the rehearsal photos make me so excited.

I'm hoping for good vocals (as usual) and a completely different hairdo from 夏ノトラブル (not a fan of the double ponytail thing).

I want to see some wavy hair (something like trouble CDL 18-19) with fringe. I don’t mind the pony tail but not throughout the entire show, I miss seeing her shaking her hair like a mad woman (until that day performance AT07).

this is an absolutely SUPERIOR look. some truly Queen shit.

Did anyone notice that the letters at the beginning of her last posts will probably spell LOVE & WALK, the two concepts she wants to combine for this show. Makes me real curious

That's explains why I was confused when I read the hashtags because I was positive that's Ayu in the picture :laugh

ok its a new live show?
not a recording one?
ok i'm interesting

This social media hype is really awesome, I can't wait for Friday to come! :luv2

I really like the fact that she posted daily and got involved in connecting with her audience.

Given how she was photographed daily by a professional, maybe she will post a collection of photos from the rehearsal or will add a mini-documentary when a potential DVD will be released. :yes

omg the fans in the seats are so precious!! The poor staff having to switch every one off and on again for the photo shoots and (I assume) the actual concert though xD

Mine is still in my Tenso mailbox lolll

From her last photos on instagram: "LOVE & WA"

I presume love & war, maybe a new release?

Love & Walk were the two concepts of the final trouble tour chapter so it's just both of them together :)

I think she could parlay LOVE & WALK into a new album concept.

Too close to something Koda Kumi could or should call something.

Does anyone know what happened to Timmy?

I don't think so. All we can do and have done is speculate. Hope we find out soon though...

I hope nothing bad happened to/with Timmy. I really like him :(

I like the new photographer and the quality of his pictures! They're so clear and smooth. I really disliked the graininess in Masayuki Kamo's pictures

I feel like this will be a repeat of Peco. So much hate for her when she was in Ayu's troupe and then people miss her when she leaves lol

I like some of his musical contributions, but live he can be a bit distracting (he’s a must in BRILLANTE performances though lol). Still, hope nothing bad happened to him!

Hmm...such a sudden absence...I really like Timmy's music. I know Party Queen isn't a favorite, but I love some of the music he wrote for it, and Brillante is one of my favorites ever.

He's clearly been preparing for something with Ayu, hopefully she just didn't need him this time. It was a fairly stripped-down show for her--from what I saw on YouTube, it even looked like fewer dancers than usual.

I'm starting to be really worried about Timmy too. I don't think he has been fired. What I think or what I want to think is that Ayu knows he speaks to fans sometimes and that now he is going to be involved in the next album, so it is likely that, to keep all this new info safe, he closed all his social media accounts. I'm sure that some people only try to get info about Ayu from him, which is not my case.

This is what I want to think. I hope he is ok and keeps being part of Ayu's troupe. He is not only a great person, but an impresive composer and vocalist.

I still hope he can travel to Sevilla to see my hometown sooner or later. Hahaha

I tried to search for info on Japanese Twitter, but people there are just wondering what happened to Timmy like us. His IG photos are still hosted on their servers, I don't know if it only happens when the account is deactivated, but not deleted.

Hope for something like that. I liked his latest IG Q&A, of course there was talk about Ayu but he gave some great beauty product tipps, I know what sunscreen I will buy next summer for my super sensitiv skin haha (I get often allergic reaction rash from sunlight)

I hate to think the worst, but wasn’t Timmy being openly critical regarding ayu’s live at some point. I think I read that somewhere. Let’s hope for the best :/

he agreed with a comment that the mixing/mastering of the latest CDL DVD was not that good. I can´t imagine that this whould get him fired.

Anyone realised Ayu Instagram with alphabet caption on each posting from 25 Sept... L,O,V,E,&W,A,L,K

Yes.

Any idea what the hint all about?

As I'm not a social media person, I didn't noticed that Timmy closed them. I hope he is fined. Maybe he just want to take a break?

Trouble tour had two setlist, each with the concept of Love and Walk, respectively.

^this :)

thank you!

I could't live with all the marble around me lol But gorgeous!!!

Love the baby walker near the table ��

What did she write in that instagram post?

Google translate is a mess but it looks like "mind your own business and don't gossip about my baby" or something

About my pregnancy this time, I've never seen you before, but thank you for your polite and original opinions and for worrying about the child who'll be born.

