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Old 19th September 2020, 04:01 PM
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I was watching the MY NAME IS... DVD and the tracklist is actually pretty good. Watching all together made me have some thoughts:

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- Basically all performances were highlights of the concerts they came from, from being ones that she's playing instruments or has some eye catching factor.

- On and On still holds as one of her best ballads performance. I just love the whole thing with the chandelier, the big floating chiffon, it's all so gorgeous.

- You can notice the difference in her vocals from 2015/2016 on. I believe the BSC and W FACE 60 performances each year caused some damage to her vocal chords or maybe it's because she still hasn't rest properly, who knows. Also she has been pushing a lot of songs with very high notes: OUTTA MY HEAD, Dance in The Rain, Pin Drop. It's nice that she tries new things, but if it affects the rest of the concert because her vocal chords are tired, not sure if it is the best decision. We saw how tired she sounded for the second performance of MNI... Tour, hands is quite hard to go through there.

Whoever made the walk special edition probably agree with this, because BSC is the last line of the song and for W FACE, DNA and reLIVE is just the instrumental.

This vocal situation reminds me of Namie, and how much her voice changed from Play to BEST FICTION Tour, and for Finally it's like a totally different person singing.



- The blue dress from Dejavu Tour cute section is sooooo gorgeous. Dejavu Tour for sure is one of my favorites visual-wise.

- I like that she still embraces her sexuality in performances and it's not shy about it. SHAKE IT and Physical thing being there is a plus.

- That Ai no Uta performance is the best one, vocally is very effortless, just like it should, and the water effect is great. Wish she could do something like this again.
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