New digital single 'Mask' out November 18th, 2022

[munckei]

Definitely better than expected.
Nice assortment of scenes, cool angles and good lighting effects too.

I look forward to watching it via Blu-ray disc when the album is released.
That low bitrate pixelation YouTube graces us with when I watched the premiere on my OLED TV lowered my enjoyment of it.

[kotora]

Originally Posted by Foyuki

update 4K version avex
This one is gorgeous but only 4Mbps

It is basically a promotion video for Teamlab. I love Teamlab. I travelled everywhere to look at their exhibition.

[Sky High]

PV is great, I had such low expectations. Colorful and beautiful. They planned this for a long time, I remembered when she posted on Instagram when she visited teamLab.

[waterballoon]

PV was peak camp. Ayu fake crying goodness and battling against the corona virus in that one scene with her dancers.

I know the location helped a lot and it helped make the PV a lot more interesting and trippy.

Song is good, nostalgic and 90s in a whimsical way. I don't need Ayu to make "fresh music" whatever that means, I need good music.

[Aderianu]

Video visually is very nice. It helps to reconcile with the song itself

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Originally Posted by kotora

It is basically a promotion video for Teamlab. I love Teamlab. I travelled everywhere to look at their exhibition.

Haha, right. I immediately googled their work in hope I could see for myself, but unfortunately...

Teamlab is great. I love installation-art. As for the PV, it made the concept a whole lot interesting, but yet I am not as blown away as with Haru Yo Koi, it doesn't feel really authentic, whatever.

[chu-lips]

Is she Ayu?
I thought she was Go Soo-im
Park Jae-sang's right-hand assistant in litle women
Lol ..

[love in music]

So, there were some parts of the video that were visually pretty, but I could not enjoy them because of how cringe and bad her acting was. I don't think I can watch this video again because of how embarrassing her acting was.
She has been in this industry a long time and it actually amazes me how she hasn't improved her acting skills, especially when it comes to fake crying.

[CeReSu]

Originally Posted by love in music

So, there were some parts of the video that were visually pretty, but I could not enjoy them because of how cringe and bad her acting was. I don't think I can watch this video again because of how embarrassing her acting was.
She has been in this industry a long time and it actually amazes me how she hasn't improved her acting skills, especially when it comes to fake crying.

I agree with you !

[ayu_fantasy]

Originally Posted by love in music

So, there were some parts of the video that were visually pretty, but I could not enjoy them because of how cringe and bad her acting was. I don't think I can watch this video again because of how embarrassing her acting was.
She has been in this industry a long time and it actually amazes me how she hasn't improved her acting skills, especially when it comes to fake crying.

LOLL. That’s just ayu… she can never be an actress

[Foyuki]

fake crying again hahahaha
This PV should release higher quality video

[Aga-chan]

Wasn't she actually crying? Didn't she say that she cried at the end of the shooting or something? Even if it was fake, there was nothing cringe about it. It looked like normal "tears welling up, but I have to try not to cry" type emotion.

[axmish87]

And she is actually going to shove all of the previously released songs on the album.
I am ok with DaD , 23monster being there , but Ohia and Haru yo koi , should have stayed only on the ballads 2.

[Insanes]

It's not fake crying. It's botox crying which makes it look like fake.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

I just realized that… 4 of the videos on the album are essentially… the same video lol.

Ayu, in a big room, with dancers twirling around her…with hand-in-front-of-face over acted pose “dancing”… with some aggressive walking or “crying”—or both lol.

It’s literally the same concept… right? Am I crazy? Lol

MASK is colorful and interesting to look at, but suffers from the same thing her other new videos do, IMO.

But, I do like the song so I guess that’s good haha.

[SKYia]

Looks like she just rented TeamLab in Odaiba and basically shot it in one room changing the background. Doesn't even look like professional camera, more like shot with a phone. I don't mind this song and video existing but I don't understand it, looks so unnatural and the fake crying is faker than ever before.

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

I just realized that… 4 of the videos on the album are essentially… the same video lol.

Ayu, in a big room, with dancers twirling around her…with hand-in-front-of-face over acted pose “dancing”… with some aggressive walking or “crying”—or both lol.

It’s literally the same concept… right? Am I crazy? Lol

MASK is colorful and interesting to look at, but suffers from the same thing her other new videos do, IMO.

But, I do like the song so I guess that’s good haha.

I only thought about it being similar to Nonfiction with all that walking but now that you mentioned it, Haru Yo was also in this fake room.

Originally Posted by love in music

So, there were some parts of the video that were visually pretty, but I could not enjoy them because of how cringe and bad her acting was. I don't think I can watch this video again because of how embarrassing her acting was.
She has been in this industry a long time and it actually amazes me how she hasn't improved her acting skills, especially when it comes to fake crying.

I think it's getting worse and worse. It was so bad during one concert in the Just the beginning tour chapter 3, I don't remember if that was Kobe or Nagoya, but ever since it amazingly gets worse and worse. Like she lost any taste in what looks good and what is too much.

[ayu-fan]

Oh god i cringed at her fake crying even when she posted that part on her ig. Wth was she thinking it’s good? Even worse than Days lol. Funny that her crying on Return Road was actually really convincing.

Her PVs are getting boring. Maybe it has something to do with budget cutting?her old PVs were so much better in quality and almost always artsy in a way.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

The PV is beautiful! I just don't like how they focus so much on the dancer at the end when they cover her eyes. That's all!

I'm happy that she still makes music, and actually most of the releases for this album have been strong, even this song. It's overall a very strong track.

[AyuCanada]

I don't like the video, but i didn't truly like a single video since ''Together When...''

[Sky High]

I don't have a problem with fake crying and lousy acting. I wish Ayu gives a chance to new producers instead of TK.