Ayu's vocal this year...

[Melrose]

Originally Posted by voltron

Well her voice has been on a downward path since 2000-2001. It was really improving a lot between her debut and I Am... (the Dearest lives are some of her most outstanding in her career...especially the unplugged and x'mas versions). We've had glimpses of that again over the years (Will is quite great, in terms of vocals), but generally it gets more and more hoarse each year. A large part is that she screams so much during tours. And singing in a high register (which was natural at first, but I think became more forced over the years) is really hard on your vocal chords if it's not natural--it strains them.

No way.. 2003 was her worst year, then it went upwards, and a little downwards since 2006. o_O At least IMO. Like, currently she's probably less good than 2000-2001, but to say that she's gotten worse every year is a little exeggerated I think. ^^

BTW how do we know she smokes? And like, really SMOKES, not just a cigarette every 2 weeks.