Now we know one of the reason for great vocals. I've seen some studies on how pregnancy "helps" the vocal chords because of the hormones and all.

So she's having a healthier life now and probably drinking less alcohol. Of course, some vocal classes as well. That's why her vocals are so amazing lately.

I have to say what I really enjoyed is that Timmy wasn't there. I like him as a person and I think he is sweet, so is her cousin. But I never liked her male backing vocalists. They are both great vocalists and both can easily outsing Ayu, but them as backing vocalists simply doesn't sound good and does not fit Ayu's voice nor her songs. I feel that one of the reasons she sounded so good was not having them as backing vocals, simply because she often tries to outscream them. This time she did not scream, I can't remember when was the last time she didn't scream. God, her vocals were so good, I really hope she keeps that up!

Also, SIGNAL was amazing! I always loved it and it's one of the few songs from A Song for xx I listen to regularly, because it has this "let's do an 80's disco song" feeling, but combined with this typical 90's sound. I always really liked that and they managed to get this "80's disco" sound to the forefront with the arrangement used. Also her more deeper voice sounded perfect with it. I want a new recording. <3

I hope Timmy's OK. these days I worry that every absence would be coronavirus-related.

SIGNAL and WE WISH were so exciting, I was struggling with bopping my light stick and taking pictures haha.

I like this screenshot I took, didn't get many good ones but this is cute:

So glad everyone enjoyed it so much, I can't wait to see a digest or something to share the joy :)

The setlist is amazing + glad to hear that Ayu's vocals were top-notch + congrats to Ayu on her second pregnancy! :heart

I wonder this show was recorded and edited before being live stream or not. Everything is so perfect and there is also the long credit after MY ALL. It looks like I was watching the DVD/BD

Who's Ayu's cousin that's her vocalist?

@holy_arrow I thought about that too. I wonder if she felt more relaxed not having the audience. Some singers/artists do better when they are just rehearsing (this type of concert with no audience is basically like a dress rehearsal) and they don't feel the pressure of doing something wrong.

We’ve seen ayu rehearsing on insta and she was the same as usual.

This sounds scary. His YouTube page is still up though.

I guess she sounds better because of the absence of noise. A crowd of thousand people screaming may affect her hearing, even with noise-cancelling earphones.

Absence of fan noise didn't save her from many disastrous TV lives.
She has a custom-made mix in her ear piece, it's not impossible that she doesn't even have their voices there.

You know, I was feeling so alone and disconnected this week but this live and chatting with everyone on discord has made me feel really connected again. I'm watching Hwangs live stream now so I can talk to people more about this live haha. :luv2

Yeah I am bit worried too.


I hope I can watch the concert later these days, whould have loved to join live seeing the amazing setlist^^

I think that’s how she sounds on first day of tours, and people say she sounded awesome then we get the live stream or whatever of the next day and wonder what went wrong.
She seriously delivered vocals, THAT’s the Ayu I love. I’m so glad she came back to her deep and natural voice (though still a bit far from her peak at 08 imo). Please Ayu bless us recording something with that gorgeous voice you have now. Give us the album.
I hope she has learned that resting can improve her performance by 200%. In the future, I really hope instead of straining long af hall tours she chooses to do less concerts on bigger venues with resting in between.

Hope Timmy's OK!!

The concert sounds like it was amazing! Sorry if this has been asked before but how do you buy a ticket?

This show was amazing! She sounded so good! And Bye-bye darling and It was live :luv2

It was definitely pre-recorded. I thought it was live up until SIGNAL. The transition made it pretty obvious.