[News] Ayu to perform at Music Station 19 September

[EndOfTheWorld]

The song selection makes complete sense.
It may not be exciting or interesting for us long time fans but to the general audience in Japan, that is what they will look forward to and enjoy the most.
The theme of the event is nostalgia for the most part. Many classic acts all in one place, performing their most known and culturally recognized songs.
I would guess that Ayu had very limited freedom on the song selection.

[Diego-kun]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

^ 1) It seems that Japanese fans prefer her to sing the same songs over and over instead of new stuff or underperformed old songs (someone pointed out that at TA tour 2015 some fans didn't even recognize/know Present when she sung it)

Probably because ASFXX is her first album and it was released before she became popular so some of her fans are not familiar with non-singles songs.

Interesting how nobody mentions songs like Too Late or monochrome which were part of her best selling single.

In some cases like Ayu best selling does not equal to most popular. A clear example of this is AKB48 whose most famous and recognised song is Heavy Rotation and it sold much less than all her later singles...

[pedronekoi]

Not surprised with song choice but happy that she's still doing TV lives. Hope that she continues to do regular lives on Music Station with new releases and not just singing old songs on Special Editions.

[Surreal17]

Interesting how nobody mentions songs like Too Late or monochrome which were part of her best selling single.

[DeepRiver]

Originally Posted by Surreal17

Interesting how nobody mentions songs like Too Late or monochrome which were part of her best selling single.

That would be awesome

[SunshineSlayer]

^ Exactly. The casual viewer is only going to care about seeing hit songs. I mean, for me as well, unless I'm a big fan of the artist, I usually only pay attention if it's a song that I know from them. Otherwise, I just sit there bored until it's Ayumi's turn.

[kotora]

These 3 songs are way better than Bold & Delicious...

[Chris85]

I'm watching live stream here:
http://mov3.co/en/main2

[AyuGAME]

hmm...the video freeze but I can hear the sound...
ahh its working now...hopefully not error again..

[LONJJONG]

Some artists are performing on various locations! Wonder where Ayu will perform.

[EndOfTheWorld]

I think I might end up missing Ayu and Utada. It's already past 5am.

[Yannetakizawa]

Now THE YELLOW MONKEY on Mst....
Utada has performed?

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by Yannetakizawa

Now THE YELLOW MONKEY on Mst....
Utada has performed?

Not yet I think.

[Yannetakizawa]

Arashi! NOW!

[Chris85]

It seems that they will call Ayu's performance "Special medley" too. I have a feeling Ayu won't be in the studio for the interview.

Originally Posted by Yannetakizawa

Arashi! NOW!

They're lip syncing. Yawn.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Chris85

It seems that they will call Ayu's performance "Special medley" too. I have a feeling Ayu won't be in the studio for the interview.

They're lip syncing. Yawn.

Actually all the solo parts were live and chorus parts were lip synched and/or with a backing track. That's pretty standard for them.

Ayu's performance overall was very good. Some shaky moments, especially on M but Evolution was defintiely one of the best she's done in a while. I'm in agreement that her tv performances this year (actually, starting with SONGS last year) have been much better than the last couple of years.

[Uknow!]

Utada now and I think Ayu is next.

[maxikot]

Can't wait for both ^^
EDIT:
I would so much like to understand the interview, it has a really nice feeling.

[Uknow!]

Ayu is stunning!

[Chris85]

OMG. I'm glad I was wrong, she's here

Originally Posted by maxikot

Can't wait for both ^^
EDIT:
I would so much like to understand the interview, it has a really nice feeling.

It was very interesting. Some facts like she hasn't sung for six years at all, listened to lots of music. didn't have friends in London at first and now she has them there. She is greatful that people still remember her song Automatic even though it's really old.