What do you classmates think of Ayu?

[sibby]

MY CLASSMATES ARE THE MOST EVIL THINGS ON EARTH

THEY CALL HER OLD

okay its quite true but.. SHE LOOKS YOUNGER THAN OUR FACES WITH TONS OF WRINKLES/PIMPLES AND ALL.. right? o-o

& THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ME AT ALL T^T they are like oh ayumi ah. oh that japanese singer. -_-

[thesilentspeaker]

Originally Posted by ayu_fantasy

liking Jpop is weird?? haha... Here in singapore, people listens to mando pop like S.H.E and Stuff.... Which i think is super mainstream...

Don't worry, i agree with what u say : we're unique!!! haha

It's kinda stupid to keep following the crowd... Another word is like mass production... At least we're something different.....
(No offence)
That's why some people are just so super boring because they simply follow what majority of the population likes... Which i kinda think is soo soo sad.... (erm no hard feeling yeah... )

lol not only liking jpop. i guess it's because my choice for everythg under the sun like food, drinks, music, etc are always different frm ppl. =X lol but who cares? im still sticking to my usual stuff. =D

[Libriya]

Well, in the university noone knows that I like asian music. I don't tell (and nobody asked me about this) because in the school my classmates thought that I am alien, they thought it's strange to like asian culture...
But now I don't care what other ppl think, it's stupid following the crowd.

[Lanz16]

In my case, they didn't know who is Ayumi Hamasaki is.

They didn't know the Jpop thing or stuffs connected to it.
They all know is the American pop music and thats it!

There is one time that when one of my classmates asked me who is my favorite music artist, and I very proudly said "my favorite artist is Ayumi Hamasaki". And then, my classmate started to ask "who is that?!?"
After that, I felt really isolated when it comes to music they're listening to.

Most of the time, they like Rap of the retards(This type of song existed ONLY in my country), Heavy Rock band music, and crappy Novelty songs that almost bleed my ears.

Well, despite of those things, Im very blessed that I discovered Ayu and what is the real meaning of good music. Not only in musicality but in lyrical content which it reflects the artists itself.

[thesilentspeaker]

Originally Posted by sibby

MY CLASSMATES ARE THE MOST EVIL THINGS ON EARTH

THEY CALL HER OLD

okay its quite true but.. SHE LOOKS YOUNGER THAN OUR FACES WITH TONS OF WRINKLES/PIMPLES AND ALL.. right? o-o

& THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ME AT ALL T^T they are like oh ayumi ah. oh that japanese singer. -_-

HAHA my friends called her old too!! they thought she is 40!!! LOL

[Pow!]

What???
All of my friend don't believe the SHE's 30!!!!!!!
They all thought that she's 20 something!!!!
How come your friends can think that she's old?

[sibby]

^ i dont know ITS SAD?

maybe cause she's been in the music industry for so long already they see her on tv for CMs everyday over the past few years. so yea...

[Pow!]

oh yeah, I just realized that you live in Singapore... It's not weird to see Ayu's CM in TV..
But, here in Indonesia, there is nothing about Ayu in TV, even they SOMETIMES play her PVs when MIDNIGHT, or even in EARLY Morning,, how come people can realize,,

[thesilentspeaker]

lol they said she's plastic!! =X i.e: plastic surgery. =X so they thought she is 40, by being plastic, she looks 30 =X and when i told her she's just 29 going 30 they were like "no way~~!!"

[ayumisrael]

LOL my friends always thought she is barely 20 and they think she is hot.

I have a hardcore beautiful female posters collector friend and he doesn't listen to j-pop or ayu, but he actually BUY ayu's posters just because he loves her look lol.

My other friends like some of ayu's songs actually.

When I was at high school my classmates didn't say anything about ayu except for pretty, who's that chinese girl.

[glitter_dream]

Originally Posted by TuNaRoLl1024

all my friends know i LOVE ayu and other j-pop artists

ayu's a BIG part of my life because the music i listen to is important.

i have a latino-background, therefore- im not allowed to listen to japanese pop or american music? uh no: close-minded people need to get over themselves. now.

im not about to take down my ayu-posters when my friends are over or hide my iPod when my friends or classmates wanna listen to my music.

people know i listen to japanese music and i don't pay attention to any of the weird looks that may come my way. life's really too short to keep something so big in my life a secret.

if they dont like my for who I am- and my music is a part of the package- than they're really NOT my friends and i dont need their criticisms in my life

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since we're talking about stereotypes too,

can i get an "amen sista??"

ha! Amen sister!!! U got it right!!!
Yesterday (friday) at class , we were asked to write a 1 long page draft about anything at all:the weather, the water, the sun...WHATEVER! but we couldn't repeat topics.We only had half an hour to do it, and everyone stared a topic:the forest, the beach...i thought that's boring! And i began thinking what should i write???? the air..no i couldn't fill a page 'bout it, ayumi!!!...no they'll (my classmates) will make fun of me ( they already have), poluttion..no...too depresing, AYU!!! ...i dunno......AYU!!!!! ...okey .
And i ended up writting 2 pages of it!! & i didn't even told half of her story...i wrote about her childhood, who she is, how she's actually , her 10th aniversary, and why i admire her, etc,etc...i showed it to one of my friends and she told i was traumated and a stalker ....but obviously she was joking!! ( though i seem like one Xp)

[MiiSan]

Most of my classmates don't even know who Ayu is

But 3 guys from my class called her a Chinese chick -_- Why? Well...
I was in middle of the IT class and I searched Ayu pics on google images, the 3 guys were near me and they saw me what i do on the computer and one said "Who the eff is this Chinese chick?? O_o" I said "Ayumi Hamasaki, the empress of the world ^_^" and then the guy (the 2 just watched) came closer to my computer and clicked on the pics where Ayu was more sexy (the UNITE! promo pic and the Startin'/Born To Be... DVD+CD cover) and then he suddenly said "She's not even hot o.o" others: "Chinese chicks are always ugly with those slanted eyes" and continued with those racist comments that I don't even want to post them. In all that time I just remained silent because it was useless to argue with them.

