YUI - SUMMER SONG

My all-time favourite Japanese singer-songwriter is back with her latest hit single - SUMMER SONG after Namidairo success. There are a few new songs in this single - Oh My God and also the accoustic version of Laugh Away. SUMMER SONG was released on the 12th of July and currently tops the Oricon Top Single Chart. SUMMER SONG is a cheerful and quick-paced song, while Oh My God is another lovely creation of YUI.

CD Version

CD + DVD Version

Tracklist:

1. SUMMER SONG
2. Oh My God
3. Laugh away ~YUI Acoustic Version~
4. SUMMER SONG ~Instrumental~

*Click on the Windows Media Player tab to preview the song. Kindly wait for the song to load*

Purchase Details:

Catalog No.: SRCL-6819
Format: CD
Number of discs (or other units): 1
Release Date: 2008/07/02
Price: 1165yen (1223yen Tax incl.)
Item weight: 120 g

First Press Limited Edition comes with an original summer calendar and postcard.

Lovely

(YUI - SUMMMER SONG Single Regular Edition)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SRCL-6819

(YUI - SUMMMER SONG Single Limited Edition)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SRCL-6817

p/s :
I am suppose to study now because two of my midterm tests are just around the corner. But, as usual, I can't concentrate. So I came here to blog about YUI instead. How smart. And, gosh I'm so late for writing this post about SUMMER SONG. It was released weeks ago. *sweats*

Launch of YUI - I Loved Yesterday Album

OH HOHOHO yes, the new album I have been talking about all this while has finally launched and released yesterday, 9th April 2008. Due to my Engineering Maths paper yesterday, I wasn't able to squeeze out some time to post this. Well, once again, below are the details of her album - 'I Loved Yesterday'.

CD Track list:
01. Laugh away

02. My Generation

03. Find me

04. No way

05. Namidairo

06. Daydreamer

07. Love is all

08. I will love you

09. We will go

10. OH YEAH

11. My friend

12. LOVE & TRUTH

13. Am I wrong ?

**Click on the Windows Media Player tab to preview the song. Kindly wait for the song to load**



DVD Contents:
01. Good-bye days
02. I remember you
03. Rolling star
04. CHE.R.RY
05. Special Live Video of her first Budokan Concert (19 Nov 2007)




By the way, here is the advertisement (CM) for dear YUI's 'I Loved Yesterday' album. GAWD, dear YUI teaching guitar...I'm sure Hammie will be super jealous. *evil grins*

YUI - I LOVED YESTERDAY CM






For more info on getting a copy of her new album for yourself, you can go HERE for Limited Edition or HERE for the Regular Edition.


CONGRATULATIONS for 'I Loved Yesterday'!!

YUI simply makes me proud all the time. =)

I will enjoy this album, that's for sure. <3


p/s: Nope, no Career Fair post yet. No photos, no post. =P

All YUI's 'Laugh Away' Live Performances

Yes yes yes =(
I know I have not update the Career Fair post and also others that I promised,
but to post this YUI update. Gomen. =(
Once all the Career Fair pictures are in my lappie, I will immediately rant about it.
*runs away*

Back to the title
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Gosh dear YUI is promoting her Laugh away and her upcoming hit album 'I Loved Yesterday' non-stop. HONESTLY, its tiring to play catch up with her. She's so efficient and hardworking. I wish I'm like her.

Anyway here are the live performances of 'Laugh away'. 4 of them so far. All of them were so niceee. Love it to the max. I love this song. I will put Music Station Laugh away (04/04/2008) performance first.

YUI - Laugh Away - Music Station 2008.04.04


YUI-net Staff Diary was also updated with the Music Station Laugh away performance. Below is the update.

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Music Station無事終了しました～！

Music Station has ended safely!

皆さま、こんばんはっ！
今日は、東京は最高の天気でした。
全国的にもすごく天気が良かったみたいですね。
ゴキゲン（笑）な週末を過ごしていますか？

Good evening evening!
Tokyo’s weather today was the greatest!
It seems that the entire nation’s weather was great too.
How is everyone spending their weekend?

