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Originally Posted by relmy
^I think it's more to do with Ayu's insistence that her personal is separate to her public, and well... it's not.
By personal, I don't mean her introverted lyrics and emotions in songs - I mean Last Angel, Love Song, snowy kiss. Loads of artists have emotional and VERY personal lyrics (more so than Ayu), but still keep their private life out of the press, media and their work.
And, I'm sorry, but if you DON'T want your life all over the media, you can stop it - even if it costs $$$$. People do it. But being in the media for your personal life is the life blood of a pop star though, it can make and break you if you take the risk of using it.
When all else fails, keep your name on peoples lips by the press spinning stories about your latest man/woman. Cynical? Maybe. It won't shift CDs, but at least people still know your name.
I don't think Ayu wants her time to be over, even though she may love music now (I think in her early days she loved the fame more), these are the last ditch attempts to stay as "Ayumi Hamasaki". When really, if a few things hadn't happened, people maybe wouldn't have bought her CDs or liked her music, but she wouldn't have cracked the reputation of "Ayumi Hamasaki" from her peak.
It's such a typical trajectory that... well... what else is to be expected?
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I guess I can agree with that upsetting fans, its just painful to see it affect sales to this extreme
How many copies do you guys think 'again' will shift in the long-run? (as in, before it drops off the charts)
I think about 60k, though I'm keeping fingers crossed both this and LOVE can sell 100k
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Originally Posted by yukito
Bla bla bla, always the same drama every time ayu does not reach number 1, so what? Her music has been going stale since Rock 'n' Roll Circus, so what is the big shock here? I know a lot of people do not agree but to me it feels that way. Do I still care about ayumi? As far as the new releases go not so much, regarding the quality of music that is, now looking back, yes, I still love her lots, the old days feel the same for me and I listen to her probably still everyday.
The thing is people have different ways to see the world, so there will always be people that will continue to love everything, and those who will just stop caring, but maybe after a while she will do something good again, at least I hope so.
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I think the problem with Love songs was that pretty much everything was medium-tempo and there are strings ****ing everywhere. That said, I think it made the album more cohesive than R'n'RC, though I can understand how it could be seen as a bland record because it has the same sound the whole way through. I can't really see how anything past Love songs can be seen as bland or stale though, apart from beloved (dull & unnecessary) on FIVE, hyba (and maybe call and letter) from PQ, Melody (although i really enjoy it) from LOVE and Ivy from again.
For me, Ayu has tried a bit of everything since R'n'RC (and has definitely not had stale music this year lol).