The true is, Timmy typed that in for her :lech

Definitely:yes

Namie's latest album is unlistenable for me because of her horrendous Engrish. Yeah that was Engrish before but it seems half of the lyrics on that album are English.

This.

And this. The arrangements of the songs are amazing, but the English portion not so amazing. I was surprised she sang some of the songs in full English.

Same with Ayu, her voice is much more powerful for me without the English lyrics. It always feels as if the lyrics are forced in there for the heck of it.

where is ayu now anyway?
is it still in Los Angeles?

^ Ayu and namie are always being compared. :no people come on!! what does ayu tweeting in english have anything todo with namie and her music. :rolleyes

^We're not comparing the two artists, but more about the use of English in their songs in general :) I have no problem of them speaking it in a conversation or whatever, but in music, no.

Anyways, I'm wondering if she's in L.A too. Or maybe back in Japan? Her tour is coming up in a month or so, she could be preparing for that?

rare ocasion - when i agree with ya. And this is one of them, tho i don't mind the english when there's not too much of it and it doesn't sound like someone is swiching buttons from Japanese to English and when the pronounciation at least on that part is ok.

The only time I don't like English in lyrics is when it's completely off, grammatically. I mean, I make mistakes myself, but when it's totally obvious, to me of course, I find it annoying.

Yeah, I know. But at least I don't have to deal with it anymore. :cool

:yes

Ayu's english is good too before,right haha

The English in Ayu's songs is rarely terrible. It was somewhat annoying in glitter and forgiveness had the "But I wanted only keep my love" part which annoyed me to death, but other than that I think she was alright most of the time. Unlike Koda and Namie she doesn't do Engrish that often.

I agree 100%. Compared to other JPOP singers, Ayu's English is nearly perfect and the English she used for her songs MAKE SENSE. Unlike the others who just want the words to SOUND GOOD. *Cough* Namie Amuro *Cough*. I bought her QUEEN OF HIP HOP album and even though some of the songs were good, I couldn't stand her ENGLISH throughout the whole album. She even recorded a whole song singing English with bad grammar. I don't mind if an artist has an accent but when there's so many bad grammars, I get irritated.

I think Utada Hikaru's English are good too. They fit with the song. (But then again, she was born in the US with fluent English)

Two words - Real me.

That's the only Ayu attempt at English lyrics that truly annoys me. xD

I think the problem doesn't lye within Namie herself, but the people writing her lyrics, cuz imo she has a nice accent and when the lyrics are written properly she sounds good most of the time. Now many of her writers seem to really love Engrish and she isn't bothered by that obviously.

It's rude to call Namie Sodium hydroxide.

*rim shot*

Half the time I can't make out what Namie says in her songs. Doesn't stop me from listening, but when I found out she curses in Rock U, I was like, "lol no she doesn't. *looks up lyrics* OH SHI-"

I dunno, when I think off proper English in Japanese songs, I think singers like Jamosa. Ayu isn't as bad as some, but there are singers who are much better, too.

I wonder if English was one of the two subjects at school Ayu said she did better than average at (for the time she was actually there).

omg :roflmao

She sure got lucky when she dropped out...now if I did that.. :eyebrow

Ayu is somewhere in the middle. She doesn't come close to Hikaru, Angela Aki, BONNIE PINK, VERBAL etc. but she is far better than Koda, Namie, Shimatani, Ai Otsuka, Ami Suzuki etc.

I think Namie sounds alright in her songs, it's just the grammar really which isn't great. I enjoyed Uncontrolled and the English didn't bother me.

Ayu does have a stronger accent in her songs, but I'm still up for some English lines if she wants to include them. I agree with the poster who mentioned Forgiveness. I still love that song, it's just a shame the English lines aren't perfect.

mi|kshake~

There is English in Forgiveness? :laugh I always forget. Kinda like how there is English in Kuu's feel. When I learned the whole chorus was English I was like wtf!

