Thoughts on Sunrise ~ LOVE IS ALL~?

[Jason]

To be honest, I love just about everything ayu releases

This has to be her best summer single, by far. It's catchy, fun and dancey. It's a big step up from her other summer singles. Can't wait to hear Sunset =)

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by GooGooDolls

It sounds cheap. That would best describe it. :/

I think it sounds like the equivalent of like, a pair of Louis Vuitton slippers or something.. expensive summer goods, yo!

[koumori]

I love this! *_* It's different from her other summer singles...keeping a NEXT LEVEL kind of style with the echoey kind of beats, but all up-beat...

Wow, she totally delivered! It's amazing~~ <3

It reminds me that I LOVE AYUMI <3 <3

[Mari-chan]

I really like it.

[love in music]

it seems like this song is a big hit or miss.. the people who love it (like me) seem to really love it but the people who don't like it seem to REALLY hate it

[truehappiness]

Eh, at least the haters are outnumbered like 9 to 1 this time around. It's annoying when it's half/half because people are like.. scary when it gets like that.

[amorphose]

I am so in love with this song. It's crazy how good it is. I hope Sunset matches up to this! If it does, this could be her best single since STEP you / is this LOVE?!

[shineestar]

when I first heard the previews i was like "eh?" but then i heard a different preview from the beginning and
thats when i started liking it. and now that i've listened to it all I really like and have listened to it too much times :p

[kirei_ayumi]

I've been keeping it on repeat lately
really addictive

[CaseNumber:825]

At first I really really loved the song (especially hearing the preview of it)
However.... it's really quite busy, there seems to be a little bit too much going on.

Her voice is a bit drowned out by the music if I'm honest.


However, it is still quite a fun Summer song, very energetic and fun.

[Larisa-chan]

I agree that this song sounds cheap. I think the entire production is a mess. I didn't mind her more "electronic" sounding songs from NEXT LEVEL (excluding Energize) but that sounds really sticks out here in a bad way. The song is certainly catchy, but it's not something I really like. It sounds pretty obnoxious to me. I like the first 1:05, and then it's all downhill from there =/ Those singers besides Ayu sound really flat, too. The slow verses are nice, the chorus is AWFUL!!

[truehappiness]

Sounds like you probably aren't an Ai Otsuka fan, since the chorus is like.. SMILY-ish all over again, haha.

Those singers besides Ayu sound really flat, too.

They're not even singers.. CMJK/dancers/staff! HAHAHA.

[yatenkouxoxo]

It's good. It's not WONDERFUL, but it's a cute summer song and I'm sure it'll be number 1 on the ringtone downloads in Japan.

[waterballoon]

Auto-tuning = fixing the pitch of the voice? omg I thought every singer does that... I mean not everyone can sing in-tune, so during recording there's bound to out-of-tune notes or whatever, so they have to be fixed? lol unless I'm misunderstanding all these..

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by aloopy

it does sound like other stuff she has done before (independent, beautiful fighters, humming.. to name a few) so i was referring to these kind of posts lol.

Yeah it sounds like it because it carries the same aura as her summer / energetic songs. But the melodies are totally different. It's not recycled, it's just similar.

Originally Posted by aloopy

yeah her summer singles always tend to sell more, right?

i can also see this song becoming a staple song in her concerts, though i'm not a fan of this song, it would be nice if she will change up her staple songs.

and who knows, i might like this song once it's performed live. i used to hate some other songs before too but loved them after a performance or something. so hurry up a-nation!

I think it will definitely sell well. And yeah I know what you mean about some songs sounded better live!!! There are a lot of Kumi songs I would kill to have live MP3s of!

[pchan1986]

i forgot if i posted here or not, but after listening to the full version i would say...i like it but not to the point of repeating it. in comparison to a summer song id say that blue bird beats it. the arrangment sounds so cheap to me, especially during the verses. i really like the chorus though. they should've kept the staff/dancers singing during the chorus ONLY. they do sound out of sync. im still buying the cds since i collect no matter what but not the best summer song from her. im looking forward to sunset ^^

[fantasma3c]

Well its soso to me. Its ayu so of course im going to like it, but the singers are meh...

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I think it sounds like the equivalent of like, a pair of Louis Vuitton slippers or something.. expensive summer goods, yo!

Sorry, but I have to agree with GooGooDolls... I think this and everything on NEXT LEVEL sound very cheap.

Ayu USED to sound expensive, but not really anymore. :/

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

Auto-tuning = fixing the pitch of the voice? omg I thought every singer does that... I mean not everyone can sing in-tune, so during recording there's bound to out-of-tune notes or whatever, so they have to be fixed? lol unless I'm misunderstanding all these..

Its usually used when singers are having trouble hitting notes or staying in tune. However, these days its pretty much being abused so that anyone no matter how bad their voice might actually be, actually sounds decent on recordings.

[ownsarai]

I really like it. It's fresh and new. I don't think it sounds anything like July 1st or Humming 7/4...>.>