What if "Drama Queen" is the title ayu was aiming at, but she didn't want to make it too obvious, so BAM! Party Queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen. BXTCH IS A GENIUS.

Oh no I just called her a bxtch. AHS will be the death of me.

It's actually said on the website that the CD+2DVD edition included in the boxsets is the first press.
It would've been weird if not seeing the price anyway lol

^^ahh great, thanks for the confirmation!

I don't even care about Timmy's original comments, I just don't think he should have tried to cover his comments up by saying he was drunk. IMO, he should have either stick by his comments or said "What I said was out of line" and not involved alcohol to save face.

I think that if Party Queen covers didn't look like they were done by a high schooler, but used the same concept and ideas, they would have been received better. I mean, I don't see the sadness that in her eyes that's supposed to be there, but I would have loved it the covers didn't look so amateur. I've waited so long to see Ayu looking sexy on an album cover!!!!

So its the fans fault that Timmy was whining like a little girl? I don't know what kind of comments forced his response but no matter, I would think that he or anyone representing an major artist like Ayu should have more tact and know how to stay professional in the face of criticism. If he can't stay professional, then he should definitely leave the commenting to Ayu since she knows how to get her point across without looking like an idiot. Similar to how your post lose all credibility by calling for people to be punched in the face, joking or not.

@isthisLOL? I read your blog, but I think the Step you/playboy correlation was farfetched. You really didn't need to add it because everything else you mentioned in the post supports your point.

It doesn't matter how wrong Timmy is, people who started complaining some times weren't right either... I can't see how people act as Timmy killed a puppy or two while nobody care that, AGAIN, the fans were totally out of their right of expressing themselves on very rude ways.

Last year a-nation... the MSta live... and now this... Can't get it. I'm starting to believe that Ayu's western fanbase is just plain retarted.

^ I have come to experience that the western fanbase is really hateful when it comes to Ayu. I have never experienced anything like it.
it's sad really..
I'm glad the western end of things isn't Ayumi's bigger fan base or she might of quite a long time ago.

The word retarded is really inappropriate to use, I'll ignore your use of it for the moment and assume you meant no ill will and move on.

I disagree with you, Ayu and her team can't control an entire fanbase, but they can control how to deal with them. This is why artists have PR personnel who are trained and very well paid. He clearly has no such training and so he should not be speaking to her fans. Fans found his response offensive, and they have every right to be upset that some nobody was swearing at them and essentially calling them stupid for not understanding some deep concept for a poorly conceived project. I never said the fans were right if they were rude, I emphasized that he should have restraint and tact. You seem intent on defending his childish outburst, I don't know why. If anything, it seems like you are the one making a mountain out of a molehill by taking some deluded higher moral ground and painting this entire fanbase the same color.

Edit: weren't the fans that freaked out over a nation the Japanese fans?

And that's not rude at all. Welcome to the team!

You know ayu is an adult, she doesn't need you to defend her everytime someone is saying something bad about her, nor she needs a drunk Tim to tweet.
Of course there is different ways to say things. But a lot of people are overreacting (both sides).

Peace.

edit:
Sometimes I wish I would be good at English because I could say beautiful things like this! Thank you, you spoke for me!

:syeah

If you narrow-minded asshats want to label me an antifan or what the hell ever because I criticize Ayu for something that I feel wasn't executed well, go right ahead. I don't need any validation from you. I know that my qualms are legitimate and if I had to choose being able to analyze her work from different angles or being a blindly-loyal stan that just wants to crawl up Ayu's ass and stay there, I'd choose to stay the way I am, any day of the week. It doesn't mean I'm negative. It means I have brain cells.

As far as Timmy's response on twitter goes, he's an absolute idiot for saying anything about it in the first place, and his "ohmygod I was sooo drunk" excuse is the oldest one in the book. Really now? Come on. Stick to your day job, Timmy. Oh wait, I forgot...you're not good at that, either. :rolleyes

I don't think so actually. Playboy photoshoots usually have very high production qualities, they hire great photographers for them, make great sets and they tend to at least start off rather classy, but sexual. Just like STEP you. The photoshoot looked a whole lot like something that would appear in the clothed parts of Playboy. The Playboy comparison was no insult, though some people may think of it as one. I really respect some Playboy photographers for their work.

I think it's pretty obvious that western fans would be more susceptible to negative comments....because for most of us, we go more out of our way to be fans compared to her eastern fanbase anyway.

It's something so small, but is so ingrained, it can manifest in many different ways.


and...Playboy photos are great :laugh In their relative world, they're quite classy.

I find the Timmy hate disconcerting. He's barely even done anything tbh...He hasn't even come near the level of Shuya yet imo.

AND he's bridged so many things...and talked to us, and he's never been anything but cool. And now, we figure out, oh, he's a real person with a big personality and opinions, and people can't even handle it.

Just like they probably can't handle Ayu is a real human being. She's not as plastic as she looks okay. Don't like her? idk, go away?


It's like, you know, I like Riri's music. But I hate that *****. So you know what I do? I don't follow her anywhere :laugh Distance, embrace it.

I don't think that there are more western haters AT ALL ... there are probably MORE haters in Japan...they don't just come to AHS. This is mostly a site for the western fans. I know, as fickle as people can be in Japan, especially regarding music, plenty of people are *****ing and complaining for no reason.

I'm #teamtimmy. tell these *****es lol

If you really think ayu would sell out NOW and resort to this image JUST to get better sales, you're not very bright. She doesn't care about her sales at this point, only her music and her fans.

FANS. NOT pseudo-fans.

I think they might be in some sort of shrinkwrappy sleeve deal but the size of a regular CD+DVD album and the size of a DVD are just too different...

Maybe the CD+DVD will have a cardboard outer case a la Mirrorcle World/Days/GREEN? That's the only way I can see them making the CD sized case and the DVD sized case work together.

Absolutely awesome read. I am so glad someone finally spelled it out for people who don't/didn't understand. Thank you so much for writing this, it really needed to be said.

^^I agree, I enjoyed the article too.

I LOVE that she basically said this album is Duty part II. How ****ing amazing is that

I hope the songs a little bit more though.
I love duty. I think it is my 2nd fav album, but I want more dance tracks...
and.. I don't know.. i just feel like hurting myself after listening to the album, it is so sad!

LESS DRAMA AND MORE NEW INFO PLEASE.

It'll definitely be a little dance-y, I think, but just Duty in terms of lyrical content and feelings of the album maybe?

Unfortunately, I think we'll only be getting new info at around this time next week from the TA LIMITED PREVIEW unless they somehow tack on new PVs or have some other items to announce. (Actually, the Party Queen photobook and LIFE STYLE BOOK have yet to be announced on the official site beyond the 'planning' and they're still going to come out on March 21st...)