The biggest rumor around that whole thing was that Ayu didn't want to perform because AKB was going to be there as well.
Quote:
|
The artist would never accept one music program's invitation and not the other, it leads to bad relationships within the business.
|
She's pretty much done that before though by going to MS -only- in some years. (Practically the only show she was on regularly from 2009-2011 was MUSIC STATION) Is it so different that she's now doing FNS/HEY!HEY!HEY! instead?
I think there's more to it than meets the eye.
As for why she's not at MSSL, who knows. She used to show up at Best Artist rather often and she wasn't there this year or last year iirc. So was she banned? She missed FNS the last few years and now she's back to being there after not showing up since SEASONS + Days. Was she banned from 2009-2011?
I just think it's a bit soon to say that she's blacklisted when we've had way less lives this year than perhaps any year ever in her career. From 2009 onward it was like she was showing up on TV less and less as the years went on but things are looking up with the appearances this month. For example, she appeared on ONLY MUSIC STATION in 2011 (Life performance, ANother song/Why..., then she was supposed to be on there for beloved) and then there was Kouhaku. That was it. This year, it took until August for her to show up on TV on an FNS special and since then we're only now getting HEY!HEY!HEY, FNS, and Kouhaku for December.