Empress of J-Pop to withdraw from Japan, and focus on the US and Europe [Theory] - Page 2

catcher_inthelight · #1 19th July 2009, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan.C

Hope not.

I prefer a retired and housewife Ayu which from time to time holds a concert/do a promotion/releases a single just for the fun of it, rather than a complete deaf Ayu caused from a Euro/US career.

All the paper cranes in the world wouldn't help her then and subsequently we would never hear her again as we would like to.

Yes. Yes. and YES!! I agree with everything you said except for the fact that I would LOVE her to at least have maybe two english alums! so thats...what... like 6 singles? A CONCERT OR TWO IN THE U.S. and THEN houswifies for our Ayu cutie!! ^_^*

noidea · #2 15th July 2009, 08:51 PM

@evolution 7/4 Oh yeah right, I remember that report! And we can all see how her english improved in...lets say Mirrorcle World making of already, and with weekly lessons she will be much better now already, over a year later

@Dan.C
I think you dont understand what housewife in Japan means, whenever some japanese woman becomes housewife, the only way to go back is divorcing, and I doubt ayu would even want to becoma a housewife.(there only really, really few exceptions)
And Ayu only had problems on her left ear, she never said anything about problems with her right ear nor did we ever see or hear something about that. If the same would happen to her right ear, it would take several years and she is more careful now because she knows the consequences and doesnt want to lose her other ear as well. + We still do not know if stress was the reason for her deafness, it could be just the loudness of the music on stage as well, seeing how my father encountered the same from loud music alone(and from only ONE NIGHT of loud music)

hidekirby · #3 15th July 2009, 08:54 PM

Mmh... I may be the only one but I would prefer her to stay in Asia...

pommy48 · #4 15th July 2009, 08:56 PM

^ You're not alone~ I prefer her to stay in Asia

truehappiness · #5 15th July 2009, 08:57 PM

IIRC, the many times that they said she wasn't branching out into international markets should be a sign that this theory.. is.. flawed.. haha. Oh well.

I'd like her to perform here at least once or twice though.

AyUta · #6 16th July 2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

IIRC, the many times that they said she wasn't branching out into international markets should be a sign that this theory.. is.. flawed.. haha. Oh well.

I'd like her to perform here at least once or twice though.

I would rather her stay in Asia, but a few performances in the US will be the best thing ever, I agree

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truehappiness · #7 15th July 2009, 08:59 PM

Eh, she's recorded in America since LOVEppears IIRC and has had American mixers/mastering directors since then as well. I recall that Dave Way did a LOT of LOVEppears.. I don't think that says anything about whether or not she'll come here though.

noidea · #8 15th July 2009, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

Eh, she's recorded in America since LOVEppears IIRC and has had American mixers/mastering directors since then as well. I recall that Dave Way did a LOT of LOVEppears.. I don't think that says anything about whether or not she'll come here though.

eh, sorry, I forgot about how early she went to America...even before her debut if i remember correctly for vocal lessons in NY

@Empry
I'm sorry, my Firefox sometimes has problems with bolded text, it still shows it non-bolded for me someway...But well, even if she did not went to Europe, she had many PVs with european sets(examples:momentum, Together When..., Days(i think), rainy day, Beautiful Fighters.......) recently showing her interest in Europe and she already showed her interest in the world really early for example in the complete DT01, and now that her english is improving I think that she really is preparing to either come to America and Europe more often or to launch a debut here(though the first option is way more likely of course), I actually think all the PVs with european sets would have been filmed in europe if she had the time(and wasnt momentum even filmed somewhere in europe? I remember shots of the city out of the air)

Empry · #9 15th July 2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by noidea

@Empry
I'm sorry, my Firefox sometimes has problems with bolded text, it still shows it non-bolded for me someway...But well, even if she did not went to Europe, she had many PVs with european sets(examples:momentum, Together When..., Days(i think), rainy day, Beautiful Fighters.......) recently showing her interest in Europe and she already showed her interest in the world really early for example in the complete DT01, and now that her english is improving I think that she really is preparing to either come to America and Europe more often or to launch a debut here(though the first option is way more likely of course), I actually think all the PVs with european sets would have been filmed in europe if she had the time(and wasnt momentum even filmed somewhere in europe? I remember shots of the city out of the air)

I see. It's ok.
To be honest, I don't see the setting of all these PVs as an indication for Ayu's interest in European countries. For example, she had often used Christian symbols in her PVs but it doesn't mean that she is a Christian.

