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

[truehappiness]

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

Spoiler:

Will be released in CD+DVD, CD only, and Tales editions. The CD content is the same for all releases.

CD
01. Song 4 u (Original mix)
02. Melody (Original mix)
03. Missing (Original mix)
04. You & Me (Remo-con rmx - Extended)
05. You & Me (SHINICHI OSAWA remix)
06. Song 4 u (Orchestra version)
07. Melody (remix)
08. Missing (remix)
09. Song 4 u (Original mix -Instrumental-)
10. Melody (Original mix -Instrumental-)
11. Missing (Original mix -Instrumental-)
12. You & Me (Original mix -Instrumental-)

DVD
01. Song 4 u (video clip)
02. Melody (video clip)
03. Song 4 u (making)

Song 4 u - composed by HINATAspring/Yuta Nakano
Melody - composed by Yasuhiko Hoshino
Missing - composed by Kazuhiro Hara

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！！

Originally Posted by OyTony

2012.11.8 in stores
MINI ALBUM『LOVE』

Spoiler:

Bonus items

Spoiler:

At the moment, only the Tales of CD version has some exclusives like a special download code for the game and a special jacket featuring Tales of Xillia 2 art. Will be updated when we know more.

Preorder links

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by Aderianu

【CD+DVD】 ・AVCD-48590/B　¥ 2,415 cdjapan | hmv | yesasia | amazon
【CD】 ・AVCD-48591　¥ 1,575 cdjapan | hmv | yesasia | amazon
【CD (Tales Edition)】 ・AVCD-48592　¥ 1,575 cdjapan | hmv | yesasia | amazon

Information from before the release was confirmed

Spoiler:

If this ends up being a rumor, please move this to the rumors thread in the chat room, but it seems VERY likely to be true. The timing fits in with the Tales of Xillia 2 release and also would allow for DLC to be included. Would be interesting if she was trying to keep a four letter theme with her minis as well [FIVE / LOVE] perhaps with a similar design for the title/logo?

About three hours ago in Japan, a tweet was posted by a longtime Ayu fan saying that a new project of five continuous releases was starting for her 15th anniversary.

romi0603 (ヨシカ)　9/24 21:39:31
RT @teammaruko: 浜崎あゆみ、15周年目前に5枚連続リリース‼第一弾は「LOVE」ミニアルバム11月8日。 らしいです!

It's not confirmed just how 'true' this is but it seems pretty legitimate considering the source. I do wonder why the tweets were all deleted though. It was later reposted at the 'Foraver Club' on Facebook, the place that initially broke the Song 4 u news a day or two before the release. Wonder where they found their information for that though.

It seems she deleted her initial tweet due to 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。"

It did not seem official to her? Or it wasn't supposed to be released?

An update:
It appears that this information was posted on TeamAyu and then quickly pulled from the site due to being up too early. If you remember, "GUILTY" had a tracklist originally posted a LONG time ago and it was removed from the site for a few days before being posted for real. No one thought it was real because it seemed so ridiculous and then well... we got it a few days later and people couldn't believe it.

[TeamAyu2004]

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

[truehappiness]

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.

[tasking]

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.

[TeamAyu2004]

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

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by tasking

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 use.

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.

[ExodusUK]

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

[TeamAyu2004]

I wonder where she got her info??

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

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...

-crossed out because 2ch loves making fake stuff
「LOVE(仮)」

2012年11月8日(水)

●Song 4 u
●progressⅡ ～kiss & cry～
●Hi・Ka・Ri(ハート記号)
●You & Me ～acostic orchestra ～
●(Make Love)one・two・three
●How beautiful you are -Sound schedule rmx- (bonus track)

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

[Aderianu]

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

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

^ 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...

[tasking]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

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.

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.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by tasking

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.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

The situation imo is different for most fans living outside of Japan.

This.

[ayumisrael]

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.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

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

[truehappiness]

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.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

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.

[tasking]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

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.

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

[TeamAyu2004]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

The source was TeamAyu, apparently.

It was removed from TeamAyu quickly though.

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

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.

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

^ 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...

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

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

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.

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