I highly doubt that. She didn't retire after GUILTY got #2... I don't even think she flinched, and that was much bigger than the single streak.

If anything, after L, she may relax more and get back to what makes her happy. #1s mean very little Ayu... just A LOT to us because we want Ayumi to be the best solo artist in Japanese history. She deserves it. :)

If we see a new album before or right at January, it is highly likely she will be on hiatus for about 7 months. She does this after every dual release within a calendar year (I am... and RAINBOW in 2002, and (miss)understood and Secret in 2006 both had long breaks before new singles came).

Once again, even woodland critters are coming into town going "WTF... Ayu is NOT retiring", Ayu will not be retiring anytime soon. Music is her life, she loves the fans and Matsuura too much to just drop off the scene.

I really hope we don't see Ayu doing this in 20 years:

http://wiki.jpopstop.com/images/f/f9/Sunshine.jpg

I am still disturbed every time I see that cover. I'm just like.. whoa... :no

If anything about Ayu changes for the landscape, it will be bringing back some elements that went missing from her older music. Ayumi loves doing what makes her happy, and we will always love her, but I doubt she would become a goth rocker or start singing Operatic duets with KOKIA.

And I really hope she doesn't do the Matsuda thing like that album cover shows... :shakehead

I was going to say that she seems to be putting tons of work into her music, and that it's pretty much her life (like every other member said). I don't think she will stop anytime soon. Maybe a hiatus, sure (everyone knows she needs a break!), but as for stopping music forever? I think that part of her-the really big part of her- will die.

I don't believe that ayu will ritire soon.
But; ok, she said that music is her life >> is this a good justification, even stronger that this reading of L's lyrics, that she'll never ritire?

IMO she will get a break of a few months after the next album...

:yes :thumbsup

Normal people works harder than her and can't enter on a "1 year vacation"... I think she should take some time in order to control her overexposure, but never cuz "she needs it too much"... Even when she travels to different countries, she doesn't go to those places only to work... The girl is resting when she feels like it

Utada is different. When I heard her announce hiatus, I nearly screamed.

2 and a half years since her last Jpop single or album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And she didn't do much of anything with This Is The One in that space of time either!!

You know who really deserves a break? Ayumi... The woman who has more health issues, stress, and A LOT busier of a schedule than Hikki. Now, if Utada were to come back and say that after punching out 50 singles, 11 albums, over 20 remix albums, 5 best-of collections, and over 90 PVs in the last 10 years, I *might* take her seriously. For now, she has royally pissed me off... but I will STILL be all over her next record. :(

^off-topic - AHH an Ayu fan in Tucson!! I just moved from there last month~
back on-topic - I think Ayu meant that she wants to travel to these places for vacation or whatever, but I doubt she will be taking an extended break like some people are saying. It would be nice if she did take at least a year off to rest, get some fresh ideas or whatever, but I personally don't see that happening. Ayu is too dedicated to her music and fans to take such a long period off. But of course this is just my opinion, and she could in fact be planning an extended break. We all know she deserves it, she's been working pretty much non-stop for 10+ years. Whatever she decides to do, I will be happy with it. I just wish she would sleep more, haha.

^ OT: You two are from Tucson too!? Wow, that's so cool!
3 of us <3


I really don't think Ayu would retire completely. I do wish she'd get a break, but like she said she does love music and it's her life. I hope AVEX lets her take a break so she can relax and maybe even get inspired- not that there's anything wrong now, her music/voice is GODLY now.

Just to be assured, Ayu has an iPhone 4, like me. Now she can just tweet as much as she wants with that iPhone...

That's what we have to know for now. Ayu will be honest about stuff like this.
Besides that, she was working on another album.

i've been a ahs memebr since May and ayu shoul dhave already retired like 10 times according to people and their thoeries
Ayumi's life is her music.
Without it she would die.
Plus if we look at EnergizE's obvious lyrics
"Put your hands up together
Let me sing forever"
I dont think these show signs of reitrement...

:yes

I feel pity for Ayu... there are always tons of fans making stupid questions like if she is planning to retire or if she hate Namie Amuro @_@

^I feel even more sorry for her that there are fans that actually think a woman of her age and tenure still can't make a single move or breath without permission from the puppetmasters at Avex. :P

I agree. I know its a lot of work to be Ayumi, but she has time to play too, and spend bajillions of yen. She has been known to spend hours on twitter alone. I think the whole overworked Ayu needs a break thing is purely constructed by her fans. I don't think she needs a break.

lol retiring?? you serious? LOL
sorry, but those are all clearly love songs, VR is for her mother, the others... well, could be Tomoya, could be another person, could be from a friend's situation, or something, but they are in no way songs dedicated to her fans.

i just don't see where some people can see her retiring by connecting random lines from her different songs :/

^That's exactly what it is, someone reading way too much into her lyrics.
If she were retiring, I'm sure the fans would be among the first to know, this is why I wonder if people who say this stuff just really want her gone.

^I think they want to just stir up the pepper-pot with speculation.

I love how she gets attitudes for asking a simple question :rolleyes

chill it out