I would rather say that the French fans who met up with her when she was filming Mirrorcle World and who were asking her about an possible concert, were the ones who have gave her an idea that she would be very welcome in France (at least to a group of people). Aside from that some other well-known Japanese musicians have been coming to give concerts in Paris. One of them being L'arc en Ciel. It would be great, if Ayu and her management were considering the idea of having one or two concerts outside of Asia but that is wishful thinking.

As a fan, I would really like to see her continue her career in Japan (and Asia as well), since that is where her biggest fanbase is. But I would really love if she gave one concert in Paris and another in NYC or LA so that her oversea fans would have the opportunity to see her live. Aside from that the creation of an international TA fanclub would be something else that I really wish for.

And she didn't go overseas for the momentum PV shooting. Otherwise this would have been mentioned in the DD Diary. And the opening shot over the city that you are talking about, looks rather like a photo to me where particle effects have been added.

Polyrhythm · #10 15th July 2009, 09:01 PM

One piece of BS after another

mimi.chan · #11 15th July 2009, 09:18 PM

Though I wanted her to perform in U.S....
I prefer her stay in Asia, I feel like something bad could happen.. idk.. it's just my thought
Plus... I don't want my poor ayu to get hurt... and if this was true and she succeeded ..I'll be so proud of her but I just don't have that feeling right now

joshohhhhh · #12 15th July 2009, 09:25 PM

I'd rather she stay in Asia. She could maybe visit and live in America for inspiration or something... but I'd feel like her image would get tainted and be unappreciated. I'm not a fan of the American entertainment industry.

SunshineSlayer · #13 15th July 2009, 09:28 PM

OK, even though this is a tabloid.....Friday magazine is often accurate...

truehappiness · #14 15th July 2009, 09:30 PM

FRIDAY's often right when it comes to scandals and etc., but when they make these theories.. I dunno. Have they made a ton of "Ayu is preggerz!?"/"Ayu is retiring!!?!" headlines in the past? I don't really recall.. hm..

SunshineSlayer · #15 15th July 2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

FRIDAY's often right when it comes to scandals and etc., but when they make these theories.. I dunno. Have they made a ton of "Ayu is preggerz!?"/"Ayu is retiring!!?!" headlines in the past? I don't really recall.. hm..

^ Not that I know of. That combined with her TA message and one of our very own forum members saying Max Matsuura hinted at him about this, I think puts this at least in the "quite possible" category.

Honestly, I don't really like it though.

XxCaRoLcHaNxX · #16 15th July 2009, 09:35 PM

if ayu goes international, it would be good for me but idk if it would be good for her,haha.

Ayumiko · #17 15th July 2009, 09:46 PM

I rather ayu stay in asia...she won't stand a chance in the US. She's already slowing down releases...if she's gonna focus the US and Europe markets, we'll have to wait even longer for new songs.

maze · #18 15th July 2009, 09:35 PM

theory simply.. =/
I will not say anything until the rumor is confirmed by herself.

i don't think so...

Bigtop · #19 15th July 2009, 09:36 PM

I don't know if she should expand horizons across the Pacific and cross the big Eurasian land to the United States and Europe, respectively...

I mean, how did BoA and Utada do in the United States? I'm just wondering...

But in the case for Ayu, we'll just have to wait and see if she's going beyond, especially with the digital world today we can know about Ayu from virtually anywhere around the world, even in the United States (and maybe even Africa)...

noidea · #20 15th July 2009, 09:36 PM

@ SunshineSlayer yeah, we all know what the american industry is like and what is kind of NEEDED to be succesful there, I am scared the deopth of her music, PVs and concerts would go and she would make a PURE mainstream album just like Hikki
@ Bigtop
They both flopped really badly, BoA didnt even manage to get in the top 100 i think