[News] New mini album out August 5th, 2015 II

[chocopockymaster]

dear god that gif lmao

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Originally Posted by Raiu-Ayu

i dont think she's a bad dancer. when routines are tailored to her abilities shes actually quite good (like INSPIRE, Real me, talkin' 2 myself, etc) but then sometimes ayu is very...

Hahahaha, she is amazing! I remember she had also a little 'moment' in this performance (Sparkle) that went really, like... really crazy.

Edit: yes, the performance is Sparkle, and it's happennig in the last 30 seconds

[attractive nausea]

Yes that moment when she's spinning around like crazy, omg this performance is gold

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

I feel like you're contradicting yourself and I'm not sure what you're trying to say lol. What I'm saying is that when she performs, no matter how hard she might rehearse or how well-choreographed the routine, the little things stick out to me like a sore thumb. Sickled feet, no extension through her ankles, not paying attention to whether her shoulders are raised or not...etc. Which is why I think she isn't naturally inclined to be a dancer.

what i'm trying to say is that to come up with moves is quite a thing, you need to be talented to come up with something that flow nicely. The technical stuff i think is just learned, now the amount of time you spend doing it makes everything easier. There are people who pick that up faster than others, i guess you can call THAT a natural talent? lol But really if she did more she would pick things up and these little things won't be sticking out anymore, cuz she would get used to it, her body would get used to that..On the other hand look at Britney...She danced like nuts back in the day..and every single concert had her dancing. She did it even before she became famous. Now, though...well i guess wearing those skyscraper heels isn't adding to her being very mobile lol

To be honest i never said much about her dancers, but i have to say to me they, a lot of the time seem out of place, simply because they do their thing and Ayu does her own thing, which is being dramatic lol The only few times that i thought they made sense was when there was actual story going on with them. When not, i think the only time they were necessary was on that a-nation performance of Moments where they formed the wings out of their feather fans. What i'm trying to say by this is that most of the times it seems to me that she doesn't know what is the focus of her performances: dancing or theatre lol

And lol that Sparkle sequence of the concert as a whole is an absolute joke xD Doesn't seem like she's taking it very seriously either.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

I was obsessed with the real me dance. But it never looked quite as good done live haha

[pimenta]

Originally Posted by Raiu-Ayu

i dont think she's a bad dancer. when routines are tailored to her abilities shes actually quite good (like INSPIRE, Real me, talkin' 2 myself, etc) but then sometimes ayu is very...

And that's why I love that performance so much, specially when she started spinning like crazy at the end

[Andrenekoi]

It still annoys me how people complain about the Sparkle performance... Ayu fandom has no sense of humour at all.

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

I was obsessed with the real me dance. But it never looked quite as good done live haha

did she actually do it live?

[Andrenekoi]

^CDL02-03, AT03-04, PCDL

[Delirium-Zer0]

She's never been a good dancer. There are some aspects of it that are REALLY hard to learn - her center of gravity is rarely where it should be, for instance, and even if you learn TO do certain things like lean on the ball of one foot then transfer your weight to the heel of your other foot, it's not going to come naturally most of the time. At this point she's had 12 years to figure it out and she hasn't yet - she's never gonna. She looks very VERY stiff, she knows the moves but she still hasn't internalized how to do them right. It's just not gonna happen.

When Ayu started dancing - not like the Trauma dance, but in the "Real me" PV - it got a good reception because honestly, in that video, it seems very smart-alecky, like she's NOT a dancing robot type pop star, she's a less rehearsed and more honest type. So I think we all kinda figured she'd stop eventually since she wasn't especially good at it, but then she just... kept... doing it. x_x

[orbitalaspect]

Originally Posted by pimenta

And what are you talking about Namie writing original material? Namie has nearly nothing to do with the creation process of her songs, she doesn't write the songs at all, so it really makes no difference for her to release something that a previous artist already released or not, the compositions are just presented to her and she choose whichever ones she feels like it...

You are so right. I honestly never bothered to look because everyone else writes their own material. Wow. Well, you're right, it doesn't make a difference because Namie wouldn't have a career if a team of people weren't writing her albums.

Originally Posted by xLuna&1LOVE

I hope they will put more thought into the next one, instead of watching Ayu & friends frolicking on beaches or whatever for 4 minutes. Though, if it has a nod to BLUE BIRD I cannot be unhappy.

To be fair, she once managed to burn down a $500,000 mansion while frolicking on the beach in a PV. So, she could always, I don't know, build a small village or something then burn that down for another PV?

Originally Posted by AYUmyQUEEN

I would like to remind everyone that she killed the choreography in the Rule PV (in a good way)! There is potential here

She did! But I distinctly remember her crew saying that Ayu was overwhelmed by the time commitment for dance rehearsals, and that the multiple takes they shot for the dance scene left her physically drained for a couple days.

Originally Posted by Raiu-Ayu

ayu has even said herself she's not a dancer. Yo-chan even commented once in arena tour MCs that ayu always seems to be a beat ahead of the dancers when doing routines.

i dont think she's a bad dancer. when routines are tailored to her abilities shes actually quite good (like INSPIRE, Real me, talkin' 2 myself, etc) but then sometimes ayu is very...

I'm sure if all choreographed dances were like Ayu in that gif, she'd be a master of dance.

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

It still annoys me how people complain about the Sparkle performance... Ayu fandom has no sense of humour at all.

Nobody is complaining? The members who comment right now on the Sparkle performance / the gif that's posted think it is funny.


@orbitalaspect, do you mean fairyland? Well, there was more thought put into that video than just the beach frolick don't you agree? I just hope she does not reduce to just the frolick.

[Andrenekoi]

^There was a complaint on this thread, but I admit it's more of me complaining about the performance being bashed over the years.... I guess AT09 got to that point people love it... It was the most bashed of her tours since I started following her...

[pepper]

When it comes to "sensual" dancing/acting live, she is doing really good.
The Sparkle perf is amazingly funny, it was all in purpouse

[freedreamer]

rollin' and Sparkle are like CLASSIK performances now hahaha...so awesomely fun

[douggn]

Originally Posted by Raiu-Ayu

ayu has even said herself she's not a dancer. Yo-chan even commented once in arena tour MCs that ayu always seems to be a beat ahead of the dancers when doing routines.

i dont think she's a bad dancer. when routines are tailored to her abilities shes actually quite good (like INSPIRE, Real me, talkin' 2 myself, etc) but then sometimes ayu is very...

ayus fun dances
I love these, shes not too good at choreography, but she knows how to dance fun

[Surreal17]

We have less than two months until the release. I want some great summer.ish covers. I.m one of the few people who loved the you & me era and its style. Can.t believe we already have two albums (colours and a one) with non blond hair

[stickyrice]

I totally forgot Ayu has a new album coming out Not that I'm not excited, but information is so sparse I completely forget about it. Not even a tracklist yet and it's only 5 tracks lol Heck not even a title Out of side, out of mind lol

[ayumisrael]

We should get some info in 2 weeks or earlier. =)

[oaristos]

I don't think she is the best dancer out there but her skills usually work pretty well for the genre of music she sings, imo. I watch her concerts for all the "theatrical" experience, anyway.

Originally Posted by orbitalaspect

You are so right. I honestly never bothered to look because everyone else writes their own material. Wow. Well, you're right, it doesn't make a difference because Namie wouldn't have a career if a team of people weren't writing her albums.

She surely wouldn't.