[2007] Things you hate about Ayu? OMG.

[OoxchocolatexmarblexoO]

-Her vibrato. I liked her use of vibrato in Forgiveness, but now, it's just plain annoying. It's overdramatic, long, and it's not very pleasing to the ear. ><

-I like her silly cutesty side, but really, I wish she showed her mature side more like she did in her Super TV and CCTV interviews. I know she looks young and she's still bursting with energy, but she should start acting like her age. She's not a kid/teen anymore.

-She needs new composers!!

-SHE/WHOEVER EDITS THE MAGAZINES SHOULD STOP AIRBRUSHING HER FACE. she has her own natural beauty, but the heavy airbrushing and photoshopping really kills it.

[Kikaru]

^I think magazines have specific designers for that type of things. But yeah, magazines and photoshop have like this special bond or something. I almost wish that photoshop's not that advanced anymore.

Like some, I don't care for the collabs. Most collabs I've heard ended up really terribly, unless it's in the case of say, Glamourous sky, where hyde composed or something.

[Kobayashiwoof]

Originally Posted by austin. ♥

- That she doesn't use her natural hair color enough.
- That she won't admit to her plastic surgery.
- That she always does that stupid "I'm so young!" pose on magazines.
-- (You know, pouting of the lips and the big eyes).
- That her lives suck 75% of the time since 2005.
- That she only uses CREA once in a blue moon.

-Crap music these days
-She needs to experiment more with her style (music and fashion)

~lack of collabs
~lack of remixes
~no more CREA =[[
~not much musical experimentation (I WANT AN URBAN SONG, AYU ~)
~not using her natural hair colour (love the blonde, but love the (m)u hair more)


...Everyone keeps talking about it. But what's a vibrato?

[slowmoth]

Originally Posted by sugarbasil

-PVs where she just sits there and does nothing

!! The worst part in Together When... was when she was sitting there, singing, looking... rainy day

Originally Posted by the angel song

-Using her dancers too much in PVs
-Some choices in costume for concerts

Like the fake red hair in B&D And her dancers are dancers not actors

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

- PECO and Princess. Their vocals are not impressive and they're not particularly young. I think it's time for new backup singers.
- How she sticks to the same formula of promotion: music.jp/mu-mo/panasonic

I'm tired of panasonic commercials, her CMs aren't great as before, she needs more variety

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by KaoriNeko

...Everyone keeps talking about it. But what's a vibrato?

Ok, put "Voyage" to play now:

*music box-piano playing*
bokutachi wa shiawase ni naru tame
kono tabiji o yuku n daAaAaAaA.....
hora egao gaAaAaAaA.....
totemo niauUuUuU....


now pay attention to the long variating vowels in bold there. That's a vibrato!

Now for homework, try to spot if there's any vibrato on the new version of "Who..." featured on A BALLADS

[milky_way]

- the way Ayu sometimes moves her chin to make vibrato DDD:
- dancers in her PVs
- her wide-eyed look (scary)
- the fingernails (sorry, but I hate them)

ETA: - her long, blonde hair

[MemorialAddress]

-Back up singers. Oh god I just want to kill myself when they sing at her Lives.
-Her pouty face.
-When she has light colored hair...
-Trying to hide that shes getting old..

[ALPHY]

Not letting CREA strut her stuff.

[Mitkki]

- her fans.

that's about it.

[milky_way]

^ Ouch.

[panda87]

Originally Posted by austin. ♥

- That she doesn't use her natural hair color enough.
- That she won't admit to her plastic surgery.
- That she always does that stupid "I'm so young!" pose on magazines.
-- (You know, pouting of the lips and the big eyes).
- That her lives suck 75% of the time since 2005.
- That she only uses CREA once in a blue moon.

i'm gonna agree with you on this. lemmi add to the list:

- she doesn't dance enough in her PVs.
- she overdoes that a~a~a~ thing... its especially annoying in her lives
- needs to do more experimental... tired of that rock sound... and the dramatic ballads
- tired of the short hair... long hair makes her look younger and much more prettier
- i HATE HATE HATE HATE it when she had that crusty, barbie-ish long blond hair during her "fated/glitter" mini-era
- sometimes when she talks, she purposely does that squeaky, alien, ET voice. that's creepy, not cute.
- she needs to collab more.

[zoomzoom]

Originally Posted by Mitkki

- her fans.

that's about it.

Hmm self hate.. nice

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by panda87

i'm gonna agree with you on this. lemmi add to the list:

- she doesn't dance enough in her PVs.

