RAINBOW is one of my favourite albuns :luv2

listening to her Winter ballad selection album on Spotify, it really fit into my mood right now, looooveee it

I am so into CAROLS lately. I don't even really like the song. I guess it is the holiday spirit

Ayu makes those seasonal anthems like no other.

Wasn't sure if it would be but You were... is still solid after all these years :yes. That whole single was one of her best winter singles. Was rewatching the BALLAD PV, also one of her best, so beautifully done and emotional. Whoever directed it should direct all her videos.

11 years to the day Ayu sang JEWEL on Music Station Super Live 2006...one of my favorite Ayu performances at that time while disregarding pre-autumn 2006 material. I, once again, seriously miss the old Ayu days. :cry

Finally. A positive post about You were... .:heart
I remember the first time hearing/watching it on youtube for the first time when it was released. I thought it was beautiful. The BALLAD/You were... single is such a solid release. Very beautiful artwork for the single as well.

It deserves so much love. It's such a beautiful and well written song :yes
I remember when it first came out too, I was obsessed and had it on repeat a lot that winter. I agree, the single covers were all gorgeous too.

Do you guys have a favorite winter PV from ayu?
Mine is momentum.. so beautiful and poor ayu honestly looked heartbroken in it, I wonder what she was going through during that time.

agreed with all the posts above! <3

Ayu surely got the best winter ballads everrrr <3

these days Ive been watching/listening to JEWEL, You Were... (how lonely and sad is the lyrics), No Way To Say <3, Carols (oh my the chorus,<3 ), Days to death

also really missed her Happy Xmas Show <333 my favorite is JEWEL at Universal Studio,cant believe it more than 10 years already T_____T so lovely Ayu

ugh so many great things happend during winter but now feels so empty, not a even a tv performance to be anticipated for

RAINBOW is one of my favourite albums as well. REAL ME is my jam.

For winter ballad pvs, I always liked Together When... Gosh, I haven't seen that pv in ages.

No Way To Say <3 the song that locked in my love for Ayu :luv2

I remember that I was kinda dispointed when I first watched the You were... pv. Not that it was a bad pv but I was so hyped for her to be "sparkling" in it and thought it would look like something like her look in kanariya but in the end she only had glittery powder all over her XD

When I had my first student from Japan over, she told me she and her friends lost touch with Ayu around RAINBOW and most of them did not bother to look her up anymore after that.

For a lot of people their Ayu fandom ended there or around BLUE BIRD. People don't really seem to know anything beyond what was in Secret nowadays.

Seriously! Oh gosh all of her JEWEL lives.. I know I have them on a hard drive I need to rewatch them! I remember how insanely beautiful her voice was in them, and her lovely dresses :love. I love ayu's gigantic dresses where she looks like a queen/princess.

I would have loved a winter single/promotion too but honestly I feel like anything she releases or does right now is extra, I don't expect anything to be how it used to be with her releases anymore especially after reading she is losing hearing in her other ear.

Omg how could I forget to watch Together When... this winter? Another amazing winter song + video. Thanks for reminding me! :D

Is this officially the longest we've went without a release? It's weird that for the past 5 years I've been wanting her to take it easy...but when she finally does I keep counting the days until a new album announcement :P

I keep listening to the "No way to say" single these days. I'm not usually the type that listens to winter ballads exclusively during the winter, but honestly, the acoustic remixes on that single are so good and sound a lot more superior than the ones on the actual acoustic orchestra remix albums.

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yes the acoustic remix on the single is so lovely because her voice is so raw and fragile that made me love her 2002-2003 voice so much, seriously even most performances at Ayu Ready had this raw voice which I loved so much

the latter release that came close to that is Moon, Days <3, especially Moon she sounded like she could cry anytime in the studio version <3

This is the best live version of You were...


I always listen to You were... during christmas.
I will never forget how hard it struck me when I first listened to it. I had a drinking night with a friend and I said that I just had to watch the latest music video of my favourite artist. Both of us loved it and watched it several times. It was so magical.
The feeling when an Ayu song hits you hard is unforgivable.

EDIT
The video doesn't seem to work here? It's the Countdown 2009-2010 version

Haha I actually forgot about Together When for a bit too. But glad I could help :D

My visit to London makes me think about Ayumi Hamasaki's high-profile trip there for the "Rock'n'Roll Circus" album production nearly eight years ago. Honestly, though, I haven't had a chance to listen to Ayu's music these days, even before my year-end vacation to Europe started...