[majrakun]

I love reading everyone's stories. Makes me feel...warm and mushy inside. XD

Ayu was introduced to me back in 2006, I think? We had to sing 'rainy day', and my friend showed us a bootleg copy of (miss)understood. I thought the song was pretty boring (I love it now though!), and that she was probably some, B-list, not-so-popular artist, judging from the (m)u cover. Boy, was I wrong XD

Anyway, I was surfing youtube one day, and watched this fanvideo with the song Criminal in the background. I loved it so much, so I randomly searched for an mp3 download at that time. I found it, and also a couple of other Ayu songs as well, like Trauma. AND THEN, I was on Crunchyroll, watching some jdrama, until I decided to randomly search her name in that site. At that time, I though CR was specifically for TV series only, so I wasn't expecting much. But THAT was when I stumbled upon her Memorial address performance from AT03-04, and it was instant love.

I searched for the video and song to download but I couldn't find it anywhere. I found AHS but I didn't sign up because there weren't that much too look into. I did sign up one day though, and that was when I discovered that it had more hidden sections for members only, including dooowwnlooooads~ Hahaha. And the rest is history.

I'm so glad for being an Ayu fan, because her music helps me transaction from purely rockrockrock dark songs to lighter, happier songs. Before that, I was only listening to Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, etc. Of course when I found her, I started off listening to her dark songs first, like criminal, Memorial address, but eventually I listened to her other songs as well, and thought they weren't that bad.

Besides, I also discover that she's not really the superficial and plastic that her public image appears to show. From AHS downloads, you actually get to read her thoughts from her diary (Deli, you rock) and her backstage stuff. And oh yeah, she's the main reason I actually start to purchase originals instead of merely downloading and buying cheap bootlegs. It used to be hard to resist because that's the only options I used to have! D: And now, this not only applies to her, but also to other artists I love! (Still, majority is Ayu XD)