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Frankly, I would not be surprised either way. AVEX is a bussiness and when it comes to money, some people will do whatever, despite the emotions of others, to get their hands on it. AVEX probably believed AYU was a rare treasure, in the sense that she has an undeniable presence and they took her for what she was worth. Now that she is having difficulity selling she is pushed back and somewhat rejected. So AVEX has to find someone else to take her place. Like I stated in a previous post, the same situation is happening with Koda Kumi or Namie Amuro ( or I think so, I do not keep with their music to often), except their sex appeal is used to sell records. Sorry, if I confused any one, yet as fans we need to understand that the record label controls an artist. Bold & Delicious anyone? Which in turn implies that AYU is a music machine to these people she makes the music and sings and graces her prescence on a magazine cover and then the recording label decides when the singles/albums/etc will be sold. Her personal stylist, hair stylist, and makeup artist decide what she will wear, or she may be given a choice, and how her makeup and hair will be done. The photographer pretty much dictates how he/she wants the photograph to look, and we as fans are expected to do our dutiful role and buy her merchandise. Now, the issue with this theory, is that sometimes people reliate. For example, Koda Kumi's remark was an issue because she upset an entire country that has a small population, which is in desperate need of a baby boom and not only that but some people are not to tolerant of individuls who are different from the social norm; which was an accident on her part yet according to AVEX she needed to be punished. Mainly because that is what the public wanted, in order to make money the recording label goes by the public's desires. However this means that as fans, we need to be more understanding of our roles which is to support the artist, even when an issue seems awkard; yet a part of supporting someone is offering constructive critism. And at times that might mean accepting what she has to offer us and not the recording label. In other words maybe AVEX wants her to crank out singles because fans constantly want to hear a new AYU song. Which is understandable on our part because we want a piece of her.
However, on the flip side, maybe we are reading too much into the situation? Maybe AYU does not feel like a machine, though I think that is highly unlikely? Maybe AVEX is not the bad guy. what if AYU has made a few wrong moves in her career?
I am sorry for the long meaningless rant, but this situation is curious.