NHK MUSIC SPECIAL: Ayumi Hamasaki the trajectory of ayu25 year
 

A special program with Ayumi Hamasaki, who celebrated her 25th anniversary since the debut, will be released on NHK!

In addition to a long interview on TV for the first time in eight years, she openly talked about the suffering and conflicts hidden behind 25 years of glory, and revealed with tears in her eyes the reason why she continued to be ayu. From famous songs to songs from the latest album, she will perform a total of 8 gorgeous songs including a special medley, and also get behind the scenes of the latest tour that is currently being held to rave reviews and touring 47 prefectures nationwide!

Along with ayu's own words and many famous songs, we will explore the unknown trajectory of 25 years.

Please take a look♪

「NHK MUSIC SPECIAL 浜崎あゆみ ayu25年の軌跡」
<Broadcast date and time>
2023.10.05 10:00~10:45 NHK

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Omg this is so sweet! Best news in years!

Performed songs：「A Song for ××」「25th SPメドレー」「Nonfiction」「Who…」

She looks stunning..can't wait!!!
I wish someday she will appear on the first take

That's so cute, the whole 25th anniversary celebration is going great so far! Can't wait to watch this.

i'm soooo happy about it, everything that's happening around her 25th anni. is great news <3 can't wait for the interview (with subtitles please haha)

Looking forward to it.
She's likely to deliver vocally.
I'm kinda glad she gave up performing during live shows like Music Station. Pre-recorded usually works best for her.
Excited about the medley, ASFXX and Nonfiction. Sick and tired of Who.

That would be super cool and would be an honor for them. But also… I just know her ass is gonna get roasted for her vocals T___T but I still wish she would come

This is pretty neat, and good timing! I should be back at the hotel in time to watch...

I think she always does a good job for acoustic and not in a loud environment. Even from her current hall tour she already sounded so much better. I believe the first take is kind of edited the vocal or at least gives an effect on it also already use autotune here and there in the recording process. I think she will do just fine.

Even Mika Nakashima sounds good, we know that her vocal is also declining due to her health condition.

so did anybody watch it? I don't have NHK and wasnt able to find a streaming site...

Some videos of her performances are available on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyUtx6kSEho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Egnl2D_nH0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OnIhQ-lzZI

^ thanks for that. i want so bad to watch the interview with english subtitles :~

i loved her vocals overall, Nonfiction performance semmed a bit "lifeless" in the beggining (although i loved the concept) but I think she was saving her voice for the last songs

Love that NHK actually uploaded some of the performances for us to watch!!

Looking forward to see the full show with interview !!! hope someone will upload it, please :)

Don't know if this is the whole thing, but....

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1qu...d_more_video.0

^ this is it, sadly i cant understand a line hahahaha

The 45 minute went by soooo fast; iz was very interesting and clearing up the thing what happened in 2010 and 2013 with America etc.

At the very end at the end of WHO is she doing sign language??

anybody who understands japanese could brief the interview for us peasants please? ^^'

I read some news about it using google translator and it didn't seen to have anything THAT new if you are a hardcore fan.

She got too big way too fast, her schedule was crazy, she felt a lot of pressure, she tried living in the US for some time believing she would feel more free, but in the end it felt like she was runing away and leaving dear people behind.

This is new info: Movin'on Without You's cover is important for her because she could connect to to lyrics she didn't write, so it was when she noticed she could actually just have fun with music.

Oh wow, I agree she got her sudden fame in the early 2000s. And her fame was intense. Really pressuring for a 22 year old at that point of time.

Yup, in addition to what you mentioned above, if I read correctly, in the late 90s and early 00s, everything related to her was reported and she soon realised her real self was very different from "ayumi hamasaki". She found it hard to reconcile both identities.

Her success was attributed to her lyrics, which resonated with a lot Japanese. She was not able to write lyrics like "Let's strive for happiness together" in the early years of her career.

2013 was when she felt that her schedule was repetitive annually and there was nothing new that interest her. She shifted her focus to USA as a form of relief/escape but realised this meant that she abandoned her loved ones. Recording the cover for "Movin' on without you" was interesting for her and she regained the true fun of music.

Briefly mentioned the novel about her and Max. She basically just commented that she doesn't care what people think of her.

ayu will continue live her life forward as ayumi hamasaki.

A Song for XX is my ultimate favorite song of hers, this new performance blown me away <3

This is like a fairwell show for ayumi hamasaki. She can people what really happened in the US during 2013 and why she did that. It is an emotional show.

Regarding the songs, her performance is great, the voice, especially Who... at the end, is amazing.

At the end of Who..., did ayu use sign language to communicate with her fans / viewers????

Hey~ is Nobody notice the "Duty" lyric draft but content is "SURREAL"？

I ran the whole show through an automated audio transcribe/translator and it did a decent job with the interview, looks like it got about 75-80%% according to the program's confidence level, but I haven't watched the whole thing yet though, so I have an English subtitle file that could be decent. There are still lots of mistakes and timing problems with the subtitles, but if anyone wants to try cleaning it up/correct mistakes and timing, PM me and I'll give you the srt file.

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wow thanks - though i dont have the expertise for that, i believe someone here might do

did ya find something other than what people have already said about it here? (the interview)

ps: its noticeable that even soundwise speaking mid 2010s was a tough time for her too, I remember a lot of fans not liking the trio -Party Queen, LOVE again, Colours- that much.

LOVE again, for me, was the lowest point.
It was the first time I wasn't as much interested in ayu's releases.
Her 15th Anniversary basically consisting of 2 mini-albums then compiled into one with almost no extras, plus there was the going-out-with-my-dancer Maro PA disaster too...

Colours was a much needed fresh start IMO :)

I used Sonix.ai . I had credit left over from a previous project so decided to try it. I ran the audio of the entire 46 minute show through its transcribe and translate features.

This was such a good show. Probably some of her best TV performances in years!

Isn't ayu's instagram story says that on 3rd March will be a new broadcast of the extended version?

Yes, it looks like it will be a 60 minute version. The original was about 45 minutes, so an extra 15 minutes of interview?