Quote:
Originally Posted by channy
Please explain me what getting naked may have to do with expressing your sexuality? Is this the way some people on here express their maturity? XD
Ayu is not showing her private life, no-one knows who "Hamasaki Ayumi" is, you can only believe in what she pretends to be. However, in fact she's working as a professionel in entertainment section of japanese media.
Everything people do in this business is calculated and happens for a reason. You guys can believe in whatever you want, but in my opinion she's not losing her clothes because she's no longer an ever-virginal artificial product or trying to show new aspects of "her life".
After all, I am not really sure who decides what these album covers look like. I for one don't believe in Avex, letting an artist do anything he/she wants. It's a company and they will make sure, what they produce, what they investigate in, is gonna sell as well as possible.
For me these covers are a mirror of the most recent trends in japanese popular music, which you can see on many many, mostly female singers. Things have not always been this way. Just look at singers in the past, like Akina Nakamori, Momoe Yamaguchi, Seiko Matsuda etc.
They always portrayed a classy image and you may assume basically no-one would of ever accepted covers like "Party Queen".
That's why I don't connect these "Party Queen" covers with a possible process in maturity of Ayu as a human. For me, this is just the cheesy product of japanese businessmen and Ayu has to deal with it/them.
|
well, being naked is a part of sex. Being naked shows off the body.
Ayu's not naked in these covers...but in any case...Some people often express their sexuality by being naked. I don't see why it's something so weird to you, or cheap.
I think your next statement is really important. Because I think it has everything to do with these covers.
The next statement that I bolded is also important. As far as my knowledge goes, at least one of those artist constantly uses sexuality to sell their products. They're just stuck in the Japanese lolita complex of what is sexy.
Which has always been much more disturbing and detrimental to a woman's overall well-being in my opinion, however subtle and not in your face it may be.
And the last bold statement. It's exactly what these covers are.
Now, I'm not going to say that Ayu hasnt done trendy things, cause...you only have to look at the recent SCawaii to see that she does. And I'm not going to deny that it's AWFULLY convenient that her concept allows her to be in a bra and panties showing off her ass.
But as I said before, whether this falls into something "classy" versus "trashy" is such a subjective thing. I personally, find it both, which is a reason why I really admire them.
I've seen sooo much rougher and more in your face and brash than this
Anyway, I think they say a lot about who she is. Both in the media, and out of it. So, even completely disregarding the dumb tabloid thing, I find the covers quite successful.