^ Or maybe "shit (not) again"

or maybe "Shiz Moment" as Shit can't be on title at all.

who died now? o_O

EDIT: one of her dogs apparently....?

I forget if it was Pino or Papiko who had cancer... but yes, it was one half of Papino. :( My family dog was diagnosed with cancer at the same time as Ayu's dog... He passed away last Friday. :(

now, i'm sad for you two :(

Pino has/had brain tumor

ayu's dogs always die at summer?

That sucks...I'm sorry for both of you. :(

Her dark hair is great! I think she is looking so...new... :D

tumors are really bad, my cat had one too, right beneath the spinal cord. In the end he couldn´t walk anymore on his back feet and couldn´t go to toilet himself....

That's so sad...
Delirium-Zer0 - you have my condolences as well. :(

She just posted a blog entry about it, I wonder what it says...

At TA message ayu wrote "At tremendous speed, last night important person became a star"
and she said exactly taisetsuna hito... maybe it's not a dog?

Hmmm...maybe an accident? X.x Because she said "tremendous speed".

"After the long journey here, decided to begin a new journey in a different place"

why they stopped to translated messages -_- that only confuses

"I wish you could be here right next to me... But we are under the same sky.... yes?"
http://i.imgur.com/HiJ4wY6l.jpg

I feel kind of bad that I made some comment about how cute her hair looks when everyone's writing sad messages about her dog dying! D: Sorry for being out of the loop!

Yeah...would she use hito for a dog? I don't think so...awww, I wonder what happened. :/

hito -_- speed -_-

"Someone who important person of my life told me that she just went to another journey. Yes, I believe so"
http://i.imgur.com/KkQ2kvXl.jpg

That's awful to hear!! I hope ayu's ok and that her dog rests in peace.

How sad. I'd be so crushed if anything happened to my puppy.

arrival to Kobe airport

http://i.imgur.com/XRzVBe6l.jpg

OMG she's soooooooooooooooooooooo pretty

she totally looks like seventeen years old girl

Agreed.

Like good lord. And I really love that hair color.

Those glasses of hers = :heart

Ok guys I can stop complaining.
This CD DATA/Ladies night hair color/haircut can't be better.

She is looking gorgeous lately. I used to like her blonde hair a lot but I really hope she keeps that color for a while, it definitely suits her :yes

Wait, so was I the only one who was freaked out (using that term loosely, can't think of a better word) by the eyelashes? They seem so long and exaggerated, ha ha.

But agreed, she looks good! :D

Sooo pretty, sooo cute! :blove Besides for ayu's hairstyle, I'm totally loving her nails & glasses, too. :heart

twitter: "When I am looking for the light in darkness, I actually am looking for you. "
http://i.imgur.com/JTIliT6m.jpg

weibo: "When I am looking for the light in darkness, I actually am looking for you."
http://i.imgur.com/iSmffT5m.jpg

Poor girl looks flammable. She could combust at any moment.


Anyway the latest post has nice words/lyrics (don't know if they will be lyrics). It isn't necessarily about love :O

^^ :love what a way with words.

twitter/weibo: "#LoveWins"
http://i.imgur.com/95Uh5dhm.jpg

weibo: "Like I said, you don't need to be like the others. Because you are the ONE and ONLY..... ;)"
http://i.imgur.com/rzIOQJXm.jpg

Queen just showing she loves everyone.

I teared up when she tweeted #LoveWins. Always knew she was a supporter, but it's just awesome.

Creeping closer and closer to 1m followers!

Owatan.
Kaerutan.
http://i.imgur.com/I5pbiFal.jpg


twitter: "もちろん覚えてるさ。
でも忘れたフリさせて？
身体動かして汗流してた方が色々考えなくてすむってだけ。
て事は考えてんのか。
#0630"

Queen supporting the LGBT community :heart

0630? Do you guys remember that number? I think it's somewhere in Memorial Address booklet~What does it mean? Can anyone clarify this?

^yep it is in the MA booklet pic.

i also wonder if it has any sort of meaning.

People love when Ayu supports the LGBT community... Unless she does it through songs, pvs or live performances...

Why do I love this photo so much and want it to be the cover of an album or single? >.<

Did someone die on 0630? I know it's never been confirmed what the meaning is, but...

^Rumour was that 6/30 was the deathday of her father (which is why Memorial Address is for him?)...but again, rumours!

She's soaking wet but she's still channeling the essence of the Elusive Flammable Chanteuse.

"July 1st
Let's go to that sea today"

so pretty!

Yep, I think that's it! That's what the "tears of yesterday" part in July 1st refers to. As you said, I don't think anything has ever been confirmed but it's sounds possible!

I read somewhere that Ayu said Memorial Address became a song that was important for her like how Teddy Bear was. I'm pretty sure that, with the lyrics alone, Teddy Bear is about her mom and therefore it would make sense for Memorial Address to be about her dad

^ oh my god. I neeeever made that connection with July 1st's lyrics.
Just got chills lolol.

Holy crap, I never even thought of that! It is possible that he passed away during the RAINBOW era, though I wonder why she didn't write MA until after it happened then? Maybe she was finally able to express the pain in words....

But Ayu seems to have a "tears of <X amount of days>" thing going on, so it's possible that it could be her saying something like that too. XD

July 1st is about a friend she could only see on that date for some reason. It has nothing to do with her father.

did you mean 0630?

Oops, sorry for starting "rumours" then! I always thought it was too much to be a coincidence!

Do we have concrete info on the friend theory? Just wondering where/when it was stated! :)

I believe it may have been mentioned in an interview from that release period... let me see if I can find it.

Got it! It was in the 2002 Zappy. masa featured it in one of his analyses.

