Ayu Schedule #15 [2009-2013] - TV Appearances, Magazines, etc.

[njanjayrp]

What kinix said makes no sense to me. Her live vocals were top notch both times I saw her live.

[kinix]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

What kinix said makes no sense to me. Her live vocals were top notch both times I saw her live.

Explain the performance of last year FNS performance then. As I've said, people were afraid of her non consistent performance. I remember that someone posted a poll of it too. And the reason sponsors were afraid of her was her performance wasn't consistent. Maybe performing at her own home ground and performing in front of other non-fans/artist tense her up. But certainly that FNS performance did kinda ruin things up.

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Rumors of her ears recovering? There was no chance of recovery back in 2007~2008 and that wouldn't change anything now since she is deaf in that ear.

I've been a fan for more than a decade as well, and I don't think she's ever really sounded all that hot during TV performances in general. She had a period where she wasn't as shaky, but after around 2006-2007, things got especially off.

Fans of decade then you should remember the rumor during miracle world. There's on going rumors of her recovering her hearing (there seems to be a live performance where she did something to her ear and causes more rumors kinda forget it already). But it's just a rumor, I didn't believe it too.

Didn't quite really get what you're trying to imply at ur 2nd para =.=

[truehappiness]

It was a misinterpretation of a blog entry.

[ayumisrael]

If ayu will be on kouhaku then it would be enough for me. I was first shocked about what was posted on the last page and then I realized it's FNS lol. Thanks god.

Anyway the good thing about kouhaku is that she has to be in Japan on that time for CDL.

[ayu-michan]

I'm just excited for CDL, really hope things will turn out better next year. But at least she's on more mags, and her singles are back lol.

Ayu just always left me feeling so bizarre This is probably why we're so interested in her

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

Are you guys forgetting 2005-2007 or so? THAT Ayu dressed like a diva, acted diva-ish and now rich people are rubbing their snootiness on her?

Ookay....

[Chibi-Chan]

Originally Posted by ComatoseBunnySnatcher

Are you guys forgetting 2005-2007 or so? THAT Ayu dressed like a diva, acted diva-ish and now rich people are rubbing their snootiness on her?

Ookay....

I remember that Ayu pretty well... and I never really liked diva Ayu.

[pimenta]

She's probably busy shooting in LA and won't be able to attend to the FNS...She may be scared to confirm and later fail to attend like the music station incident, it's totally understandable. I hope we'll get at least one performance promoting the single though.
Also I hope they'll announce Kouhaku's line up soon...

[pommy48]

Ayu has always been super rich, but we just didn't see her in such extravagant occasions until now
The LA snobbiness will rub off on her

[Bigtop]

I agree about Ayu's busy stuff back here in the States, some 1300 miles south of Seattle (of course that's LA!).

And on another note, I think of this - the more I don't hear Ayu appearing on TV, the more I actually don't watch Japanese music TV shows (like Music Station or even those annual specials such as FNS, MSSL or even the Kouhaku)...because Ayu has been much of a driving factor just to watch Japanese music TV shows. Now it seems I don't care about it at much (even with AKB48 or Arashi) because it just doesn't feel the same (unless the show has Sayuri Sugawara or Yanawaraba, my more favored artists over the past year, but finding shows with those are more difficult because they're not as looked for as Ayu or other big artists; JPopsuki usually only covers the big ones)...

[YUKARI]

I feel OK when I see those photos of Christophe&wife + ayu. But yeah, sometimes I feel like that they're living in their fairy-tale and don't care about the "real" world... but should they actually anyways, I think ayu shouldn't expose her wealth that much... I don't know, sometimes it just annoys and spoils her image.

btw some Japanese friends told me that they liked ayu way more when she had an image of a girl-next-door. I guess that's why girls like AKB are still so popular. they just keep that image and hide their wealth though I guess that top-girls are really wealthy

[Andrenekoi]

The main factor when people said that SEASONS performance was bad was her voice changing. I mean, people assumed she was singing bad because her voice was different from what they remembered imo (like people says someone is singing 'bad' because it's not identical as CD recording).

She was not amazing (even with her hear loss, she has better vocal performances than that), but it was miles better than a lot of her performances (INCLUDING the ones from her peak).

[Surreal17]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

She was not amazing (even with her hear loss, she has better vocal performances than that), but it was miles better than a lot of her performances (INCLUDING the ones from her peak).

You are perfectly right 'bout this one.

[SunshineSlayer]

Yeah, diva Ayu was in full swing from 2006-2009 there abouts. It decreased for a while after that. I agree that it's better to not flaunt her wealth. One reason why Arashi is consistently so popular is because they act extremely humble and don't flaunt the wealth that they must have.

The FNS performance last year was pretty bad. Of course we've heard worse, but for the casual fan I'm sure it was a shock.

I do also feel that more and more Ayu is a bit scared to perform in front of non-fans probably because of reactions like what she got at the last FNS. I've also felt, especially this year, with the lives I have seen that it is taking her voice a few songs to warm up and settle in. On live tv you don't get that kind if time. Although I suppose she could spend sometime singing backstage first...

[Maemi]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Yeah, diva Ayu was in full swing from 2006-2009 there abouts. It decreased for a while after that. I agree that it's better to not flaunt her wealth. One reason why Arashi is consistently so popular is because they act extremely humble and don't flaunt the wealth that they must have.

The FNS performance last year was pretty bad. Of course we've heard worse, but for the casual fan I'm sure it was a shock.

I do also feel that more and more Ayu is a bit scared to perform in front of non-fans probably because of reactions like what she got at the last FNS. I've also felt, especially this year, with the lives I have seen that it is taking her voice a few songs to warm up and settle in. On live tv you don't get that kind if time. Although I suppose she could spend sometime singing backstage first...

What did she sing then? Seasons?

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Maemi

What did she sing then? Seasons?

Yes, that is when she sang SEASONS during FNS 2012.

Seems like Ayu was not revealed until way late for FNS 2012?

[Maemi]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Yes, that is when she sang SEASONS during FNS 2012.

Seems like Ayu was not revealed until way late for FNS 2012?

Is there a link to the video cuz I don't remember her singing it so terribly, or maybe I didn't even hear it...

[AyUmIXx]

so ayu is confirmed for this year's Kouhaku! yay!

【第６４回紅白・出場歌手決定！紅組その２】天童よしみ、DREAMS COME TRUE、ＡＡＡ、西野カナ、Perfume、浜崎あゆみ、藤あや子、松田聖子、水樹奈々、水森かおり、ｍ ｉｗａ、ももいろクローバーZ、和田アキ子　

source: @nhk_kouhaku twitter

wondering what song she's gonna sing.

[truehappiness]

Woo!

I hope it's not an old medley. It would be pretty awesome if she sang something from LOVE again, tbh.

OR DEBUT PRAY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[kinix]

If she's opening kouhaku again, she'll most probably sing something with impact. So "Feel the love" kinda gets the higher percentage of being performed.