| "Moon/Blossom" | ||||
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| Single by Ayumi Hamasaki | ||||
| from the album Love Songs | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | July 14, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics) Yasuhiko Hoshino (music) | |||
| Producer(s) | Max Matsuura | |||
| Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology | ||||
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| Official Music Video | ||||
| "Moon" on YouTube | ||||
| Official Music Video | ||||
| "Blossom" on YouTube | ||||
"Moon/Blossom" is Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki's forty-eighth (forty-ninth overall) single, released on July 14, 2010.[1] The first song on the single "Moon" is used to promote Honda's Zest Spark Kei car[citation needed] while the second song "Blossom" is used to promote Zespri kiwifruit.[2]
The song "Moon" was first released as a Chaku-Uta sample for members of Ayu's official fanclub Team Ayu with the release of the album Rock 'n' Roll Circus; the announcement of the single was publicly released first on Twitter, first by Ayu's producer Max Matsuura and then relayed into the "Ayu News" Twitter account, which was officially managed by Avex Group.[3][4]
This single is her first of three singles in the "road to fiftieth (50th) single", which would be followed by Crossroad and L, and it is expected that there will be a preview for the 49th single in Chaku-Uta form, though that can only be accessible through a serial number that will be released in limited first press editions of the release, with the forty-ninth (49th) and fiftieth singles also having its own serial numbers for users to access special content, which include never-before-released pictures sent to Japanese cellphones as well as PC wallpapers, though that site is not in operation until as late as late 2010/early 2011.
A month before its release, the music video for Blossom was cancelled, and as such, the other CD/DVD version (AVCD-31892/B) was cancelled.[1] The music video for Blossom was later released on her 49th single, Crossroad.
The single is certified Gold for shipment of 100,000 copies.[5]
- ^ a b (in Japanese) ayumi hamasaki official website: 【リリース情報】7月14日（水）NEW SINGLE「MOON / blossom」発売決定!!
- ^ (in Japanese)藤原紀香：再婚「まだいいかな」 「ゼスプリ キウイ」イメージキャラに Archived 2010-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Max Matsuura's Twitter page
- ^ Ayu News Twitter page (officially managed by Avex Group)
- ^ "一般社団法人 日本レコード協会".