さてさて、昨晩は「Music Staion SP」でしたが、
たくさんの直前＆直後メッセージありがとうございました！

Thank you everyone for the messages right before and right after the performance during last night’s Music Station SP!

毎回「Mステ」のたびに、
いつも一緒に「ドキドキ」してくれる
仲間がいるような感覚になってます！（照）
ホントにありがとう！
すごく嬉しいし、何より心強いっです！！

During every MS performance, we can feel that alongside us, there are also people who are equally anxious.
Thank you!
We are very happy, not to mention very reassured!!

昨日は、桜が満開の中、
『Laugh away』のパフォーマンス、
すごく素敵でしたね。。。グッときましたっ！！

Yesterday, in the midst of sakura in full bloom, the performance of Laugh away was fabulous… it tugged at the heart strings!!

＜本番終了直後のYUI＞

(YUI immediately after the performance)

あっという間に、『I LOVED YESTERDAY』
発売前の最後の週末になりました。。
いよいよ、リリースです。

In the blink of an eye, the last weekend before the release of “I Loved Yesteray” has arrived..
Finally, the release.

皆さんの胸に、YUIの渾身の13曲分の想いが、
届けば嬉しいです。。。
何卒、よろしくお願い致します！！

We would appreciate it very much if everyone could express their feelings regarding the 13 songs which YUI had made with her greatest effort…
Yoroshiku onegai itashimasu!!

でわでわ。
良い週末を～～～！
あじゅ。

With that,
Have a wonderful weekend~~~!
Adieu.

Translation by uchihamel

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Next will be the live performance of Laugh away on NHK Haru Uta (25/03/2008).

Yui - Laugh away


Next, live performance of Laugh away on Bokura no Ongaku (28/03/2008).

YUI - Laugh away (Bokura no ongaku 28.03.2008)


Last but not least I hope, the live performance of Laugh away on Dream Live 2008. I love this performance the most, among all 4 Laugh away performances. YUI performed two songs on Dream Live 2008 - 'My Generation' & 'Laugh away'. Enjoy guys =)

Yui Laugh away Live (dream live 2008)



I can't wait for 'I Loved Yesterday' to be released on the 9th April. 3 more days to go. BUT, at the same time I don't want that day to come so soon. Engineering Maths 2 on 9th April too, and I didn't even cover 50% of the syllabus yet. Shucks. This sem is a total failure for me. 3 papers confirm gone case for me. With the current rate i'm going for my Engineering Maths 2 paper, I think it will be the 4th paper to join the club of failing subjects. *cries*

GOSH, this supposed to be a happy post, I should be 'Laugh-ing away'. Alrite, enjoy the videos. I better get my ass moving. Till then.

*CK goes read Engineering Maths 2 notes*

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Random YUI photo:

I love this random YUI mag shoot =)

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Happy 21st Birthday, dear YUI =)

Happy Birthday to you you!

YUI - Happy Birthday to you you
Uploaded by TheSoldatRyan

Happy 21st birthday to you, dear YUI.

Stay cute & pretty + produce more awesome songs + COME TO MALAYSIA *grins*

If you come to Malaysia, I will surely give you a better cake than this.
Promise. =P

Dear YUI will smile cuter when she comes to Malaysia and get the cake from me. *obsessed*

Have a blast, dear YUI =)

*Chong King sings Happy Birthday to you you and performs the HBTYY dance...*

p/s:
I skipped my own post to update this birthday wish. Pai-seh =) YUI is somewhat special I guess. I will TRY, TRY ok..to update my next post. Something to do with Penang and the food there *drools*

p-p/s:
This post is short. I'm so freaking busy now with Career Fair and tons of midterm exams. Somebody save me or just kill me.

YUI - I Loved Yesterday

Just after the release of the well-received, well-loved Namidairo by dear YUI, there were rumors everywhere about another album which is going to be released by dear YUI in the near future.

The rumor about her album title which appeared in Laugh away PV

Refering back to my post "It Is A Long Post", I mentioned about the rumored album and its rumored title. Well, guess what? The rumors are TRUE!! its like zomg, we are going to have another awesome album from dear YUI. Did I tell you that her albums are always very-the amazing? Now you know.

