Rock = Short Hair

Have you ever noticed that when Ayu releases a more rockish album, she cuts her hair?

I am...
MY STORY
GUILTY

Those are all described as more rock-oriented albums, and all of through the year of the single releases, promotions, etc Ayu's hair is short most of the time.

[Princess Sohee]

i wouldn`t call I am... a rock oriented album. besides, she had longer hair when that was released. she had the short hair late 2000/early 2001.
TBH i think (miss)understood was a more rock oriented album, and she had long hair during that as well.

[emi♡]

hmm...

I would really only count MY STORY, Secret, and GUILTY more rock albums...

I think in this case, it only applies for MY STORY and GUILTY.

Maybe she thinks short hair looks cooler. I actually love Ayu's short hair.

[pommy48]

well I am...i wouldn't call that rock really~ and MY STORY is yeah..but i don't see how she can't do the songs without having short hair, then for talkin' 2 myself, the rock hair looked better
but ayu changes her hair a lot, short to long~ she isn't like namie to just keep growing her hair

[yoshino]

oh.. that's interesting.

I think it's for MY STORY and GUILTY too. She had long hair for I am... and I think it's not really a rock album. =D

[[taskin.ayu]]

It's because it's too hard for Ayu to head bang with long hair. XD
But then again.. pretty much most of her later albums are rock based. :B

^^^^ I count I am... because some bio sites regarded it as rock. XD I personally don't think it is or MY STORY. But, hm.

I thought I am... was short? Maybe it's mixed lengths.

M - short
NEVER EVER - short
UNITE! - short
evolution - short
Endless sorrow - short
Dearest - got the weave sewn on...

Oh... I meant throughout the single releases, not the album cover. Sorry about that mix-up.

Well, I'll just go with GUILTY then. Maybe she thought it fit the mood of talkin' 2 myself better. Because that's when she cut it after it was long from glitter and A BEST 2.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Secret is pretty rock
^^

I am... is not one of the most rock albums I think

but yeah
I love her short hair !!

[pommy48]

endless sorrow, Dearest, and evolution don't feel rock @_@
2 are ballady and one is poppy

[hoshiBlack]

^
wow! xD
if anything I'd call evolution rock
I guess everyone thinks differently.
Just that.. it was the first song that I heard and I remember clearly that I thought: "They call this pop? Hell no!" XD

but her short hair, especially in CDL 07-08 was <3
I loved it n.n

[alternarist]

i wouldnt consider I am... to be a rock album.. but it's pretty noisy. the tracklist consists of Connected, evolution, UNITE!, NEVER EVER and still alone which are all pretty loud.

But i have to agree that short hair suits rock better. Long hair gives the "demure and gentle" look. ayu's hair during INSPIRE times were ok..

talkin' 2 myself was just horrible.. it's neither as cool as INSPIRE times, nor a bob. it looks terrible. however when ayu sang Together When..., her bob was cool looking and i am happy with that.

anybody reminded of ayu during No way to say times where she had this short hair do with no fringe?? the hairstyle she received some very honourable award in?

[Melrose]

Secret isn't a rock album. X_x Why do people think that? Seriously look at the track list. These are rock songs:

until that Day
1 LOVE
It was
kiss o kill

Nor is (miss)undestood a rock album lol o_O. The only rock songs on there:

is this LOVE?
(miss)understood
alterna
criminal (only half, really)

Compared to a real rock album like GUILTY:

Mirror
(d)Lma
t2m
decision
GUILTY
fated
Marionette

and MY STORY:

Catcher In The Light
About You
GAME
my name's WOMEN
Liar
HOPE or PAIN
Moments
INSPIRE



so yea, I agree with the theory, and I'm then happy that she now has longer hair which means a less rocky album again. ^^

[ren0210989]

well i have to say that i love her short hair more thatn the long one. the GUILTY era hair was just PERFECT!!!!!

i think she cuts her hair for rochish-eras because he looks more like a rebbel, and not so pop-ish like her long hair makes her look^^

[SolarAngel]

True that. But she had short hair post TO BE and her style wasn't particularly rock-ish then. Personally i like her more with longer hair. Straight and free like (m)u or RAINBOW or gently curled like A Ballads.

[Melrose]

^

that was the dark ayu era lol XD

[futureLOVE]

I loved ayu's hair brown...it's the best it's ever looked in my opinion...especially the style in B&D and Pride PVs...I LOVE her hair in those!

[Max_ZZZ]

honestly Secret was my first album and i thought it was so electronic sounding

[hikaricore]

Secret to me has heavy rock overtones, but is still dominated by pop and dance, as is typical of Ayu. Her rock hair is really sexy, and it works for her.

[extepan]

ummm interesting observation. short hair is more masculine, and rock is more masculine, so maybe that's why

[Tasked]

IMO there's no such thing as a rock album.. Ayu's always had some rock songs (startin from End of the World in Duty?), but all of her albums are pretty much varied.