ayu to perform "No way to say" and "Haru yo, Koi" on FNS on 2021.12.01
 

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Ayu is going to perform "No way to say" and "Haru yo, koi" on FNS Kayousai on 1st December, 2021.

Source: https://www.fujitv.co.jp/FNS/

Wow thats a surprise! I hope she is recovering well too

Awnn *-*, NWTS and Haro yo, koi <3 great choices!

I hope she will sit. Really ayu, you should not walk so soon after surgery

I'm sure it will be a beautiful live :)

There you go, the first songs confirmed for the CDL :D :P

That's a nice surprise/coincidence because I've been listening to No way to say a lot lately.

Oh my god No way to say! How nostalgic!

I'm so damn excited for this live. I love both songs so much! :heart

No Way To Say.. throwback vibes. excited

I know that in all likelihood she will take care and be sitting down for this performance, but I'm slightly concerned (if also amused) that there's an off-chance that she'd pull an ayu and perform this with acrobatics à la Angel in PREMIUM SHOWCASE :laugh (please don't)

^ Why did you have to remind me about that song? Pain is real.
Good song choices for the show. Hope she delivers.

I'm ready to see the gown she'll wear :)

Seems she's wearing the dress from her current tour. She looks stunning!
And the FNS message: https://twitter.com/fns_kayousai/sta...51691180163083

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The performance was recorded

She looks gorgeous!

The dress is gorgeous, not sure how I feel about the wig tho...

Can't wait to watch the perfomance

Her look here reminds of that photoshoot she did with Leslie or maybe even the recording of the How Beautiful You Are video.

I think it's a gorgeous look. It's also the one she uses during the Asia Tour!

She really looks like a doll.

Like a doll, indeed.
Can't wait for the performance!

So we're getting 2 different looks tomorrow, that's even more interesting! I can't wait!

Don't like the hair and make up, like you said guys, she's like a doll... I prefer when she's more natural. The dress is gorgeous !

It’s my favorite look from this tour :love

I’m guessing Haruyokoi will just be a kimono but I wonder if it’ll be something new

Ayu will perform two songs separately. Haru yo after 20:00, No way after 22:00. Show starts at 18:30 JST

I'm curious to see those performances. I've been singing "No way to say" very often lately.

Thank you!
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Haru yo koi was absolutely beautiful :)

Can't believe the band is back! So happy to see them.

AHHH Haru yo, koi was beautiful! She looked stunning. Can't wait to watch No way to say

I missed Haru yo koi performance, now waiting for No way to say. I think it'll be broadcasted after 10:30 pm JST

I found Haru yo, koi in Twitter https://twitter.com/ongaku_hikari/st...15633510789121

No way to say was AWESOME.

here's No way to say https://twitter.com/ongaku_tv2nd/sta...47879882018823

I liked this performance. it's always great to see her without dancers. but this voice :/ she sounded much more high-pitched than it was originally. but at least she wasn't that off-key as other singers in this show. I kinda got a headache while listening to others lol

Two wonderful performances in one night, what a treat :)

I finally got to watch both of her performances now. Ayu really stole the show! :heart The costumes were so pretty & she sounded very good (cutesy voice but still very pleasant IMO). :love

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Wow, both dresses look beautiful. :)

I was wondering why the spotlight on Yocchan was so dark.... and now I know its because its not Yocchan lol

Is there anywhere else to watch it? This user's tweets are protected

If bilibili is ok with you then here:
Haru yo koi https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1y44y1h7FM?
No way to say https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1r44y1h73J/

^ Thank you! :heart

She sounded really good, but why she insists on using that goddamn baby voice? NATSU/SAIGO no Trouble were such a blessing lowering the key in some songs (she sounded fantastic in JEWEL), idk why she doesn't do it more often.

No way to say was so touching

Maybe she is using it because people are not very fond of her lower register. I think her natural voice is much better than baby voice. I agree she sounded really good. :yes

Maybe singing in baby voice helps her to control voice?

Yesterday I watched CDL 2006-2007 on YouTube. No way to say was so beautiful it made me cry. After that FNS version doesn't sounds as touching for me.

I really loved her voice from 2006 to 2010. Yes, the technique wasn't the best and she was off key here and there, but it was very pleasant to me, she sounded like a woman singing (bar cutesy sections on concerts), not a girl.

Such 2 strong performances ! Her voice was really beautiful and she was gorgeous (especially her look for Haru yo koi)

both sofas used at the performances are from ayu's home. They probably costs 4 mln yen together. She said thanks to transport team “Blex” at the instagram )

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https://twitter.com/Kll_/status/1466...w2_1-rg5Q&s=19

No Way To Say touched so strong that I watched the CDL 06-07 XD Damn this girl is powerful!

Visually the performances were beautiful but I did not like her voice in either of the performances. Ayu baby voice is my least favorite ayu voice lately. It really takes away the uniqueness and any amount of emotion you can usually hear in her voice.