Dear YUI's long-awaited 3rd album entitled "I Loved Yesterday" has been confirmed yesterday. The news were spreaded all over. Fans at YUI Lover were crazily happy about the news after it got posted up on dear YUI's official website.

There will be 13 tracks all together in the new album, which includes 9 exclusive ones. The details of the new album :

I Loved Yesterday Normal Edition Album Cover

I Loved Yesterday Limited Edition Album Cover

Title : I Loved Yesterday - YUI
Lyrics & Music : YUI
Release date: 9th April 2008
SRCL 6766~7: 3,750 yen (including tax)
SRCL 6738: 3,059 yen (including tax)

The music videos of Good-bye days, I remember you, Rolling star, CHE.R.RY, as well as the Special Live Video of her first Budokan Concert (19 Nov 2007) will be included in the DVD available only for limited edition albums.

CD Tracklist :
01. Laugh away
02. My Generation (Click here for preview)
03. Find me
04. No way
05. Namidairo (Click here for preview)
06. Daydreamer
07. Love is all
08. I will love you
09. We will go
10. OH YEAH
11. My friend
12. LOVE & TRUTH (Click here for preview)
13. Am I wrong ?

*You have to kindly wait for the song previews to load. Thanks*

DVD Tracklist :
01. Good-bye days
02. I remember you
03. Rolling star
04. CHE.R.RY
05. Special Live Video of her first Budokan Concert (19 Nov 2007)

For those who are interested to have one of the albums in your arms, visit cdjapan for more details.

(YUI - I Loved Yesterday Album Regular Edition)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SRCL-6768

(YUI - I Loved Yesterday Album Limited Edition)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SRCL-6766



Laugh away has been featured as the 1st song in the track list. And as you see closely, all the song titles are somehow rather connected to each other, I mean if you try to connect them in phrases or sentences. Well, yeah that was what fellow YUI fans at YUI Lover had been doing since the news was released. =)

Regarding the album covers, I was a bit confused at the way they decided which is which for limited and normal edition. I can hardly see dear YUI's face for the limited edition cover...whereas dear YUI posed for normal edition album cover. Weird huh. There were boxes of different sizes, and dear YUI is inside them, I wonder what is it supposed to mean...erm..dear YUI trying to express her feelings or love which was trapped inside all those "boxes" inside her heart? (LOL, random theory) I mean it makes sense because all the song titles are love-based. =P

AND from 5th May (Monday) onwards, dear YUI's 3rd tour which starts in Fukuoka, has been officially named:

[YUI 3rd Tour "oui"~I LOVED YESTERDAY~]

click click

Yup, dear YUI has a cute name for her 3rd tour. I have a feeling her tour performances will get better and better, she rocks, especially during her tour =)

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Random YUI Information:

Still remember the PV of Laugh away? If not, you can go to my post to check it out again. Dear YUI and Kento Hayashi both wore headphones in the PV. Here are some screenshots of them.

I managed to "curi" only one picture of him wearing headphone.

Malas find again.

YUI's headphone viewed from the side, cool-ness. Gosh.

Front view (blocked a bit by dear YUI's "photo frame") LOL

Well those headphones are way cool and hell yeah I'm very interested in headphones. Addicted to them *grins* My own headphone is a Sennheiser HD 437 =)

BUTTTT..I love the one dear YUI was wearing in the PV. Plus the one on Kento Hayashi is nice too. Credits to Dlyan, I finally know which model of headphones they are wearing. Still, I love the Panasonic one more =)

Audio-Technica ATH-ON3 WH
Kento Hayashi's headphone in the PV

Panasonic RP-HTX7-W
YUI's headphone in the PV

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That's all from me on YUI's new album "I Loved Yesterday" update. Stay tuned for upcoming details on it. Till then, chao.


p/s:
I just sat for ECP 1026 Algorithms and Data Structure midterm test few hours ago. Its an "OUCH" for the objective part. Headache. Gonna write more about it and what happened for the past 2 days. Tomorrow perhaps.

