Ayu on Oriental Daily 3/12/2004

[extepan]

I should have read the newspaper more often. ayu was on the newspaper 4 times last week and i didnt know.

anyway, just to remind you, the correct attitude of reading a hong kong newspaper is to read, laugh and forget.

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translation

title:
new record is a giveaway, four different covers to snatch customers
ayu' new look is a balant copy of christina

text:
ayu's first new album in 2 years 'my story' is confirmed to hit the shops on 15/12. in order to boost sales to the maximum, avex made 4 different covers to attract people to buy the cd. the number of songs on the album is an amazing 17, making it a giveaway to fans, hence boosting sales.

it is only 10 or so days to the sales of the album. avex started to offer a pay download service from the day before yesterday, letting fans to download the songs from 'my story; from the internet. the songs are charged at 210 yen each (about 16 hong kong dolalrs). because of the collapse of the japanese music market, this is a makeshift effort to curb the loss of sales.

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after the release of all 4 designs of the covers, many people criticised that the layout of the photo looks very familiar. this is because ayu's image and pose are all extremely similar to the pics in the 2005 calendar of the queen of american music industry christina aguilera. both series of pics are sexy and has a classical feel to it. hence, ayu is caught red handed.

actually, this is not ayu's first time to copy. there are many reports saying that she copies madonna in recent years. however, this is the first report to mention ayu with christina aguilera.

[rainbowseason]

thx for the news
dotn we know all dat info already but?
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i th ink some of these news articals are NEVER GOOD

[Nu-NRG]

O.O
well the styles between ayu and christina(calendar) is pretty close..there's this 50's/60's theme to it..christina's one look more classy/grand then ayu one imho
i don't think ayu intend to copy...i think is more of a fashion thing
she is the fashion queen of jpop after all...so don't think she did

edit:


just the color/fur carpet thing is similar...the rest i don't think

[Qt Mashi]

hmmmm i dont think Ayu copied Christina...its just a coincidence, geez ppl think too much

[jerms]

if the songs are available for download already, shouldnt we have mp3's prety soon?

so that first pic in the article next to ayu's cover is christina? doesn't look like it.

[royle]

ridiculous ...
i dun think they look familiar at all ...

[extepan]

Originally Posted by rainbowseason

thx for the news
dotn we know all dat info already but?
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i th ink some of these news articals are NEVER GOOD

i am just informing you of the existence of such article. i didnt even ask you if it was good.

stop criticising my homeland, otherwise i will be extremely offended. actually i already am.

[extepan]

can someone be a bit more thankful for the hours i spent translating these articles?????

[royle]

thankx extepan for ur translation ..
are u living in hk or what ?

[extepan]

i live in hk, why?

[CREA]

Thank you for the translations. It's greatly appreciated. But I don't think anyone was critisizing Hong Kong itself. It's just the fact that HK tabloids often tend to be very negative when it comes to ayu. All tabloids: American, HK, etc; tend to be negative, because badmouthing celebrities sells. That's all.

[Qt Mashi]

^oh kool u live in hk, my sister is in hk now lol

comparing Christina and Ayu's pics, i reckon Ayu looks way~ better
Christina used to be my no1 just b4 i liked Ayu 5 months ago, now Ayu is my no1

[walking proud]

extepan i'm sure they didn't mean to critisize your homeland, don't take it wrong, they just said that the articles were not reputable, they did not say HK sucks. please don't start a fight. i'm sure they didn't mean it the way you took it.

[lolo66]

Hmmm.. their poses are so different in my own eyes.. oh well thanks for the sharing

[lolo66]

"...there are many reports saying that she copies madonna in recent years. however,
this is the first report to mention ayu with christina aguilera."

That's the funniest part for me. Ok so they like got tired of saying Madonna all the time, so they started using Christina. Like who are they going to use next time? hmm .. Mr. Bean seems like a good choice.. hehehe

[~K+]

I do agree with Haku that Christina's does look alot classier.

[Larisa-chan]

holy o.o;;; Christina looks like a cross between some ugly drag queen and a clown in her pics.. I like Ayu's ALOT more

[ricekid]

<sarcasm>
Yeah...I mean, ayu is obviously not copying. look at her! same pose, clothing style, photo style, floor, coloring, heavy makeup, OBVIOUSLY not copying. not like those chinese singers that always copy ayu. they're bad. oh man are they bad. once, I saw one that was wearing pants. just like ayu did in one of her photos! OMG! I almost flipped out! I called everyone I knew, and we all went to kill her! Seriously! Those chinese singers are shifty characters. Not like my goddess, ayu. No, she'd NEVER copy anyone. Never. Not even if her clothing is the same. And the pose. And the style.
</sarcasm>

I'm as a big an ayu fan as you people, but seriously. Before you go of like a rocket about people criticizing ayu about copying, look at the nasty stuff said about people like Jolin. I mean, some of these "She copied Ayu" things are just ridiculous. And one that looks decently credible comes along and suddenly the person that suggests it is a raving lunatic?

[stardust_maiden]

Originally Posted by Qt Mashi

hmmmm i dont think Ayu copied Christina...its just a coincidence, geez ppl think too much

Yup...that's what I was gonna say. So what if she has similar backgrounds...get over it. Ayu makes them look 100x's better than her any ways.

[mui-gei-tal]

thanks for the news...

i don't think ayu copied christina...