They didn't talk about it on MS, but pics of her face/make up spread like wildfire on the internet after her performance. Netizens took badly timed screencaps of her face and were making jokes about her, where it was obvious the eyelid tape wasn't done properly (shame on the makeup artist, cause it made ayu look bad). It became a topic on the chinese news and on sites like girlschannel, where everyone was calling her an oba-san and having deteriorating looks.

Thanks..downloading right now...

How is MSte's audio system unforgiving and very raw?

I think she did a good job..like I hear it now in HQ..she sounded on key on 95% of the song...her charisma and presence shined...I have no complaint of yesterday performance..

I enjoy watched the whole Music station as well..really fun to watch her reaction to other artist talked part...

I really hope that she will come back and more active to attend several tv shows again.

apart from the shaky start and the small flub in lyrics, this was actually a pretty great performance, i am surprised!

Which performance was it? I thought she had surgery to get double eyelids so why would she need eyelid tape? :yconfused

I'm pretty sure haters on girlschannel and so on don't even need something wrong from ayu to make jokes about her, every time she's on TV they just feel the need to bash her for existing.

A Song Is Born.
http://girlschannel.net/topics/486926/

^ Oh thanks! I had completely forgotten about that performance!

That's pretty much what they do. They're evil.

You can slightly change the shape of the eyes using eyelid tapes... So I guess for someone who from times to times change looks completely using the tapes just make far more sense.

her performance was .. OK! Not amazing but neither a disaster! But i was really surprised when i hear the audience applauding and yelling when ayu walked up the stage! Made me somehow happy !

I don't know. It seems people have a special dislike for Ayu. They always have to try and bring her down.:(
It's so weird to me because she is so sweet and genuine, she doesn't bother anybody. I get if somebody doesn't like her music because everyone has their personal taste. But I don't get why they say mean things about her appearance or that she is fake or has no talent.:yconfused

^ Haters gonna hate, and they have nothing better to do but bashing others...

Really happy with the performance, nice how she changed it up slightly from the tour.

You can definitely hear the improvement in her voice for the last chorus when she's standing as opposed to sitting. I guess that's what I was most disappointed about during this year's arena tour, that she's sitting in the boat for the whole song.

Catching up on this stuff, because I am on holiday and wifi is hard to get here. So sorry if I bring up old news.

For Ayu, she sounded pretty good. Much better than last time at MS. Performance was also very nice, really eye-catching. Hate her costume though, it looks totally unflattering on her and those sewed on butterflies are top carnavalesque (in a bad way). Thankfully it blended nicely in the set, so that is a good thing. Applause for Ayu, I think she did really well, considering how worried we are about her vocals.

As for her eyelid tape conversation here above. So cruel of girlchannel to say such things. Okay, those are really not great pictures of Ayu, but it is kinda her natural self. Do people need to be aliens every time on the day and look perfect all the time? When I watched the performance I really did not pay any attention to this detail. The nerve some people have to bring another woman down with everything they get. Ugh.

This performance was better than I expected. I don't super love how she yells the chorus at some parts, but with the music the yelling works for this song a fair bit more than it does other songs she tends to yell lately.

Whoever was in control of the camera needs a firm talking to, some parts are just awful in that regard. >.>

She looks beautiful as heck, her makeup is lovely and natural. Don't super love the butterflies, but that's okay. ;)