I doubt a world tour would be feasible for Ayu. I feel like even though Perfume, Kyary, One Ok Rock and Babymetal are a niche they still have way more fans overseas than ayu... I doubt she'd even sell half of a hall-sized venue anywhere outside asia, unless she, like, comes for just one-two concerts in the USA but then I think there's no point because why travel so far just for one concert, if it doesn't bring much profit if any at all? And it wouldn't be a world tour then.
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Originally Posted by primavera♥
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.
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This is sad, but I think people are unfair like that because they have certain expectations about an artist based on the "mask" they presented to us as their stage persona, and also based on our own assumptions from what we see of that celebrity on the screen. And then, when people's expectations aren't met, some tend to get really upset, even if that thing wasn't that problematic when we look at it objectively.