Good times... I was only 8 years old. ourselves PV gave me nightmares :tired
Did not understand what Because of You PV is about,
and why Memorial address did not have a PV (so I imagined the PV myself :P Ayu wearing funeral dress (similar to SEASONS PV) and singing in a vintage restaurant.)

So I was watching her old appearances on Music Station and other lives and now that I can understand japanese, I can know what she talked about during the talk sessions. And most of the time Ayu and the hosts have been talking about her rich lifestyle and almost out of reality. Like one time they asked her what she preferred: doing the dishes, throwing out garbage, laundry or cooking. And they were surprised when she said cooking because they thought she would never cook at home. And other time on Music Station she said she loves shoes and one day she went to the store and got 70 pairs of shoes. So I was really surprised that people nowadays are complaining about her "lifestyle" and showing her richness. She have been doing that since the beginning lol I was really surprised.

From the 2006. My earliest memory how ayu sang Blue Bird at the final day of her tour and I read about it at the russian fan forum
I graduated from school at 2002 and didn't have interent connection. From 2004 to 2006 I use my mobile phone as a modem and it was very expensive. So I knew about japanese artist around this time


End of december is fully packed at the ayu's release calendar
today is RAINBOW day

https://i.imgur.com/Fcz3lvc.jpg

I am loving Winter diary rn. Wish she would sing this live in a big ass extra dress with princess hair like she did with holiday lives in the past!

Am I the only one the considers the album Colours... weird or off.
I always forget about it. It never made an impression on me and even after all this time I have to look up what album I'm listening too when one of the songs come on. lol

I don't know about ya... but it looks too magazine-ish to me :laugh Like it's not an actual cd cover but it was not intended as a magazine cover parody either so it doesn't properly click to me. It's not ugly though.

I like Colours for what it is (a fun album, a bit different for her), but I don't listen to it much.

I love the covers for Colours. <3

I love the entire stylistic direction for Colours. Love the high fashion stuff - a departure from her usual pink/pastel/gyaru look.

The music's pretty great too, and I don't really take it seriously. It's just a fun time.

She blessed us with NOW & 4EVA on that album. The only gripe that I have is with music video direction on that album. Songs are fun:yes

Colours for the most part feels very, empty? It’s like void of something. You could easily forget it’s an ayu album, or the works of ayu. Her presence isn’t as strong or asserted. It’s mute of her traditional persona in a way, so unfamiliar. Because of that, it feels quite sad. It’s like losing a good friend - they go on living their life, but you can no longer relate or feel the relationship between you any longer. You’re merely a spectator, where as you once felt integrated somehow into the storyline itself. It lacks intimacy, and thus feels dishonest in a way. It doesn’t feel like she is speaking directly to you. It is a conversation in which I feel I cannot participate.

I guess to put it more simply, as opposed to other ayu albums, which when listening to I feel I am in company, when listening to Colours, I feel alone. It doesn’t captivate me, and thus I remain very aware of, and in tune with, my own reality and visual surroundings.

What is a good response to criticism about being too personal and intimate with her own art because she was dating someone who wasn't Nagase after literally building a career around milking her own personal tragedies for the public.

Was in Paris last week and I went to Cafe Marly at the Louvre just to feel the Ayu’s trace there omg haha and seriously felt so nostalgic when I passed by Shangrila where I met her back in 2012 <3

Colours is such a good, refreshing and fun album. Something different. I would like her to experiment more with her music. Covers for that album are so good.

Shuffle-Mode across Ayu's Discography:
After a long time, I was listening to Stephane Pompougnac's Dub Mix of JEWEL again....
Man, i love that version so much!

I pray so hard for a new ayu-mi-x.
The last one was released more than 7 years ago....
And since than she released 3 mediocre classical Albums.

I just realised that Ayu teased us a while ago that she did a photoshoot with a female international photographer. Can't remember the name, only that she announced it around Halloween, because they dressed themselves up as (play)bunnies.

I am curious when that is coming! I almost forgot about it! Maybe she is gonna use it for the new chapter of her tour?? Idk, I don't really understand whatever Ayu means with her social media posts.

Plus, not so interesting, but I am making travelling plans for the summer and was looking into a travel guide. When I looked at Japan, there was a pic with a billboard in the middle, promoting Mirrorcle World. I thought it was funny, how iconic her covers are and immediately recognizable!

I have been thinking about this same thing the last few days. There was a photoshoot with a female photographer. I think she is well known. Wasn't it for a magazine?:think

It's for Numero Tokyo.
It was revealed back in November:

Here it is.:yes

^Yep, it's for Numero Tokyo (confirmed by Ellen) but there's no date yet.

Ellen Von Unwerth is well-kown for her sexy photoshoots, she has worked with huge stars like Chirstina Aguilera, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Madonna (among singers) and many actresses and models and her work is always on point (imo is sexy but not vulgar) so I'm really interested to see how this photoshoot looks like!