[Article] Ayu in V magazine(english)

[kawaii:3]

(Surprised no one posted this!) Ayu was feautured in V magazine's Asian issue.

(My scanner is so lousy that I had to make it this large in order to be able to read the article. The tiny black font on red didne help either XP)

[ayufan-]

Awsome!!!!!

[Minttulatte]

Wow, cool. :0 Never knew anything about this. The only thing that bothers me though are how mispelled the names of poker face and Love songs are. D:

[Not Fade Away]

This is awesome........but - don't get me wrong I am a huge GaGa fan - I don't really think it's appropriate for GaGa to be featured on the magazine (or for her to be the only artist making headlines every time you search MTV VMAJ 2011 in google). I know she loves Japan, and I think it's really amazing of her to be making efforts to help Japan, but she shouldn't be featured over local artists and such.

Anyway, it's so exciting that they featured Ayu. I feel like no one really explores the Asian music scene (besides the American fans on this board) in America, so it's amazing that they chose to do an article on her.

Were any other J-Pop or K-Pop artists featured in the magazine?

[Eewyi]

Wow, they wrote so kindly about ayu, how awesome <3~
Love it~ And they picked nice cover too!

[love in music]

Nice article! But seriously, the lady gaga part was so unnecessary.

[koumori]

Nice she was mentioned. Thanks for scanning!

[rakeru]

Cool mention! I love all the praise they give her. I find it funny that they didn't pick a more recent picture, though.

I also agree that it's weird to put gaga on the front. How about an Asian person for the Asian issue?

[Kazeyomi]

Tbh I don't really care if there's Gaga on cover, but that pic it's extremely scary and weird. Geez, I'll have nightmares tonight
I'm happy for the article though. That's nice to see a english article about her even if I wonder which Ayu song could have "reggae" arrangement lol.

Thanks for sharing

[Rebirthia]

but what was the point of featuring Ayu this time? there's no reference to any news,actually, just a short bio. (even if they were positive comments)
But I understand they chose Gaga for the cover: those pics are pricey, and if you look at the cover, it says "interview by Elthon John", another reason to be featured on the cover.

yes, the ayu pic could have been more recent =)

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by Kazeyomi

I'm happy for the article though. That's nice to see a english article about her even if I wonder which Ayu song could have "reggae" arrangement lol.

STEP you remix on the fairyland single, I suppose.

[*hearT_Place*]

It would have been nice if they would have featured an Asian artist on the cover of their Asian issue, but oh well. Cool that they included a nice blurb about Ayu. Thanks for posting!

[Chibi-Chan]

Thanks for sharing!^^

[thatstacey]

Originally Posted by Not Fade Away

This is awesome........but - don't get me wrong I am a huge GaGa fan - I don't really think it's appropriate for GaGa to be featured on the magazine (or for her to be the only artist making headlines every time you search MTV VMAJ 2011 in google). I know she loves Japan, and I think it's really amazing of her to be making efforts to help Japan, but she shouldn't be featured over local artists and such.

If I remember correctly, this was the issue where Lady GaGa made her debut as a regular columnist, so I assume that's why she's on the cover. I agree they should have timed it better and put an actual Asian artist/model on the cover of "The Asian Issue."

Nice find, OP!

[jbrat2219]

Gaga's column is more important than being politically correct.

[truehappiness]

The cover they chose is so random... it's not even Japanese Popteen! LOL.

Should'va gone with a more couture shoot~

[thatstacey]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

The cover they chose is so random... it's not even Japanese Popteen! LOL.

Should'va gone with a more couture shoot~

lol I didn't even notice it wasn't a Japanese copy. I wonder if there was a copyright issue with getting Japanese edition or if the editors just didn't know any better?

Definitely could have chosen a more couture shoot. Western coverage seems to go out of its way to choose old photos that look ~foreign to its readers ("heyheyhey look how ~weird the pop stars are over there!!").

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

almost had a heart attack

I thought she was gonna appear in the cover of an upcoming issue or something!

Still pretty cool thanks

[JackieRos]

better recognize 10 years before lagy gagas poker face

[brener]

nice