posted by gwijai
- from Nigel's Tumblr
Return Road
- from Nigel's Tumblr
NaNaNa
- from Nigel's Tumblr
Just for some more info, the guy who styled for the factory PV said it was the ' worst shoot he has ever worked on' probably because it was so LONG. They shot two scenes for the PV in 14 hours. Here's a shot he took at 2:30am. It must be torture to work with Ayu sometimes... haha.
Oh hey, it's the drummer from Sexy little things/Microphone! There's a performance in the control room. Lastly, here are the drones that are in the PV. Most of these are just full sized versions of the pictures we had before.
- Party Queen is set to be a PEACH JOHN CM song that will be on air 2/22, Ayu will not be in the CM
- Masashi Muto confirmed that he did indeed film a new PV with Ayu recently
- David Reitzas mixed and did drums for how beautiful you are
- There's a bit in the ViVi interview that says that Party Queen contains pop, rock, electro, and jazz genres. The album is also called a 'concept album'.
- Children's voices are present in one of the songs
- "TA Limited PREMIUM PREVIEW ~Party Queen~" will be held March 10th in Tokyo. Ayu herself will not attend. Some TA members will have a chance to hear previews of the songs and music videos (in full?) More information in the spoiler.
- Ayu appears to be filming 3 new PVs while in Japan, bringing the total to 7 PVs. This is not confirmed however.
- It appears that Ayu originally took the album photos in London but chose to use a different shoot done in New York
- First lines of lyrics popped up at JOYSOUND on 03/05
From tokyoxjapanxfan:
Quote:
Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan
Some keywords from S Cawaii:
-The title "Party Queen" gives Ayu a sad feeling. (I believe Ayu has said in the past she is not a party person...?)
-There are zero happy love songs.
-call was originally the first song, she switched it. (Doesn't say why)
-Eyes, Smoke, Magic and the last LOVE were composed by Timmy, they are musical-esque.
-Return Road and Virgin Road have no relation, even though many people have asked her.
-Shake It♥ is "gay" sounding (?). The "girls" in the lyrics is in reference to gay men, and how they refer to themselves in that way.*
-Tell me why uses the very masculine form of "I", "ore", which the first time she has done so in her lyrics.
*She used the word オカマ/okama when referencing Shake It♥, if that helps anyone. In Japan, many feminine gay men use "atashi" when referring to themselves, which is the feminine way of saying "I" in Japanese.
**She also mentioned the song which she wrote in the airplane going to London, but...I don't remember which haha. I think it was reminds me, but I can't verify that until proper scans come out.
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- how beautiful you are was directed by Masashi Muto
Notable links
2012.03.21 NEW ALBUM CONFIRMED
Albums on PLAYBUTTON
~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION on DVD/Blu-ray (21. March 2012)
"how beautiful you are" Jacket Released
Party Queen lyric snippets + interlude confirmation
how beautiful you are PV on 03/09 on SSTV
how beautiful you are PV/making caps from Mezamashi TV
Peach John CM- "Party Queen"
Return Road - music.jp CM
Party Queen previews now up at Ayu's official site
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [II]
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [III]
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [IV]
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [V]
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [VI]
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [VII]
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [VIII]
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [IX]
Last edited by truehappiness; 19th March 2012 at 03:10 AM.
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