Ayu ~Anything Goes~ XVIII

[Louass]

^Wow I guess I've been an Ayu fan for 10-ish years then o_o
I remember I discovered her around the time Secret was coming out, and it seriously feels like that was yesterday! I'll forever love that album

So I've been listening to old 2NE1 songs all day and I stumbled onto this mashup that Was. My. JAM! way back when I found it. Idk if it's been shared here before, but if any of you have yet to hear this masterpiece of I'm Busy + STEP you + is this LOVE?, here. you. fuckin'. GO!!



This shit 'bout to be on repeat for the rest of the year

[Aderianu]

it's my 10th year too. My first conscious memory is how Ayu performed BLUE BIRD by request at the AT2006

[Aderianu]

I found ayu's phone cases at aliexpress %) for 3-5$



https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/2016-...3e820e02&tpp=1

https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/New-C...3e820e02&tpp=1

https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/Cute-...3e820e02&tpp=1

https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/Hamas...e-10e0d530daa9

[pedronekoi]

^ LOL! Huge phone cases are really popular in Alexpress haha

OMG! 10 years of Secret! That's crazy! I remember when the album was released and I was crazy about Not yet and dreaming with a full version of this. <3

[Evan Odinson]

10 years, time sure flies haha I met ayu back in 2000 I think, my older brother had this VHS with random j-pop videos and Poker Face, You and Boys & Girls were on it, I fell in love right there, I was about 5 years old tho so I didn't became a "fan" until I grew older and with internet I could find her albums MVs and stuff haha good old days, literally she's been present my whole life

[CatGirl]

Oh wow, I can't believe it's been 10 years since Secret was released lol It was the first album I was "there" for when it was released, so to speak, because I got into Ayu right around the release of (miss)understood Secret's still one of my favorite albums by her, wish we'd get some more fierce rock tracks in the future!

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by CatGirl

Oh wow, I can't believe it's been 10 years since Secret was released lol It was the first album I was "there" for when it was released, so to speak, because I got into Ayu right around the release of (miss)understood Secret's still one of my favorite albums by her, wish we'd get some more fierce rock tracks in the future!

I think the first album you are "there" for is really special. I know for me it was really exciting to watch the latest era unfold before after having pieced together various works of hers by random discovery up until that point in time. For me, it was MY STORY. I remember seeing the CM with the snippet for Moments and playing it over and over and over again. I couldn't wait for the single to be released.

[EndOfTheWorld]

I missed out on Secret somewhat. I became a casual fan sometime in the early 2000s. Then I kind of never bothered to look into her further for a while. Especially since I didn't use the computer much until the late 2000s.
The first album I was truly truly "there" for was A Complete. I was partially there for Guilty as well. But A Complete was when I experienced the promo before and the end release and bought the CD.
Secret isn't really a special album to me. It has many amazing songs but I don't really have an emotional attachment to it like some other albums. I tend to forget what the album tracks sound like. Jewel and momentum are always the first songs that come to my mind when Secret is mentioned.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Secret was the last album I received as a "stan"--I use this term for lack of anything better lol. Basically for me, Secret was the last album where I felt Ayu could do no wrong.

From GUILTY onward, I changed, or my view changed, on Ayu. I became far more critical. And GUILTY was my least favorite album until RnRC, which was then replaced by PQ lol. (talkin' 2 myself, decision and fated were and still are awesome though)

So I guess for me Secret reminds me of the last bit of my "super" fan moment. I'm still a super fan, I just know that it's now ok to not like or agree with a career move. Haha


The first album I was there for was MY STORY, btw. I really got into Ayu mid Moments promotion. Ahh the good old days.

[Zeke.]

I remember when Secret was released I had a razor cell phone and if I used the internet browser you got charged for it by the minute. Sometimes I would use it just to quick check in on the forum announcements when I was at my dad's house for the week because we had no computer or internet. Anyways, I remember reading the announcement that the mini-album would become a full album and I spent so much time on the browser reading what was being said about it that I had a hefty bill that month, lol.

On a side note, I used to use proxy websites at my school in order to be able to visit AHS because it was blocked by our school's network. I remember that's how I downloaded the full version of Mirrorcle World and Life and listened to it while I was working on a graphic design project in my teacher's office during art class, lol!

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

I found ayu's phone cases at aliexpress %) for 3-5$



https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/2016-...3e820e02&tpp=1

https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/New-C...3e820e02&tpp=1

https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/Cute-...3e820e02&tpp=1

https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/Hamas...e-10e0d530daa9

I wonder if the factory that made the official ones shared the molds or something.

[ayuinh.k?]

10 years since Secret was released. Secret was the album that got me into the ayu fandom. I was listening to the song preview on iTunes and was amazed at her (deep) voice and how catchy the melodies were. I still put JEWEL and momentum as one of my favourite ballads

[xLuna&1LOVE]

10 years already, that is amazing. I became a fan during that time, but only had random songs downloaded all over the web. GAME was the song I was really into. I missed the full release of Secret, but experienced - thanks to AHS - the release of GUILTY. That album holds an extra special place in my heart, because my granddad died during the release - or more like a leak - of Together When... So that song has a special meaning to me. But anyway, Secret. Yeah, the full album was a real discovery. Most of the songs I had already downloaded randomly (I have got 1 LOVE in my name, so I must have gotten it somewhere before I logged on AHS) and other songs I heard over in the car of my ex-friend. BLUE BIRD, 1 LOVE, JEWEL, momentum, Startin', until that day..., It was and the beautiful LABYRINTH interlude became favourites and the songs I consider as very 'nostalgic.' These songs are still very dear to me, and I love them so much. I think Secret got me definetely into Ayu, forever. The day when I first saw JEWEL PV... omygod. Yes. I guess that did it.

[Aderianu]

there are huge discounts on amazon
like this

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JPY 4,629 JPY 848

Only 5 left in stock

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or

A SUMMER BEST (ALBUM+DVD)

JPY 4,536 JPY 2,000

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[Bigtop]

Wow, ten years have gone since 'Secret'...that was the reason why I got into Ayu. Looking around randomly about Japanese culture, and then all of a sudden, Ayumi Hamasaki with that right shoulder tattoo...I got a bit more into depth with Ayu in the days, weeks and months following, and all of a sudden, it jump started my experience with J-pop. All because of 'Secret' and Ayumi Hamasaki's tattoo...if it wasn't for that I wouldn't be in the J-pop scene very much, if at all. I wouldn't know much about Ayu. Or Koda Kumi. Or Ai Otsuka. Or Johnny's groups like Arashi or KinKi Kids. Or AKB48! Or Sayuri Sugawara! Or Yanawaraba!

Man... That moment when it would eventually resulted into the J-pop hobby I've been having - for TEN YEARS... I mean, JEWEL and 1 LOVE (from the 'Secret' album) were the first songs I heard from Ayu in my whole life. Wow. First of thousands of songs in my J-pop hobby experience...

[pedronekoi]

I am addicted to that performance. I've been listening to it ten times a day. HELP

[Evan Odinson]

I just saw that the Tales of series are doing an orchestral concert with the openings of the serie called "Tales of Songs", and in the preview video where some clips from the games Tales of Xillia 1 and 2, Progress and Song 4 U were the openings for those game, hope they play Ayu's OPs on the concert!

[ExodusUK]

I love "missing".

[Andali]

My favourite album is My Story. It's a masterpiece.

[Aderianu]

I had a dream tonight that MSta made additional artist announcement about ayu attending Super Live show )