I'm actually quite curious why she didn't just do an entire album release, rather than just doing this small mini. I went to her concert in Osaka on the 12th, and she performed much more songs. Easily an album's worth. She even sang Momo no Hanabira!
She sounded great the entire concert though! And I was actually surprised by was her speaking voice! She had such a raspy kind of deep voice when she spoke that was such a contrast to her singing voice haha. She was really cute though and made the audience laugh quite a bit.
Maybe it was the fact that it was a piano live instead of her usual LOVE is BORN tour, but it was quite interesting to see that most of the fans at that concert were in their 30s and 40s. There was one elementary boy at the table next to me though and he got to give her a drawing that he made. It was cute!
At the concert, you could buy a CD+Drink set that came with a little pin featuring her aio cat drawing.
The drink is themed after Kingyo Hanabi, which oddly enough she did NOT sing that night lol
If you bought the CD+Drink set, you also had the chance to be called up on stage to meet her and sit there as she sang Momo no Hanabira.
She also hid what I think was drawings/autographs at 2-3 random tables (Still not sure what it was exactly since i couldn't understand lol). But she asked everyone to check their napkin holder to see if they found it.
There was an older man who both found the drawing AND got called up on stage. She was really surprised at his luck haha.
After the concert ended, she disappeared for a bit before coming back for an encore. Overall it was a pretty nice experience to see her! I came to Japan for Namie but it was nice to also be able to snag last minute tickets to see Ai!
Really hoping she releases some new material soon!