The Exit Of The Big Guns

There were a few upsets of the big guns over the weekend. Manchester United were one of them. Chelsea were also one of them (sighs). Barisan Nasional ALMOST became one of them. Fortunately, the luck is still with them, for now.

Lost in the Q/F of FA cup last night.

Suffered the same results like Chelsea.

ALMOST got defeated too. BUT, a bit more fortunate than Chelsea and MU. LOL.

This post was actually inspired by the many defeats which happened just within one day. It all started during dinner with my classmates. We went to Taman Equine, near Sri Kembangan to have our dinner. The live broadcast of Manchester United vs. Portsmouth was showing on the big screen.

We makan + discussed about election results + watching MU missing chances and chances. Yup, eventually they lost 0-1 to Portsmouth despite the opposing team had only one shot on target during the whole second half. Kok Jin and Andrew, both MU fans were complaining non-stop about the bad luck the team was having. I managed to capture some images of the intense situation.

KJ (left-most) and Andrew (middle) watching with 100% concentration.
Suzanne tak tau eye-ing on which handsome guy behind...

We watched at Restaurant Ming Chu. Very orange-y.

Rio Ferdinand as the replacement goalie looked dejected as he left the pitch. Awww..

Well, Chelsea lost too. I'm a fan of Chelsea, so I'm kinda disappointed with their cup performances this season. Luckily I was not watching that match, I'm afraid my expressions will be far worse than KJ and Andrew. I will be cursing. *grins*

OUCH. That's pain in the face!
It was considered a foul on the striker. Tough luck.

Red card for MU's goalie. Harsh. Tough luck again.

Rio became the goalie after the red card incident.
Failed to do some heroic saves. Tough luck AGAIN!

Barnsley player can do flying kick, sure win la like that. =.=

Barnsley was the happier side last night after defeating Chelsea. @%$&*$

You can go to ESPNsoccernet to know more about the upsets and results.

OH YEAH. Election results were released last night. (all of you know already =.=) Honestly speaking, I'm not a fan of politics. So, I did not really pay much attention to the election topic. I don't care about who is competing, who is losing, who is winning, who is crying and who is laughing away. BUT, I do care wee bit about who is gonna rule the country. The last thing I want is civil war in my lovely Malaysia. LOL.

Last night + this morning after I woke up, I briefly glanced through my friends' MSN personal messages. Based on what they wrote, I can somehow get the main picture of the election results. LOL. Here are a few good ones:

"Crazy Day ~~~ DAP, PKR and PAS had taken over Penang, Perak, Selangor, Kedah and Kelantan"

"D A P go! Half of our capital nt belongs to Barisan Nasional already!"

"Phantom voters ftw"

"Ingat, saya nanti rasuah" (LOL)

"Oh. My. Wtf. Aaaannnnd down goes BN"

"Red Rocket..... Red Rocket!"

"DAP -->> the new revolution.. Huat ar.."

"BN got pawned for 200 gold~"

HERE IS THE SUMMARY OF THE ELECTION RESULTS YESTERDAY:

• The Barisan lost Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor,
• PAS strengthened grip on Kelantan,
• Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting won in their seats,
• Among ministers who lost their seats were Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin,
• Gerakan acting president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon lost to Dr P. Ramasamy in the Batu Kawan parliamentary seat.

You can read all the news and updates in The Star Online.
-BN wins federal govt but opposition takes five states
-Barisan routed as Penang falls

Politics still don't interest me that well. I just hope everything will still be okay after the elections. I don't want to find myself not on my bed but "somewhere" else when I wake up one day, ok? *laughs*


Time for some.....

** YUI UPDATES **

A short article was released in this website and it is about a report on dear YUI's new PV of "Laugh Away". Below is the content of the short report:

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The full version of the PV of YUI’s new song “Laugh Away” has been released!
This new song is currently the CM song for Glico’s Watering Kissmint Gum.

The music video was taken in the extreme coldness in the beginning of February. Two full days were spent out shooting in the cold weather conditions. At the scene where YUI was singing on the grass plains, the temperature was an astounding -6 degrees (celsius)! And while fighting against time, as they tried to finish shooting before sunset, they managed to capture the beautiful skies together with YUI’s singing.