^ Yeah! Some serious Engrish towards the end :laugh

I was holding onto my love~~~~~

I'm dead:faint

The Engrish at the time was overambitious for her (at least to sing/speak it) but she did pretty well with it on PoM.

feel me feel me remember everything? Was it something like that? Haven't heard that song in years :(

It's actually my fave part of forgiveness as it's so powerful regardless of that line..

^I have to agree with you on that. I love how Ayu's voice rises at the end, so I can excuse the Engrish because of how emotional and powerful she sang.

Just found this photo in insta. Looks really nice

OMG HER HAIR!!!! OMG OMG OMG

YESSSSS LOVE IT! :heart

She's still in LA, she didn't leave when Ryan did.

holy mother of pearl her hair looks amazing!

Is that dark hair or am I seeing things?!

Holy crap! She looks gorgeous!! :luv2

she looks amazing!!!!

Yes! Anyone have a fb link to this photo?? She looks so classy here!

i hope that hair STAYS and she releases something while having it! PLEASE GOD :luv2

I've been waiting for brunette Ayu to come back for year... Beautiful :love

We haven't been seeing Ayu for quite a while on Twitter...but just checking on that and the fact that her hair has gone dark for the first time in quite a while, well...

Yes, dark hair! :heart
Please keep it, Ayu, for the sake of your fans!

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/661...0355598609.jpg

:luv2:luv2:luv2 :love

I'm happy she's changing her (hair)stlye again adn again.

The blond was niceeeee, but I get bored easily :D

She looks exactly like in the (miss)understood era :thud

She is a vampire, or just plain immortal.

Stunning.

Hopefully it isn't just a wig, but I don't think so, since her eyebrows are darker too, and she has relatively long hair now.

Thanks for the picture! Is there a fb link??

I just love her dark hair! Somehow she looks more beautiful when her hair is dark and natural looking! :heart I hope she stays like that for the tour :yes

She looks so pretty in this photo! I hope she keeps the darker hair color for a while!

She is perfect in brunette !! She is classy and sexy :love

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

:)

we'll get bold n delicious episode II
LOL

^
Or pride part II XD I would love it !!

omg!!!! why am i so excited about her new hair :laugh
I wonder if she keeps it for abl

AAAAAAAAAAAAH THIS IS EVERYTHING I'VE EVER WANTED

:heart :heart :heart

Ayu pls pls pls keep this hair for A BEST LIVE all the way through the end of the tour.

Why isn't there an option on the voting page where we can vote for her hair color? :no



EDIT: Looks like this dude's a real-estate agent. Maybe Ayu's buying a place...?

Seems like she still wants to live (at least part time) in LA. I guess there she could further escape the Japanese rumor mill.

I think she looks great with dark hair, it'd be nice if it were thick and wavy like (m)u!

im so stunned with that look! its gorgeous!!!!!!!!!

They've been friends since when Ayu first met Mannie and everyone thought she was gonna buy a house then~

Thanks ayu world for the link! Ayu really looks so gorgeous here... Tai tai style (an Asian word)

Actually she's been friends with Christophe since long before Mannie was around and it has nothing to do with her buying a place there. Her friend Mie Kim is also in Real Estate, they're all just friends for many years.

Thanks for the clarification!

nice colour!I wasn't expecting brunette but if it's really true then she looks very good with it!

She should go all... deep blue one day xD like no brunette no blond just a slap in teh face for the fandom, I know i would love that xD REBEL! :mischief

love it!! I hope she keeps it for at least several releases and the tour!

Someone could just tweet her to keep this colour for some time, because she's so beautiful with dark hair :luv2

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BF-7y8QCIAALfDU.jpg:large
@DuchessofSch

Who?

Maybe Christopher's photo effects made Ayu's hair look brunette...

Ayu looks great with dark hair!

the last pic is Christophe's wife Gabrielle the Duchess of Shoneberg or something like that.

