New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [V]

[isthisLOL?]

Originally Posted by ayu_ready?

can't believe that the covers fail even more of bad photoshop!
arm in the first, and her photoshoped face in the second, omg

...her arm is not missing...if you look at the mirror you can see that her head and the leg of the desk hide Ayu's arm.

And I don't see a photoshop fail in the second, the contrast on her face was upped like crazy to make it look like an amateur photo with bad flash.

[tasking]

They're the same as the ones I posted, except with the white cropped out I think.

[AyUmIXx]

thanks tasking for the bigger version!
i think her left hand on the CD+2DVD is on the mirror's frame~
her boobs in CD only is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOTTTTTTTTTTTTT!

[emi♡]

her arms are so ****ed up

it looks like they pasted them in in the last two lol


and the shoe one....my preeeccciiiiiiooooouuuuuussssssss

[waterballoon]

all right the covers don't look so bad now. I actually REALLY like the CD+2DVD cover... CD+DVD is okay, CD-only has a funny face

i'm just mad pissed she lied to us about cover with pink hair!

[AyUmIXx]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

all right the covers don't look so bad now. I actually REALLY like the CD+2DVD cover... CD+DVD is okay, CD-only has a funny face

i'm just mad pissed she lied to us about cover with pink hair!

did she ever say that the pinkl hair will be the cover?
i thought the covers would be from London photoshoot..
hmm~

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

did she ever say that the pinkl hair will be the cover?
i thought the covers would be from London photoshoot..
hmm~

i remember reading somewhere that Ayu mentioned on Twitter the Party Queen album covers would feature her in her pink hair

[Suteisi]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

i remember reading somewhere that Ayu mentioned on Twitter the Party Queen album covers would feature her in her pink hair

She said she shot the covers in London, she didn't have pink hair at that time...

Would be interesting to see that Tweet...

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by Suteisi

She said she shot the covers in London, she didn't have pink hair at that time...

Would be interesting to see that Tweet...

did I read it wrongly? But I remember really vividly about the pink hair thing... hopefully I'm wrong but anyways it screams out "LAZY!!!" that she's using an old photoshoot, but the more I look at CD+2DVD the more I like it, so... whatever

[HTMSD]

I dunno why I like the CD only version than the others...
Guess I'll grab the CD only HK / Indonesian version then

[PoetGirl]

now when they are bigger it hit me. people say she's a who.re, has drinking problem and that she lives for her shoes and dresses LOL.

[Kanzaki]

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Ah, this wonderful anti-feministic world where a woman can't do as she pleases, without being labeled a ***** :3

I keep looking at the CD only, trying to see that condom. Either way, she is holding that icecube very strangely.

[Keiichi_JPU]

Ughh I can't decide whether to change my order to CD-only (I ordered CD+DVD now), because first of all I'm broke and secondly, I really love the CD-only cover >__< But I also want the DVD with the PVs!

Perhaps I'll let the album CM decide, if I like the PVs I'll keep my order as it is but if it's basically Lady Dynamite x4, I'll switch to CD-only!

[PoetGirl]

Originally Posted by Kanzaki88

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Ah, this wonderful anti-feministic world where a woman can't do as she pleases, without being labeled a ***** :3

I keep looking at the CD only, trying to see that condom. Either way, she is holding that icecube very strangely.

feminism doesn't have anything to do with it, Im trying to see what tabloids were saying about her. If a man was in that pose Id think he would want something from behind, I mean, thats pose in sex, and if she's in lingerie does that make you feminist if you see something obvious? obvious as something related to sex, not label thing. You totally missed my point.

[Kanzaki]

Originally Posted by PoetGirl

feminism doesn't have anything to do with it, Im trying to see what tabloids were saying about her. If a man was in that pose Id think he would want something from behind, I mean, thats pose in sex, and if she's in lingerie does that make you feminist if you see something obvious? obvious as something related to sex, not label thing. You totally missed my point.

You were interpreting the deeper meaning behind it all, right? With her posing like that, she wants to say that these are the sort of pictures the tabloids takes and prints. Or were you referring to real tabloids, and not just interpreting the covers? Me mentioning anti-feminism was more just musing. If a guy was in that pose on an album cover in his underwear...no wait, that never happens, right? Hence the whole anti-feminist thing. When you said that she was being called a ***** over pictures like these, that's were the whole anti-feminism mindset comes into the picture. I don't think that's what she wanted to get across, it was more just me thinking aloud. I was definitely not calling you a feminist I don't even know you.

Also I don't necessarily think the covers are all that sexual and that her posing against the mirror like that means she 'wants something up there'. I guess the red thread is just "I was drunk, had a moment where I was off-guard and now these pictures are out there forever. (Sad) party queen". To sum it up roughly.

[PoetGirl]

Originally Posted by Kanzaki88

You were interpreting the deeper meaning behind it all, right? With her posing like that, she wants to say that these are the sort of pictures the tabloids takes and prints. Or were you referring to real tabloids, and not just interpreting the covers? Me mentioning anti-feminism was more just musing. If a guy was in that pose on an album cover in his underwear...no wait, that never happens, right? Hence the whole anti-feminist thing. When you said that she was being called a ***** over pictures like these, that's were the whole anti-feminism mindset comes into the picture. I don't think that's what she wanted to get across, it was more just me thinking aloud. I was definitely not calling you a feminist I don't even know you.

Also I don't necessarily think the covers are all that sexual and that her posing against the mirror like that means she 'wants something up there'. I guess the red thread is just "I was drunk, had a moment where I was off-guard and now these pictures are out there forever. (Sad) party queen". To sum it up roughly.

I have no idea what tabloids are saying about her, when Im fan of a person I dont care and dont read junk. So if covers were really parody of tabloids cover I thought of that since I heard who knows when she had sex with max matsura, like ,thats how she got her deal. Thats why I linked 'who.re' and that pose, cause other wise I have no clue.

Personally I like them just for the reason they are not boring. Love Songs covers for example were too perfect I stopped caring about them since I first saw them lol.

[Kanzaki]

Originally Posted by PoetGirl

I have no idea what tabloids are saying about her, when Im fan of a person I dont care and dont read junk. So if covers were really parody of tabloids cover I thought of that since I heard who knows when she had sex with max matsura, like ,thats how she got her deal. Thats why I linked 'who.re' and that pose, cause other wise I have no clue.

Personally I like them just for the reason they are not boring. Love Songs covers for example were too perfect I stopped caring about them since I first saw them lol.

Then I wasn't mistaken. I didn't think you were saying that's what actual tabloids were calling her. I've heard some crazy **** from asian tabloids about Ayu, but never heard them outright call her a *****.

[thatstacey]

Since we're throwing around the feminist thing...

I think the concept that Ayu expressed on twitter was feminist; from what she was describing, I think she was trying to present a critique of the performance of sexuality and the scrutiny she undergoes as a woman in the public eye. However, I don't think it comes across as feminist in practice. This is not because she assumes what is a "pose in sex," but because she is assuming a sexual pose as the object of desire for a (presumably male) voyeur. Although her character seems to be aware of the voyeur, the cover doesn't do enough with its self-awareness to make it an effective critique that would justify the objectification for me.

That said, the presence of sex or sexuality does not automatically make something feminist or not feminist, which is what I've been gleaning from some of the comments...?

[owlflight]

I still kind of wish she would release this album in Bluray format.

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by Kanzaki88

I keep looking at the CD only, trying to see that condom. Either way, she is holding that icecube very strangely.

It's not an ice cube, it's a tissue or a napkin. She's holding it with her entire hand, so you can see pieces of it between her other fingers.