Ayu ~Anything Goes~ XVIII

[Aderianu]

Gackt going to release MV for ayu's song SEASONS

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Article at barks: https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000136294

Video will appear at Nestle youtube channel 1st January 2017 at the midnight.

[truehappiness]

So it's for a CM? That's quite the random combo.

[Aderianu]

"In celebration of the cumulative sales of "Nescafe Dolce Gusto" exceeding 2 million units, GACKT will release a music video covering "SEASONS" by Ayumi Hamasaki on the Nestle official channel. At the video "Nescafe Dolce Gusto" connecting the present and the past."

[dreamalley]

I wish he'd picked another song. Preferably one of my favorite ones. Hah

[Aderianu]

maybe because he sang it once at his live



I'm so happy that we finally get studio version

[pedronekoi]

That's sooooo unexpected! :O Maybe it will be released in a "20th anniversary Tribute Album"?? I'm getting excited!

[mi|kshake]

Good to have something to look forward to on NYE, apart from the CDL setlist of course!

[EndOfTheWorld]

Words cannot express.

[ExodusUK]

Its a shame its so tainted now but the dress/hair/look Ayu has in Virgin Road, Return Road and the ending of Last Angel is probably the most beautiful she has ever looked. I love that smokey brown hair on her.

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

maybe because he sang it once at his live



I'm so happy that we finally get studio version

[xLuna&1LOVE]

I guess I might be the only person who cringes when I listen to GACKT.

[BlackSilence]

^i am sure you're not lol People on here either like him or don't.

[Deibel]

I personally like it, but his vibrato is a bit too much for me.. So after a few songs I'm done lol

[BlackSilence]

he does overdo it a bit sometimes, but he's a vocalist so. A vibrato just gives more flavour to the voice. It is a personal preference though. Not everyone is fond of it.

[Andrenekoi]

His voice is beautiful, but his vibratto sounds like a sheep

[rainbow_smile]

I usually like vibratos (even Ayu's, which most people find annoying), but I'm not a huge fan of GACKT's vibrato here. But that's just my preference

[BlackSilence]

One of my friends who's been learning vocal techniques for a good decade said that he has a really strong voice with beautiful lower notes but he sounds a lot like a folk singer and his vibrato is exactly what reflects that too. The thing with his vibrato is that it comes from his throat rather than his chest as she explain which i think isn't giving that three dimensional feel to it, it just sort of hits you in the face rather than surrounding you whole. GACKT actually has been trained in enka singing, and that explains why he sounds the way he does. His vibrato is lovely when used in a balanced way, especially with lower notes, but he tends to go to extremes a lot, especially lately.

[rainbow_smile]

I don't know anything about vocal techniques tbh (in fact, i tend to like singers that aren't good vocalists technically) and I'm personally not criticising his vocal abilities ^^

Actually I don't even mind his vocals generally, I just don't like them in this cover in particular. Possibly because I'm biased and no one can top Ayu for me

[love in music]

I don't hate SEASONS as a song, but in the studio version I think ayu sounds awful and way too nasally. She's had a few lives where she sounds a lot better that I've liked. I actually think GACKT sounds better than her in that clip of his studio version.

[Aderianu]

oh, so it will some kind of story inside, not only Gackt and Nescafe