[Namie Amuro] The 102nd Thread - WE ♥ NAMIE FOREVER -

[haraiso]

Sanspo removed the article, and there hasn't been any mention of this anywhere else at all, so it's probably false lol.

[EndOfTheWorld]

I don't know. I don't think it's real. I think Namie really was serious about retiring.

[thinkingoutloud89]

^thats what I said. She did not simply retire, she kinda deleted every trace.
Be happy if it's true tho.

[Earth_maiden]

I don't like how she tried to erase herself, it feels weird to listen to her sometimes now..

[BlackSilence]

So, either Okinawa has a legit weird way of expressing things or GACKT just threw a shade on Namie in a recent english interview.........lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSD-IYQ3JdM

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by artcika

So, either Okinawa has a legit weird way of expressing things or GACKT just threw a shade on Namie in a recent english interview.........lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSD-IYQ3JdM

lol that interview is hilarious from beginning to end. He is such a troll. The Namie part is at around 12:30.

[minkAYuko]

Originally Posted by artcika

So, either Okinawa has a legit weird way of expressing things or GACKT just threw a shade on Namie in a recent english interview.........lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSD-IYQ3JdM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HE'S CRAZY!!!!! xDDD

[AJFmzk]

Originally Posted by artcika

So, either Okinawa has a legit weird way of expressing things or GACKT just threw a shade on Namie in a recent english interview.........lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSD-IYQ3JdM

This whole interview is legendary levels of trolling, especially that Namie mention. I miss Namie and it’s good to hear her name even if they’re just joking around (it was a hilarious joke too!)

[jiarongisme]

GACKT trolling the interviewer while using Namie... ICONIC.

[BlackSilence]

Yeah that whole thing is a trollfest as per usual with him, it's just more hilarious in english lol
But, like, did he REALLY need to go after Namie?? It did make me laugh, though, a legit "NO YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT" moment...

[thinkingoutloud89]

^ found it very weird to watch tbqh. Joey is such a dumbass tbqh and I'd like to punch him everytime he does it stupid laugh.

As for GACKT: all the "slang" he tried to sell were known people from Okinawa and he did not go after Namie cause I believe they are "friends" or at least have respect for each other. Ge did not mean it in an ill way either. The stupidest thing to that came out of this was, again, from Joeys mouth "Namie Amuro i definitely heard that before!".

[BlackSilence]

people seem to have a problem with that guy, i honestly don't get it, but then again i don't watch him to know why.....
And yeah i know G and Namie do know each other, and i do know he was literally trolling, like usually. I was just not expecting him to drag her into it.

[thinkingoutloud89]

^he is kind of dumb. he has a few funny things here and there but overall I dislike his approach - I honestly can't stand those hentai/waifu anime doods that laugh at the most unfunniest stuff.

Any more rumors on that Namie compilation?

[Toniayu123]

If they decide to release a compilation, 2021 is a weird choice imo. Unless the intention is to save avex lol I’d rather chose her 30th anniversary which is in 2022, next year, and it’s pretty close already. Hope they don’t go the cheap way and instead release actual new content whether it’s remixes, unreleased material, or even Namie going to the studio again , it won’t hurt her...maybe just a photoshoot for the covers or something.
As someone already mentioned, it’s really weird the way she wished to literally disappear. Sis, you’re a legend what’s wrong with people acknowledging your material?

[KarenPang]

Fame can have a long lasting lingering impact on people , for better or for worst

I do agree that for Namie trying to erase herself from history literally is a bit too far fetch especially how much she has impacted Japan's music business over the years

Even the other retired Japanese musicians don't restore to such 'drastic' measures like her :s

[ShiniTakashi]

The amount of hardships she had to go through during her 25 years probably influenced her decision. A shotgun wedding, murder of her mother, media turning on her because of her mother’s murder, media turning on her again calling her a has-been, her former management company using her as their cash cow, etc.

I’m sure at the end of the day she just wanted to know what it’s like to live as a normal human being, something she wasn’t able to really experience since debuting at 14-years-old. Yeah, it’s weird that she tried to erase herself, but I can understand her possible reasoning.

[relmy]

Her music is on Spotify and we can still buy her music, she's not erased her history at all? Vanishing from the public eye and deleting the website seems fine to me. She just wants to live her life.

I think it paints her in a really good light to not release compilations etc. Shows she was serious about retiring from the industry and wasn't going to be one of those people coming and going to keep getting sales.

[thinkingoutloud89]

^oh, if we ever get any sort of compilation it will probably be out of her control. i never doubted that.

[Toniayu123]

Originally Posted by ShiniTakashi

The amount of hardships she had to go through during her 25 years probably influenced her decision. A shotgun wedding, murder of her mother, media turning on her because of her mother’s murder, media turning on her again calling her a has-been, her former management company using her as their cash cow, etc.

I’m sure at the end of the day she just wanted to know what it’s like to live as a normal human being, something she wasn’t able to really experience since debuting at 14-years-old. Yeah, it’s weird that she tried to erase herself, but I can understand her possible reasoning.

I completely have to agree.

And true, we have her music available for purchase but I just miss her so much

[visionfactory]

Wasn't the main reason of her retirement her throat problems? She initially wanted to retire at 2008 after the release of BEST FICTION..