[Official Message] New Single 16 December 2009 - You were.../BALLAD

[Maemi]

I can't say anything more than this:

[noidea]

LOL, first alan and now ayu with songs called alan xD And I guess this RED LINE is that CREA song? seems very personal

[Maemi]

And OMG she's releasing on the same day as Namie Interesting! Can't wait!

[Sandre]

Wow, this is so cool!
Can't wait for it!

[TITANIC]

i dont think red line gonna be interesting because majority ayu's b-side is just a forgotten song except Ever Free

[Kashoku]

Ballad? She named a song Ballad? Wtf O_o.....someone needs a little more creative juices flowing. Eh. I'm not excited about the possibility of 3 ballads, but if one of them is like HEAVEN then i will be pleasantly surprised.

[ayurainbow]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!! Finally...

[Bigtop]

Yay! I have been waiting for a winter single like this! Thanks for sharing!

[maaya]

Thanks for the news. Yay for new single

[Chiharo]

Great news! But I really don't like the title BALLAD mainly because alan's just released a song named like that. And I hate the RED LINE ～for TA～ title. I mean wtf does TA mean to me?

[kendelle]

OK, I'm about to die....I just ordered jackets A+B plus Namie's album CD+DVD!!! I'm going to have to ask my fiance to buy me the album for Christmas or something.........

I'm picturing a cover similar to No Way to Say, Ayu looking Christmas-esque and pretty *_* Hopefully no Kazuyosiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii***** ****** for these covers!!

Here's what I'm predicting for the songs, I'll be totally wrong though ~~
You were... - slow song with a Christmas-y feeling. Lyrics echo [I Am...].
BALLAD - I would love if this song took lines from all of her previous ballads.
Red Line ~For TA~ - I picture something along the lines of the melodies she took from Sweetbox. Maybe [rainy day]...?

I'm not a huge fan of the ~for TA~ part of the title, while it is very pretty looking but I hope Ayu doesn't start doing heaps of songs with "~subtitle~" in the titles...although I haven't heard anything of the song I like [A Song for TA] better!

Originally Posted by Mai82Go

About the covers: I'm guessing topless Ayu caught up in a web of red strings adorned with red ribons.

This sounds like a great cover for Kanon Wakeshima xDDDD Allthough I doubt Kanon would go topless, maybe have a doll version of herself trapped by ribbons

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

Originally Posted by kotora

So does the title imply that AVEX goes for fishing her TA members money?

fixed it for you

[PinkShinigami]

Originally Posted by nanakopy87

where you saw this?i can't see it

It's under the description, but now they've edited it to "First Press: jacket card #" at all of them..

Originally Posted by nemesisyume

If she remembers to promote it well and the songs are good winter ballads that japan loves then NAMBAA WAN it is
and since yesasia is counted towards oricon finally it will probably help!

good luck to ayu

Yeah.. no wonder her sales has been fallen, she gets SO LITTLE promotion.. Rule/Sparkle began to be promoted after the single was released, and it didn't even get much promotion. Sunrise/Sunset weren't really promoted at all O.O

Originally Posted by noidea

LOL, first alan and now ayu with songs called alan xD And I guess this RED LINE is that CREA song? seems very personal

Called alan?

But yeah, I really hope RED LINE will be a CREA song! ^^;

[Cyria]

Still almost two months away. But it's something to look forward to!

[noidea]

Originally Posted by PinkShinigami

Called alan?

But yeah, I really hope RED LINE will be a CREA song! ^^;

*drops*

You know what I meant xDDDD

But a song called alan would be nice as well...

[noidea]

Originally Posted by Picaflor 7/4

what the hell. Ballad? why would you name a song that? cause no one else has yet? its like naming your cat "Cat".

alans last single was called BALLAD ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~, so there are othwers who had it before xD

[Ayu-me]

The first things I thought of when I saw the titles was the song "It was" and the album "A BALLADS". "You were..." is actually "It was" but in second person form Clever me, huh? (not)
I like the title BALLAD. When someone names a song with those kind of names (like Love Song, Poem etc) it feels like they're dedicating it to someone special, and singing with all their heart to them. It makes me really excited for the single.
And about Red Line, it doesn't have to do with fate or her bracelet. It could be something ~dangerous~ too (just kidding, I think it's about friendship/bonds). I'll put this on my wish list for christmas, hopefully my parents can buy it some way or another!

[noidea]

I think Red Line is about the Red Line seperator in the old jpopsuki and how Ayu wants it back...

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Chiharo

And I hate the RED LINE ～for TA～ title. I mean wtf does TA mean to me?

TA - Team Ayu , name of her fanclub

[noidea]

^ You misunderstood Chiharo I think. Chiharo knows it's Team Ayu, but I think the post means, what does this song mean for NON-TA members. She should have called it ~for my fans~ At the moment the title excludes most fans