She looks so poker face/YOU eras O.O

she's so beautiful :heart

The side fringe reminds me of Microphone's pv :P

LOL I noticed Timmy too!

No wonder people always say how photoshop she looks, her skin is literally flawless and it pops up when she's next to someone who's got normal skin :laugh

I guess the hair isn't that dark but still pretty!! She does look younger.

she looks great and rested and fresh!!! darker hair is great, its that shade that looks light in the sun but dark at night.

her hair looks SO much better. :D
hope she keeps it for a while.

I know lol

that woman's jewellery! I'd wear that around my house and nothing else lol

Ayu's skin looks really, really good in that picture.


@saigo: So it is~ She sure knows her jewels...

So...I feel like a stalker lol but I do love jewellery...anyway. There's photos on her facebook of her in that same outfit at some event for Neiman Marcus. I wonder if Ayu went too.

oh...and the event was for Verdura. Oh. Their everything. *fans self*

I would buy everything in lieu of paying my tuition. And then I'd run away to some random island, and just be happy forever.

Ayu is so beautiful!
and i love her new hair color

I'm so sad we missed her here.

She looks good with any hair.

Where's this pic from?? So nice

No lie, all I could think when I saw this was, that woman needs to not take pictures next to Ayu looking glam.

*___* Her hair color! :heart

:thud Oh my!! She's so gorgeous!!! :luv2

Ugh, she looks so perfect. I can't handle it lol.

I'm not gonna lie, my eyes went straight to the woman because she is significantly shorter than ayu! And ayu's about 5', 5'1"? Unless ayu is standing on something, wow, that lady is short! I've never seen ayu look so tall. :laugh

^Well, doesn't Ayu have a thing for freakishly tall heels? :laugh

Oh yeah, but still that lady must be tiny! :D

He posted this pic! <3 http://instagram.com/p/XMFE1YkDws/

She looks really really tiny on her facebook too lol

Ayu really does fit in here with her sense of style~

What does she look? I mean, would you guys think that she's Asian if you saw her for the first time in that picture? I can't even tell... She looks Latina, or something...

Must be the hair this time.

Gorgeous :love

She looks like some sort of...middle eastern, or eastern european...or something to me.

I don't think she looks latina at all...but you never know. My mom doesn't look latina either lol



I hope that guy talks Ayu into buying a house in LA.

is ayu really Japanese?
lol

Oooooooh....... pretty hair <3
Now get rid of half your dancers and release singles and we're good :)

omg saw this on Fb , but this is bigger image and Im so IMPRSSED!!! Ayuuuuuuu!!! her face looks brighter,i love the pink shadow on her cheeck :luv2 I got the vibe of Fairyland and Blubird again :luv2

muahaha thats what I thought when I took pic with Ayu :thud :P

yesssss!! the first time she so tall here lol :P

She's gorgeous in this picture.The first thing that got my eyes when I saw this picture was Timmy's reflection:loony:loony

Her lipps looks weird. The top lip has two colors. Bad make-up artist. :D

I love Ayu the most with dark hair color. She looks more classy with that♥

ayu's so gorgeous omggggg :D

She looks SO good like this. Really classy. She looks her age, but young too? If that makes sense.

hahaha
turned out to be that photo was taken long time ago...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46405720@N08/8581117724/ --> Christophe Choo's wife flickr account and the date stated there was january 30 2012, there's a pic of ayu and the wife with the same outfit she was wearing with christophe.

that means ayu doesn't change her hair color at all lol....

OMG CHRISTOPHE IS A TROLL :weep

^ BUT...to think about it, did ayu ever go brunette in jan 2012? i nvr remembered that.
during her CDL1112, her hair was still very short n blonde. hmm~
probably, the wife/christophe didn't set their camera's date right?

^
Yes her hair was short and blonde and right after pink and always short XD
http://i40.tinypic.com/2zstx0g.jpg