Hamasaki Ayumi announces new single 'Feel the love / Merry-go-round'

Hamasaki Ayumi has announced that she will be releasing her new single "Feel the love / Merry-go-round" on December 25.

This will mark Hamasaki's first single release in about 3 years and 3 months. Her last single "L" was released in September of 2010. Hamasaki's upcoming single is a double A-side single. "Feel the love" was composed by Komuro Tetsuya and the sound was produced by DJ Hello Kitty. You can check out the short version of this song below.

For "Merry-go-round", Hamasaki teamed up with m-flo for the first time. The melody was produced by ☆Taku Takahashi, and it features a rap section from VERBAL. 

The CD+DVD edition's DVD will come with two video clips, which were both shot in Los Angeles. There will also be a 'TeamAyu' limited edition, which will come with a DVD including an interview with Hamasaki. 

CD:

・Feel the love (Original mix)

・Merry-go-round (Original mix)

・Feel the love (Original mix -Instrumental-)

・Merry-go-round (Original mix -Instrumental-)

Others

DVD (CD+DVD Edition Only)

01. Feel the love (video clip)

02. Merry-go-round (video clip)

Hamasaki Ayumi reveals the short PV for ‘Melody’

Hamasaki Ayumi revealed the ‘YouTube Short Version’ PV for “Melody” on her official YouTube channel.

“Melody” is one of the tracks on her upcoming 14th original full-album “LOVE again” that is set for release on February 8th.

Check out the short PV for “Melody” below. 

Hamasaki Ayumi’s new album jacket features boyfriend Uchiyama Maroka

 On November 16th, the jacket covers for Hamasaki Ayumi’s upcoming mini-album, “again“, was revealed through her fan club website.

The jacket covers feature Hamasaki’s boyfriend, back dancer Uchiyama Maroka (Maro = 28). The couple recently publicized their relationship through their blogs.

“again” will be released on December 8th as the second part of Hamasaki’s 5-month consecutive release project. It will contain a total of 12 tracks including 4 new songs. The DVD will include 3 music videos.

Check out the jacket covers below!

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Hamasaki Ayumi to release another mini-album in December

To celebrate her 15th anniversary next April, Hamasaki Ayumi recently started her 5-month consecutive release project with her mini-album, “LOVE” (released November 8th).

Her second release will be another mini-album and it will be titled “again“. It’s set for release on December 8th, and it will contain a total of 12 tracks including 4 brand new songs.

There will be 2 versions for the mini-album: CD+DVD and CD-Only. The DVD will contain PVs for her new songs “Wake me up“, “snowy kiss“, and “Sweet scar“.

Additionally, Hamasaki will be holding her customary countdown live this year. The live will be held on December 29th, 30th, and 31st at Yoyogi National Gymnasium.

You can check out the track list and details on the countdown live below.

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CD:

01. Wake me up (Original mix)
02. Sweet scar (Original mix)
03. snowy kiss (Original mix)
04. Ivy (Original mix)
05. Missing (Orchestra version)
06. Melody (Acoustic Piano version)
07. Wake me up (remix)
08. snowy kiss (remix)
09. Wake me up (Original mix -Instrumental-)
10. Sweet scar (Original mix -Instrumental-)
11. snowy kiss (Original mix -Instrumental-)
12. Ivy (Original mix -Instrumental-)

DVD:

01. Wake me up (video clip)
02. snowy kiss (video clip)
03. Sweet scar (video clip)

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<ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2012-2013 (Tentative)>

Saturday, December 29th – Yoyogi National Gymnasium
OPEN 17:00 / START 18:00

Sunday, December 30th – Yoyogi National Gymnasium
OPEN 17:00 / START 18:00

Monday, December 31st – Yoyogi National Gymnasium
OPEN 21:30 / START 22:30

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Kishidan Making Surprise Appearance at Hamasaki Ayumi's Tour Final!

On October 11th, pop icon Hamasaki Ayumi celebrated her grand finale of her most recent tour "ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~". The performance was held at Yoyogi National Stadium First gymnasium and gathered 11,000 fans to the "One Night Carnival".

As a surprise guest, rock band Kishidan made a special appearance that night as well, which had been sparked by an offer from ayu herself. Apart from ayu's performance at the "Kishidan Banpaku 2012" and the "a-nation" festivals, it is a very rare site to see this kind of artist line-up and it has caused quite some uproar in the media.

During her tour, ayu has mobilized 275,000 fans in 34 performance and she is now looking towards the release of their new mini album "LOVE", which will be released on November 8th this year. The new songs "Song 4 u", "Missing" and "Melody" have also been presented for the first time at this tour final of hers!

Everyone who couldn't attend the concerts can now look forward to the coming release at last!

Hamasaki Ayumi to release new mini-album “LOVE” as the first of five consecutive releases

To celebrate her 15th anniversary on April 8, 2013, Hamasaki Ayumi plans to release something new every month on the 8th until April.

First up is a new mini-album titled “LOVE”. The mini-album will be released on November 8th, marking the first of her five consecutive releases. Hamasaki has written three new songs “Song 4 u”, “Melody”, and “Missing”. The mini-album will also include remixes of her hit song “You & Me”.

“Song 4 u” is the theme song for video game “Tales of Xillia 2”, which you can check out some previews for below.

There will be three versions for the mini-album; [CD+DVD], [CD], and [CD (Tails edition)].  The track list for the CD will be the same for all three versions, and the DVD for [CD+DVD] version will include the video clips for “Song 4 u” and “Melody”, as well as the making clip of “Song 4 u.”  The jacket cover for [CD (tales edition)] will be a special “Tales of Xillia 2″ version.

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[Tracklist]

01. Song 4 u (Original mix)

02. Meloy (Original mix)

03. Missing (Original mix)

04. You & Me (Remo-con rmx – Extended)

05. You & Me (SHINICHI OSAWA remix)

06. Song 4 u (Orchestra version)

07. Melody (remix)

08. Missing (remix)

09. Song 4 u (Instrumental)

10. Melody (Instrumental)

11. Missing (Instrumental)

12. You & Me (Instrumental)