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Old 29th February 2012, 04:07 PM
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I think you guys are missing one big point.
I don't say, that my idea is a right one, but I really like it myself.

When I saw these covers for the first thime, I instantly started to think about gossip magazines. These covers are like one big parody of 'em.

The big colorful fonts are shouting "PARTY QUEEN, AYUMI HAMASAKI" like it was the tittle of the magazine. "13TH ALBUM" like it was some scandalous detail of her life. Then, well, some of these pics do seem kinda unprofessional and casual, like taken in secret. This fits especially well with the Cd Only-cover.

When thinking about this, I began to like these covers even more. Of course it's only little idea of mine and nothing official, but still, I don't see anything too bad in these covers. I think these are clever.
I don't hate the concept, but the execution is just poor. I'd much prefer to see these pics in a photobook like GUILTY - have it come with a "magazine" exposing the life of the "Party Queen" etc...but as the actual CD cover? Nowai.

I don't think anyone object to her taking "sexy pictures", but they were taken poorly. I mean, wtf is all that junk in the background? It's not MY STORY-esque, it's just a mess of crap on the floor. Plus, the rose petals make me think of the Super Manuel book - why would Leslie use the concept again for her album cover? This is how she's representing herself to the public...

We know she DGAF about the media, but the covers could be in much better taste. She can wear lingere and still look alluring - she can be NAKED and look beautiful, but right now, this is a hot mess. A dishevelled wreck of a cover.

LOVEppears, Duty, RAINBOW, MY STORY, even NEXT LEVEL were chokka block full of naked and near-naked poses, but they didn't manage to look this bad. Even with Rule/SPARKLE she looked more fierce than trashy.

Again, I like the concept - she's used similar themes in the abovementioned covers, but this time it's so poorly executed that I hope they're changed last minute or are slipcovers. Someone mentioned that S/S was better than this? I agree with that! xD

Not trying to hate on your comment - I totally see what you're looking at, I just think it could be, well, so much more than kneeling on a bench with your butt against a mirror, or ROTFLing with a shoe or eating a tissue/napkin...Ayu can take way better quality candid-style shoots than this.
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Old 29th February 2012, 04:08 PM
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Old 29th February 2012, 04:09 PM
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I don't hate the concept, but the execution is just poor. I'd much prefer to see these pics in a photobook like GUILTY - have it come with a "magazine" exposing the life of the "Party Queen" etc...but as the actual CD cover? Nowai.

I don't think anyone object to her taking "sexy pictures", but they were taken poorly. I mean, wtf is all that junk in the background? It's not MY STORY-esque, it's just a mess of crap on the floor. Plus, the rose petals make me think of the Super Manuel book - why would Leslie use the concept again for her album cover? This is how she's representing herself to the public...

We know she DGAF about the media, but the covers could be in much better taste. She can wear lingere and still look alluring - she can be NAKED and look beautiful, but right now, this is a hot mess. A dishevelled wreck of a cover.

LOVEppears, Duty, RAINBOW, MY STORY, even NEXT LEVEL were chokka block full of naked and near-naked poses, but they didn't manage to look this bad. Even with Rule/SPARKLE she looked more fierce than trashy.

Again, I like the concept - she's used similar themes in the abovementioned covers, but this time it's so poorly executed that I hope they're changed last minute or are slipcovers. Someone mentioned that S/S was better than this? I agree with that! xD

Not trying to hate on your comment - I totally see what you're looking at, I just think it could be, well, so much more than kneeling on a bench with your butt against a mirror, or ROTFLing with a shoe or eating a tissue/napkin...Ayu can take way better quality candid-style shoots than this.
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Old 29th February 2012, 04:11 PM
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It's not MY STORY-esque, it's just a mess of crap on the floor. Plus, the rose petals make me think of the Super Manuel book - why would Leslie use the concept again for her album cover? This is how she's representing herself to the public...

We know she DGAF about the media, but the covers could be in much better taste. She can wear lingere and still look alluring - she can be NAKED and look beautiful, but right now, this is a hot mess. A dishevelled wreck of a cover.

LOVEppears, Duty, RAINBOW, MY STORY, even NEXT LEVEL were chokka block full of naked and near-naked poses, but they didn't manage to look this bad. Even with Rule/SPARKLE she looked more fierce than trashy.
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Not my fault some of you guys are sexually boring and have no imagination, going by the "OMG SHE HAS NO CLOTHES ON = TOO TRASHY" mentality. Is this middle school?
IMAGINATION? LOL those covers have zero of imagination, it's pure stereotypical cheap sexyness. I wouldn't call it trashy because of how much she's wearing it's about how it's portrayed: they did a crappy job with set it totally looks like some cheap AV modeling studio, i don't even know where to actually settle my eyes on. Not even mentioning the compossition and design itself IMO and with that leopard print it's like the tackyest part of it all! Let alone those hooker heels & that pose.... it's like... i don't even wanna start explaining that....
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Thanks kendelle for puting it out just like my mind is thinking!
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Am I the only one disappointed about ONLY 4 PVS?!?!?
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Heh I love them. Go ayu~!
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Not a fan of these, especially since they're old shots, and well, the design, poses and everything just are really cheap and tacky. It looks like the shots people post on facebook when they're having fun and not really professionally-shot at all. There have been other albums in the past where I didn't like the covers but liked the content, so I'm hoping PQ might be like that. For the first time, I think I'm getting nervous that I really won't like an Ayu album, but I'll wait until the leaks are out to see.
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The DVD's tracklist is not finalized yet as it says
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Am I the only one disappointed about ONLY 4 PVS?!?!?
+ only 14 tracks

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Oh? I suppose that's some consolation.
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I'm literally gob smacked....
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Old 29th February 2012, 04:18 PM
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in ayus official site, there is something abouut an ayupan in cd+dvd version?? can someone translate it please?
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Oh woah, they used the New York shoot!
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in ayus official site, there is something abouut an ayupan in cd+dvd version?? can someone translate it please?
it's ayupan AR

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