Kazuhito Kikuchi working on new Ayu song?!

[Mirrorcle World ～longing future～]

Really!? that's cool, I think I gonna love 49th single > 48th single!

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Mirrorcle World ～longing future～

Really!? that's cool, I think I gonna love 49th single > 48th single!

You're hyping it too much! Lol.
I guess this whole 3-singles-project is kinda hard not to hype, anticipate, and speculate about. But I'm gonna try my best not to make any assumptions for any of them.

[C+R+E+AYUMI]

wow back to the past

[MissElin_]

Im not gonna get all hyper here, but If its an oldie coming back Im gonna say "coolio, hope it turns out good".

[Mayayu]

exciting! Thanks for telling


looks like Ayu is really back to basics... maybe then it's possible to hope for a fully CREA album someday. been praying for it to Pino-san, this dog has super powers i tell you

[AyaCere]

Yeah, Kazu go for it~

He really makes good music, well it has been a while for him, Ayu used Yuta Nakano in the last years very often.

[ownsarai]

Ayu is pulling a lot of surprises out for these singles!
Please let the 50th single be the return of CREA...PLEASE!

[Corvina]

Ayu changed so much, I don't think she's able to make similar songs like some of her epic old ones.
I mean, yes, she can make awesome new ones, but I doubt that they'll be like her old ones, even if she uses old composers.
I absolutely love some of Kikuchi's works, so I'm happy to hear he's composing for her again, but I wouldn't set my hopes high that it will sound like Ayu's old songs or does have the same feeling(s). I'm ready to hear something awesome and new from those two.

Does anybody understand what I mean?
Lol, nevermind.

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by Corvina

Ayu changed so much, I don't think she's able to make similar songs like some of her epic old ones.
I mean, yes, she can make awesome new ones, but I doubt that they'll be like her old ones, even if she uses old composers.
I absolutely love some of Kikuchi's works, so I'm happy to hear he's composing for her again, but I wouldn't set my hopes high that it will sound like Ayu's old songs or does have the same feeling(s). I'm ready to hear something awesome and new from those two.

Does anybody understand what I mean?
Lol, nevermind.

The thing is that I don't think that it's the point of using those composers again.

I think she wants to use them to create new stuff that fit to her today rather than bring A Song for xx~RAINBOW back. ^^

If you expect those songs to be like/sound like the older ones then you will probably be dissapointed since I don't think that it's the point of the whole project at all. xD

[Ranma Matsuri]

Originally Posted by Corvina

Ayu changed so much, I don't think she's able to make similar songs like some of her epic old ones.
I mean, yes, she can make awesome new ones, but I doubt that they'll be like her old ones, even if she uses old composers.
I absolutely love some of Kikuchi's works, so I'm happy to hear he's composing for her again, but I wouldn't set my hopes high that it will sound like Ayu's old songs or does have the same feeling(s). I'm ready to hear something awesome and new from those two.

Does anybody understand what I mean?
Lol, nevermind.

lol I understand completely and I feel the same way. I'm eager to see what modern Kazu and Ayu will sound like though.

[freedreamer]

He's been away for a LONG time...
Im so glad Ayu is going down the road of nostalgia!

[rusuke]

Really???? So If that's true then my guess for her next single is right.. I hope it' really Kazuhito-san!! I love his works!!!

Thanks for the info.

[majrakun]

Out of that list, SURREAL stood out the most to me. If he can compose as... well, surreal, as that song, then I will most definitely---

[Tony G]

I really don't think the key to the next big Ayu song is to make it sound like her old stuff.

Its about moving forward - making a modern track, that reflects on her past but brings in the current and future as well. This composer has done some excellent tracks for her, but they sound dated for 2010. So it'll be interesting to see a more modern composition.

[truehappiness]

but I doubt that they'll be like her old ones,

momentum was pretty much "M" all over again, and people kinda didn't react well to that. No one wants remakes of her old stuff like what other singers seem to do by remaking the songs that made them big. It's not like Ayu's been doing that anyway, imo.

[AngelSenshi]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

momentum was pretty much "M" all over again, and people kinda didn't react well to that. No one wants remakes of her old stuff like what other singers seem to do by remaking the songs that made them big. It's not like Ayu's been doing that anyway, imo.

