Ayu's social networks - Discussion #56

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

A lot of the Japanese general public "criticism" about the situation is that "she shouldn't have told people about her baby to begin with" but she mostly just told TA at first, so they're bringing up the "Why don't you keep your private matters private?" thing even though she typically tries to just tell the fans but then it leaks out anyway.

It's a lose-lose situation for Ayu with a lot of those people, no matter what she does, they have something to say about it and that she isn't "doing it the right way".

Well she also dedicated a song to her child, making him canon in the story her and the label promote to the world. Not saying she doesn’t have that right, she does, but it’s definitely sending mixed messages. They know people want to know about that child and it’s like they voluntarily dangled that before their eyes with the release of Ohia no Ki.

[koumori]

Ayu has always been very personal in her work. Releasing a song for her child was a big decision, but it isn't "dangling" anything. It's perfectly normal human behaviour to enjoy the music without expecting anything else from her, and if talking about her personal feelings is mixing up personal and professional too much, then her whole career should be put under scrutiny.

I'm not really sure what your point is, but if you're agreeing with the notion that she is sending mixed messages, I can't agree. There's no mixed messages in "please respect my privacy". It's not like she put her baby's face front and center on an album or single cover and then became upset at people commenting on his looks.

I don't think the original poster did anything wrong, but it clearly made Ayu and her staff uncomfortable and so they said something. I think this is a fair communication for what they'd like from people going forward if possible.