^What's wrong with you Happening Here is pure gold

^I love Happening Here too! Although it wasn't until the CDL 11-12 performance that I actually gave the song a chance and really enjoyed it!

I enjoy it as well. but i think i can understand why people don't like it, everyone's opinion is different.

I had a dream of Ayu singing Automatic and Yochan's guitar riffs replaced the synth on the intro!! OMG

Omg, if that ain't the truth! That song is such a mess. I was just like "what. the. fuck. If this is what's happening here I want no part in it." Lol.

Happening here was an awesome intro to an awesome concert. Love it.

Agreed! It's amazing live!

I didn't like Happening Here at first, but after watching the tour a few times I came to like the live version. I never listen the studio version though, the only times I listen to Happening Here is when I rewatch the DVD...

I like the live version, but I still loathe the rap.

The live version's great, but you can tell they threw together the studio version as a favor to people who wanted a download of Ayu singing it once they heard it in concert.

Her covers of teens and sotsugyou shashin are fantastic though so I'm not too worried :)

If ayu covers sakura nagashi this world will be a bit more perfect.

yep, y'all need to be more careful. her team is always on the prowl for more shit to steal from fans.

I love ayu but I would never forgive her if she ruined Sakura Nagashi. Not saying she can't do it justice though

I cant see how could she ruin it. Its one of the songs she could handle well.

My two favorite artists come together, couldn't be happier!

I hope for "Can you keep a Secret?" or "kettobase" - my favourite Songs of Utada haha :D
But I think "kettobase" will be too hard for ayu, hum?

I don't know. maybe. :shrug I mean I feel like during the "everybody finds love" part where the last syllable is really stretched out, she'd probably put a lot of vibrato into it. which might not be bad, but I can't really picture that line in the song with vibrato. It's also a super quiet song in the beginning, and I'm not even sure how her singing would be, because I don't think there are any songs of hers that require to sing as delicately as in the beginning of Sakura nagashi. It'd either turn out amazing, or terrible.

Now that you mention it, it's exactly how she'll ruin it. "Everybody finds lahahahahahahahahahahahahahahajahahahahahahahahaha gve" with The Vibrato of Doom™. Actually lemme not take a theoretical cover of SN seriously, because now it sounds like a glorious hot mess and if I approach it from that angle, I'll love ayu even more. That's what we fans who are worried that ayu will ruin the cover she actually sings should do. But only if the cover sucks and we have to find a way to like it. It works every time tbh. How else can I like Namie's and Hitomi's 90s music? Those aren't actually good, they're so bad that they're good. A trait most things can embody imo.

I'm not worried about Ayu ruining whichever song she covers. Hikki does have a lot of hard-to-sing songs but if Ayu chose which one she will do, I'm sure she picked something that will suit her. :)

Agree about Happening here. It's just weird and the music sounds 'hollower' somehow like lack of highlighting instrumentation.