This tour grows on me someway...even without watching it...I hope it will make me love NEXT LEVEL again, I kind of started disliking it...Hope for a TV version during A-Nation or something(wouldn't A-Nation and AT09 on TV right behind each other be amazing?)

Ayu sometimes synchs only parts of the songs...(many UNITE! choruses, some evolution choruses, ANGEL's SONG CDL0809 had the last lines live(and out of breath) as well...) But I don't want to start a discussion now, I will wait for a TV or DVD release to say she sung it live or playback, this is only to say that thats not much of a proof when it comes to ayu xD

Ah don't worry I wasn't trying to bash Hikki, as I myself am a fan of her Japanese work :) I am far from hating her, she was the first JPOP artist I got into. But yeah, it's all based on opinion, I considered GUILTY a masterpiece xD many didn't think so :innocent

It's okay, I know you weren't ^^; Just in general, people like to bash a lot D:

I think GUILTY was perfect to be honest. I don't care what anyone else says LOL. I think NEXT LEVEL is great also because it acts like the extreme contrast to GUILTY. It's like:


Dark - GUILTY -------------(everything else)--------------- NEXT LEVEL - Light-hearted

It clearly reflects everything that's been going on in her life. The GUILTY era was a dark time for her, but during NEXT LEVEL, things started looking up :) I don't think some people view the albums that way. But that's definitely how I see it.

Exactly, even though I can relate to the whole GUILTY theme more, I love NEXT LEVEL as she made a perfect combo of rock and electro pop.

^ I'LL JOIN BOTH OF U IN THAT IDEA :)
somehow GUILTY fit my life so I loved it. NEXT LEVEL offered something bright and new...which is just great

I think the same about it^^ There was nothing about GUILTY I really hated, NOTHING, all of her other albums have at least one song I truly HATE, it was perfect! And the contrast to NEXT LEVEL(we didnt have light-hearted songs for quite a time) made NEXT LEVEL better, at least when it was released...but it can still grow on me...

^me too, I love both extrems and GUILTY has a lot of great songs!

and taka-sama, i'm anxious to read your report!!

AAAAAH!!! I WANT TO GO T____T WHYYY??? why I have to go to university and pay for a room this year and can't spend this money to go and see ayu's tour??? WHYYY??!! -_________-

everytime i listen to NEXT LEVEL...i keep having that craving for a dark song to just add that spice..(and the closest would be Sparkle...for the mysterious part) LOL

Personally...

GUILT > NEXT LEVEL

Just because GUILTY came closer to me and did have more variety imo. But yes both albums are great. Now Im just waiting for the middle between GUILTY and NL meaning I am...(album) pt. 2! :D

^ OMG, perfect xD I just noticed how that describtion exactly fits I Am... and how I Am... kind of is my favourite album together with GUILTY

Yessssssss \(T_T)/

We'll have to wait some time then. -__-

You, I love you :love at last someone say it: combo of rock and electro pop .... I read so many stuffs that are not NEXT LEVEL style album at all :dead2

Well for me it's a little different, there were always a song I hated or like less for each albums, one or two songs ... the too cheesy song as My all, HONEY with the kid voice, althought the melody is so nice to hum !!! .... But for one time NEXT LEVEL is totally ok for me. I just miss some darker songs like from GUILTY. ;o;

I don't think we'll get a TV version for this. The break inbetween isn't long enough to warrant one.

... why are you throwing around your speculation as fact?

I think that is going to be very hard :P

@Ayusan - thank you~ :love
@truehappiness - Yeah, that's what I've been wondering too, but at least lip syncing parts of the songs would make more sense xD But then again, please, let's not start the whole lip syncing talk again.

Lol. I would have to be super focused to lip sync parts of a song. Knowing when to come in and when to shut up.

^ No, she doesnt, because its usually the chorus...also, her mic is turned off when she synchs, so she doesnt have to care at all, she just cant shout things when shes synching

@truehappiness
If she uses the same playback several times...its not speculation but fact...and you are starting the discussion again, please stop it. The only "speculation" is about the end of ANGEL'S SONG, but no mic-noises for all the song and then suddenly mic-noise(and out of breath) for the last lines IS proof, because the possibility of that happenign is near 0.00000001% or something...they would have to add micnoises on the playback with a computer, but they would have done for all the song and not for the last 4 lines
Takasama is speculating and letting it sound like a fact("I know she sung live because she was out of breath") but you only mind if it doesnt make ayu seem like a goddess, do you?
Ayu sings live!(speculation without evidence(or however that word is written in english))
you: no comment
Ayu sings playback!(speculation with evidence)
you: STOP SPECULATING!!!
Isnt both exactly the same? And both is possible in the same way.

agreed :yes

Yeaah. At least this thread is really close to getting done with so I can start a new one, whew~

Do you think that TakaSama is lying or something? Obviously, someone who hasn't even seen her live [you] doesn't even have credence over someone who has! [TakaSama] It appears that you have problems accepting the truth when it comes to things you feel strongly about, and I understand that, but.. wow. Blah.