Teen Ayu video
 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bOZ2DGMvm1U

To watch that video, you need to be signed up on Youtube (takes 2 seconds, go ahead and do it) because the person flagged it as "18+". It's safe to watch, though, so don't worry. It's a really stupid clip from an Idol video Ayu did a long time ago, where she bounces around in a bikini and answers pointless questions. She's soooo young! I translated the interview part (towards the end) so you can see some of her often ditsy answers. What happens is a word (not necessarily a question) pops up on the screen and she makes a comment.

Something you hate: "Samurai"
Flower: "Tulip"
Red: "Ketchup"
Movie: "Nagisa's 'Sinbad' "
Ocean: "It's so wide"
Music: "Black People" (I guess she means rap?)
Makeup: "I hate it"
Photos: "I love them"
Boy: "Stay together with Ayumi"
Money: "I don't know"
Girls: "They are hard to deal with"
A food you like: "Lettuce"
Car: "I want one soon." (I don't understand the type of carshe wants, sounds like "sheema")
A food you hate: "Crab"
---[don't know what this says] "Mother"
Hair color: "I want it to become jet-black"
TV: "I don't watch it much"
Japan: "It's peaceful, huh?"
Video: "I always forget to return them"
Sports: "Basketball, volleyball...I like either"
Tokyo: "There's a lot of people who make this kind of face (makes a face). Do you get it?"
Brand name: "Ozoku and (something), those kinds of things...yeah, I like Ozoku" (clothes brand perhaps?)
Fan: "Last summer, I was really active. In the room that didn't have an air conditioner, it was really hot."
School: "I want to go!"
Foreign Country: "I want to go to France, because I wanted to be born there."
A color you hate: "Orange...it's hot."
School subject you're good at: "I'm a pro at Phys Ed and music."
Season: "I was born in the fall, so I like the fall."
School subject you're not good at: "Math, Language in society, Classics, English, History, Biology, there's a lot."
Manager: "How old is he, do you think? He says he's 26 but I think that's a lie. He's a liar."

I wonder if Ayu ever looks back on this and just shakes her head XD

That changed quite a bit at least. ;)

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Ayumi was kind of a fall-out it seems. Her earliest lyrics reflected this also, and obiously a LOT of people both in Japan and overseas can relate to that. Perhaps her diving popularity is not only because she's getting older and yesterdays news, but also because, like somebody mentions in the distance thread, that she no longer the outsider who feels lost etc, and that she needs to find new material for her songs that she can feel strongly about. I'm not thinking that her lyrics have turned worse, but it doesen't seem that her music is equal with her lyrics and emotions IMO. It still happens, but not nearly as often as before.

this turns out to be a post that perhaps suits the "distance" thread better, but.. It ended up here. Sorry..

Haha, don't apologize, I like when people post in my threads <3

Yeah, it seemed she didn't really fit in when she was younger, which is maybe part of the reason why she pursued the whole Idol career...to make herself feel more wanted and beautiful? Total speculation there. Maybe she was just bored.

I liked the "I hate makeup" thing, and also how she said "I want my hair to be jet-black!" Man, when was the last time we saw Ayu with black hair?

Probably did before, not now.

Wonder if this could be proof that she's a vegetarian even back in her idols days.

Seems like some fake answers...

lmao! those anwers are funny...i wonder if they're true.

lmao! those anwers are funny...i wonder if they're true.

really funny, but Ayu as an Idol is creepy :S

lol. thanks for translating. ^^

I think if ayu were to look at that video again, she'll probably be laughing away.

I'm surprised so few people have responded, I figured everyone would be all excited about the idea of seeing young Ayu in a bikini.

omg "makeup: i hate it" haha oh ayu, u have changed ^_^
her answers were so cute, lol, ketchup :P

ha ha hah I answeard the same thing on the makeup question when my sister asked me what I liked about it. I was 15 too. :love but now I love makeup!

Wow, this post is really ages ago..! But I quite surprising at what this teenage Ayu answers. She's so not answering the questions seriously imo. But when I was 15, I also don't like make up and those such girly things. But now, I'm really not me back then.

I'm so disappointed as the vid is not available anymore. I hope someone have the vid and can post it here. I'll be so glad :)

lol!! very much! :D
can anybody reupload this??? :(

Haha, naah. These were all probably true at some point in time and now she's grown up since then, haha.

Haha, funny. Thanks for translating!

is there anyway we can watch this video again??

Lol, funny responses!!! :laugh

I FOUND IT :D

ooooooooh
I never seen this before
oh well atleast I can read her answers :laugh

i dont know if its the right video, as mine doesnt have ayu in a bikini at all. just some words appear on screen and she says some stuff in a bored way..

Haha!! These are quite amusing answers! Thanks for the translation, SheFliesHigher! :D

I was gonna say, "Oh, she probably isn't a greedy person." But then I remembered all those shopping sprees. :laugh (Not to say that she IS greedy. ;) lol)

I know I'm among many commenting on this one, but come on, it IS ironic! :P

Now, I don't know about you guys, but I know I want to see a video of her chilling with co-workers/staff and playing a sport. ;)

Wink wink! lol

Now I'm tempted to see if she wears (more like doesn't wear) much orange in her photoshoots. :laugh