Funny thoughts/mistakes from your Ayu fan newbie days...

[sugarbasil]

I was just looking at the "best ballads from each album" thread and noticed how some people didn't order the albums chronologically (and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that), and it reminded me of how I had NO idea what order Ayu's albums came out when I was a newbie. I ALWAYS screwed Duty and LOVEppears up and for some reason thought that LOVEppears was her first album. I was a stupid newbie. I had no idea when any of the albums had come out. I remember looking at the I am... album in the anime store and thinking, "WOW!! This album just came out!! How on top of things I am!!" -- this was around the time of the MY STORY release, mind you. XD Worse, that I had been a fan of hers since RAINBOW released, so that just goes to show you how long it took me to figure out all her albums.

I also distinctly remember looking at pictures of other Jpop artists and thinking she was them.

[pommy48]

umm i saw a video of About You and i was searching everywhere for which album it was on @_@...searched for like a week, till i realized there's a thing called wikipedia

i didn't know ayu had an album called LOVEppears..i thought it was a fan-made album

[minna]

The first pic of ayu I saw, she had blonde hair
and obviously her eyebrows were the same color duh XD

at first when I didn't notice that her eyebrows were the same color I knew it was fake
but when I saw her eyebrows (I didn't know that you could bleach and change the color of eyebrows at that time...it's not really common here XD) I started questionning myself
really for a couple of minutes , in front of my computer, I though ''wo wait, aren't asians supposed to have black hair as natural color? IS SHE NATURALLY BLONDE? IS THAT POSSIBLE?!!!''
the worst thing I think is that during that couple of minutes I was starting to believe her natural color was blonde ... DUH

when I think about it I can't stop laughing, what I though was so stupid

[Ani_C]

My favourite one will always be "OMG BUTTERFLY!~ *squee*"

'Nuff said.

[AyUta]

Originally Posted by Ani_C

My favourite one will always be "OMG BUTTERFLY!~ *squee*"

'Nuff said.

Same~!!

[AyumiBest]

I thought she was bald one time, because she always changes her hair style so I thought she shaved off her hair and wear wigs to make life easier. (is embaressed LOL)

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Originally Posted by Ani_C

My favourite one will always be "OMG BUTTERFLY!~ *squee*"

'Nuff said.

O yeah! I can completely remember that. I have searching for ages for that song, what never exist.

[Ayumi27]

Internet is vital for J-pop fans... I didn't knew anything really until I found wiki.theppn.org eneabba.net, and some forums

[Yeli13]

Originally Posted by Ayumi27

Internet is vital for J-pop fans... I didn't knew anything really until I found wiki.theppn.org eneabba.net, and some forums

Same here^^ The first song I ever heard was Because of You in March 2005. And I began to listen to Ayu in January 2006. I thought that Startin' was an old song, coz' of the hair do --> Black Long Hair, similar to her vogue perf' at Dome Tour 2001. And I was searching Startin' on LOVEppears and Duty

Moreover, I was thinking that her last album was Memorial address, when MY STORY and (miss)understood were the last ones.

And I finally remember when I listen to Bold & Delicious for the first time. I thought "OMG she's changing her music style, that's so great for a singer".

[jbrat2219]

I thought Ayu was a natural blond...

[Yum!Fruit_Salad!]

That she was fluent in English. I mean, look at her song titles.

[ImpactBreaker]

I think there were some songs I downloaded named "ayumi hamasaki" that weren't really her and I'd listen to them thinking it was her ahahha I would also think ayu had a PV for every single song she had made (excluding remixes obviously).

[majrakun]

I thought she was just some low-key performer with low budget products. That's because when my friend first introduced me to her she showed me a pirated version of (miss)understood CD only.

Boooyyy, was I wrong.

[dreamland2.0]

I thought Ayu was a bit of a skank.... because I saw the Duty cover and I was thinking "What is she wearing"!!! Now I know better...

[ArchangelLegend]

I thought she was a lesbian. But I still could be right.

[Larien]

Originally Posted by ArchangelLegend

I thought she was a lesbian. But I still could be right.

Yes, please! xDD What made you think that?


I think my most embarassing mistake was mispronouncing "Ayu" - I said it "AY-yoo" instead of "AI-yoo." In my defense, that was before I knew the first thing about Japanese pronounciations.

[Pow!]

Uh oh,, I'm still 50:50 about that,

I first saw Ayu in M pv,, she was singing in front of a church,,
so I thought she was a religious singer or something,,

[LacusClyne]

when i first found ayu, i also thought she was a natural blonde too. back in 2000 and 2001, she was always a blonde, thus i got mistaken.

ha ha...

she look too natural in blonde, that's why. some asians who dyed their hair blonde look fake and obvious, so i can't tell that ayu's wasn't real.

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

I thought Hanabi was in I am... and Hanabi II was in the next album xD

[vampireknightzero]

Initially, I've always wondered who CREA is..the name 'CREA' stands out whenever I see the name of the composer..I thought that this composer is amazing since he/she composes M, evolution etc which is extreme nice.. Didn't know who CREA is until I read it in Wikipedia that CREA is actually Ayu.. I thought she only wrote lyrics, never did I knew she composed so many great songs using CREA