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But...
I have a close classmate which I infected withh Ayu, Hikki and Kuu and we almost in every recess we listen to my iPod or watch PVs on it XD
She's awesome ^o^

[visionfactory]

They say she had plastic surgery..

[Kazeyomi]

^
omg that's annoying so badly :|

btw I'm not at high-school anymore, but my past classmates didn't pay attention to her, I was 'the shy girl who loves japanese comics and chinese music' facepalm.jpg.
Just a girl said 'oh that chinese's really pretty!' when I put an Ayu's wallpaper on a school pc and one day friends of mine start to playing Fly High during graphic class and most of my classmates had enjoyed it. Just because is pretty techno-ish, I guess.

[tenez]

When I was going to regular highschool, I had this thing for 'shocking people.' It was quite rude, but it helped when people looked at me funny when they went through my mp3 player.

I've always believed that no matter what colour you are or what language you speak, you can like any music at all. So, I don't really hide it from my classmates... that is to say, I wouldn't deny it or refuse to answer them. ^^

[lilmissgrusome]

in my school, most people have never heard of her.

if they do they just reffer to her as "that speedy singer chick", from when my phone went off, ringtone: - evolution.

but saying that they did really like the song, they just wont ask me who it really is.

[Lizzyboo]

I understand how you feel! it really gets under my skin though. im not ashamed of loving j-pop, k-pop or c-pop or any other foreign music... but people feel that i should and it drives me crazy. similar to you, i let this kid in one of my high school classes listen to my mp3 player and when he came across my asian music stash (lol) he made me so angry! first of all, i hate it when people automatically look at you like you have 3 heads and say "thats weird" when they dont even know what it is and second i hate it when people say the names wrong ON PURPOSE, oh man. that kid came across Mika nakashima and he was like " whats a muka hukashim", I answered: "Mika nakashima" him:"muki hikumim" me:"no..". Also i used to, in high school, have ayu pictures all over my binder and another kid proceeded to say she was only pretty because of her make-up and photoshop (i already disliked this kid) and we got into an argument in class about ayu (and the teacher actually made him leave lol). another thing i hate about classmates and even my sister when it comes to asian music is: i hate being called unamerican because i listen to foreign music. listening to foreign music does not make me hate america, wtf? how dumb. so yeah, i understand where your coming from because i have no support whatsoever, my classmates in high school and now college dont like it my sister and her friends dont like it and even my best friend rolls her eyes and calles me a "freak" because of asian/foreign music *sigh*

[rookies]

Originally Posted by visionfactory

They say she had plastic surgery..

Same here. o_O

[Hanabi_surreal]

umh... leet's see...

some friends... hate her because is so "sweet"
others is like: "yes, you like her... ok... *thinking: weird*"
others are: Ohhh Ayu is so pretty!!! but... japanese music? O_o
the others are: "Ohhh!! you like Ayu... thats nice *thinking: dunno who is her* her music is good :3
and the others are like: "I like her!! :3 she had everything" but they're not fans, only hear the thins I reccomend

the other group are Ayu fans :3

so... I have friends with a lot of different viewpoints about Ayu

[AyuRox]

They don't even know. I don't usually bother telling people, but for the purpose of this thread, lets dramatize what happens in the few instances that someone has kept pushing for an answer...

Random Person: Woah! Your iPod is huge!
Me: Yeah, I know. Its only because its 30 gigs and an older model
RP: So, what do you listen to
Me: Nothing that you'd know... (my default answer for the above question)
RP: Like what?
Me: Japanese stuff
RP: Oh... thats cool. Can I hear some?
Me: Sure (plays Ayu)
RP: OK... thats pretty cool...
*awkward silence*

Either that, or they look through the iPod itself and they say "I don't know ANY of these people/songs" and hand the iPod back to me.

On the off chance that someone takes interest in it, though, I'll get all excited and go off on some rediculously long rant about eurobeat, Ayu, Hands up/ how misunderstood CASCADA is in the US, or something like that. Which probably puts most people off, but for whatever reason, i can't help it.

And like whoever else said (sorry, I didn't take note of the username), its usually just referred to as "that wierd Japanese stuff".

But people don't really alienate me for it. Some of my friends don't care and some take interest in it, but they don't, like, hate me for it. If someone were to dislike me for my music choice, then I don't need them to be my friend anyways.

And in response to whoever it was on the first page (sorry, didn't take note of the username again) that said its easier to listen to Asian music when you're Asian, hahahah... not always. There are some people (most people would call them d***** b***) who only further profile me because of my music choice. But whatever... i just avoid them/ignore them anyways.

On the other hand, several of my friends/people-I-know-who-I-talk-to-but-aren't-really-my-friends listen to some obscure stuff. Not Japanese, but its obscure enough. Which, I guess thats always a good thing, because then its not like I'm the only one who listens to stuff no one else would know.

*sigh*... This is why I need this forum as an outlet. It reminds me that I'm not the only person on the face of the planet who,listens to Ayu/ Japanese music...

*sigh mk2*... I rant a lot...