[Official Message] New Single 16 December 2009 - You were.../BALLAD

[ayujarl]

finally news about the coming single!!!

[Maemi]

I just hope there won't be the "BALLAD" Initiate lol

[Miltonic]

This is really awesome news!! I can't for release and I might have to buy all versions of this! The tittles are ok but I just care about how the songs are.

[hpg23]

Originally Posted by identity

.....somebody is cranky

Not cranky, just amazed at how someone who used to have the best titles on the industry just has to fail this miserably. Ayu lacking of originality is nothing new, the same pattern repeats again and again (summer single / winter single). That is good if she keeps the same level of quality on her releases, but sorry, NEXT LEVEL was the last decent Ayu release, and this stinks like another Sunrise/Sunset, which in my opinion, should be erased of her discography.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Ooo I love the sound of "You were...", sounds like a continuation of "I am..."! As soon as I saw BALLAD I thought alan and was like Noooo ( ). I hate it when two songs appear around the same time with the same name ( ).

[Aisha_Angel]

Originally Posted by ストロボ・EdGE

Ooo I love the sound of "You were...", sounds like a continuation of "I am..."! As soon as I saw BALLAD I thought alan and was like Noooo ( ). I hate it when two songs appear around the same time with the same name ( ).

I am...You were! That is so awesome!

When I saw ballad, I immediately thought A BALLADS & alan.

As for RED LINE...I still don't know what that's about.

Regardless, these are extremely out-of-the-park titles.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by hpg23

Not cranky, just amazed at how someone who used to have the best titles on the industry just has to fail this miserably. Ayu lacking of originality is nothing new, the same pattern repeats again and again (summer single / winter single). That is good if she keeps the same level of quality on her releases, but sorry, NEXT LEVEL was the last decent Ayu release, and this stinks like another Sunrise/Sunset, which in my opinion, should be erased of her discography.

lol @ best titles in the industry, you're joking right?
you haven't even heard snippets of any of the songs, and they're what matter, not the titles. and if you think NL is the last decent release then that's great, because it's less than a year ago, so you should have no shame or anything saying something like that.

sorry but it just seems weird to say that "this stinks like another sunrise/sunset" seriously, wait until you actually hear the songs to say something like that.

[relmy]

RED LINE is such a nice title, maybe it's about her RED bracelet, for her friend? But I read in translations somewhere that red thread is something to do with soul mates? I really like that title <3

[aloopy]

I'm hoping for a HEAVEN/Jewel kind of ballad. not another Days/Curtain call please.
I'm pretty excited.

anyway, do the sales fall at the beginning of the 2010 oricon charts or at the end of the 2009?

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Originally Posted by relmy

RED LINE is such a nice title, maybe it's about her RED bracelet, for her friend? But I read in translations somewhere that red thread is something to do with soul mates? I really like that title <3

Yes, the "Red String of Fate" that connects soul mates. I'd love for Ayu to make a song with that as the theme!

But I'm assuming at this moment that RED LINE doesn't have to do with that subject but who knows?

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by aloopy

I'm hoping for a HEAVEN/Jewel kind of ballad. not another Days/Curtain call please.
I'm pretty excited.

anyway, do the sales fall at the beginning of the 2010 oricon charts or at the end of the 2009?

How are Days and Curtain call alike? Lol. I never could fully force myself to really enjoy Curtain call.

[kirei_ayumi]

great news! can't wait to hear them all

[Ayumiko]

Originally Posted by identity

lol @ best titles in the industry, you're joking right?
you haven't even heard snippets of any of the songs, and they're what matter, not the titles. and if you think NL is the last decent release then that's great, because it's less than a year ago, so you should have no shame or anything saying something like that.

sorry but it just seems weird to say that "this stinks like another sunrise/sunset" seriously, wait until you actually hear the songs to say something like that.

This is pretty much what I wanted to write.

Anyways, they're just song names...doesn't bother me. I just hope I'll like the songs, pvs, and the covers. For some reason I have high hopes for this release. I always loved ayu's ballads, and I also enjoy her winter ballad pvs. (even the recent ones like days, together when..., momentum, etc) I wouldn't mind if ishii directs again coz I enjoy his ballad pvs. As for the covers, I don't think it can get any worse than the s/s covers. d/g covers were not that bad...so even if shimomura photographs again, it should be ok...I hope.

[aloopy]

Originally Posted by all.night.raver

How are Days and Curtain call alike? Lol. I never could fully force myself to really enjoy Curtain call.

I'm not saying they sound alike. I just don't want that the new songs sound like anything that could have been on NEXT LEVEL.
And since the new songs are ballads I mentioned Days/Curtain call. So I hope the songs don't sound like either of those two, because I dislike both

[ayuinh.k?]

i hope we don't get the same photographer again whose name is too long to type..a leslie kee comeback would be nice..i still remember the chaos from the s/s covers T____T

[Maemi]

I don't understand what's wrong with those titles... Yes, they're not so creative, but they're fine. Ayu has many song titles I dislike, but still I love the music: Greatful Days (that word doesn't even exist), Startin', HONEY, My Name's WOMEN... etc.

I really hope that You Were... is going to be like Together When, because that's like her best winter ballad

[amorphose]

Yay! Finally a new single!

This is so funny because just last Saturday I posted an update on Twitter that I was willing Ayumi to make a new single announcement with in the next two weeks! HAH!

[aura~]

Originally Posted by nanakopy87

cool down....she might change it
is there any TA member here?maybe can ask them to leave a message to ayu to let her know???

I'm a TA member... but I don't think we cando anything... -i also think it wouldn't be a good idea... I mean... I think Ayu, with Team Ayu refers to ALL HER FANS, even if they are member or not... it would be MOOORE weir if she'd have called it ~for my fans~

[Maemi]

I don't understand once again what's wrong with the title "RED LINE ~For TA~". I mean, she's getting some extra cash from TA, they deserve a song. Who cares as long as it's good.

[amorphose]

Are people seriously upset about the ~for TA~ subtitle? I'm not in Team Ayu but I'm flattered at the inclusion of that subtitle anyway... I think that means it's for her fans in general, not just those in Team Ayu-- and that's wonderful to me.