ARENA TOUR 2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~ information thread

[letter]

Originally Posted by ayuuk

The room signs are kinda interesting!

More like brothel...

[KPL]

Originally Posted by letter

More like brothel...

oh we'll see

[jkm444]

I am not going to judge the setlist yet since there is a chance that ayu will change it a little bit. The only thing I don't like so far is the cat maid costume one! Ayu's hairband and hair style doesn't match with the outfit!

[se7entheaven]

Zzz she has all the pink wigs in the world

[emi♡]

^wow.

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which performance outfits that goes with the song?

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

ohhhh I really don't care for some of those wigs LOL

[freedreamer]

Love the lolita wan!! suits her figure really well! I was thinking it'd be the specs wan we saw in the teaser photos HAHAh!! I love her natural short version so much!! esp those times when she put one side behind her ear. very nice.
i love the ponytail look too.

and these wigs are still better than the blonde short boyish wan still. no complaints

[Zeke.]

^ I completely disagree. I think Love songs is the perfect album FOR a live show! Something grand would have worked. Ugh, this is such a disappointment, especially after I only JUST watched the R'n'R Tour on my 55" TV in high-def and I was blown away. Now I see this setlist - only song I'm looking forward to is reminds me. I just don't get why they left it "HOTEL Love songs" - how misleading.

[SunshineSlayer]

I actually think the costumes are OK. Nothing that I really hate. Her wig though.....some of the wigs style I like and some I really don't.

[relmy]

Setlist is okay, is every PQ song on there? Eh, aside from the new songs none of them are anything I'm excited about (and I didn't like PQ much anyway). Stuff she's done before. And Ew at Happening Here, I know it's the theme, but it's still a gross song.

Nice to see appears there, I guess it's theme of "the lovers appear happy" is appropriate. Only song I really love on the setlist.

Costumes are a mixed bag, some look really nice (MAID), while some are awful (the pink bob wig).

[js_surrealism]

^ "call" is not on the setlist. I am happy that PQ songs dominate the set list. Come on, most of the songs on LS are not made for a live show (a good portion of them don't even work on record).

[TeamAyu2004]

i thought Love Songs would of been amazing live.
But she should of just dont CDL as Hotel Love songs and then come up with party queen stuff for the new album...
sad really.

[emi♡]

I think Love Songs is great live because, the songs are kinda lackluster in studio version...

so visuals to accompany them just make them stronger...

but idk I'd really have to have the entire album there in the setlist...like just a completely loves songs show, and I doubt she'd ever do that.

this tour is a such a disappointment and the title isn't related to Part Queen (Album)...

[Larien]

Originally Posted by Kana×Shin

this tour is a such a disappointment and the title isn't related to Part Queen (Album)...

I'm sorry, but LOL; can we just calm down a little bit here? Just because you may not like the look of the setlist or the costumes, etc., and are feeling really underwhelmed with the look of things, or apprehensive, or un-anticipatory, or whatever, doesn't mean you can start declaring the tour a disappointment. Good grief, the first show was last night, and we haven't seen or heard any of it!

If there's anything I've learned from following Ayu, it's that I need to swallow any preemptive disappointment at previews and snippets, and wait until I can see everything as she wants it presented.
Everybody calm down a bit!

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by Larien

I'm sorry, but LOL; can we just calm down a little bit here? Just because you may not like the look of the setlist or the costumes, etc., and are feeling really underwhelmed with the look of things, or apprehensive, or un-anticipatory, or whatever, doesn't mean you can start declaring the tour a disappointment. Good grief, the first show was last night, and we haven't seen or heard any of it!

If there's anything I've learned from following Ayu, it's that I need to swallow my preemptive disappointment at previews and snippets, and wait until I can see everything as she wants it presented.
Everybody calm down a bit!

I learned that her outfits always sux on pics, but turn out being much better on movement xD

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by Kana×Shin

this tour is a such a disappointment and the title isn't related to Part Queen (Album)...

I agree that it's a disappointment ... sigh she should have scrapped the whole HOTEL Love songs theme since it was from last year, and came up with something else.

[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by Ayu-me

Probably what was mentioned in this post:

oh thanks! thats...pretty sad. :'( but sounds epic!

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

I agree that it's a disappointment ... sigh she should have scrapped the whole HOTEL Love songs theme since it was from last year, and came up with something else.

well its too early for me to say that the hotel is a disappointment, but it seems silly to me to use the old tour title when this tour is mostly PQ songs. i don't get the point. did they use the same ideas but just use PQ songs instead? i think they should have dropped the HLS idea all together.

[polka-dot-jewel]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

I agree that it's a disappointment ... sigh she should have scrapped the whole HOTEL Love songs theme since it was from last year, and came up with something else.

I think it's really a whole new concept, but with the same theme. I think the previous CDL was what last years tour should have been, but this has been readjusted for her new tour. It's like I said in the other AT12 thread - it's not just a bunch random songs, it's not just about wearing hotel-esque outfits. Ayu portrays different people in different situations within the hotel. The songs tie-in to each person Ayu is portraying. Yes, the "hotel" theme is used, but I think she uses it more to her advantage to make it better than what CDL was. (I wasn't too fond of CDL11-12, and this was so much better than that.)

The tour is quite fantastic. Perhaps not one of her best, but it could possibly be one of the best for some people. It's definitely one of her most darkest, and perhaps her most conceptual one yet.