The main male character in this music video is Hayashi Kento, winner of “Newcomer Actor” in the 31st Academy Awards. He acted as a teenager who fell in love, as he displayed his straightforwardness and purity.

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Credits to depyon for the article.

PLUS, dear YUI was nominated in two categories in MTV Video Music Awards!

So, dear YUI fans out there, please vote for her.
Dear YUI's LOVE & TRUTH PV was nominated in 'Best Pop Video' and 'Best Video From Film'

Please VOTE FOR YUI! Click HERE to cast your vote. Thank you. =)

Till then guys & girls.

It Is A Long Post.

I finally managed to squeeze out some time to update my blog this time, although its only 2 days ago since my last post. It was really quite a hectic week. OK, let me start with MMU Career Fair stuff first ok. We go slowly.

CrIETivity Fest 08 Banner. Key to Success, Route to Your Future.
So do come for MMU Career Fair 2008 =)

MMU Career Fair organized a promotion + fund raising event called "CrIETivity Fest 2008", in conjunction with IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology. It was on the 5th and 6th March from 11am-3pm. Nearly every Hi-com + Working Comm had to help out during the event. 4 points-collection-based games were held on this 2-day event.

Price? Very cheap. 3 person to a group, and its only RM 9. Eh, not bad wert, the daily prize is RM 50 and a whooping grand prize of RM 200! *drools* All 4 games were very fun and the response to this event surprised me. Everybody seemed to have enjoyed themselves, including me-self. But, I did not play. I was one of the game-keepers. Sobs.

OK, 1st up, Fortress which was the 1st game played on the 1st day. Each player in a group is given only a single chance to use a ping-pong ball to 'destroy' the fortress made from plastic cups. Damn easy la. LOL. 5 points are allocated for each fallen cup. If I was playing, fuhhh, no one can beat me if I use my tennis skills. *coughs* It was very nice to watch the teams play. Some were good, managed to destroy 90% of the fortress. While others ahh...threw at the committees standing nearby. I think they did it on purpose. Throw also don't know how to throw...tsk tsk. =P

For tennis : His service style not bad hmm...
For Fortress : He missed quite a number of plastic cups actually despite his fancy style which captured everyone's attention. LOL

Hon Mun (the one in pink) : I can do bend-overs?
WAHAHAHAHAHA. just joking kays. He is the president of IET and my assistant for MMUCF2008

Next was Spider Web, the last game for the 1st day. 'Rafia' strings was tied horizontally across two poles at Central Plaza to create holes of different sizes. Players in a group can only pass through the web one at a time. Each hole are only allowed to use only once. Of course, teamwork is needed in this game. But, LOL, just by looking at their teamwork you can laugh non-stop! There is time limit for this game though (but I forgotten =P)

Choon Huat, Director of MMUCF2008 is so eager to compete in the event until he went bare-footed. No wonder so busuk. *evil*

Erm, that position, gave a very WRONG impression =.=
Butt holding, bending over, goshh..all just to cross the spider web without touching it.
Great teamwork. Or should I say 'Sexy' teamwork? LOL

See see see....again butt touching here and there.
Choon Huat's teammates are potential molesters.

Choon Huat's team a.k.a Team Tapao (their team name) or a.k.a Team Molester emerged the highest scoring team for Day 1.
Congrats, damn happy sial they all. RM50 masuk pocket.

Next day, we proceeded with Guess Guess. This game paling funny + disgusting, seriously. Each team player stand side by side forming a horizontal line. 1st player will be given only 15 seconds to read a message. Then, this player must chew 2 biscuits without swallowing it and pass the message to the 2nd player. Only 10 secs allocated. The second player will do the same and pass the message to the 3rd player. 15 seconds allocated for the second round. Finally the 3rd player must write down what message was passed to him by his team members. Sounds easy? Not really with all the biscuits crumbs in your mouth. I just can't stop laughing seeing the players passing the message from one to another, crumbs all pouring out from their mouths, pooof puuuf kena the other player's face. LMAO.

