Good afternoon to all the e-magazine subscribers!
Today in Beijing, alan will introduce her 12th single, double a-side {Diamond/Over the clouds} that she'll release next year on February 3!!

"Everyone~! How are you lately? There's only 4 more days left in this year. I already finished my shoot in Shanghai and I'm in the very cold Beijing right now...It's been 9° below 0 everyday, and it was about 15° below 0 last night....It's still really cold even if you wear a lot of clothes.（；￣Д￣）So I brought a new jacket in Beijing. How is Japan though? Is it as cold as here?? Don't freeze to death! You must have good prevention! Isn't it fun to sleep at home during New Year's Day!! I shot a lot of pictures, I'll put them on my blog later~♪Please wait for it!
alan's 12 single has been announced! First up is {Diamond}...did everyone see {Inuyasha: The Final Act} yet? Did you hear alan's ending song?
This song is a very sad love song. It describe the tears after falling out of love. But~, tears won't fall out in vain. Tears don't just fall when someone is sad. People must learn the pain to become even stronger and to grow up. So, after you cried, the sadness might stop, so everything will be better in the future. Tears are like a glittering Diamond.
Other than having the theme of sadness, but it's also a positive message.
{Over the clouds} is about how there are endlessly tangled, sad and cruel things in the world. There's also a lot of fragmented things, and a lot of things that you can't understand.
Even so if there are unhappy things, you can get through this hard time by having faith in the thought {I still miss that person}.
People aren't born to be lonely. If there is someone you want to treasure, then you will become stronger.
Holding hands with the people beside you and supporting each other is the most important, I hope to sing out this thought.
I hope that I will be able to sing these songs for everyone soon~♪
But, I should still record many other songs. Good bye then, bye bye!"

From alan and the staff

Ahh, Diamond is a sad song, huh...it was weird how they did it in the album, for such a sad song they made it seem not as sad, I'm really looking forward to hearing Diamond in high-quality though!