I think that ayu is a singer though and not a dancer

I think people seek things in ayu they'll never be able to get something like unrealistic expectations and that's why most are just get dissappointed at the end.

[Ani_C]

You're all so whiny. That's right I said it. Her vibrato is just fine, her songs would really weak without it, in fact I would love it if she would train even harder to make it more effective because it is an effective portion to singing, and she doesn't even have to become an opera singer xD 'A' is really easy to get it out on and it annoyed me in decision (around the end) where she switched from whatever vowel she was on to 'A' I personally think it was a lil messy. For that I think if she were able to stay on the same vowel, hold it with the vibrato and go an octave higher, THEN my friends, that's rocking! Yes, I encourage Ayu's vibrato! Once again, without it, her music wouldn't be as strong.

edit: And before you all go nuts, pretend my tone is light in the first line, kinda hard not to take me seriously on that first sentence especially since I usually add the 'xD' Don't take it offensively ^^

[hiroshi_ben]

1)Her vibrating voice~since heaven single i think...her voice keeps trembling n vibrating towards the end of each sentences shes singing...shes just overdoing it...making it irritating to my ears...but i can tell that shes slowly avoiding it nowadays...esp during Together when... performances

2)and yea her pouty lips!

3)her nails all these years are so boring!look almost the same on every performances n mag shoots...i prefer her nails in the older days!which let me think of kouda kumi's nails nowadays!

4)her styles n videos recently...not that attractive as before

5)and yea she NEEDS more collaborations so that it wont be so bored!And its so unfair that avex keep letting kuu to collaborate with so many artists...

6)And lastly,hate her company for not letting her coming to Singapore!Even though if its expensive to come here...

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by Ani_C

You're all so whiny. That's right I said it. Her vibrato is just fine, her songs would really weak without it, in fact I would love it if she would train even harder to make it more effective because it is an effective portion to singing, and she doesn't even have to become an opera singer xD 'A' is really easy to get it out on and it annoyed me in decision (around the end) where she switched from whatever vowel she was on to 'A' I personally think it was a lil messy. For that I think if she were able to stay on the same vowel, hold it with the vibrato and go an octave higher, THEN my friends, that's rocking! Yes, I encourage Ayu's vibrato! Once again, without it, her music wouldn't be as strong.

Yes, ayu's vibrato is my most fav, never had problems with it Actually it's ayu's voice who drew me to start listen to her and get to know her to be honest.

[hiroshi_ben]

Originally Posted by Ayumiko

I hate/dislike the fact that:

-she created beautiful fighters: the song and the freakin pv...I hate it!
-the (miss) understood cd covers..such a awesome album and she gave them her worst album covers to date.
-she doesn't compose anymore. I want CREA back!!!
-she releases summer songs that sound too summerish. I want songs like unite!, july 1st, independent instead of fairyland, blue bird, glitter.
-she doesn't create upbeat concert songs anymore that could replace boys & girls, audience, flower garden, humming 7/4, etc
-she doesn't have major tie-ins and different cms. I want drama tie-ins!
-the lack of vocal bridges in her songs (decision is great but I want more!)
-the lack of huge ass dresses in her concerts
-the lack of upbeat pop songs. (I forgive you for creating MY ALL...but make more!)
-the fact that she still haven't released the asia tour dvd which I was expecting to get in november


yes I sound very demanding... I am a big fan of ayu but there are still some things I don't like about her. Sorry ayu!

I agree with you!

She needs more drama tie-in and different CM to promote her songs n sales!

[CHE.R.RY]

The things I hate are as follows:

1) Her vibrato...I think her voice would sound a whole lot more pleasant without it... (although I've learned to accept it for the most part)

2) ALL of her songs seem to (with the exception of a few) follow the same exact routine >.<

3) She doesn't compose anymore >=(

4) Her wannabe sexy image.
I'm sorry Ayu is a beautiful woman, but she's not sexy IMO...I never saw her as that...
only as beautiful and adorable

That's all I can think of at the moment...
But I like her pouty lip thing (most of the time) :/
And to Austin, you act as if Ayu's 50 years old =( ! She's only 29 for god's sake >.<
I mean just take a look at Gwen Stefani, she's 37 and she dresses freely...what's wrong with that?
There's nothing wrong with the way she dresses...I mean how is a 29-year-old supposed to dress xD?

[Ani_C]

Aren't women supposed to be at their best at 30-ish xD?