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I was introduced to Ayumi through an old friend over four years ago ~ Now, I live in England .. and I had no contact with the J-Pop scene other than through anime and manga, so when I heard her for the first time, the first thought that came into my mind was "Wow, the music is so different .."
I was around twelve and I had never heard anything like it. I'd listened to foreign music before a lot; my step-dad had an old CD of Deep Forest which is an old band...if you could call it that, they're pretty unique. I was addicted because they were different. Although I liked various English bands, I was still more into that old CD. And as soon as I heard Ayumi, I was addicted.
~ That same old friend let me borrow her single CD only of Moments, where I promptly listened to it non-stop for the week she let me borrow it and I learnt all the words, recording it in 30 second pieces on my phone xD
~ I started to download her music slowly..everytime I got a new song, I'd be so excited to hear it ~ Knowing nothing of MP3 sites and the like, I depended on random song-sends from that old friend and some from Limewire..because of this, the songs I owned were very random. But when I listened to them I get so nostalgic..I know the words to each one and I remember the feeling of first getting into Ayu <3 Some of those are still alone, ourselves and Rainy Day ~
~ Then, I started getting more into Ayumi as a person. I researched everything I could about her and started to introduce people to her music. I still had no concept of her albums or PV's or anything..
~ I started to get her songs into albums and to watch her PV's and lives on youtube. I think this was where I became really obsessed, late 2007-2008.
~ I lost all her music earlier this year and I had to wait three months to get it back. Her last single didn't really stand out and I'm now more into other artists..however, I'm hoping this new single catches back that Ayu sparkle for me <3
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