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Old 23rd December 2022, 08:35 AM
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I love all the covers!
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Old 23rd December 2022, 09:37 AM
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I don't understand the rage for the covers... actually I do understand it. After 6 years people have made a specific image of what they expect for covers and disregarded that those covers are really similliar to the album covers she had the past 10 years. It is a mix of ''A One'' and ''secret''. I this she looks great on them.

the tracklist... it feels like there are at least 3 interludes and a remix... so 10 songs total, which is usually the lenght of her albums (Guilty, Next Level, Colours had 10 songs). Also the number of songs was told earlier (12) and we were expecting to have 1-2 interludes, now they changing it to 14 and we have 3-4 interludes, so... it is about the same.

My main concern is that I don't like half of the previously released songs.
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Old 23rd December 2022, 10:00 AM
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I dig the covers, specially the CD only ver. But hell, I wish my whole house was as "cheap" as the room she used
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Old 23rd December 2022, 09:59 AM
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I'm curious about VIBEES. Overall, I'm glad the album has 14 tracks.
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Old 23rd December 2022, 10:11 AM
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I think the covers are fine. Masayuki's first covers with Ayu but IMO his photography doesn't translate well to cover shots.
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Old 23rd December 2022, 10:29 AM
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the dress reminded me of that old Panasonic CM hehe
I dislike the covers, sorry. it looks like she spent 10 minutes posing and then they did some 10 minutes editing and that's all. kinda feels like there's no big concept...

and, God, her chin... makes me feel pain. she chopped it too dramatically!

but overall I'm happy we'll finally get something new!
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Old 23rd December 2022, 10:29 AM
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Covers feels really instagramish after Nonfiction and Summer Again since they had lavish photoshoots (Nonfiction having that in you face-pink and Summer Again had drop-dead gorgeous cover) but as krtman2002 said, she is mature woman in her 40s. I'm more happy with these than something overly sexual trying to be 20yo-style some artist in her age seems to convey. Covers are boring but STUNNING. I don't think she ever had album covers which had huge WOW-factor. NEXT LEVEL maybe?

Many of the new songs sounds like interludes but I'm eager to see how they turn out! All of us are entitled to have our own opinions but let's wait for the final product before slamming it to the ground? After her amazing almost 25 years old career we should know her already well enough to say she is anything but lazy!

We all have been waiting this day for so long so I understand if some have high hopes for this release. At the same time we all wish this album to be worth waiting but at the same time she can't please us all since we have our own opinions.
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