Ayu: Anything Goes - the XXX (30th edition)!

[MKAyu]

A Complete: All Singles is back on the Oricon Digital Albums Top 50 chart again!



Fourth week of June: #43

First week of July: #22

Second week of July: #18

Third week of July: #24

Fourth week of July: #29

First week of August: #21


Does anyone know if it's charting anywhere else--Line, or iTunes?

[maxikot]

According to https://kworb.net/charts/aitunes/jp.html it's #11 on iTunes! One website suggests it's #9

[Evan Odinson]

Ayu made a cameo on manga "Nine Peaks" which is currently being published!

"The author of "Clover", "Crows Zero 2" and "Himawari" is back! The curtain arises on a heated battle of two men in a town full of sh*tty delinquents!"

[SunshineSlayer]

Forgive me if I'm late to the party mentioning this, but Goto Maki performed Rule on the Masked Singer Season 2 a couple weeks ago. All of her song choices were excellent actually and I could tell who she was from the first note - she also did Namie's Hide and Seek, Superfly's Tamashii Revolution, and Every Little Thing's Fragile of the episodes I've seen so far.

[Zeke.]

Days is one of ayus best works, verging on magnum opus.

“Would it be ok for I to remain the same, ever loving you, just in this way?” This song is the embodiment of the encapsulation of a distinct emotion. The pitter-patter of your heart when you sense you’re falling for someone. The way the cadence of the composition and arrangement mirrors that in its verse. The depth you feel you’ve fallen when you realize you’re in love. The way you get that as the song crescendos into the chorus. The altruistic innocence of being purely content with continuing to experience that persons presence in your life, even if not romantically—merely living the “days”.

It never ceases to marvel me, the melding of creative minds that had to come together so perfectly to paint this scene most simply call “a song.”

[Irish_Ayu_Fan]

Thanks all for the help, Global TA is nice and easy so I guess I’ll stick with that and cross my fingers!! If there isn’t a tour after all I will be devastated lol

[voltron]

So apparently Maki Goto has a YouTube channel and she often covers other artists' songs - I had no idea she was doing anything other than playing Monster Hunter these days. I've also really liked her, so happy to see her doing music - even if unofficially. Here she is singing "No Way to Say"

[Toniayu123]

https://youtu.be/mQGDnFdQRtA
Appreciate this gem.
Performances like this were what made me become a fan of her work. She truly was a legend on stage, even with terrible costume choices lol
Also, blame on whoever convinced her to force her voice on her early days. She clearly didn’t have a high pitched voice, the girl had a beautiful voice actually.
https://youtu.be/_mkxsqmA-Kk

[summerain]

Originally Posted by Toniayu123

https://youtu.be/mQGDnFdQRtA
Appreciate this gem.
Performances like this were what made me become a fan of her work. She truly was a legend on stage, even with terrible costume choices lol
Also, blame on whoever convinced her to force her voice on her early days. She clearly didn’t have a high pitched voice, the girl had a beautiful voice actually.
https://youtu.be/_mkxsqmA-Kk

I really don't like the way they forced her voice to be extremely pitchy because her tone wasn't naturally like that, but I have to admit her voice LOVEppears-onwards has a lot of personality, something she hadn't before.

[Toniayu123]

^ I agree, her voice has always been quite unique. Even though I only enjoy it from 2003 onwards.

Also had to share, an I the only one bothered by the muffled voice effect? Like it literally ruins the song for me. Rule, GAME, the intro of fairyland to name a few. The effect is even more annoying live. What they did with Kanariya at CDL 16-17 was a crime.

[ayu_fantasy]

https://youtu.be/_9xC9PdlT94

Anyway, her dearest performance from 2001 sounded so perfect!! I am impressed as this is my first time seeing this performance

[voltron]

Originally Posted by ayu_fantasy

https://youtu.be/_9xC9PdlT94

Anyway, her dearest performance from 2001 sounded so perfect!! I am impressed as this is my first time seeing this performance

Pretty much all of the performances from when she was promoting the single were spot on. It's probably the most consistent she's ever been from performance to performance, and I just loved her voice at that time.

I think these are probably my favorite performances:

[LOONAppears]

Originally Posted by voltron

Pretty much all of the performances from when she was promoting the single were spot on. It's probably the most consistent she's ever been from performance to performance, and I just loved her voice at that time.

I think these are probably my favorite performances:

why do these appear as blue squares for me? 🥲

[voltron]

Originally Posted by LOONAppears

why do these appear as blue squares for me? 🥲

Weird, here are the links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrgSQElRAjU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBXWuten1HU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0W4R_jJtV0

[LOONAppears]

Originally Posted by voltron

Weird, here are the links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrgSQElRAjU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBXWuten1HU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0W4R_jJtV0

thank you so much!!!

[Evolution7/4]

Oh wow stunning performance and amazing quality! The fashion, the manicure, the emotions! Peak Ayu right there.

[Katsuyuki012]

The X'mas Special version remains my absolute favourite

[ayu_fantasy]

No wonder is such a number 1 artist during that time. So perfect. Beautiful with good voice!

[maxikot]

Venus in Masked Singer Japan performing Ayu's "Rule". Hero performed "Marionette" but I can't find the video yet. Credits to https://twitter.com/ayuvogue/status/1563264651026395136

[voltron]

Originally Posted by maxikot

Venus in Masked Singer Japan performing Ayu's "Rule". Hero performed "Marionette" but I can't find the video yet. Credits to https://twitter.com/ayuvogue/status/1563264651026395136

It was actually Marionette by Kyosuke Himuro, not Ayu.