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Old 16th March 2015, 09:30 PM
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The song has just like a totally genuinely innocent feeling to it, like it should be sung by some young virgin. But ayu is a fully developed woman now and you can hear that in her voice, which contrasts too sharply with this piece.

Anyway, is the PV about remarriage? I think the images of the first girl was the first wife? And it is about the gift of remarriage?
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Old 16th March 2015, 09:33 PM
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Old 16th March 2015, 09:34 PM
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^^ yes maybe she's glad she got rid of Mannie and married her current husband but they decided to change the wife in the video so it wouldn't be too obvious
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Old 16th March 2015, 09:35 PM
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The best Ayu PV in ages imo
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Old 16th March 2015, 09:38 PM
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Meh. Give me WARNING
This pretty much.

Both the song and the video do absolutely nothing for me :\ But I'm glad other people are enjoying it.
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Old 16th March 2015, 09:39 PM
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The song has just like a totally genuinely innocent feeling to it, like it should be sung by some young virgin. But ayu is a fully developed woman now and you can hear that in her voice, which contrasts too sharply with this piece.

Anyway, is the PV about remarriage? I think the images of the first girl was the first wife? And it is about the gift of remarriage?
I appreciate what you say, but to me the match is good! She's much more mature but still cute Which really engaged me this time.

Too bad the song is so forgettable, and the pv too monotone overall.
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Old 16th March 2015, 09:40 PM
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omg, that ending piano is haunting
The pv is so beautiful...I just felt the emotion behind ayu's voice and I saw the glitter in her eyes. She really is happy these days. The dreamy white & blue background reminds me of Zutto/Last Minute/Walk covers. I love how everything starts to connect.

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Old 16th March 2015, 09:43 PM
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I like the song, the video (all though I find it super cheesy) and I think Ayu looks great in it.

Her voice in this song isn't too good though.
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Old 16th March 2015, 09:45 PM
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Its... nice I guess?
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Old 16th March 2015, 09:47 PM
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I need a translation already!! ^^
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Old 16th March 2015, 09:53 PM
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This pretty much.

Both the song and the video do absolutely nothing for me :\ But I'm glad other people are enjoying it.
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Old 16th March 2015, 09:56 PM
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So I decided that since the PV was uploaded to her YT channel, I might as well listen to this one song before I get the album in my hands and wow... that PV was very heartwarming. Simple, and definitely not flawless, but quite amazing still and I think I wouldn't have liked the song quite as much without it.
While I agree that her voice sounds weirdly different in the song, I don't agree that it's bad, hearing how it melded into the ballad to make it sound much less generic. In my opinion, one thing that makes many ballads sound generic is the fact that they "spill over" with emotions to such a point that the emotions start feeling overbearing rather than significant, but "The GIFT" definitely didn't suffer as much from that fate (once again, in my opinion). Ayu's vocals helped a lot a with that, and I'm feeling very optimistic about the sound of the rest of the album songs, including the ballads. As if I wasn't excited and anxious enough after reading people laud several songs already!
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Old 16th March 2015, 09:58 PM
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I didn't LOVE the song, but the video looks really nice and it complements it well.
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Old 16th March 2015, 10:08 PM
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The GIFT is like HEAVEN's less ethereal little sister imo.
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Old 16th March 2015, 10:09 PM
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I actually really like that song. It's so warm and cosy and she sounds absolutely beautiful. She sounds calm and safe, somehow. I dunno how to explain it.
The theme of the PV is a bit megh, but it's gorgeous. Though i did think that dress bottom was not the best thing lol other than that Ayu looks stunning, over all it's a well done piece
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Old 16th March 2015, 10:23 PM
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I really like this song. But my favorite wedding ballad is still virgin road.
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Old 16th March 2015, 10:28 PM
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Wow. I feel like this video aged Ayu quite a bit. She just feels old in it. Again, the video seems characterized by the lack of action in her videos over the last 5 years. The video fits the song, but it's just hard to watch and feel excited about a video that consists of two or three shots of Ayu in the same outfit.

This is the full version of the song too, right? I think it could've been 55 seconds shorter and may have felt more special. It's the same thing with curtain call. If curtain call was only like 3 minutes, I'd probably be more entertained by it, but the extra 44 seconds makes it seem like it just drags on and on after the point was made.

EDIT: I also feel like I missed the point of this video in contrast to videos similar to it. Like, I got the point of crossroad's PV but could never sit through MOON's PV. I hate to say it, but I do somewhat miss the PVs from Party Queen right now. At least NaNaNa was fun to watch.

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Old 16th March 2015, 10:33 PM
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Wow! Some of you people are so hard to please ... visually probably the best music video she has done in a long time, and the song was nice and what i expected when i heard the teaser clip. ... I dont understand the critisim .. Maybe 'Warning' was dedicated to some people here
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Old 16th March 2015, 10:40 PM
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The PV looks really pretty - can't wait to watch it when I get my copy of the album.
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Old 16th March 2015, 10:41 PM
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Ayu looks beautiful but her position on the piano looks awkward. She should have sat with her legs over the edge without resting on her arm? Nicely shot though
Something about the song reminds me of HEAVEN and Ayu's vocals sounds good
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