"Colours" out July 2nd + PREMIUM SHOWCASE ~Feel the love~ starting May 30th~ [III]

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

but we don't even know what lelio really means. xoxo would cute, albeit simple.

[Benikari47]

So happy with this album, funny cause i was so uninterested and scared for the quality of the tracks at first. Pretty much the same situation i had with Namie's FEEL when Big Boys Cry/Beautiful got released, extremely lackluster first single without a clear direction in mind.

EDM wasn't a genre i thought Ayu would do justice but she pleasantly surprised me, there's not a single track i don't like other than Angel which granted, is beyond horrendous but other than that one i like them all. Lelio is a perfect party banger, Terminal is possibly in my top 10 Ayu songs it's just BANANAS! XOXO is a cute little happy-go-lucky anthem and What is Forever Love gives me absolute nostalgia, such a pretty song.

NOW4EVA, Pray and Hello New Me aren't songs i find particularly memorable or amazing but they are far from bad. So yeah, really happy with this album! Really stands out in her discography and i can only applaud her for doing something different after Snooze Again and Party Queen.

The only thing i can really ask of her now is to do a fierce and amazing album cover, no more peach-pastel PLEASE

[November4]

Why don't we even know the album title yet? LOL

[Tom Punks]

^ Because hopefully she's actually taking her time to come up with a good title instead of just slapping "LOVE songs appear again" on the cover lol

[xLuna&1LOVE]

It's weird, because I was really thrilled about her new stuff, but somehow I need to get into some of the full length songs. They are still awesome though! It will be allright.

Wait wat? COLORS? Who'd come up with that?

[adantatu2]

We have the full album without a title, oh ayu!!!!!

[setsuka]

she came correct with this album, its perfect for summer...I hope the covers are cute and carefreeeee

[BlackSilence]

^ please no, we've had enough pretty, lokking cute stuff... she needs to go fierce for once.

I don't really like the album direction but i at least somewhat would like her to at least awesome with covers and blow my mind in that departament. I have no high hopes tho lol

[Delicious n Bold]

Is it weird that the album has 'leaked' a month in advance?

[KPL]

I'll copy my opinion of the new songs here from another thread.

Feel the love 1/5
TK's composition is really weak in this one, and the hello kitty production does not do much either. Overall this song is a let down, and maybe the live performance can do something to it.

Merry-go-round 4/5
Beautiful, catchy, and haunting. Sad songs with upbeat tempo is what ayu does with perfect execution. Kudos

Pray 3/5
Quite nice, but generic.

Hello new me 3.5/5
Really comforting and relaxing. But sounds like a LOVE again left over.

XOXO 4/5
Cute and might be a hit to the general public.

Lelio 5/5
Insanely brainwashing, and I like how ayu can add her own flavor to such a producer-oriented title. Kudos!

What is forever love 5/5
Though generic, this is a very beautiful piece of music, and the lyrical content adds another layer to it. Like merry-go-round, sad songs+upbeat tempo is a killer for ayu.

Terminal 6/5
Reminds me of the days I used to love electronic music. This is not a typical EDM production you get from a pop singer like ayu, and I think Armin and ayu worked really well with this one. Especially for a heavily producer-oriented project like this one, ayu definitely brings her own signature to it with the lyrics, emotion, and voice. The way she sings it reminds me of some of her old ballads - with the strong and fragile voice and with almost no vibrato.

NOW & 4EVA 3.5/5
Quite nice. Ayu's signature.

Angel 4/5
A really pleasant surprise, from the initial preview to the full song, and I'm sure the PV and live performance would be good too. Although ayu does not necessarily have the Western voice to nail this song, she did it the proper way and the result is quite unique IMO.

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Overall, 5/5 for the album.
It's really good that ayu tries this new direction at this point of her career. This really proves her capability as a pop artist, in terms of both the creativity and finance (lol). Good thing is that for the 5 songs produced by "big names", ayu brings her own flavor and/or Japanese sensitivity to it with either her lyrics or her voice.

And if the cover of XOXO/Terminal gives the theme of the upcoming album cover, I will be pleased as well. The setting and tone is the LOVE again mild color, yet the outfit and make-up is relatively fierce and strong/classy at the same time. This juxtaposition definitely fits her conception of the album which is to "outgrown WITH the typical ayu rather than leaving everything behind completely". IMO this is a rather clever move instead of putting up a really colorful package like NEXT LEVEL just to celebrate the EDM theme - which this album is not really about.

[hud]

Watch this woman name the album PRISM or Technicolor lol

So I reorganized the "album" like that:

Feel the love
XOXO
Lelio
Terminal
Merry-go-round
Angel
What is forever love
NOW & 4EVA
Hello new me
Pray

and it's a good flow overall, I hope it's something like this.

[kendelle]

^ I like those names

I just preordered the CD+BR version from TA.....no expensive candle for me

[JesA]

The new songs are lovely…but my main problem is that there's nothing to be excited for, with July 2nd :-/ I have the entire album now.

I mean, besides the PV's..

Also: I'm gonna die laughing when the title ends up being "untitled.."

Uncapitalized, with periods for dramatic effect lol

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

I want What is forever love without the Chinese lady speaking T___T

[KPL]

Originally Posted by JesA

The new songs are lovely…but my main problem is that there's nothing to be excited for, with July 2nd :-/ I have the entire album now.

I mean, besides the PV's..

Also: I'm gonna die laughing when the title ends up being "untitled.."

Uncapitalized, with periods for dramatic effect lol

How about "15th Album" or "オリジナル・アルバム/ORIGINAL ALBUM" as a title? That way we will have had the title since the very beginning lol

[November4]

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

I want What is forever love without the Chinese lady speaking T___T

It's so cute how you describe that xD

[DDRmaster]

Angel, Lelio and XOXO sound really great. I think Ayu needed to test EDM, Dubstep oriented in a good way. This seems to be most experimental Ayu sound since NEXT LEVEL and an evidence that AYU is a real Party Queen.

I won't be surprised if the title for the album is "Feel The Love" at the end.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Originally Posted by November4

It's so cute how you describe that xD

I'm cute ;P

[LONJJONG]

She didn't wanna announce the title to keep us excited until July 2nd LOL

[kiseki89]

Trying hard not to download the full songs.
I wonder why the early release of songs but not the covers and title..