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

[Bad Wolf]

>All editions include a stage for the ayupan AR app.

Can someone explain to me what an ayupan AR app is? I'm sorry if it was discussed in earlier posts -- hard to sift through pages and pages of photoshop discussion to find something useful. I get the impression it's an app for a phone or something, buuuut I don't have that. So is this stage basically just pretty filler? D:

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Some keywords from S Cawaii:

-The title "Party Queen" gives Ayu a sad feeling. (I believe Ayu has said in the past she is not a party person...?)
-There are zero happy love songs.
-call was originally the first song, she switched it. (Doesn't say why)
-Eyes, Smoke, Magic and the last LOVE were composed by Timmy, they are musical-esque.
-Return Road and Virgin Road have no relation, even though many people have asked her.
-Shake It♥ is "gay" sounding (?). The "girls" in the lyrics is in reference to gay men, and how they refer to themselves in that way.*
-Tell me why uses the very masculine form of "I", "ore", which the first time she has done so in her lyrics.

*She used the word オカマ/okama when referencing Shake It♥, if that helps anyone. In Japan, many feminine gay men use "atashi" when referring to themselves, which is the feminine way of saying "I" in Japanese.
**She also mentioned the song which she wrote in the airplane going to London, but...I don't remember which haha. I think it was reminds me, but I can't verify that until proper scans come out.

[ayu_ready?]

basically they did the same thing here
I'll show you a random bad-photoshop pic of BB member to show that it's not a shadow
I cut it from a grey background to place into new white background
but I didn't blend his hair/head at all & left it like this

it is really the same as the case with the cover edit

[toniayu]

so,Timmy wrote some lyrics?Well...i'll wait until listen the songs but i think i prefer ayu as lyricist...

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

^ I'm sorry I meant composed, I fixed it.

[attractive nausea]

-Eyes, Smoke, Magic and the next LOVE were composed by Timmy, they are musical-esque.

musical-esque...?

-There are zero happy love songs.

To me hbya is kind of a happy love song though... Well i didn't listen to it but according to the lyrics and all it looks like one!

[Heavenly]

Then, no cutesy/cheesy lollipop song (apparently)

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

^^ A lot of it is written in the past tense, though, so I think there's some sadness in it. Also, it's kind of like, unrequited love.

(I also thought "Wait...what about Hbya?...) after reading the article though.)

And yea, musical-esque... haha.

Seeing as BRILLANTE was cinematic, I guess Timmy has a knack for these types of musical compositions?

[ayu_ready?]

maybe musicalesque = jazz song?

[freedreamer]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

Some keywords from S Cawaii:

-The title "Party Queen" gives Ayu a sad feeling. (I believe Ayu has said in the past she is not a party person...?)
-There are zero happy love songs.
-call was originally the first song, she switched it. (Doesn't say why)
-Eyes, Smoke, Magic and the last LOVE were composed by Timmy, they are musical-esque.
-Return Road and Virgin Road have no relation, even though many people have asked her.
-Shake It♥ is "gay" sounding (?). The "girls" in the lyrics is in reference to gay men, and how they refer to themselves in that way.*
-Tell me why uses the very masculine form of "I", "ore", which the first time she has done so in her lyrics.

*She used the word オカマ/okama when referencing Shake It♥, if that helps anyone. In Japan, many feminine gay men use "atashi" when referring to themselves, which is the feminine way of saying "I" in Japanese.
**She also mentioned the song which she wrote in the airplane going to London, but...I don't remember which haha. I think it was reminds me, but I can't verify that until proper scans come out.

And its very interesting to see Ayu explaining this album's tracks in terms of their lyrics. I think this is definitely something we should look out for.

damn this is so interesting!! Finally more info about the song. Shake It is proabbly the club PV???

and now, im wondering what kind of song call is...it has to be strong enuf to pull off a lead track right?

and i guess that explains why ESM and tnL are bundled together...sensing the Jazz and drama in that segment of the album

[YUKARI]

wow I like that Eyes, Smoke, Magis is composed by Timmy! I have high expectations for this song

[noola chan]

Originally Posted by Chibi-Chan

Despite Ayu creates her covers for the japanese (western) market, I don't see why she should care about her covers looking like porn in the United Arab Emirates.

