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Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk

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"Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album A One
ReleasedDecember 24, 2014 (2014-12-24)
RecordedNovember 2014[1]
Genre
Length28:27[2]
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Ayumi Hamasaki
  • Kunio Tago
  • Tetsuya Yukumi
  • Tetsuya Komuro
Producer(s)
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Terminal"
(2014) 		"Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk"
(2014) 		"Step by Step"
(2015)
Official Music Video
"Zutto..." on YouTube
Official Music Video
"Last Minute" on YouTube

"Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk" is the 53rd single of Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on December 24, 2014, by Avex Trax.

Background

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In November 2014, Hamasaki announced through her official Facebook page that she had started recording new material for a "winter trilogy single", comprising three ballads composed by Kunio Tago, Tetsuya Yukumi and Tetsuya Komuro.[1] This was the first time of Hamasaki's career that she shared in social media all the process of making the single, mentioning also how she had "writer's block" problems while creating the lyrics for the songs.[3] "Zutto...", which translates to "Always...", is one of the few songs of Hamasaki that has a Japanese title, although written in romaji.

The single was released digitally on December 17, and physically on December 24, 2014. It in five different formats: CD, Limited Edition CD single (TeamAyu edition), and three music card singles.[4][5]

Music videos

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Initially "Zutto..." was the only song of the single for which a music video was recorded. The music video, inspired by feelings of "loneliness", and including scenes recorded in a studio with −10°C (14°F), was published on YouTube on December 19, 2014.[6][7]

After the release of the single, in February 2015 Hamasaki announced that she had decided to record a music video for "Last Minute", as it had become one of her favorite songs.[8][9] The video was later included in the DVD of A One.

Chart performance

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"Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk" debuted at number 5 on the Oricon charts, selling 28,446 copies on its first week. It ended up selling 35,550 copies, charting for 7 weeks. The single made Hamasaki the first solo artist in Japan's history —and third artist in general, after groups Morning Musume and SMAP— to have 50 singles within the Top 10 since the establishment of the charts in 1968.[10]

Track listing

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Regular edition

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  1. Zutto... (Original Mix)
  2. Last Minute (Original Mix)
  3. Walk (Original Mix)
  4. Zutto... (Original Mix -Instrumental-)
  5. Last Minute (Original Mix -Instrumental-)
  6. Walk (Original Mix -Instrumental-)

TeamAyu version

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  1. Zutto... (Original Mix)
  2. Last Minute (Original Mix)
  3. Walk (Original Mix)
  4. Winter Ballad Medley ("Days", "Carols", "No Way to Say", "Jewel", "You Were...", "Momentum" and "Powder Snow")
  5. Zutto... (Original Mix -Instrumental-)
  6. Last Minute (Original Mix -Instrumental-)
  7. Walk (Original Mix -Instrumental-)

Music card

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  1. Zutto... (Original Mix)
  2. Last Minute (Original Mix)
  3. Walk (Original Mix)

References

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  1. ^ a b https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=919519621399494&id=250061788345284 [user-generated source]
  2. ^ "Zutto.../Last minute/Walk". Yodobashi. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. ^ "浜崎はまざきあゆみ（ayumi hamasaki） on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30.[user-generated source]
  4. ^ "浜崎はまざきあゆみ、冬ふゆバラード・シングル「Zutto... / Last minute / Walk」ジャケット公開こうかい". Barks (in Japanese). 6 December 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  5. ^ "【リリース情報じょうほう】クリスマス・イヴに贈おくるayuのバラード3部ぶ作さく、12月24日にちリリース！ NEW SINGLE「Zutto... / Last minute / Walk」". Ayumi Hamasaki official website. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  6. ^ "浜崎はまざきあゆみ / Zutto...【Music Video（Short Ver.）】". Youtube. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Ayumi Hamasaki's music video for "Zutto..." was shot in a -10°C studio. "It was more painful than it was cold..."". Barks English. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  8. ^ "浜崎はまざきあゆみTwitterでMV撮影さつえいを決きめる". Excite (in Japanese). 9 February 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  9. ^ "浜崎はまざきあゆみ、TwitterでMV撮影さつえい計画けいかくを明あかした「Last minute」が公開こうかい" (in Japanese). 26 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  10. ^ "浜崎はまざきあゆみ、ソロ史上しじょう初はつのシングル50作さくTOP10入いり". Oricon (in Japanese). 30 December 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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