I will continue to live by my own measure regarding my private life. Me and my family decide and choose the standard and form of happiness. I don't care if it's different from many others.

omg are those IKEA Detolf class cabinets? xD

And in front of the couches there's a baby play thing, where you lie them on their backs and they have toys above them (totally can't think of the word right now, a mobile?).

Found this account tagging the places and outfits/objects Ayu posts:

https://www.instagram.com/kzm19810911/

Thanks for sharing! She really love her Hermes pillows and throws :laugh

This is the best Google translation I have ever seen.

Instagram user @kyohiiru seems to have posted some news about Kobayashi Shingo.

I tried translating their Instagram caption using Google Translate and it's terribly sad news, but I don't know how reliable it is.

can anyone confirm please?

UPDATE:

I found the news source.

ayu's longtime and beloved keyboardist/producer Shingo Kobayashi has passed away due to cancer.

this is devastating. he had been with her for so long throughout her career.

The ladies behind her (Pink jacket and white pants, black with umbrella) seem to be doing their own photoshoot, Imagine being the random person on IG with Ayu in the background of your pic :tipsy


Aww that's terrible news about Shingo. I hope he didn't suffer and his family are doing well. RIP.

RIP shingo. That’s really sad to hear.

Ah, this is so sad...

It's been a while since Ayu announced Shingo's cancer so he battled it bravely. So sad he couldn't win...

He was a pillar in Ayu's career, hope she can cope with his death.

This is said. =(

^She also says that it is entirely his private matter and that therefore there can't be an explanation coming from her. That and her request to not bother him sound to me as if Timmy himself made the decison to leave. But I guess we will never know.

I think those are nice very good words to end some speculations. I'm looking forward to seeing what Lee's dream is :)

I'll really miss Lee, he felt really fresh and I loved his solos. About Timmy, I just hope their friendship somehow remains.

The dancers I like always don’t stay long with Ayu. It was “Koya” and then “Lee”.

wow. I'm glad she finally addressed it but just shocked at the discretionary tone. it just all seems so sudden. whatever the cause of him leaving, I hope he's OK. the fact that ayu acknowledges it this way gives me the impression that Timmy left her troupe in (somewhat) good terms. at least I hope so.

It has been a while that Timmy is in Ayu's team. Maybe he just wants to do something else or follows his path? I just hope that nothing wrong happened in his family or friends that made him leaving the troupe.

koumori thanks for posting this
It's sad that few latest entries still without translation

My opinion is still that something bad happened. Maybe Timmy wasn't "fired," but whatever happened must have still been ugly. If he were just leaving for his own reasons and things were amicable, he wouldn't deactivate his social media or unfollow them all. Something definitely happened that was pretty big that caused him to leave. Maybe arguments over how to proceed with things due to Covid, but I still don't think that would make him unfollow everyone.

Yup, I agree. Something big happened here. I highly doubt he left on good terms. It sounds like Timmy wants nothing todo with them anymore. Since ayu is so incredibly professional, I doubt she’ll reveal the situation as it stands. This whole things is very sad. :( Timmy will be missed

^agreed. :(

My take: I think mixing personal with private life is rarely a good idea. She wasn’t just his coworker, but his boss as well. I think they were certainly friends at the beginning, but it was still a bit of a “honeymoon phase” sort of situation. (The Party Queen era)

I could kinda feel a weird tension between them during the live streaming events with her and her dancers and Timmy. Like they were supposed to be friends but the chemistry was all wrong lol if that makes sense.

I’m glad he wasn’t fired though. Everyone has the right to move on. Considering how big a connection he gained through Ayu, deleting social could have been the only way to truly move on (by disconnecting from fans).

I do believe it was kind of sudden though, as Princess kind of said as much in regards to being there.

I'm bummed to hear about Lee, I was hoping to see him back at some point soon. It's good that he's found a new path, I should really follow what he's doing from time to time.

I wonder what Timmy will do from here, maybe he will go solo or something and try his luck? Maybe Covid has him thinking about his 5 and 10 year career plans and he's just decided on a fresh start?

I often wish I had the financial security to do that lol

Hopefully we see the Princess/Yongae/Ayu trio for a while to come. They worked really well together.

I asked remove-mom from the AHS Discord to translate the beginning of Ayu's most recent TA post specifically, since I felt the auto translation versions were not giving it credit for what she was trying to convey. I felt the translation is quite important for all Ayu fans to read so I will share it here. Again, full credit is to remove-mom for taking the time to interpret the original Japanese text.

