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Originally Posted by Chris85
Speaking about shrinking fanbase, there's a thread on girlschannel about the reasons people stopped being Ayu's fans.
The answers are quite interesting. Some of them include Maro fiasco, blaming divorce on earthquake, bad vocals, saying that she graduated from Kouhaku when in fact she wasn't selected, Party Queen album, marriages with weird foreigners, etc.
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That is interesting, though in line with the usual. Aside from bad vocals, I cant imagine not being able to like and enjoy my favorite artists for any of those reasons. And I wish Party Queen was not so hated because it was actually interesting lyrically and concept wise...and her last album to be that interesting. Though I suppose albums like that are bound to be controversial, I've never had a problem with the concept or understanding why she presented it the way she did.
To me, ayumi is a human with relationship problems and all other kinds of personal issues we dont know much about. And as much as people felt overexposed to her personal life, we really weren't exposed to much and the fans seem to make bigger drama out of it than it should be. It's common with celebrities but I find it unreasonable and selective since not everyone responds to other artists this way when similar things come up.
Aside from actual musical production the only time I find it hard to maintain fandom is when an artist comes out with wildly ignorant personal views on social issues. And even then depending on the dialogue around it, I may not even mind at all (like with Utada on twitter some time ago).
Anyway, if people dont love ayu, they dont. But the reasons are always so odd to me. Saying her music sucks or that her tours are boring makes more sense to me lol (and I'm sure that's still a part of it for many). I actually empathize and feel for her regarding her personal issues.