[Kyle-x]

Originally posted by getinthezone

this album and era slayed lives

This is my favorite title track from her.

[Belle]

she better get pregnant and use some of that mommy angst to write new music.

[hellocaio]

ayu needs a music focus, the new album is gonna be a huge mess.

[Belle]

Originally posted by hellocaio

ayu needs a music focus, the new album is gonna be a huge mess.

did you hear the previews? It actually sounds like her best since next level.

[Nait Phoenix]

Originally posted by Arris1314

Utada looks so beautiful

I'm gonna cry…

[Gossamer™]

[getinthezone]

2 songs leaked in full
https://soundcloud.com/ayuangel

SLAY ME QUEEN

[Kyle-x]

.gif-ing Ayu's entire videography really reminds you that it's one of the most solid videographies of all time.

[crossbonezolo]

Originally posted by Kworb

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2014-05-20/more/4/

Ai only #22 on the first day, she really is over.

I love More More and Fufufu so much though! I didn't like one of her songs so much since her very first ones

[Kworb]

I know, the single is amazing

[MonsterPaw]

Omg the leaked songs sound amazing It's so sad that she is gonna flop with this album. Japans music industry is a mess

[warriorsoul]

Those Utada pictures! She's looking great

[Kworb]

I hope he makes her happy

[Kyle-x]

omg

AKB48 Attacked: Saw-Wielding Man Reportedly Slashes 2 Members Of Japanese Pop Group At Fan Event

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's hugely popular female pop group AKB48 canceled fan events Monday after a saw-wielding man attacked two members and a staffer, shocking the nation and raising questions over security.

The two group members, Anna Iriyama, 18, and Rina Kawaei, 19, suffered hand and head injuries, and the male staffer who tried to stop the attack Sunday at a fan event in northern Japan had cuts on his hand. All three left the hospital by late Monday.

The women, wearing hats and covering their hands with white towels, appeared in front of a huge crowd of reporters outside the hospital and thanked fans for their concern.

The attack on the group, whose members are dubbed "idols you can meet" because of their fan events, has rattled people in a nation known for public safety. The news topped TV entertainment shows and even the two nationwide newspapers Yomiuri and Mainichi.

On Sunday, the group gave a mini-concert for hundreds of fans in Takizawa city which was followed by a handshaking event, in which fans who buy special CDs can shake hands and chat briefly with their favorite member. As soon as the handshaking event started, a man took a foldable saw from his jacket and went toward the two women, who were standing at the entrance of one of several tents set up inside a gymnasium.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5390902.html

"AKB48 members" is also the 4th trending topic on Yahoo! atm.

[❄ Frosty ❄]

UGH! I need Ayu's album this instant! The previews are torturing me!!

[❄ Frosty ❄]

Originally posted by Kyle-x

I really wanna do a J-Pop related rate after my Miley rate is done, but I feel like no one would check for it.

Do it sis!!

[new evolution]

Originally posted by Belle

did you hear the previews? It actually sounds like her best since next level.

That doesn't mean it's good lel

[Belle]

Originally posted by new evolution

That doesn't mean it's good lel

I mean granted it's relying on beats and reverb rather than any level of particularly interesting artistry, but it's far more listenable than anything she's done in a while (based on the previews)

I don't expect her to get her ass back to (miss)Understood level but I can accept at least this mediocrity over being a downright balladeer mess

[getinthezone]

What's wrong with ballads? Seriously... not everyone has to do dance songs.

[❄ Frosty ❄]

I do agree that most of her albums and tracks now feel like I-want-to-get-noticed styled songs. Or I could be wrong, she might feel that this is the right time to experiment with different sounds. She is fully aware that her sales are declining and therefore she has nothing to lose by using this opportunity to make the music she wants before she becomes completely faded by more contemporary J-pop stars.

Either way, I love her new direction. I was a bit meh about Party Queen, in fact, I may actually call the album terrible. But this album appears quite diverse as it includes pop-rock classics like "NOW & 4EVA", contemporary electro-dance "Lelio", Dance-pop "Feel The Love", RnB infused pop "Merry-go-round". Plenty of ballads and dance anthems like "XOXO"