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Originally Posted by Yumsushi
I'm not sure that anyone is specifically saying Ayu has to change musically or artistically. Right now I can honestly say her music is her only saving grace. However, Ayumi has never been just about music, she's also created an image to go with her music and that image also extends to marketing. And since her packaging and marketing have been abysmal recently, many people like me are torn because they like Ayumi's music and are still fans but feel that either her or her company aren't putting in the effort as before and it's disappointing because it's Ayumi who has set these standards in the industry for herself. No one is asking for gold dusted cd covers but as a longtime fan, its hard for me to just see something like her 15th anniversary fiasco and just be happy with the music and ignore everything else that came with it, especially when it makes her look like a joke.
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This.
Regardless of what type or quality of music, when it comes to solely a product perspective like CD art, posters, tour goods, etc. Post-Next level artwork has been very low quality its like they don't even put forth any effort. Love songs and Love again was basically just a lame picture and times new roman font. The tour goods are pathetic as well. All she has is a towel, a shirt, a pamphlet and a photobook. As a comparison, Koda Kumi has jewelry, fans, license plates, cell phone straps, tape, matchbox cars, etc. for her tour goods. The king craft of this whole thing was the 15th anniversary releases it was the same thing like 4 times and then for collecting everything you're rewarded with a wallpaper... are you serious? It's pathetic not to mention highly insulting to us as fans for them to try to feed us this bull*****.
Clearly she has gotten complacent, she's approves this marketing, she doesn't perform on TV anymore, she keeps rehashing the same "Love" concept over and over and over and over again. She needs to get it together or just bow out if she doesn't want to do it anymore. She'd have more respect if she just quit like Utada instead of becoming a trainwreck like BoA.
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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi
Avex blocks Ayu's videos cuz her videos are sold on dvd and internet... They probably are also afraid of people ripping the songs from youtube.
This IS very stupid, but it's not something exclusive to Avex...
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That is so stupid. The same people who buy the DVDs would still buy them because internet quality does not even compare to DVD quality.