New single 'オヒアの木' composed by Kazuhito Kikuchi out now! - Page 15

*Petit* · #1 18th July 2020, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

Yeah, a lot of the acts that are pretty "hot" right now are either groups or male soloists. There's a few artists that have been making slight waves and are sort of considered J-pop darlings by the overseas community but none of them quite have the impact Ayu did/does.

With the presence of Dave Rodgers, I wonder if there'll be a Eurobeat flair to some upcoming music. Daisuke Suzuki also has done a lot of that kind of "hi NRG" type feel stuff and he was present too.

I love eurobeat, but hope Ayu doesn't decide to release a eurobeat single like Da Pump's USA. Even if I LOVE that song, it's basically a novelty / comedy act that doesn't go with Ayu's image. Although it would be so funny to see Ayu dancing around stage screaming COME ON BABY AMERICA!

hud · #2 17th July 2020, 10:03 PM

for me she has released some of her best ballads with her most recent outputs. Pray, Anything for You, Walk and You are the only one are examples.

Earth_maiden · #3 17th July 2020, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by hud

for me she has released some of her best ballads with her most recent outputs. Pray, Anything for You, Walk and You are the only one are examples.

I don't know why Anything For You isn't more popular, its probably one of my favourite ballads of the last few albums. Maybe people just don't like the long run time? It clocks in at 7 minutes.

jbrat2219 · #4 17th July 2020, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

I don't know why Anything For You isn't more popular, its probably one of my favourite ballads of the last few albums. Maybe people just don't like the long run time? It clocks in at 7 minutes.

I love it! Especially the key change at the end! It's like it changes the mood of the entire song and makes it completely different. It IS a bit long though lol. I love all the songs on A ONE, even The GIFT (which is one of my favorite songs of hers in general).

hud · #5 18th July 2020, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

I don't know why Anything For You isn't more popular, its probably one of my favourite ballads of the last few albums. Maybe people just don't like the long run time? It clocks in at 7 minutes.

the length can be a problem for some people but I like some tracks that are 10-13min so that's not a problem for me lol. I also love the key change in the end and the chorus is very very beautiful.

truehappiness · #6 17th July 2020, 10:13 PM

I think it's pretty often compared to Walk and between both, people choose one or the other.

ExodusUK · #7 18th July 2020, 01:13 AM

I love Anything For You..at least something actually happens in the songs..the other ballads from around that time and since just plod along in MOR land.

mi|kshake · #8 23rd July 2020, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ExodusUK

I love Anything For You..at least something actually happens in the songs..the other ballads from around that time and since just plod along in MOR land.

Yeah, I agree! This discussion here has made me realise that Ayu's ballads over the past few years have been...serviceable but she's capable of so much more!

KittyKathy · #9 18th July 2020, 03:51 AM

I love both songs, but I like Walk more.

truehappiness · #10 18th July 2020, 02:23 PM

Terminal and Connected are pretty even IMO. I'm excited either way for w/e comes next even if it does end up being more midtempo stuff.

channy · #11 19th July 2020, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Evolution7/4

Ok then we can call it Neo-classic Ayu lol

Neo-classic Ayu. I like that term

For me the "classic Ayu era" ended with the release of "GUILTY" but quite a lot of Her newer songs do still appeal to me, nonetheless.

I for one didn't like "Ohia no Ki" due to its very generic and uninspired nature. However, there are many songs from Ayu that are just as generic but for some reason I can't get enough from them. I'm still having a hard time to enjoy Ayu's more mature vocals, though, so this may cast a better light on older songs for me in the first place.

truehappiness · #12 22nd July 2020, 08:44 AM

Ohia no Ki hit a million views on YT! Here's to a million more perhaps~

Cahz- · #13 22nd July 2020, 07:38 PM

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Ohia no Ki hit a million views on YT! Here's to a million more perhaps~

And the other version with comments allowed have 76k views as of now

njanjayrp · #14 22nd July 2020, 09:36 AM

It also has 100 000+ plays on Spotify!

truehappiness · #15 22nd July 2020, 09:56 AM

Nice! I think that should go up too after Natsu no Trouble.

hud · #16 22nd July 2020, 07:29 PM

I think it's her fastest song to get to 100k on Spotify.

truehappiness · #17 22nd July 2020, 07:45 PM

Yeah that's the YouTube Music one. It's pretty nice that they have that as an option, seems to be dependent on what "isn't" available with a video already for her older stuff. Their system for adding songs to that is really bizarre but it works.

RealLight · #18 22nd July 2020, 10:19 PM

I know it's out of the Top 20 on the Oricon charts, but anyone know how much it sold this week?

jbrat2219 · #19 23rd July 2020, 01:51 AM

This is great news! I'm glad fans in Japan are receptive to the song!

truehappiness · #20 23rd July 2020, 04:04 PM

I thought she had pretty good ones since 2015. Out of control, Shape of Love, Breakdown, Sorrows, You are the only one, Last minute... for all of the ones that may have been lacking, there was also one that was stellar too.