I think she thinks it's cute and has to do with her singles. From her lyrics she sounds like a depressed, love sick girl :laugh

If hugging her would get her to stop, I'd gladly volunteer. :yes

Not surprised about her rank or sales - totally deserved! :)

oh dear i am in love with her new album ♥ like really badly :D she has impressed me once again!

Congrats to Katoh! Well deserved. I hope she keeps up making good music. She's got a unique voice and delivers unique as well.

I do agree that it gets slightly annoying, the whole "looking sad in every picture" thing. I LONG for a picture were she actually smiles!

i love FREE <3

I found a couple of them recently!
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1801/058lp.th.jpg http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4374/75341590.th.jpg

She should practice more as the first one seems kind of awkward but the second one is pretty sweet imo.

I love it too, it's so addicting!

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Her smile is to die for! Why won't she smile more?
So pretty :heart

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^ CUTE

the last time she smiled for a single/album was a promo for Sayonara baby...she really needs to get over the "abused" look for her covers. i want shibuya ***** miliyah back but i doubt that will happen anytime soon :no

Miliyah smiling, wow, cute

lol, I dont like her smiling either, I dont like the way she looks X_X at all

So like HEAVEN finally came into the mail. Now I can finally come back into this topic without worrying about spoilers XD Anyway, time to listen to the album in full and then watch the DVD! =D

EDIT: Just listened to the whole album. It was defiantly worth waiting for! I practically loved every single track! (the only one that I didn't click the "love" button for was Sweet Angel, I'll let that one grow on me) B.F.F., X.O.X.O., I miss you, Baby I See You feat. VERBAL (m-flo), Last Love, BYE BYE, WHY, FREE, HEAVEN, Silent Ocean, Destiny, Endless Love, and Sora I really really love! (Basically, the whole album XDDD)

Not sure if these were posted or not, but HQ scans from August BLENDA:
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/8489/001or.th.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6308/031xes.th.jpg http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/4352/033sh.th.jpg

I actually don't mind the last 2 scans (still don't like the cover). Her expression in the scans are the same but it's not too extreme to me, plus she's wearing that red lipstick that looks really good on her.

and an X.O.X.O live :love

Is it just me or does Miliyah have ridiculously small hands? I notice it a lot when watching her tours/live performances. I think it's cute though :laugh

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About the same size as me (I've got even shorter fingers though) and people always say I've got small hands :yes

Usually I find Ayu's hands ridiculously huge (not ugly, just huge) and her fingers are like crazy long.

Hm, I don't like that lipstick on her at all. I tend to think darker shades doesn't suit those with somewhat undefinded lips.

I think ayu's hands are normal sized, her toes are what's long (feel weird knowing this, but the girl likes to post close ups of her feet in TA sometimes :laugh)

Anyway, I just think the shade looks really good! I think her lips are her best feature and it draws attention to them.

In most pics, you don't notice the size of Ayu's hands, but check out the SECRET CD+DVD cover one more time, and you'll see what I'm talking about :)
Not that there's anything wrong with that, I'd rather have bigger hands, than these midget ones I've been born with :grumpy

Anyway, I want to ask if anyone uploaded the live perfomances that came with the CD+DVD edition? I never bought the album...ran out of money, which seems to happen a lot these days T__T

^ They look a little bigger than usual there, but anywhere else they look normal sized to me. Maybe since yours are so small they seem extra large to you or something? lol but I don't see anything bad about having small hands!
Someone uploaded the DVD here with the performances http://jpopsuki.eu/torrents.php?id=40142

Thats funny....my mom also commented on how huge Ayu's hands are. I guess it must just be that everything else about her is so small, her hands tend to look unnaturally large :laugh.

Ok sorry to barge in on this thread....this girl sings very awesome though...

I loved the live version of XOXO....she sounded great!

I love her music, but I never like the way she looks live. She has these awkward outfits that make her look like a doll and hide her figure and it's kinda of weird ...

I wish she had more lives like the MTV World Stage VMAJ 2010 one! The Bye Bye and Sayonara Baby performances there are just awesome!