I heard that Ayu has never lip synch, is that true?

[iloveayu04]

I'm not sure that Ayu lip-synchs so much as she uses backtracking to overpower her voice (blending). I can't remember where I saw it but there was one instance where she did 2 or 3 very bad lives and then she came out for UNITE! (the white and black cowboy outfit one if I remember correctly) and it was flawless. Now unless Ayu has some special gummy bear juice (which I think she needs to share if she has it!) there is no way she could give two weak vocal performances with hoarseness and all.. and then come out perfect. But regardless of that I still love Ayu. /shrug

[asterix]

i agree with most of u. no matter how tiring or whatever the artist are, they should not lip sych. i don't think Ayu lip sychs too.. and it seems that americans singers lip sych. great examples are lindsay lohan and ashlee simpson.. Does britney lip synchs? i think she does right?

[Coelacanth]

Britney definitely lip-synchs...

The only Asian artists I have seen lip-synch is BoA and Namie... I was surprised Namie did, I saw this old performance of 'Chase The Chance' and you could so tell she was lip-synching...

[kristen]

i remember seeing her lip sync 1 time, on a performance of Because of You on Mtv japan. It was the last line, where she hold out the note, and for the beginning of it "kimi ja nakya dame de" she lip synchs, then for the first half of the hold out note, then she stops in the middle and lets the vocal track keep going.

other than that she doesnt, i dont think.

[alterego]

I don't think she has lip-synched. Watching her lives, it's pretty apparent that her voice has a lower and different quality than her recordings.

[RAISKA]

kristen, really??? I have this MTV performance! And I don't think that she lip synchs there! Her voice is not the one like in "Memorial adress''! It's like..she's sining live!

I'm confused! Never thought that Ayu could...

[hightea_xx]

momusu/h!p lipsynchs sometimes, for their TV preformances. if the voices sound TOO good (as in, they sound too much like the original audio version), then they are probably lip synching. i haven't ever noticed ayu lip synching, but i don't think she does in arena 03~04. Those vocals weren't like the originals, so unless she re-recorded them for the arena tour to lip synch, which is highly unlikely in my opinion, she wasn't lip synching.

[Coelacanth]

And another thing, if you're gonna lip-synch, at least do it correctly... Even that's too much to ask for some artists... x_x

[Echiko]

I think she lip synched LITTLE BITSY parts of her songs. For example, her Because of You performances at the "kimi ja na kya dame de~~~" and the I am.. performance of the beginning and end.

but otherwise. Never!

[natalaxie]

lol i was reading down the page and everyone was agreeing with each other and i was like... wait a minute... then voltron's message and i was like, i knew ahs members cant have an agreeable conversation!

[voltron]

Originally Posted by natalaxie

lol i was reading down the page and everyone was agreeing with each other and i was like... wait a minute... then voltron's message and i was like, i knew ahs members cant have an agreeable conversation!

What's the point in a forum if everyone just nods and agrees with everything? I was just saying I don't think Japanese singers work harder and that Ayu has lipsinked. Sharing opinions is what forums are for, not like anyone was starting a flame war.

[Let-Go]

Well...i think in evolution@Nissan's Yahoo's special concert she does lipsynch[but most of the first performances were TL...anywayit's not ture that japanese singers get "much" into it since anyone, ANYONE can be and release a cd...so yeah, beeing a jpop fan doesnt has to blind you there are not to many j "artist like ayumi that takes their time to do their job, instead they just put the plyback pretend to sing, look cute and such on...hamasaki ayumi, namie & utada are the "only" that actually do tehir job seriously without pretending to be artists when they CANT sing...

So yeah it's not like jpop artist really spend more time working themselves harder than American...it just depends in the person, the artist, performer, or however u want to call em' :x

[AyuRlz]

i am pretty sure that ayu does not lip synch! yea!

[kournikova]

i think :
- on mtv japan she did that because the last tone when it said "kimi ja nakya dame de" the 'de' in the original version is remixed... maybe she did that to make the performance as much similar as the original version...
- in fly high or other performance.. i think she did it sometimes to prevent missnote.. i think
-otherwise... she never does lip sync she sings with her own voice ^^

[extepan]

i think she lip synchs when she sing the fast songs, such as because of you

[starr5245]

i think there's a law in japan that prevents artistes from lip-synching...it's like, no matter how bad it is, the artiste has to sing..so Ayumi doesn't lip synch i guess..

[AyuRlz]

Originally Posted by opal tanya cho

i think there's a law in japan that prevents artistes from lip-synching...it's like, no matter how bad it is, the artiste has to sing..so Ayumi doesn't lip synch i guess..

is there really such a law? cool....

[_CREA_]

Originally Posted by opal tanya cho

i think there's a law in japan that prevents artistes from lip-synching...it's like, no matter how bad it is, the artiste has to sing..so Ayumi doesn't lip synch i guess..

Is there really? I somehow doubt it, as there are still Japanese artists that lip synch at times...many boybands, mostly Johnny's Ent. ones, are known to lip synch at times... ._.

[evolutionricky]

most of the time she doesn't...but there has to be times when she does esp with the beginning of Too Late.

[walking proud]

I've noticed on the Fly High performances she lip synchs during the fast parts, but then again there are counter examples of this such as her A MUSEUM fly high performance.

For the most part, you can tell she doesn't: Her voice lags sometimes, sometimes she misses the notes, and sometimes she just sounds different than the studio verson.