Because she also has HUGE fans in these places, and those fans didn't notice that they might face such problem one day, cuz she used to look always classy and way higher than this .. But its true this is her decision, and she can wear and do whatever she want ..and we can't expect her to look the same forever..

for me if i like the cover i woudn't care about if people or my country would see this as porn cover.. I will have it in any way..

But its me also, i mean am not stupid or I have stone mind ..
but i have been following Ayu since am 9 years and now am at Uni and still obsessed about her .. and she is a big part in my life that makes me happy!
what i used to like the most about her .. that she would never do stuff like this.. she went high she is successful because of her true emotions in her songs, her natural beauty .. her kindness cuz she is different
not because she is racing with other famous ppl who would show more parts of their body and whom whatever.. This is ridiculous
I dont like to wirte my thoughts
but i am really sad that Ayu start to be like others
still i have the hope that she is not ..
and a part of her sadness is about this album shot that she dont like !
sorry for my lecture, I couldn't shut up more

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Heavenly

Then, no cutesy/cheesy lollipop song (apparently)

Party queen...

[jewelbox]

This is getting really excitiiiiing, Ayu + "ore" reminds me of Takarazuka revue. I can't wait!

[Kazeyomi]

Originally Posted by YUKARI

wow I like that Eyes, Smoke, Magis is composed by Timmy! I have high expectations for this song

me too!
I loved BRILLANTE and hbya, so I bet it will be another amazing song. But even if wasn't composed by him, my expectations would be higher anyway lol. I really love that title

[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

Some keywords from S Cawaii:

-The title "Party Queen" gives Ayu a sad feeling. (I believe Ayu has said in the past she is not a party person...?)
-There are zero happy love songs.
-call was originally the first song, she switched it. (Doesn't say why)
-Eyes, Smoke, Magic and the last LOVE were composed by Timmy, they are musical-esque.
-Return Road and Virgin Road have no relation, even though many people have asked her.
-Shake It♥ is "gay" sounding (?). The "girls" in the lyrics is in reference to gay men, and how they refer to themselves in that way.*
-Tell me why uses the very masculine form of "I", "ore", which the first time she has done so in her lyrics.

*She used the word オカマ/okama when referencing Shake It♥, if that helps anyone. In Japan, many feminine gay men use "atashi" when referring to themselves, which is the feminine way of saying "I" in Japanese.
**She also mentioned the song which she wrote in the airplane going to London, but...I don't remember which haha. I think it was reminds me, but I can't verify that until proper scans come out.

thanks for all the info!!!

[Aderianu]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

-Shake It♥ is "gay" sounding (?). The "girls" in the lyrics is in reference to gay men, and how they refer to themselves in that way

oh... seems Timmy one of the okama? =)

[Mario]

Originally Posted by ayu_ready?

basically they did the same thing here
I'll show you a random bad-photoshop pic of BB member to show that it's not a shadow
I cut it from a grey background to place into new white background
but I didn't blend his hair/head at all & left it like this

it is really the same as the case with the cover edit

It's indeed a shadow, white colour reflects a lot of light, and because of that you only see the detail of the wall in the zone in shadow caused by Ayu's head, if you change the levels in photoshop you can see the wall behind:



It's the same in this picture, the door reflects almost all of the flash light and you only see the detail in the shadow:



The picture is indeed heavily retouched, but they haven't erased her arm nor pasted her under that thing

[Heavenly]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Party queen...

Party Queen isn't SO much cute.... Maybe it's just because I freaking love the music... Only the voice sounds cute to me.

[ayumisrael]

Yeah the lines in the shadow are the lines from the door.

As I said, people just look hard for what's "wrong".