I always assumed that both Gackt and Ayu got their vibrato from the enka style of singing.:think

Is this Ayu's first Christmas/winter song?

I think POWDER SNOW is.

I run an Ayu Fan page (Chilen FC) and today a big group/page of jrock/jpop latin american page asked me to do like a "special" about Ayu, her bio, songs, facts and stuff, it was so much fun and they told me that it was the best special so far this year, the one with more likes haha and many people kinda fell in love with her for what I read on the comments, I feel so happy :love

Ayu made me laugh so much at 1:14 when she saw her dog! I have never heard her sound like that before.:laugh

maybe and that vibrato kinda bothered when it is too much done by Ayu haha

Anyone else think ayu's Mr. Darling sounds slightly similar to Michelle Branch - Goodbye to you?

I started listening to Love songs on the bus yesterday and couldn't stop until the album was done. I forgot how good of an album it is :heart I really love how powerful "sending mail" is, too.

I looooooved when she was all about vibrato during the JEWEL era <3 When I was in Japan, I went to a karaoke with two japanese friends and one of them started singing Days and in the end of every sentence she did a vibrato to mimmick Ayu lol It was fun and I guess japanese people makes fun of this kind of technique.

^ Yes when she's impersonated by someone on japanese tv, they always make fun of her vibrato

I really in the mood for Ayu and listening to her winter ballads, maybe beacuse it is the end of the year and like it is the "ayu moment" before CDL, sadly been missing those year end tv shows with Ayu >.<

Also watching her old CMs, got me so nostalgic <333

Yes, I definitely feel in an Ayu mood due to the time of year!!

Yes! Another special moment for me is listening to "Close to you" on Christmas night; after all the celebrations have ended, and although things have fallen silent again, there's still that warm spirit in the air, and this year's memories are fresh in your mind. Just standing outside, looking at the lights in the yard/on the house, with the snow blanketing yard, glistening in the moonlight. When I stepped outside before bed last night, I had thought I wanted to listen to another song because it was in my head all day, but my heart was singing "Close to you," and I'm so glad I decided to listen to that instead, because it just felt right.

Also, I used to be disgusted by that song, lol. I just thought it was so bad, and so last night when I was listening to it and it just felt so right, I was even more marveled by the fact that I used to think it was such a throw-away track.

Omg this episode was so funny LOL. Thanks for bringing this back!

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and youtube just took down the user's account >.<

The second chorus onwards of Evolution really is the most perfect euphoric passage of pop music ever

I really wish I got get into the festive spirit because this sounds so magical! I feel as the years pass, Christmas is becoming just another day to me.

Ayu's clash of queens commercial was featured in this youtube video.:)

It starts at 4:05.
Nobody in the comments even mentioned her. They must not recognize Ayu these days.:bsigh

I feel like I'm losing interest in Ayu as I don't visit or post on AHS as much as I used to. Or real life is just that busy for me.