Ayu: Anything Goes [XXVI]

[Toniayu123]

Just in case anyone is interested, I was looking to buy a tommy heavenly6 box and on one of the sellers I found has ayu mix 7 for an extremely cheap price, and brand new
https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/980787178
seems legit, the seller has many good reviews.

[Evan Odinson]

Not sure if this is related to the book but she gained many listeners this month on Spotify, she went from around 280k to 330k -almost 331k- in the past two weeks, M is now on her TOP5 songs (Dearest left the TOP5) and also SEASONS has 2.9M streams and Boys & Girls has 2.8M (close to hit 2.9M) now so those were almost 300k streams in just two weeks

[pedronekoi]

Originally Posted by Toniayu123

Just in case anyone is interested, I was looking to buy a tommy heavenly6 box and on one of the sellers I found has ayu mix 7 for an extremely cheap price, and brand new
https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/980787178
seems legit, the seller has many good reviews.

I'm starting to think this was the one I found in BOOK OFF lol It was 9usd and still sealed.

@andrenekoi I was searching pictures of ANOTHER japanese celebrity on google and found that person "cut out" and then decided to search for Ayu's lol

[ExodusUK]

This triggered me
https://old.reddit.com/r/rupaulsdragrace/comments/crt1ik/pretty pony~pretty pony~pretty pony~pretty pony~pretty pony~post_ayumi_hamasaki_isnt_just_yuhuas/

I'm really sick of the "It's a shame her music isn't blah blah she's not like she used to be" narrative now at this point. It's just redundant and obnoxious the way people point it out like it's a totally unique point. We're like 10 years into this mass census conversation at this point about her career, why can't we just enjoy the scraps in peace.

[Xianghua]

No artist is like they used to be

[relmy]

People don't want to like her newer material, that's all. Some people's taste has changed too, which is fine but that's not the same as an artist being bad.

Sure we don't get much new music now, but I will stand by A ONE and Made in Japan being a start of a return to form.

... I'll also be sad that there's not been more music to keep it going.

[Andrenekoi]

People complain she is "lacking depth" or "doing always the same thing" and that they miss her singing about "things that arent't love" and artistry but in the end they just wanted safer, more poppish releases... Had she just handled her creative control to producers and the marketing team, a lot of the complainers would be pleased.

[pedronekoi]

Great YouTube channel with HD quality lives from tours and a-nations: https://www.youtube.com/user/Tyki47456456456/videos

[MKAyu]

Originally Posted by Evan Odinson

Not sure if this is related to the book but she gained many listeners this month on Spotify, she went from around 280k to 330k -almost 331k- in the past two weeks, M is now on her TOP5 songs (Dearest left the TOP5) and also SEASONS has 2.9M streams and Boys & Girls has 2.8M (close to hit 2.9M) now so those were almost 300k streams in just two weeks

Yay! Thanks for the great news.

[Evan Odinson]

^Welcome! Actually now she has 340k listeners and SEASONS is just 55k streams away to hit 3M

[Corvina]

That actually happened to a bunch of Japanese artists on Spotify. I do wonder why.

[Earth_maiden]

I had a dream last night where I was hanging out with Ayu in a studio-like setting while she mixed some music on a computer. Then she signed my shoe and dropped me off at an arcade so I could play dance dance revolution (which I've never played once in my life). It's been a while since I dreamed of Ayu haha.

[maxikot]

Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

I had a dream last night where I was hanging out with Ayu in a studio-like setting while she mixed some music on a computer. Then she signed my shoe and dropped me off at an arcade so I could play dance dance revolution (which I've never played once in my life). It's been a while since I dreamed of Ayu haha.

You should have checked your shoe afterwards, you never know

[Earth_maiden]

^weirdly it was the sole of my left shoe, for some reason. And there was really weird pun, something like "we'll be CHICKEN you out". So confusing...

[mizuki-7]

This live appeard on my recommendation channels! its long time I haven’t seen this live ... despite the fact that she was obviously very sick that day, I had never noticed that she cries from the second chorus until the end of the song. I wonder why ? she rarely showed her emotions on TV, except when she got awards etc ...

[Andrenekoi]

^She most likely don't let herself go and be that vulnerable as much because she isn't as confortable as she is on a real stage.

[YUKARI]

I want a new PV...

[pedronekoi]

Originally Posted by mizuki-7

This live appeard on my recommendation channels! its long time I haven’t seen this live ... despite the fact that she was obviously very sick that day, I had never noticed that she cries from the second chorus until the end of the song. I wonder why ? she rarely showed her emotions on TV, except when she got awards etc ...

Iconic moment <3 The Ray of Light t-shirt gives it an extra level of iconic

[eiennosenshi]

Was listening to the new weekly playlist by AWA released 2 hours ago and came across a cover of Depend on you by "Sho-ta with Tenpack riverside rock'n roll band" which Yo-chan seems to be part of. Is this old news? :O It sounds good to me but can't seem to find any info about it. AWA's page about the band is empty, though it says the album's name is "Tenpack riverside rock'n roll band 4" and the release date is Aug 13 2019. I don't have premium membership and can't download it either. :<

[pedronekoi]

^ You can see more infos and even hear the track previews here: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07VX6W62N