[Official Message] Winter single "Zutto... / Last minute / Walk" 2014.12.24 in stores II

[thinkingoutloud89]

how can one not here WILL? the mood, the pronounciation...everything

I cant see hello new me here...it was a terrible song...maybe only the high pitched voice

[RealLight]

The girlish voice, the generic sound and those drums (yeah, the drums), all of them just gave me some Hello new me vibes.

[ExodusUK]

Reminds me of SCAR but if Ayu recorded it today...with her heavy "kitchen sink" production/instrumentation style.

[JackieRos]

Originally Posted by RealLight

The girlish voice, the generic sound and those drums (yeah, the drums),
all of them just gave me some Hello new me vibes.

^for me that's not a good sound.
She sounds like she's trying to sound cutesy.

[Delirium-Zer0]

Zutto's melody seems so sad-but-hopeful though and Hello new me sounds very major key, happy, etc. They both have the cutesy voice but to me that's where the similarity ends. The cutesy voice really doesn't match the sadder-sounding melody, it sounds kinda like ayu is trying to recapture an old school sound but since we KNOW what her voice sounds like now, it isn't really working lol.

That said, hey, relative minor key = my kind of song! XD I like the preview alright, I might hate the full song or I might love it, but this is the kind of moment where I kinda require context. You can't tell if a song has any dynamics from a 15 second piece of the chorus.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

it sounds kinda like ayu is trying to recapture an old school sound but since we KNOW what her voice sounds like now, it isn't really working lol.

I agree but for me it's totally working lol

[khan5]

im disappointed, i was expecting something dark with vocals like reminds me. the song sounds way to sweet in my opinion.

[jbrat2219]

So much for loving generic ayu lol.

The clip is too short. I don't like it or hate it. I'm usually more into ayu's verses when it comes to her ballads. Most of the time I find them more compelling than the chorus. November would be the only exception that comes to mind. Although the song doesn't really feel like it has a chorus lol.

[adantatu2]

I need to resist, hahaha, the songs are coming probably on Wednesday, and I don't wanna get dissapointed.

[andycruize]

I love the preview of zutto...awesome

[njanjayrp]

I like Last minute better.

[holy_arrow]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

I like Last minute better.

Last minute , but where ?

[KPL]

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1gdJ3J2b

Last Minute

[kaima]

Originally Posted by LUOYUXIANG

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1gdJ3J2b

Last Minute

so fuuuuuuuuckkking good!!!!!

[orbitalaspect]

^^^^ WWTTTTTFFFFF.... THERE. IS. A. GOD.

[freedreamer]

Baidu isnt working well!!! Any other way to hear it??

Edit: ok heard it!!! Really stronggg love it but her enunciation is kinda weird hahah

[orbitalaspect]

Zeke, seriously. Do you really not like these previews?! This is totally classic Ayu. Like right up our alley here!

I'm going to go out on a limb and say this single will be a nice return to form. I know we have just 15s previews for Zutto... and Last minute, but I think these songs will actually be what we've been waiting to hear for a few years now.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by orbitalaspect

Zeke, seriously. Do you really not like these previews?! This is totally classic Ayu. Like right up our alley here!

I'm going to go out on a limb and say this single will be a nice return to form. I know we have just 15s previews for Zutto... and Last minute, but I think these songs will actually be what we've been waiting to hear for a few years now.

I won't listen to Last minute until release. I've broken the bubble by listening to Zutto... which brought me back down to earth with my expectations.

It is true that I don't mind when Ayu recycles material, as long as the recycled material is either just as good or better than the material from the past that she drew from. For example, No way to say, momentum, and Days are all winter ballads yet they all have different atmosphere's and work perfectly for different types of winter scenery. They are all an "ace" in my book, but in my opinion all sound truly original in some way, shape or form.

We will see when the final product is released, but, as it stands right now, the song lacks power, and THAT's what I look for in a grand and true winter ballad.

Actually, the best way for me to describe this is that this sounds less like classic-Ayu, and more like a very basic KANA NISHINO type of track. Less of Ayu and more of Kana's "let me just sing this simple ballad sweetly". There's a fine line there. Ayu's ballads and/or greatest songs, always come with a bit of drama. Kana seriously is void of any sort of dramatics, and therefore, Zutto..., which sounds very straight-forward, comes off as a simple track that would suit Kana much better. Imagine Kana singing this and you'll know what I mean.

[Delicious n Bold]

Last minute has promise it seems.

The last thing I want is for Ayu to venture into Kana Nishino territory. Ugh. Anything but that. Even Yui would be ok because at least now she's in a rock band and I can at least stand Ayu's voice.

[RealLight]

Last minute sounds like Last Links...