"how beautiful you are" Jacket Released

[inspire_rmx]

the textless cover is amazing =) realli awesome cover! loving the details

[PoetGirl]

I hate to think too deep in stuff like that cause I dont want to end up being creeped out by her symbolism and later hear that she just find it cool.

[PoetGirl]

so does that mean ayu will kill young singers to remain her status LOL

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Oh well, if you put it in that way it's creepy.
Thank you anyway, Ray_Jason for explaining me.

I suppose the official painting is from 17 or 18th century (During the 'Enlightenment or the Age of Reason'). So that means: we should look who has been a royalty in that time, tracking all those noble ladies and we will get our answer. Elisabeth Bathory was from early 1600, but already ruled in 1500. It could be a descendant of hers. But still, I think the painting is from the Western side of Europe.
Hey, I do not know this exactly; i try to think with you.


EDIT: Sorry, thought wrong. It must be from a century earlier. 16th or 17th because in the 18th the Barok got introduced and this lady is wearing everything except barok.

[ayu_ready?]

I googled & I think it's Mary Stuart

[xLuna&1LOVE]

^ Yes I was just going to edit my post until I saw yours.

I think that Mary Stuart fits the lady in the painting. From several nobles ladies I have googled, Mary Stuart is the only one who has lots of common with the lady on the picture.

[ayu_ready?]

that makes sense, knowing she was a kind of rebellious powerful but then she became an exile and was killed by her own family & betrayed
Ayu & loneliness used to go hand in hand together, lol

P.S. Mary Stuart was always very tall and there Ayu's climbing a ladder, hmm know what I mean?

[TeamAyu2004]

I'll assume you are talking about Mary Queen of Scots? which i don't think that is her...
THe picture isn't right..

Do we know if this is a reproduction of a real picture of just something that Ayumi borrowed and made into her own?

[Kanzaki]

Why don't we just ask Ayu on twitter if she knows?

[truehappiness]

It might be a better idea to ask Leslie.

[AyuGAME]

^LOL

[tinka69]

It's a shame the song isn't as beautiful as the cover

[TeamAyu2004]

Lord just what we need, asking him and he saying its just a mystery... I hate that.. lol

[ayu_ready?]

I think Mary Stuart looks similar

[isthisLOL?]

Like Queen Elizabeth, Mary Stuart is usually(or at least often) drawn ginger while the painting on the cover has darker hair. However Mary Stuart's hair colour is closer to it than Queen Elizabeth's, even if Queen Elizabeth is closer to the clothing style in most of her portraits.

[Kanzaki]

Do you guys see that thing in her hair? Isn't that a kanzashi of some sort? Could she be of japanese origin, but dressed up like 15th/16th century nobility? I've never heard of such a thing, but Idk. It might be possible. Just saying

I've never seen this portrait in my life before and I've seen tons (had a history crazy, or well, had. It's lasted from I was around 6 until now, hehe).

[everlastingRAINBOW]

Originally Posted by Kanzaki88

Do you guys see that thing in her hair? Isn't that a kanzashi of some sort? Could she be of japanese origin, but dressed up like 15th/16th century nobility? I've never heard of such a thing, but Idk. It might be possible. Just saying

I don't think so. And if she is, then they accidentally painted her caucasian...

[Kanzaki]

Originally Posted by everlastingRAINBOW

I don't think so. And if she is, then they accidentally painted her caucasian...

LOL! It does seem kind of unlikely. Painters from back then tended to "cheat" a bit with their art sometimes though. Idk. Never heard of something like that before, so I don't really believe it. Just a random thought.

I want to know so bad who she is, argh! It's frustrating!

[microphone]

you don't know... you don't know... HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE~
I liked it at first but then disliked it and now I like it again.

[Kazeyomi]

The discussion about hbya cover is really interesting. I'd really like to know who's the woman in the paiting too . And if all of these hidden meanings are true, well.. they make the cover even more beatiful imo .
We really should ask to Leslie lol.