[Namie Amuro] The 101st Thread - WE ♥ NAMIE FOREVER -

[~angel*ayumi~]

I have the feeling Namie is the one that wants her to be completly erased from the public to live a normal life.

[Xianghua]

Originally Posted by ~angel*ayumi~

I have the feeling Namie is the one that wants her to be completly erased from the public to live a normal life.

I get this feeling too.

[prussian blue]

Originally Posted by ~angel*ayumi~

I have the feeling Namie is the one that wants her to be completly erased from the public to live a normal life.

We can't ignore how tired she looked in her past tour. With some theory regarding she was already seeking for retirement during her 20th anniversary, everything sounds logic to me. And I hate to admit this, but when we see that she shows no interest talking to her fans during her concert, it kinda makes sense that she was so tired being an "entertainer" for her fans anymore.

But nevertheless, all she needs to do is upload all her discography to spotify and I'm sure all of us will shut up.

[~angel*ayumi~]

Originally Posted by prussian blue

We can't ignore how tired she looked in her past tour. With some theory regarding she was already seeking for retirement during her 20th anniversary, everything sounds logic to me. And I hate to admit this, but when we see that she shows no interest talking to her fans during her concert, it kinda makes sense that she was so tired being an "entertainer" for her fans anymore.

But to retire because she don´t want to be in the spotlight anymore and deleting herself from public music history are 2 different pairs of shoes.
I can understand she doesn´t want to be in public anymore, but to maintain the website, to put the discography on streaming sites, even to relaese Best albums and other complilation stuff is still still possible because it´s music lable´s staff to do this. maybe she has to sign some papers here and there but nothing more. (at least I guess it is not more)
But this complete shutdown is like "inthezone" said a bit unfair to her fans who supported her for 25 years (and brought her a sure not little amount of money to be able to retire at 40 and never have financial sorrow again)

[AJFmzk]

Originally Posted by ~angel*ayumi~

But to retire because she don´t want to be in the spotlight anymore and deleting herself from public music history are 2 different pairs of shoes.
I can understand she doesn´t want to be in public anymore, but to maintain the website, to put the discography on streaming sites, even to relaese Best albums and other complilation stuff is still still possible because it´s music lable´s staff to do this. maybe she has to sign some papers here and there but nothing more. (at least I guess it is not more)
But this complete shutdown is like "inthezone" said a bit unfair to her fans who supported her for 25 years (and brought her a sure not little amount of money to be able to retire at 40 and never have financial sorrow again)

That’s the thing. I respect and understand her decision to stop being a performer/public figure. It’s totally fine to do it, but shutting everything down is very extreme and it’s impossible to erase all traces public existence with the internet. And it’s not like she’s pulled her stuff from amazon or iTunes or hmv/tower records so people still see her stuff. I wonder if there’s a different kind of feeling or motivation behind it that we don’t know, because it doesn’t seem like it would be a big deal to leave stuff up online, even unmaintained. I really wonder if this erasure is because of the jerks in the press that kept harassing her and her staff last year.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by AJFmzk

I really wonder if this erasure is because of the jerks in the press that kept harassing her and her staff last year.

Possibly cos I doubt Namie had a good relationship with the press prior to her retirement & seems like things escalate to an all new level after her retirement news , so much so that even the media bombard her staff and family members relentlessly which's not right

In a way somewhat at least Namie's releases are still available for sale , be it physically or digitally . At least she didn't go through what Hilcrhyme did & now as a fan , I kinda take that aspect for granted :x

[mi|kshake]

Originally Posted by prussian blue

But nevertheless, all she needs to do is upload all her discography to spotify and I'm sure all of us will shut up.

And release a PV collection or put the full videos on YouTube!

It always made sense to me that something like this would happen though. I was thinking we'll probably never get another release such as a new compilation or a remix album as this keeps her in the public eye. So to maintain a quiet life it's almost like she does want the general public to forget about her. Any releases or adding her music to Spotify just creates hype. Although at the same time, I do wonder why they didn't keep the official website as it was as there will always be a Wikipedia page for her and fansites.

I'm almost surprised her music hasn't been removed from iTunes tbh!

[_dandy_]

Originally Posted by ~angel*ayumi~

I have the feeling Namie is the one that wants her to be completly erased from the public to live a normal life.

She may want that, but unless she's got *extremely* unusual clauses on her contract(s) with her record label(s), then she's hardly in any position to enforce that even if she wished it. She gets her royalties, but the ownership of the material ultimately remains with the record company(ies) she's worked with throughout her career. I can't imagine *any* record label would've agreed to such clauses, no matter who the artist is.

But then, here we are. So I honestly have no idea what's going on. It simply doesn't make sense to take away what is essentially passive advertising. Keeping a promotional site running--and this is what an "official" artist's site is--especially when content no longer gets updates--can't cost very much.