Talk:Loveppears

I Removed the interview about the album ...i thought we might include a page that contains interviews and link them back here..its an idea cuz this page is long enough .. i don't know if I'm wrong tell me ...also is it OK to include this table.. Kioko 17:52, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

DISC 2	Extra
ayu's EURO MEGA-MIX "Y&Co Mix"	CM Album - video files of 15 commercials for music releases and 10 commercials for other products.
ayu's HOUSE MEGA-MIX "N.S House Mix"	Discography singles with small audio samples.
A Song for XX "MILLENNIUM MIX" from 1st album	Internet Gateway Lycos - relevant Internet links.
POWDER SNOW "Acoustic Oechestra Version" from ayu-ro-mix(あゆ・み・っくす)	Magazine - small photos from music and fashion magazines.
FREND II "MAKE MY MAD MIX" from ayu-mi-x	N.Y.C - a small gallery from New York (where music video clip 'appears' was made).
	PV Remix - a small commercial for 'A Film for XX' video.
	Web Site - link to the official Internet site.
	Voice File - about twenty small audio files of Ayumi voice.

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Interview from beatfreak magazine

First off, can you tell us the origin of the title of your second album, "LOVEppears"?"LOVEppears" is the words LOVE (love) and appears ("seems to be") mixed. People say that it's a coined term made up by Ayu, but what kind of meaning does it have?

Ayu: The title "LOVEppears" has two meanings to it, "thing that seems like love" and "discrepancy between what we see and what's really there." When I was thinking about the jacket design, I was concerned about the title I'd use, and my staff were there with a suggestion. They said, "You should use English word A and English word B, and put them together to make a whole new word."

How did you decide to connect "LOVE" and "appears" together in the first place?

Ayu: Before starting my trip to New York for the Jacket photo shoot, when I looked out the window from inside the car, there was a couple that looked SO happy, but I personally was thinking, maybe they're in the middle of a serious crisis. Or maybe they're actually talking about separating. So I thought of the meaning "Seems to be" for the word "appears" and stuck it on there. We give ourselves certain outward appearances and images, trying to make it look like things are good or bad, whatever we want to show people, but really things aren't as we're showing.

So yeah, that discrepancy between what's percieved & what's real that you mentioned. But with the sort of air you put forth, an objective third party could tell that the way you write here isn't like your style on your first album. Like for me, I think that style is more clear when put next to "TO BE" or "Boys & Girls." But what do you think?

Ayu: Mm-hmm, I think there was a change there.

Do you think it's a spontaneous occurrance, or do you think it's the result of yourself changing? Ayu: I changed after absorbing various things & growing, but I was thinking for days about things like, what is it that I absorbed after my first album? Thanks to my writing I think I became aware that after I understood something, I would have to change as a result, wouldn't I?

Sound-wise, on the maxi single "Boys & Girls" for example, there are alot of remixes with Hard House and reggae tastes that have been included.

Ayu: For the second album the producers were thinking those sorts of sounds could be put in. Both parties have to decide on a remix's core arrangement, so when people who like me & people who have helped me since my debut introduced me to the sound, I thought about it.

Tell us about how you prepared for the album.

Ayu: Sure! Well, while working on "A Song for XX," for example, during the sad times that I couldn't shake, I'd always be saying "I'm very sad, I can't shake this." Quietly crying, quietly wounded, quietly mourning. But with "LOVEppears," during sad times, I express it with furious sounds, shouting out, screaming. I can see that there are some things I couldn't change, but I had alot of that sort of tension this year. So that's how that was. This album is like that, but next time, what will I be like? I can't know that. Maybe with the next album, I'll go back to sounding like I did on the first. Who knows? Or maybe I'll have a totally different way of doing things.

By the way, before doing this interview, when we talked to your producer Max Matsuura, he said: "Ayu is a very meticulous worker behind the scenes. Alot of the work she does by herself is more in the Producer's arena. I think really we should say 'Produced by Ayumi Hamasaki'." But what do you think of that statement?

I've heard it said several times, "Let's say 'Produced by ayumi hamasaki'," but Ayu's producer is Max Matsuura, and it's meaningless to try to say otherwise. Sure, practically speaking, I do producer-like duties, as do a few others. But why do I do it? Why do I stretch myself to that extent? I ask myself that, but I think max matsuura is the one doing most of it after all. So, for the sake of holding onto myself, if anyone else wanted to be Hamasaki Ayumi's producer, I wouldn't be interested.

Saying those words, your producer Max Matsuura is giving you more credit than you think you deserve, it seems. Anyway, right after the album release, what kind of schedule is the year 2000 going to have for you?

Ayu: Once the album is out there, once the feeling starts to come to me, I plan on releasing who-knows-how-many new singles. Then after that.... ummm... Definitely gonna do something. I think. Hahaha!

That "something" is very meaningful, isn't it?

Ayu: Yup. But it is a secret.