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The first songs of her I listened to were "Kanriya", "Fly High", and "Boys & Girls." While I can't say I liked those songs, I was intrigued as to the rest of her work. My favorite song of hers is undoubtedly "Real Me." She used a lower register and it sounded NATURAL (aside from the whole fact that i liked the song in general, lyrics and music). Except for the chorus line of "In order to survive," that high note was probably helped along with sound filters and enhancers. No way you could make that sound naturally without your voice jumping into your olfactory glands and your vocal chords crying out in mercy.
Only if she acted like her real self more often! I understand the need for the happy, perky face for the fans, but she doesn't have to add that irritating "sweet as sugar, and cute as a button" facade onto the whole package.
She seemed to have started her whole "iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" notage when she started with AVEX. Again, all her pre-AVEX singing/speaking that's been caught (ie: Swimsuit Idol Vid & Idol on Stage) will show a dramatic difference from her voice almost all throughout her AVEX career.
I wasn't fond of Rainbow because of that nasal voice towards the end (the fuzzy, be-feathered nails were also interesting).
Ayu may've had the ability to become a decent singer (overall voice-wise) if she didn't hurt her voice so much with the forceful Soprano (if that's what it is) that she does so often. If the alleged smoking rumors as true, then that could also be a contributor. If you notice sometimes when she goes backsatge then reappears at concerts, her voice sounds so much worse. I believe she may've had a smoke to help her calm her nervousness but let's not go ino that can of worms. I shouldn't have, but I'm trying to illustrate a point.
I kind of liked "Ourselves" bcause of her moody, lower verses and in the actual chorus she didn't try to reach for the stars too often with her high notes. I actually rather liked "A Song for XX", but you notice the tangent I'm going on? Low-toned songs, it sounds more natural and it seems that she puts more quality, resonance, and robustness to her vocal capers.
I hate it when she tries to sing high-pitched live, because it generally never ends well and she can't necessarily go back and pick out the best parts and try it over again to erase the bad parts.
But at this point I'm rambling so someone else go ahead and take the soap box.
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