'Feel the love' short ver. preview from YouTube

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Tony G

This song coming out in winter is possibly the most irrelevant consideration for liking/disliking a song. I'm glad she's not releasing a cookie-cutter winter ballad, although the 2nd song could exactly be that.

Kome tweeted that they're both were both dance tracks, I believe. Feel the love gets the 'uplifting tune' description and Merry-go-round is apparently 'dancefloor' material?

I do agree that it's a lot more interesting than what was on LOVE again, since she treaded on genres she usually tends to dabble in for that whole album.

[Tony G]

Wow, two dance tracks - what gives? Has she left her rock days behind for good? I hope not. I like that she's dabbling in dance and electronic music but I would have preferred a slightly more experimental or less-pop edge if she continues to create tracks like this.

Perhaps merry-go-round is more in an electropop style similar to Sparkle or Sunrise?

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Tony G

Wow, two dance tracks - what gives? Has she left her rock days behind for good? I hope not. I like that she's dabbling in dance and electronic music but I would have preferred a slightly more experimental or less-pop edge if she continues to create tracks like this.

Perhaps merry-go-round is more in an electropop style similar to Sparkle or Sunrise?

I don't think so, she's probably just rocked out or something for 2013.

Merry-go-round is apparently more dancefloor/club-ready than Feel the love which is more 'uplifting trance' imo. So it could be a bit heavier.

If she does another single, I think it might end up like this...
2 dance single tracks (December)
2 ballad single tracks (Feb/Mar/Apr)
Rockish stuff like Microphone on the album (Summer?)

[AwakenedPRO]

Originally Posted by brener

i thought just the same =) the views are pretty good.

and it's already on 132,419 views

btw ayu also expressed her feelings on twitter about the number of views. looks like it was the second most popular video on youtube japan yesterday.. with over 60k views in 15 hours.

Spoiler:

And now 240.986! I think it's worth to mention! These views are 1 step ahead for Ayu. I think it's a good signal.

[truehappiness]

Will it break a million by mid-November?

[brener]

let's take it to 1,000,000!! \o/

[hayasaki]

Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2013-2014 ~Feel the Love~

I can see it coming. LOL

[brener]

^ yaa me too.

[Ayumi Romania]

I really like this song, I have nothing to complain about!

Sorry for off-topic but I'm new here and I want to say Hello to everybody!

If there are other fans from Romania, please PM me !

[ayumisrael]

The name wouldn't be bad actually, even though she should stay away from love titles lol, but it's probably hard if she has a new love in her life and she brings herself in music.

Btw I had a thought that Feel the love is not really outdated (not in japan at least), I mean look at AKB48's up lifting songs. Feel the love has some western arrangement but it was built to fit jpop rather than sound like a western song, comparing to other artists which have more western styles in their music. It was also smart to do it more friendly to Japanese audience, not that necessarily it will be a hit, but it might click more. Maybe that's why Merry-go-round is the 2nd a-side, it might be more western (and that Japanese showed they can like this stuff too). We will see how Merry-go-round sounds and how things will procceed. Not the the single will be a peak bringer but it might be cool for some japanese casuals.

Btw I'm not sure but double a-side ballad single would probably work better for the time of the release but ayu wants to try it with up beat songs, that's admired =)

[ayu_ready?]

do not like

[brener]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

The name wouldn't be bad actually, even though she should stay away from love titles lol, but it's probably hard if she has a new love in her life and she brings herself in music.

Btw I had a thought that Feel the love is not really outdated (not in japan at least), I mean look at AKB48's up lifting songs. Feel the love has some western arrangement but it was built to fit jpop rather than sound like a western song, comparing to other artists which have more western styles in their music. It was also smart to do it more friendly to Japanese audience, not that necessarily it will be a hit, but it might click more. Maybe that's why Merry-go-round is the 2nd a-side, it might be more western (and that Japanese showed they can like this stuff too). We will see how Merry-go-round sounds and how things will procceed. Not the the single will be a peak bringer but it might be cool for some japanese casuals.

Btw I'm not sure but double a-side ballad single would probably work better for the time of the release but ayu wants to try it with up beat songs, that's admired =)

yeah, the song sounds pretty much japanese pop for me.

[Majutsu]

I like the song and the video a lot. I was surprised to hear about this on the avex site after such a lull. Ayu is very cute in the PV and the song is very upbeat; I was in a happier mood upon hearing it. Really, my only wish is that the PV was more than a photo montage, but I can't wait for the long version!

[truehappiness]

This track will get to 300,000 views by tonight!

It's so hot, haha~

[~*Mabushii*~]

It's... just okay. Not really loving it.

[truehappiness]

I just can't help it, ahh~

[waterballoon]

that synth in the background is stuck in my head

[adantatu2]

I like Feel the Love, but the title sounds a lot like the songs for Coke's CM

[brener]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I just can't help it, ahh~

if i listen 300 times to the same song in no more than three days i'd surely vomit or i wouldnt listen to it for the rest of my life my top 25 on iTunes figures around 30-40 plays.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by brener

if i listen 300 times to the same song in no more than three days i'd surely vomit or i wouldnt listen to it for the rest of my life my top 25 on iTunes figures around 30-40 plays.

You don't want to see my Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~ plays. It's somewhere in the thousand(s).