[polka-dot-jewel]

lol I hate to be mean, but the media seems to be really late.

In regards to her "evolution" performance, true, that was a bit embarrassing, but it's not like she hasn't forgotten lyrics before. In fact, she forgot the lyrics to "evolution" at AT08 as well (the TV version, anyway).

And we know her voice hasn't been the best for the past few years either. She strains out her voice quite a bit, plus she's deaf in her left ear, and it's very hard to hear and keep yourself in tune when that happens.

And lol @ these people saying "the era of Ayu is over". Whut? That ended a long time ago. I think her era ended in '03/'04. But, hey, even with these problems, she's still continuing with sold out concerts. She may not be AS popular as she was many years ago, but she still is enough to the point where she can still have #1 singles and albums and still have sold out concerts.