I never really saw momentum as another M, though I definitely could understand how people related the two to each other. The only thing those two really had in common for me is that I loved them from start to finish and they both blew me away.

Really, I'm just happiest when she does the type of music that best represents her and her feelings at the time of making the single or album. I don't expect things to sound exactly like they did in the past because I know she's the sort of artist that likes to move forward and try new things.

Lately she hasn't been going into the past, or trying to recreate it by using old composers and such. I think she's just connecting her past with her present, and what is wrong with that? We learn from our past afterall, our past is what made us who we are.

I think her working with old composers can show us just how much she's grown.

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

momentum was pretty much "M" all over again, and people kinda didn't react well to that. No one wants remakes of her old stuff like what other singers seem to do by remaking the songs that made them big. It's not like Ayu's been doing that anyway, imo.

Oh my I never thought of momentum is one of the M clones. I can't even related both songs together except 1) both titles started with "m", and 2) both are winter songs. M is more epic than momentum of course and I never liked momentum somehow. It sounds a bit lackluster.

For me, the only M clone exists is Free & Easy.

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

If you expect those songs to be like/sound like the older ones then you will probably be disappointed since I don't think that it's the point of the whole project at all. xD

I dun expect her making something same as her older ones. Rather I think the excitement of using the old composers is that they may give some promising music that has been lost in her recent music. And I believe this is rather about personal feeling. In addition, who knows what the arrangements of those songs will be? They may have nostalgic feeling, at the same time they are rock tunes. Or maybe they have indian/middle east tunes again, or another Slt type arrangement.

There are just too many possibilities. I wouldn't mind if there's a song that has ASfxx powerfulness with new fresh melody .

[AngelSenshi]

Originally Posted by bluegie

Oh my I never thought of momentum is one of the M clones. I can't even related both songs together except 1) both titles started with "m", and 2) both are winter songs. M is more epic than momentum of course and I never liked momentum somehow. It sounds a bit lackluster.

For me, the only M clone exists is Free & Easy.

Really? I've always loved momentum; I suppose in where it's related to M, aside from what you mentioned, the sort of power and desperation in the way the choruses are sung.

And really about M and Free & Easy? I never really thought of those two as that alike at all. I suppose it's interesting hearing about other peoples opinion of things; I never thought about those two songs like that

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by AngelSenshi

And really about M and Free & Easy? I never really thought of those two as that alike at all. I suppose it's interesting hearing about other peoples opinion of things; I never thought about those two songs like that

M and Free & Easy were released fairly close (Dec 2000, April 2002), both composed by her. When F&E was out, many people were like, "omg it's so similar to M..." Even tho the melody was different, the tempos and the themes were similar. Can't really blame us having that thought because she rarely recycled themes back then, even tho back then we've already noticed she'd been recycling her compositions. Can't blame ayu tho because she's never been trained to be a composer.

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I don't think anyone ever thought of any song other than momentum as an M clone.

My feeling about her using these older composers is that we can get a little more variety when it comes to compositions. It's usually pretty easy to sniff out Yuta or Yukumi stuff since she's worked with them so much in the last six (or two) years. Kunio Tago's revival was refreshing, and I think Yasuhiko and Kazuhito coming back can only be a good thing for her songs from a musical standpoint.

I guess my mind was doing something else while back when she released Secret. I never seen momentum as M clone until today.. LOL. What was I doing in AHS back then?

And I dunno how AHS members responded when F&E was released, as I was in another newsgroup and everyone practically treated F&E as M~episode II~.

I don't memorize names of the composers except probly D.A.I., HΛL, 菊池 一仁 and probly 星野靖彦(and LOL I dun even know 菊池 一仁 = kazuhito kikuchi.. shame on me). I knew those four because I always looked at booklet back then. Now I just look at the pictures. I guess I should study the recent booklets.

[Raiu-Ayu]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

momentum was pretty much "M" all over again, and people kinda didn't react well to that. No one wants remakes of her old stuff like what other singers seem to do by remaking the songs that made them big. It's not like Ayu's been doing that anyway, imo.

OMG I love momentum!!! Its sooo awesome!!

But yes it is M ~episode II~ lol