[ayumi.hamasaki]

^ I agree with those saying that her voice was the best from 2002-2006

Since when ayu can't match and hold high notes ?

I think that she has problems since her left ear is deaf and it could be that her right ear isn't working 100% anymore....
She could have tinitus in her right ear or maybe her right ear is damaged by the concerts.
So maybe she can't really hear herself well enough to realize how off key she is singing from time to time.
And if she smokes hard her voice would be damaged and that is why she is out of breath, too.
I really hope that ayu hasn't damaged her voice irrepairable, that would be horrible.



Here are thoughts from my boyfriend:

If we compare the drug scandal and the shrill voice, it is a bad view. It is just a possibility that the smoking mixture of Spice and cigarettes made her voice more shrill then morivana. morivana is a drug in japan but it is not impossible to get. Avex pushed her too much which has stressed her and she began to smoke to feel better. And the circle is perfect, the mixture kills her voice and she gets more frustrated and smokes....
Maybe she had problems with her voice because of her left ear.