Ayu's social networks - Discussion #55

[Chris_Duvall]

It looks like she’s holding something small in her hand. Pretty sure it’s aeternal trois.

[truehappiness]

Even just a bit of color would be nice. POWER of MUSIC 2018 booklet had that red and a few other colors but otherwise things have been peachy/cream or B&W recently.

Seeing this show up on avex China's Weibo makes me think it is not the perfume, but if not that... then what?

Originally Posted by Chris_Duvall

It looks like she’s holding something small in her hand. Pretty sure it’s aeternal trois.

There's some brightened versions and I don't think there's anything in her hand.



The way they edited these shots is similar to her "last" ViVi shoot in 2017.

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Oof, I liked the shot when I saw a smaller version, but in the big one it looks like her hair is disappearing inside her eye... scary

[njanjayrp]

It’s probably the perfume, not getting my hopes up x_X

[Aderianu]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

It’s probably the perfume, not getting my hopes up x_X

You just ruined everything

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

You just ruined everything

XD during the past few months the TA updates were underwhelming and either about videos being uploaded to youtube, concert streams or the perfume so yeah, I’ve given up on the odds of her releasing new music

[BlackSilence]

^this is a desperate stretch i'd say xD

Her upper lip looks weird in that pic too...it's too thin...

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

XD during the past few months the TA updates were underwhelming and either about videos being uploaded to youtube, concert streams or the perfume so yeah, I’ve given up on the odds of her releasing new music

I'm with you here. I wouldn't hold my breath for it being new music. But i really want her to prove us wrong for thinking it's not

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by artcika

^this is a desperate stretch i'd say xD

Her upper lip looks weird in that pic too...it's too thin...



I'm with you here. I wouldn't hold my breath for it being new music. But i really want her to prove us wrong for thinking it's not

I am pretty desperate for some new music too so yeah. Fingers crossed!

[mi|kshake]

I didn't even realise there was another perfume. That photo screams perfume to me!

[jiarongisme]

Plot twist: a surprise album drop a la Beyonce

Doubt it, keeping my hopes low - gonna wait for the perfume announcement. But more than happy to be proven wrong.

[orbitalaspect]

IDK... those ARE the correct dimensions for a new single cover... It seems odd Ayu would choose a perfectly square image when the IG story itself uses the glitch effects on the whole screen space.

Srsly tho, I thought it was the single cover for "Pray" when it flashed. It took a second for me to realize that it wasn't.

[truehappiness]

Yeah, the cut of the image leads people to think it's for a music release along with the somewhat wide range of places mentioning this. (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Weibo)

If it was just a perfume, why choose this one to actually tease when the other two kind of just got announced randomly?

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I'm remembering this tweet from a month ago or so when they teased some news and it ended up being CDL's BD/DVD, and that was only on Twitter!

[ayumisrael]

I’m in for new music!
I must admit that I’m from the ones that were like “omg yay new music!” And then was reminded about the perfume
Still hopes it’s music.

[truehappiness]

I saw a theory it was maybe gonna be a mini album based on the "Ayu covers one eye = mini album" and it's true for all the minis that her hair covers one eye except again, lol. And on TROUBLE, they just crop half of her face off in the covers used as "official" like CD+DVD versions.

Spoiler:

The picture does fit the bill but it's more of a crackpot theory than anything.

[Aderianu]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I saw a theory it was maybe gonna be a mini album based on the "Ayu covers one eye = mini album" and it's true for all the minis that her hair covers one eye except again, lol. And on TROUBLE, they just crop half of her face off in the covers used as "official" like CD+DVD versions.

Can't say it's illogical XD I like this theory

[Ryusei]

I am hyped but I guess I won't hold my breath for it being new music.

[Chris85]

You're all so desperate for new music :-) I'd love some TV performance of old material with decent vocals instead. Full version of Chinese My All would be nice too.

[mi|kshake]

Even though it will be for the new perfume (I would love new music but...), I am loving the speculation guys!

[Katsuyuki012]

Although chances are rather slim, I'd love for this to be a new recording, even if it were nothing more but the Chinese version of MY ALL.

[surrealA]

perhaps TROUBLE 2.0