I'm sure people will feel it ironic that I am sharing her words outside of the official TA despite her clearly being exasperated or upset with that in this post, but I believe TA is all Ayu fans. Some people can't afford Team Ayu and I don't feel it's fair to consider them outside of the family simply due to that.

So, I hope everyone feels welcome to read Ayu's words here, and know it's for them as much as anyone else.

I feel like Timmy probably just wanted to do something different. It's not like a normal job, so he might have wanted to move on from the recognition of the job too. Hard to do that if your boss/friend's fans are still all over your social media. We're all talking about it now, imagine what people would be doing if he had a (public)Twitter still!

Also... it's not like fans have ever been particularly nice about him? He owes Ayu fans no explanation at all tbh

I also think it must’ve been hard for him in the gay community here. Everyone basically knows who he is that even remotely likes Ayu, so it must be surreal... wondering if people are just interested in you because of your connection to her or not.

Just my assumption of course, I didn’t know him personally. Though I saw him around, I purposely decided not to cross that line because as an Ayu fan I didn’t want to know any behind the scenes things (not to say he would divulge such details but, you know what I mean.)

Yeah, for sure.. Makes sense to keep that distance. I hope he does fine moving forward. Ayu was such a big part of his life.

Well, I hope all is ok with Timmy. Best wishes for him and his endeavors. He's super talented and seems like a very interesting person.

This definitely feels like a season of change. I find the songs he helped Ayu create are some of my favorites.

I didn't have that impression at all. Gotta rewatch.
His past with Ayu is his resume, why delete it? Unless he wants to try himself in a new field.

People keep saying "unfollowed", but didn't he deactivate his social media? Meaning there's no reference to his previous work.

His Twitter and FB are up again, only IG is still gone.

Thanks for clearing this up, I was confused because I only checked his IG.

I'm a little sad our picture isn't up on his IG any more, Ayu liked it from her personal account which was really exciting for me. :D

^ What personal account? 👀

When he came back from deactivation he unfollowed ayu and the rest of the troupe along with ayu fans.

I remember she had a personal fb account with her butt on the icon

The a.you account is her public account and she has another private account. Kind of the same as facebook, Ayumi Hamasaki Bodhkin was her personal account when she was married to Tyson and she has her public , probably staff run account.

OK but does anyone specifically know her username for this private Instagram account???

I don't remember it lol, I used to click the picture on my tagged pictures to see the likes/who liked it but its not there anymore since Tim deactivated his IG. It was nearly 2 years ago so it could have changed as well. It was a private, small account so not easy to find anymore.

I don't think it is necessary to know that. We have her public account and leave her privacy alone.

honest question: would I be violating her privacy if I knew the username of her private Instagram account, which I will never ever have (follower) access to?

^ I don't think knowing its name is something terrible since you can't see the content. But it feels a bit off just looking for it. Private is private for a reason.

No!! Your doing nothing wrong.

It's one thing to find it out by accident, but imo asking for it does seem stalker-ish

Her recent Instagram post was of her praying at a shrine to help morning sickness. Most morning sickness leaves around month 3-4 so she must be somewhere in there. The auto-translate referred to 'babies' in her post rather than baby. I wonder if that's an error or if she has twins ��

^The post does not say she prayed to help morning sickness, also, the auto-translation isn't really correct. ;)
It says: "I went to a shrine, prayed for the health of the little ones and afterwards walked alongside a stream where the air was clear. It felt good" and then she was adding the hashtag #morningsicknessrelief

For me it reads more that the walk and the fresh air helped her with her morning sickness. Also, she does not talk about "babies" but about "chibi tachi". Chibi is usually either used for a short person or for small children. I guess she just prayed for the health of both of her children and is not having twins. ;)

Her morning sickness is clearly bothering her; her other post was a throwback and she had a hash tag that said “when morning sickness wasn’t so bad” or something similar

I never said it doesn't? But her post does not say that she went to the shrine so that she could pray for her morning sickness to go away. Her post says that she went to the shrine to pray for good health for her children and took a walk afterwards which felt good. I just provided a correct translation as opposed to the one apparently provided by instagram.

Thank you! The Instagram translation was terrible in comparison. Thank you for clearing it up :)

Timmy is doing a Facebook live right now, lol I just found out he unfriended me (because I have an ayu pic on my avatar?)

:roflmao:roflmao for real? I’m so sorry.

Lol the hate is for real. Wonder if we’ll ever know, maybe on a book released in 20 years
...?

On another side note, it’s so cute we’re having some insights on her pregnancy this time around.