new song info from HEY!x3 recording

[leo_nardez]

looking forward to new album!!

woow, i'm so late to listen to the preview by tethevo..

u must upload it again.....haha...

[KuroixShiroi_Namida]

Omg, i can't wait for the album!!!

The new song sounds interesting. I love ayu's ballads

[CREA.tive]

Thank you so much for the news! I can't wait for a ballad! A new album would be nice too

[Qt Mashi]

i can't wait! i love ballads~~~

[ayu_fan929]

Ehhh another 1.1 release?

[norain]

Well, I hope she either releases the single real soon in november and then WAITS to follow it up by an album release...'cause if she wants to release an album it'll be 01.01 again.

I want a mini-album.

[MemorialAddress]

Originally Posted by austin. ♥

I want a mini-album.

Mee too

[Raleigh]

Ah thought an album was due, guess she's using the JEWEL method to promote

[Rurutia]

Originally Posted by tethevo

I posted this at jpm so might as well do it here as well.

I just got back from recording of HEY!HEY!HEY! Ayu just got back from LA 3 days ago and she already went on to perform...HER NEW SONG! We were supposedly the first ones to hear the song. And everyone...it's a BALLAD! I would say it's more like a "No way to say" type of ballad than even slower ones like "CAROLS" or "HEAVEN." The melody from the chorus actually got stuck in my head after only one time. I like it A LOT better than all her songs this year if I have to compare. I wouldn't say this is as good as her greatest hits, but I would say it's a slight level up from works we've been listening to.

I only remember two lines. I could sing it...but then I think all of you would rather hear Ayu's voice instead anyway. So I'll just write the lyrics...

arigatoutte iitakatta


arigatoutte ienakatta
(I wanted to say thank you
I couldn't say thank you)

(NOTE: Not writing in Jpn...in case Avex people started searching the web for lyrics lol)

She sang the song twice...because I think she wasn't satisfied with the first take (we could hear the playback from the wall behind us after they left). I think the difference was that the 2nd time she was much more passionate.

Ayu has short hair right now...kinda like her look from the YOU days but slightly shorter. She was VERY cute/kawaii. I rarely say this about her even if I think so...but I really thought she was.

Supposedly this will air in Dec. I will assume they will rush to release this around then. Don't know if it'll be a single or not though. And the song title hasn't been decided. (For those interested, guests on the same show were KAT-TUN, jealkb...and possibly DJ OZMA. I don't know if DJ OZMA was an actual guest or a guest of another guest...)

wow that is so awesome, that you have all these......privaleges......

is it even alright for you to be talking about this stuff....?

what's your job btw?

[Ayumiko]

thanks for the info! I'm glad its a ballad. I was hoping she would release a ballad single before a new album though...

[mui-gei-tal]

awesome =) new song for ayu...thank you so much for your encounter story ^^

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

oh wow o_o thanks! you're lucky strange that the title is still undecided though

oh btw, what color is her hair? is it still blonde? i'd be interesting if she had short, dark hair xD

[tethevo]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

oh wow o_o thanks! you're lucky strange that the title is still undecided though

oh btw, what color is her hair? is it still blonde? i'd be interesting if she had short, dark hair xD

Yup still blonde.

Originally Posted by hotaruchan

wow that is so awesome, that you have all these......privaleges......

is it even alright for you to be talking about this stuff....?

what's your job btw?

Not really a privilege or anything...I just happen to live in Japan and be in TA and got lucky...

[Ayumiko]

Did ayu sing during the bridge part or just peco? and if you have to compare this new song to all of ayu's songs, which one is the closest? sorry I wanna know very badly...since I didnt get to hear you sing it

[tethevo]

Originally Posted by Ayumiko

Did ayu sing during the bridge part or just peco? and if you have to compare this new song to all of ayu's songs, which one is the closest? sorry I wanna know very badly...since I didnt get to hear you sing it

Of course Ayu sang too, but Peco joined in as background vocal.

Umm...I would say this...this is a more passionate "TO BE" and "Key" mixed together in a "No way to say"-type of medium tempo Ayu ballad. LOL

Originally Posted by all.night.raver

Well did it have a "Winter" feel to it. You know, like "No way to say", Ku's "Yume no Uta", and BoA's "Winter" songs? If you had to say, was it more like "No way to say" which leaned more towards the poppy part, or like "momentum" which leaned more towards the rockish part?

Also, I thought Ayu had already mentioned shooting the "single cover"...? Although I REALLY do want an album, she really has only been talking about recording and writing "a" new song, not really as much writing as I would expect if she had an album coming out that soon.

I hate it when she releases after Christmas because then I have to wait even longer to get my copy and listen to the new material. Hopefully it is jam-packed like MY STORY!

I would say "Yume no Uta" is less rockish than NWTS. I think the new song is somewhere between "No way to say" and "momentum" then.

Yeah it doesnt seem like she's done that much recording but she could've been working on the songs for a while already. (shrugs) I just hope she doesnt do a B&D/(miss) marketing strategy.

[Coelacanth]

Originally Posted by tethevo

Umm...I would say this...this is a more passionate "TO BE" and "Key" mixed together in a "No way to say"-type of medium tempo Ayu ballad. LOL

So there are a lot of synthesizers / HAL-ish stuff going on?

[Zeke.]

I'm very excited! Thanks for this news. I really hope that Ayu isn't "rushing" this release as she did with Secret. Secret was a good album, but it had a very "rugged" feel to it. MY STORY had an "elegant" feeling of "oneness" to it, (miss)understood had a very "out there/American" feel to it. I want another album that just really feels like it works together in a whole like MY STORY. I can't believe it's new album time already!!

[Zeke.]

^ Yes. Synths go good with WINTER BALLADS!

[letthemeatcake]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

oh wow o_o thanks! you're lucky strange that the title is still undecided though

oh btw, what color is her hair? is it still blonde? i'd be interesting if she had short, dark hair xD

I love Ayu's hair. But I have to say that short and dark would be j'awesome! (I'm actually getting Ayu's Secret Era haircut! ^^ THIS SATURDAY!)


Thanks about the new song alert! I just hope it isn't a lot like "Part of me" because I have to say, that was the only Ayu song I just haven't liked... "No way to say" though is really pretty. EXCITING!