CD
2 CDs + DVD
1) Motto Ii Hi ni
2) Kinmokusei
3) Blue Moon
4) Victim of Love Feat ONE OK ROCK's Taka
5) Kibou no Yuragi
6) Michishirube
7) Negaiboshi (ayaka & Miura Daichi)
8) Xmas Santa
9) Tender Love
10) 100 Years 10 Colours
11) Love for everyone
ayaka's studio album release was 2018's 30 y/o & for LOVE CYCLE , the new album depicts love in many different forms .
7 songs that were released digitally prior to LOVE CYCLE are included in the new release which included :
Released in 2020 :
- Michishirube ; released digitally in March 2020 ; used in the ads of fashion brand earth music&ecology
- Negaiboshi (ayaka & Miura Daichi) ; released digitally in July 2020
- Xmas Santa ; released digitally on Christmas in 2020
Released last year :
- Motto Ii Hi ni ; released digitally last April
- Tender Love ; released digitally last April ; tie-up with Chugai Pharmaceuticals
- Blue Moon ; released digitally last Aug ; used as the theme song for the PG Tales of ARISE which's the latest installment of the popular RPG series Tales of
- Kinmokusei ; released digitally last Nov
4 new album tracks are made available in LOVE CYCLE .
LOVE CYCLE's lead album promo track Victim of Love was 1st released digitally last month on 19th Jan . Featuring ONE OK ROCK's Taka , the song has a video made .
ayaka participated in the [re:]project launched by Taka & Shota Shimizu in 2020 . After this , Taka & ayaka became friends , which led to this collaboration .
Victim of Love was composed by ayaka & written by Taka and it took about 6 months to complete . Produced by UTA , it's described as a love ballad with a delicate melody & simple yet straightforward lyrics
The album's 2nd new song Kibou no Yuragi was used to promote the web drama Jinsei Toushi Annai Hito .
100 Years 10 Colours which's the 3rd new album track was used to promote the movie Persephone no Namida starring Watenabe Shu & Goriki Ayame . A video was also made for 100 Years 10 Colours but not only it's not included in LOVE CYCLE , ayaka does not appeared in the video just like Kinmokusei .
While the last new album track Love for everyone is the only new song that has no promo tie in's .
Celebrating her 16th debut anniversary , ayaka brings her 1st new album in 3 years ! LOVE CYCLE is a work painted with different kinds of love .
Compared to ayaka's previous album 30 y/o , LOVE CYCLE is definitely a lot more musically diverse .
However I personally have mixed feelings towards the new album & my main issue is that there're so little new album material but luckily I like all of them & no surprises Victim of Love is the best out of the lot as ONE OK ROCK's Taka is vocally in sync with ayaka really well .
I'm sure if I didn't listen to the prior digital released songs , I probably would like LOVE CYCLE on whole a little bit more but 1 thing about ayaka is that she more or less consistently deliver music wise which could be a good or bad thing .
Due to this , Victim of Love is quite a big step away from ayaka's musical comfort zone .
Hopefully for ayaka's next future album release , she will not repeat what she did for LOVE CYCLE ie. incorporate so many prior digital released songs which I suspect it could be 1 of many reasons why it's her 1st studio album not to debut in the Top 10 in its 1st week of release & that's a real shame as after all these years , she's still 1 of my favourite female solo acts to listen + support .