I can't see the setlist when I click to show spoilers. Does anybody have an external link? Are there other major changes?

I do think she is just looking for praise instead of sincere comment and advice.
Remember how she make fans pissed at Sendai show of Jtb chapter 2 and then disabled comments on instagram.

^^same regarding setlist...beloved is nice though. The song has grown on me and I would probably enjoy seeing it live one day.

I think after that controversial post, it made sense to disband, as many celebs do on controversial posts. As to why she continued to keep comments closed, she probably gets that it will continue to be somewhat toxic.

I think ayu is willing to hear sincere comments (even though a lot of fan advice is not well thought out in any industry), but people on social media notoriously attack celebrities so that looking through the comments and tweets is pointless. Many of them block people who do these things or just don't read as much. Others clap back.

Unless she wants to feed into the fan/hater drama like some people do to garner that controversy attention, there isn't much of a point in looking into it.

Also if she really wants to find things on social media instead of TA messages, she can. But I don't know what she does in her free time.

You seek advice from your friends and peers within the same industry who have actual experience and not twitter.

She can still get the comments by checking hash tags...

Most of the fans advices are pretty bad to be honest. I wouldn't waste my time either

It strikes me as different time back when we made that book. I feel like there was far less animosity back then and people felt less entitled. Ayu was still on twitter and happy to chat to fans and it was a massive deal when she replied to you (she never replied to me). She wasn't on insta so there was no whinging about her disabling of comments.

Today's setlist was the same as yesterday

I wish this forum had a "like" button! ITA - so true!

Official Osaka setlist for those wondering.



Voyage added alongside HEAVEN and beloved as others mentioned.
Credit to https://ameblo.jp/zzz100siki/entry-12463919753.html

Ayu opens up her miss understood tour with a song about insincerity. THE SHADE.

Maybe by "These first 5 shows were all about paying close attention to what the audience was saying" doesn't mean that she was looking for feedback on social media but that she paid attention to how the audience reacted to the songs or the props during the shows.

Actually, it's David Reitzas and he mixed "do it again" and "progress", if i'm not mistaken.

^ Correct. He was the mix engineer on both do it again and progress. He also did virgin road, November and beloved. I think he was also credited as a recording engineer but I'm not sure to what extent he was involved in the recording...his old posts focused only on mixing.

when you search his name on google, this comes up
omg almost 10 years..

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_69z2mbV3dz...82-800x600.jpg

Some of my favorite songs from that period. The mixing of "do it again" is superb, it really shows the majesty of the arrangement.

wow is that from the Love songs era? her hair looks like the 'do she wore on the Sparkle video :yes

I agree. do it again is so majestic.

Aww cute pic of David Reitzas and Ayu!

Do It Again is great - I love the build up in that song!

Ayu looks so cute in that picture.:heart
Seeing 2009/2010 Ayu makes me feel nostalgia for that time.

she really doesn't look that different from now :P

"Bring it!!" is all I can say to this :-)

She's had a phenomenal career, and it ain't over yet. Touring is one thing, but not releasing *anything* for purchase for her 20th anniversary is a travesty.