the
}{ single had just come out when i first got into ayu. i remember checking out
independent on an asian music web site and saw the single cover of her sitting in a bikini top and jeans and thinking, "ugh, she's a **** like britney spears!" (i loathed american pop back then). but then later i saw she came out with
Voyage and the pic was of her with the rainbow feather mohawk and i actually took the time to read her lyrics, and then i was like "she's freaking awesome!!!" and got hooked. so anything from
RAINBOW to
(miss)understood reminds me of high school. derp.
(miss)understood was the first album i bought from ayu. toward the end of her single releases in 2005, i was a senior in high school and was in a horrid depression from a bad breakup. i listen the **** out of that album and i remember the singles i
s this LOVE?,
HEAVEN and
rainy day were so TOTALLY about me
lol
ermahgerd and all the single releases and album release of
Love Songs. such a transitional time in my life. i had just graduated college during that summer and apart from sending out my resume to a million different job postings, i was obsessed with
MOON and
Sweet Season. then around the time
Love Songs actually dropped, i had already broken up with my college boyfriend of 4 years, was living on my own and doing the single thing of going out all the time and was working and pursuing a workplace crush (don't even get your honey where you make your money!) and everything seemed so chaotic yet i felt so... liberated
the
FIVE mini-album reminds me of the fall/pre-holidays of 2011 when i was stuck in a boring job where i was scanning all day and music was my only escape. i got really into japanese r&b and was really into this new soulful sound from ayu (
ANother song was on repeat for a while, haha). plus, i always get nostalgic from october - december for some reason. just love those three months