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Originally Posted by ExodusUK
Is it just me but has there been a big increase in Japanese comments on Ayu youtube videos? Looking at them through Google translate it seems like there's a lot of positive comments "even though I am anti now, i can't deny there will be never anyone who will surpass her", "I miss the time when Ayu's face would look down across Shibuya on a poster throughout the seasons when she released a new single"
or "The small girl with an untouchable aura that shaped Japanese popular culture at the turn of the millennium".
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I guess the tone of the comments on her videos changed a lot since Namie retired. Maybe because once that happened, there was less comparasion between them, and Ayu's work was once again seemed for what it is. I mean, they are just two completely different kind of performers, and Ayu will never be able to offer the singing-dancing focused experience Namie does (on the same way Namie couldn't really offer what Ayu excels at either).
It also has been like 20 years from her peak, so she is at that point she stop being "old", "something your mum would listen to" and starts being "vintage", "that cool seasoned artist".
And the strage times we are facing right now tend to make the cultural scene distance itself from simply escapism and focus more on self and societal reflection, the kind of work that made Ayu a star on the first place.
edit: Today really seemed to click with people on the comment session to AT2...