『M 愛すべき人がいて』The story of encounter & separation hidden in the birth of a songstress - Page 18

summerain · #1 16th July 2020, 07:19 PM

As I and Andrenekoi suspected since last year, it was a big marketing plan. If you remember well, TROUBLE CM is Ayu slowly taking over Tokyo landscape until there's only her face everywhere.

truehappiness · #2 16th July 2020, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by summerain

As I and Andrenekoi suspected since last year, it was a big marketing plan. If you remember well, TROUBLE CM is Ayu slowly taking over Tokyo landscape until there's only her face everywhere.

I think that was the suspicion to begin with for many but on a surface level, like "The book is being put out to get her in the news again" but it seems to be more than that given what has happened post-drama. I know a lot of people were like "Why a book, why now, and why tell us at all?" and it makes sense if it was for the production of the drama and eventual promo of Ayu and Kalen.

summerain · #3 17th July 2020, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

I think that was the suspicion to begin with for many but on a surface level, like "The book is being put out to get her in the news again" but it seems to be more than that given what has happened post-drama. I know a lot of people were like "Why a book, why now, and why tell us at all?" and it makes sense if it was for the production of the drama and eventual promo of Ayu and Kalen.

If we think in retrospect, it's all linked: the promotion of TROUBLE (+ that cover with people speculating if the hand grabbing Ayu's boob was from... Max lol), the release of the book, Kalen's debut (emulating some aspects of Ayu's golden era but with a contemporary taste), re-release of LOVEppears (the core of book contente, music-wise), dorama's annoucement then annoucing Kalen as its protagonist, the neverending TROUBLE Tour (linking the album with all of that)...

ExodusUK · #4 16th July 2020, 07:22 PM

omg i'm shaking a new dawn of Ayu's reign is around the corner. Ayu's own BEST FICTION and beyond era is coming

hud · #5 16th July 2020, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ExodusUK

omg i'm shaking a new dawn of Ayu's reign is around the corner. Ayu's own BEST FICTION and beyond era is coming

preach it sis

ayuinh.k? · #6 17th July 2020, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ExodusUK

omg i'm shaking a new dawn of Ayu's reign is around the corner. Ayu's own BEST FICTION and beyond era is coming

Does this mean we could possibly get A BEST 3 after we get new songs from ayu?

Toniayu123 · #7 16th July 2020, 08:04 PM

^from your mouth to god’s ears.

truehappiness · #8 17th July 2020, 02:35 AM

TROUBLE as it was seemed to be leading to a buildup of some sort. The time inbetween the book planning/drama could have just been biding time until the drama actually happened. Supposing no COVID-19, the timeline looked like it'd have ended up like this.

TROUBLE album release (starting to get the book ready)
TROUBLE tour 2018-2019
TROUBLE tour 2019-2020 -misunderstood-
Saigo no Trouble (drama starts and ends, Ohia no Ki releases)
TROUBLE arena tour (working on more music, photoshoots)
?

Maybe it was planned that something would come when the "TROUBLE was over"? Or is still being planned anyway. The lack of music for that ~2 year period was a bit much though if that was part of the plan.

Andrenekoi · #9 17th July 2020, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

TROUBLE as it was seemed to be leading to a buildup of some sort. The time inbetween the book planning/drama could have just been biding time until the drama actually happened. Supposing no COVID-19, the timeline looked like it'd have ended up like this.

TROUBLE album release (starting to get the book ready)
TROUBLE tour 2018-2019
TROUBLE tour 2019-2020 -misunderstood-
Saigo no Trouble (drama starts and ends, Ohia no Ki releases)
TROUBLE arena tour (working on more music, photoshoots)
?

Maybe it was planned that something would come when the "TROUBLE was over"? Or is still being planned anyway. The lack of music for that ~2 year period was a bit much though if that was part of the plan.

Aeternal actually did make it to the book, didn't it?

Trouble wasn't the main product, just the campaign starter... To the point she axed pretty much the whole EP from the tour.

truehappiness · #10 17th July 2020, 12:46 PM

Yeah, I think aeternal got woven in like other songs.

https://news.nifty.com/article/entam.../12239-731321/

Some of the Komuro / Max stuff got mentioned here. Basically he refused to make Ayu songs in 2019 because he wasn't in the mood but decided to do it for Nogizaka46 after the AKB boss was really enthusiastic so he said yes after saying no initially.

JinHamasaki · #11 17th July 2020, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

Yeah, I think aeternal got woven in like other songs.

https://news.nifty.com/article/entam.../12239-731321/

Some of the Komuro / Max stuff got mentioned here. Basically he refused to make Ayu songs in 2019 because he wasn't in the mood but decided to do it for Nogizaka46 after the AKB boss was really enthusiastic so he said yes after saying no initially.

I can't stand TK, and I don't like how his songs sound dated. I don't think his songs "age" well.

I need to get on this discord with all the free time I have lately lol.

truehappiness · #12 17th July 2020, 04:09 PM

You should join! It's a good place to reminisce and discuss in real time too.

AyuGAME · #13 19th July 2020, 07:09 PM

AHS has discord?

truehappiness · #14 19th July 2020, 07:18 PM

Yep. https://discord.gg/hBKyXpd is the link! I actually saw your name there though a while ago so you may have joined years back!