'sixxxxxx' covers

[Andrenekoi]

^Well, on some ways since Colours a lot of her promotional strategies felt a lot like a newcomer. Even if she does use nostalgia for her classics as a selling points lately, she is also pretty much reintroducing herself to the market since last year.

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by dumbellz

Just a thought... seeing that her name is not on the cover and she don't look like herself... it's like they don't want to tell people that this is ayu.... perhaps people who go the store and saw this album will be like "ooh who is this? Let me try her music"

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

^Well, on some ways since Colours a lot of her promotional strategies felt a lot like a newcomer. Even if she does use nostalgia for her classics as a selling points lately, she is also pretty much reintroducing herself to the market since last year.

It might actually be it. I hope it can work though...

To me she looks great in there anyway. I really want posters of these.

[DogboyShugo]

To all of you who are being disrespectful to ayu's appearance, that is incredibly offensive. That's not considering yourself a fan....Saying you don't like the covers and leaving it at that is fine but dissing ayu is wrong...when you say you support her.

I love the CD+DVD version the best.

[A-TeensFan]

i want to kill her art director or whoever came up with these cover. Where's the innovation?

[koumori]

Bigger covers:

Spoiler:

From ayu@facebook

[attractive nausea]

Originally Posted by A-TeensFan

i want to kill her art director or whoever came up with these cover. Where's the innovation?

WHY do people always want her to "innovate" whenever there is a new release? I mean what's wrong with her sticking with the same thing for a little while? Let her do what she likes for as long as she wants to and then move on to something else when she wants to. Damn, it's not an artist duty to always do something different. We're not talking about Apple, whose duty is to innovate and always come up with new phones. We're talking about an artist whose duty is to ~express their feelings~ through their art, if she wants to always express the same thing for a while, that's her decision, she doesn't owe anyone anything.
I'm not targeting you here, don't get me wrong, it's just that i recently saw a fan on facebook dissing Step by Step by saying it sounded like something from Love Songs, hinting that she doesn't innovate. And i don't get how people can have this kind of thought towards an artist.

The more i look at these covers, the more i love them, i def get an A BEST feeling.

[Ryusei]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

Damn, it's not an artist duty

Is it wrong that I took that as a pun lol? Anyways I wonder what she's wearing? Looks like a white shirt?
Edit: after reading truehappiness' post I actually meant blouse as well not shirt

[My Rainbow]

What really bugs me is that she doesn't look beautiful in any of the three covers. Those lips need to go. I thought we had already enough with the other covers with duck lips...

[LONJJONG]

I think I'm glad that the CD + DVD version look the finest! The overlapping of her hair on CD only version looks kinda odd.
With the font and the color scheme, it looks quite edgy. Doesn't look like a pop album cover at all.

[truehappiness]

Knowing that it is a Numero collab makes me excited! Though that gives me major LOVE vibes.

8月5日発売のニューアルバム「sixxxxxx」のアートワーク公開！今作は、ファッション誌「Nume ro TOKYO 」とのコラボで、“素の浜崎あゆみ”をテーマに制作！7月28日発売の「Numero TOKYO」と併せて、チェックしてください！

So the theme is a more "raw" or plain/simple Hamasaki Ayumi? Or is there another translation of 素 that they're referring to...

[Delicious n Bold]

Oh....
I like how it's black and white though.

[aliceshields]

Personally I like all the covers, esp CD+DVD one, but I've preordered the bluray version, will set the DVD version as iTune album cover then

[Honey_Jae]

I really like this black&white concept but her expression is weird. The only Cover I like so far is CD-Only and then DVD. Blu-Ray looks bad

[truehappiness]

I was thinking a white blouse and jeans.

[Gustavopc]

I was hoping in vain for non-face pics covers, again :/ Not her best covers, but not terrible also, but they don't feel summerish to me

[truehappiness]

She may be in "simple" mode for a while. (Which is probably better than cleavage or mega lips mode) With that said, these are probably her least divalike covers in a loooong while, possibly since the earlier half of her career.

One thing about Ayu that I love is that she can pretty much do the glam and high fashion stuff whenever she wants, so it is really just a matter of time.

[Maemi]

tbh she looks like a rat/rabbit on those covers....

[Kazeyomi]

I was expecting a melting down here, when I saw the covers on FB lmao. I'm impressed I was wrong.
The covers are nice, but that facial expression with her teeth showing is so unflattering, ugh. She would looked better with the mouth closed or with an adorable smile, like in Love songs covers. But I won't complain, I've seen much worse covers to be honest.

Just give me the music now lol.

[truehappiness]

people

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素顔からボディまで全て見せます！
浜崎あゆみのすべて

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EXILE / ３代目 J Soul Brothers NAOTO

The details for next month's Numero. Looks like it is definitely a "raw" shoot. Please though, hopefully not another nude shoot. Funny thing, Naoto who is her former dancer will also be in the same issue.

[tsumekaze_]

*ayu sneezes*
DID YOU SEE THAT HOW UNRESPECTFUL WAS THAT SHE DOES NOT CARE ANYMORE I WANT THE OLD AYU BACK

Seriously guys can we STOP criticising EVERYTHING she does? I am a feminist too and I respect everyone's opinion but maybe she just enjoys sex and blowjobs lol? Women CAN be sexual. It is not always men objectifying us. Let her do whatever she wants for god's sake she is a pop artist, a particulare sensitive and aware one but STILL a pop artist. She does not have to be inspiring or groundbreaking all the time. And on another note everyone here is criticising the covers for her being not beautiful enough/her expression/stuff related to her image or beauty or age. Objectifing much? It's a cover do like Elsa and let it go. Listen for the beautiful music lol
The concept of cover itself in pop industry has to convey an image and there is no helping denying that. It is a product. It has to sell. Ayu has said so herself many times about the pop industry so just accept its limits

I have always interpreted sparkle pv as her breaking her cute idol image and showing she can and likes to be sexy. As may every woman. Not a social critique lol