@maikuru
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However, there comes a point where some things are just too insensitive to the public. First and foremost, she is a public figure. She has said many times before that she has a responsibility to be Hamasaki Ayumi at all times, for her fans. That she has a responsibility to portray and perform the role of Hamasaki Ayumi.
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Yes, but Hamasaki Ayumi, the artist and performer, has been known to push cultural boundaries. She has also been known to speak out for/or against things she feels strongly about. Does it make her any less ayumi hamasaki the artist because she chooses to express her feelings boldly in her work this time? How is she not fulfilling her responsibility? Are fans not fulfilling
their role by abandoning her for creative decision? Do we not have a responsibility to be understanding? Or is the relationship between ayu and her fans strictly professional? We pay for her music so she has a responsibility to us to conduct herself in an orderly fashion according to our beliefs and feelings? How can you claim to love someone if you treat them like that? (again, not attacking lol)
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Unlike overseas fans, Japanese fans really become very fanatical about their favourite fans. Sorry to say, but it's the truth. Every single thing the artist does, we react to personally, whether it be very very good, or very very bad. There are some people who even commit suicide over their favourite artist' actions. She has continuously said that even if only one person listens to her, she will continue to sing. That means that she actually cares about what her fans are thinking, feeling.
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Setting cultural differences aside, this is not very healthy behavior. And in reality, regardless of whether or not ayu takes her fans feelings into consideration she cannot, and in my opinion, does not compromise her musical creativity (be it, PVs, covers, performance, etc.) for her fans. Yes, she does cater to fans a lot but she still does things she wants to do, too. And many times both interests connect. But, if she wants to do something fans may not agree with she has the right to do it, period. It is not because she doesn't care about her fans feelings but because she cannot constantly be a slave to her fans demands. We know this because she has stood up for what she believes in against her fans wishes in the past.
I understand that there are strong cultural reasons for this issue becoming a "scandal," but can you at least see how this is... well, for lack of a better word, an overreaction?
It's just silly to me that Japanese fans as well as some foreign ones freak out over her expressing her love for someone on a cover but when she has her ass out on all fours, no scandal!
People may have complained about Party Queen but no one boycotted it.