Left-side girl : Mouth full of biscuit crumbs
Right-side girl : Mouth full of teeth. LOL

The girl in red was the last player.
She had to cover the face for protection from biscuit crumbs missile attack.

'They' joined the event also during the 2nd day. But, they were funny. =)

Last game was Top Gear. Yeah, car racing game, with a mini remote-controlled F1 car. This game can be considered the most tak lucu game at all. Just that there was one part when suddenly the batteries of the car died while racing halfway. GG to that team hahaha. I tried controlling that car, hmmm not easy eh. The tracks were small and curvy. Very tricky.

Everyone analyzing the racing tracks. While team NNP (the girls) compete for Top Gear.
Eh, the way she control the car...not bad I must say.

The remote-controlled F1 car and the racing tracks.

And yeah, before I went to the event on the last day, I was attending Engineering Mathematics class. I brought forward my class and attended the class for other lecture groups. Its not good to do so actually, but who cares right..as long as can balik awal, dah. However, that day the class was very the packed. For students who came late, confirm no place to sit liao, which was the case for my two friends - Kenny and Chia Weai. Before they came, Karan, VL, Yukie and I was comfortably sitting on out own chairs. After 5 minutes of comfortable sitting for our asses, came Kenny. No more chairs left, so he squeezed his ass to join ours. (sounds wrong sial) So that makes 5 asses on 4 chairs. Hmm..still can, no problem. After 5 minutes again, came YUI...oooh ooooh I mean Chia Weai *runs away* No sitting place for her also, so VL invited her to join our 'ass squeezing' group. Yup, 6 asses on 4 chairs.

Gosh, lucky thing we still felt comfortable sitting though, and don't ask me why..don't ask me how..ask others. =) We were not concentrating in class at all sial. We snapped photos of us sittng. We chatted about random stuff. Kenny was promoting his 'Love in Action' for Care Fair (which I bought one ticket from him this evening eventually). I hope Ranusha was blind that day. =)

My hands not long enoughhh...arghh.. *stretch* nope, still not long enough.
Had to ask Charles to take the pictures for us =)

First was Kenny. 5 in 4 package.

Then came Chia Weai. 6 in 4 package. Not bad.

Entah kenapa, I felt so damn freaking tired today. Head was spinning. Body aching. Sobs. I think all the events for the week, tennis coaching + futsal + CrIETivity Fest + VIP souvenir hunting + tennis training + labs, made sure my body paid the price. That's why once I reached home in the evening, I terus K.O on my bed and slept for 4 long hours. And the sucky thing is I still feel so tired now. So, this post is written in a tired manner, jangan complain banyak if there are any mistakes or anything =)

Here are some random pictures of the most packed class I've ever encountered for this semester. o.O

Very packed. Its EPM1016 for this evening.

Still...very the packed. Sigh.

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Miscellaneous Ranting:

Next week another same hectic week again. Lab on monday. ECP midterm on tuesday. Futsal + meeting on wednesday. Leaving for Malacca on thursday night for MMU Open tennis tourney. I'm having a bad feeling for MMU Open tennis tourney, don't ask me why. The 3-day event will not be a pleasant one. I will update you guys about it after the tourney. =) Wish me luck ok.

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** YUI UPDATES **

Dear YUI's latest Laugh Away PV was released yesterday ( @ YUI Lovers). Its dear YUI's new PV featuring her upcoming album. The Bassist, the Guitarist and the Drummer (It’s a girl) are the same as in "My Generation" and "Rolling Star".

The guy in the PV is Kento Hayashi, and he is lucky sial to be featured in dear YUI's PV. *envy* And and and....the way dear YUI smile, simply captivating, isn't it? She smiles alot in this new PV. Loveee it.

Smile more dear happy YUI.

There are some rumors about the title for dear YUI's upcoming album. Look closely at the screenshot below. It says "I Loved Yesterday" and many were saying its the title of the new album. BUT, rumor saja, cis...



Take a look at the new PV, and just Laugh Away.

[PV]YUI-Laugh away
by shuzzack



p/s : All photos are taken using my Sony Ericsson W810i. I must give credits to my handphone. =)