A little OT but Avex made something right: A BALLADS 2 is discounted! Both the AAC version and the FLAC Hi Res version. Right now the Hi-Res version is charting at #61 on Mora General Albums Chart, and #14 on the Recochoku Hi-Res Album Daily Chart. Let's hope this discount goes until the end of December, at least.

https://recochoku.jp/album/A2002112060/album
https://mora.jp/package/43000002/ANTCD-A0000003908/
https://recochoku.jp/album/A2002112060/hires_album
https://mora.jp/package/43000002/ANT...=albumRank_all

Unfortunately it will go only until 23:59 of 7th Dec.

^Welp :tipsy

No way to say <3

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I thought it was a good choice of songs to perform (and some nice A Ballads 2 promo!) but her vocals weren't to my taste. Did she perform in her cutesy voice to appeal to the public?

I liked the outfits though!

She looked great and I liked the song choices. Her voice was well controlled, but I also don't like the cutesy voice.

I loved both of the performances :love I don't mind cutesy voice that much since she controls her vocals soooo good with that.. I'm not a fan of cutesy voice as a voice but the way she can sing her songs without being off-key 80% of the time. This is her voice of the 2020's and I'm okay with that :yes

I personally liked her vocals! I don't think she's singing this way to sound cute, that's probably a "technique" she's using that helps her control her voice or something

She looks super cute and sings well, but the cutesy voice is not for me... It removes the emotion and I don't feel anything.

Both Performances are good but I like No way to say more. I hope ayu gets recovered soon.

Regarding her voice, reminds me Love Songs era. I can see why some people didn't like it.

at this point I've stopped thinking of this kind of vocal as "baby voice" because I too think it's a necessary technique for her to control her pitch, which I suppose must be extremely difficult to do with her hearing condition.

because of this, I find both performances to be wonderful. she was on pitch. no screaming. wonderful :luv2

HWANYWORLD put up a great retrospective of her FNS performances.



From this, it looks like it was 2012 to 2020 where she stopped performing new material for the general public. But from 2020 she's included new material, either covers or new singles, each time. A great sign!

If you notice Ayu often uses baby voice when she's talking, so I doubt it's necessarily to control her voice. I guess it's a desire to sound cute, maybe young, maybe more like her former self, maybe lack of confidence. I wonder what Japanese audience thinks of such voice?
No way to say sounds very cartoonish, but I'll take it over screaming.
If someone decides to make a comparison of her vocals over the years it will be one hell of a watch.

I thought both performances were great, even if Ayu's baby voice isn't my cup of tea either. There were parts of NWTS where at times it seemed like a more "natural" tone was emerging, like she was using the baby approach to control her vocals better, but she still had a specific understanding of how NWTS typically sounds tone wise and had to correct herself?

She looked beautiful also. Doll Ayu is a top-tier Ayu aesthetic, and I love when she adopts a maximalist approach to fashion during the holiday season.

One of the best performances I've seen in many years. I don't mind the voice, I much prefer this to the lower register.

The Haru Yo, Koi music video has reached 2M views! :)

These were strong performances! I didn't really notice the cutesy voice, Ayu had perfect control of her pitch and that was just amazing to watch!!

I didn't like her first look - not a fan of the 'overdone doll' personally. The Haru Yo, Koi look was incredible though - her hair with the little flowers in it was just gorgeous :luv2

she sang Ohia so beautifully last year, I'm not a fan of the cutesy voice. but if it's either that or screaming, I'm totally fine with it. she looked absolutely gorgeous performing Haru yo, koi.

Her looks, her outfit and the setting are absolutely amazing! But that baby voice...please lower the key just a little bit. You can tell by her face that it's hard for her to reach to that key as well. :/

I agree baby voice gotta go.

I was so excited to see her perform for TV again. She looked lovelly, but as soon as she opened her mouth with first two lines, i exited the video. The Haru yo koi studio version was already ballancing on the edge for me with those vocals, however they were just slightly squeeky, but the live of the two songs was even more jarring. It just sounded like a fake tone. She needs to stop. She has such a lovelly soothing natural tone which isn't even THAT low, and i don't get why she's going to this one. I mean she clearly has more control of her technique, i don't understand where this extra nasaly tone is coming from. Cuz she still sounds amazing.

Her Haru yo, Koi performance made me tear up. Her vocals were on pitch, and SO crisp. I actually thought it sounded effortless. Plus less heavy drawn out vibrato.

Watched her performance of NWTS. Her higher register was good during choruses but verses would sound much better if she was able to sing in a lower pitch.

I was however disappointed with her HY,K performance. Based on the MV She did an amazing cover of the song but in FNS she relied too much on her nasal voice and while it worked to a certain extent for NWTS, it did not work for this song. Additionally i thought she emoted better in NWTS too.

Looking forward to more performances for HY,K!