Japanese fans seem to have picked up on the 'tears of yesterday' for some time now. It does seem possible that the anniversary just so happens to also share a similar date with the mysterious 0630. I am thinking perhaps Ayu at the time had two meanings to the song, one that was something she could share to magazines and one that was a bit more personal. There is a theory that Memorial address tells the story of when she found out about her father divorcing her mother on June 30th which in turn leads into July 1st but of course, we've only got so much to go on.

Well, "tears of yesterday" or something close to it is a pretty common image on her lyrics, isn't it? I can't say for sure, but I believe it appears on a lot of her songs... Just like the crossroad, the hard path to walk, the one winged angel, etc...

^ Yes, progress for example.

I love these discussion on ayu's songs and their meanings, I always learn a lot cause I wasn't a fan back at the time and the songs get much richier by understanding what's was going on at the time and what ayu wanted to share from her life.

i actually have a feeling it's in the culture, because i've seen other artists use the same references.

These speculations of Ayu's songs are awesome. I can't take a part in those because I don't "know" the Ayu from 2002 so well, but I always follow the discussion. :)

lately I translated into russian A Song for XX songs and beatfreak interview about them
they are perfect in term of lyrics and meaning, and I adore all this songs even if I don't like how they sound
I miss track-by-track interview...

I think our last one was LOVE again? It's partially due to her not being in as many magazines as before.

I also though July 1st was the one day she would have a really fun day in the beginning of her carer too. I remember she given an explanation to July 1st before :)

But like its been mentioned, it has nothing to do with her father :) Its about having that one day of the year to just have fun, not visiting a father :P

Memorial address and Momentum are the only rumored songs about her father. I think momentum get it because of the old guy in the PV

@truehappiness
She did one track by track interview for colours in the documentary which came with some special version of something i guess lol. Can't remember. But I translated it some months ago, you should find it in here... It was a video actually, a documentary I think.

Oh, it might have been the "A interview" in a TeamAyu edition? I don't recall seeing it but I'd like to read it if you can find it!

And I suppose technically she did a track by track (ish) for A ONE with that one interview explaining the title.

Thanks truehappiness for the interesting insight, i love reading about these things!

could this be from one of the PVs?

I thought teddy bear was about her father also?

Hm...more people making their avatar a pic of themselves...I like it. cute pic. lol

I see mark. Tragedy in Sayonara PV?

sometimes I think that is one fake person under all those accounts

Seems like it!!:P

Oh no shuya what did you do??

Judging from it Shu Ya probably died and bam another fated

Just realized Shuya's name also begins with S lol

The one with the summer feelings and Shuya in it was for Summer Diary. The one with Spexial was Sayonara, and the theme was a bit like... Brillante mix Tay's Bad Blood, saw her costume on Alvin's IG.

"Done with morning training and heading to the Yokohama Arena!!!! Are you ready for the FINAL SHOWS of Cirque de Minuit?"
http://i.imgur.com/kTF59I5l.jpg

Wow ayu trains the morning of, god bless her. I love her nails.

^^I was looking at her well taken-care of skin, and realized that she will be 37 years old this year...time is flying by so fast, October will be here in no time! :O

Queen of flawless skin. She should share her secrets!!

Beautiful woman! That ring on her left hand is gorgeous. The one that looks like 3 bands of gold intertwine. :luv2

Maneyh$$$$

are those fake eyelashes or her real ones?
she has so many rings on her fingers..
which one is her wedding ring anyway?

I think it's expensive skin care products + healthy lifestyle (food, sports etc)

Pretty sure those are eyelash extensions. (Fake lashes that are glued to your real lashes and grow out with them so you have to get replaced every few weeks or so.)

+ filter and photoshop

My skin also looks great when using a filter.

japanese in general seem to have better skin, the food and everything else does leave a significant "mark" on your skin as well. As for eyelashes i think Ayu herself mentioned that she got extensions? i think i recall it from somewhere from a while ago. I actually prefer those over lashes she's been sporting before, this looks much more natural.

999K followers :D

^ A million in a few days!! yay

ayu vs ayu
http://i.imgur.com/JFtBjChl.jpg

"Ayu, this is Ayu. Ayu, this is Ayu."
"Nice to meet you, Ayu."
"Nice to meet you, Ayu."

That would be such a weird meeting... :roflmao

Sorry just off topic.. Is Alvin goh straight or gay? Anyone knows I m just curious

^ He posted the love wins thing (sorry this sounds so rude..) on instagram with the caption "I cried... ❤️ Always Win #lovewins #lovealwayswin #love #equality #compassion #peace #tolerance" I know anyone can post it but with this caption I'd say he's gay, sorry id this is wrong information someone here probably knows
Edit: either way he's hot haha ngl

She uses expensive sheep placenta, doesn't she?

^ Haha i do remember some placenta thing, but i don't know if it was invented by a fan or if she really said she was using that

^ that crebeau stuff that JYJ used to endorse/own/whatever shady business that was? I remember hearing that one of the 3 gave her some of these products but I doubt she actually uses that/is still using that....

beauty care items -> http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121715

I love the glasses she has been wearing in her Twitter pics recently!

She uses Plosion, which is a really expensive skin mist that contains really beneficial ingredients. You insert little tubes of essense into the Plosion machine. I think she says she uses it before shoots.

http://www.mtgec.jp/beauty/plosion/

I want itttt

Her Twitter profile already shows 1M followers, but when you hover on it, it's still stuck on 999,661 followers.

Well, sooner or later she'll break 1M *clap clap*

Watermelon splitting

http://i.imgur.com/dUWErOTl.jpg

she recoreded another 3 songs?!?!?! <3