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I've been a fan of ayumi since late 2005 . She was the 1st JPop artiste I started listening/supporting . Along the way , I found many other artistes to support besides her
Naturally , fandoms come & go . I stopped supporting some in due course but she's 1 of the few that I still support even up to now . I've gone through some incidents when my interest in her dropped but it didn't really came to a point where I completely stopped supporting her
And to say that you stopped supporting her just because she's old is the dumbest thing to say . You look around artistes that're older than her but yet they still got it even up to now , such as B'z , Fukuyama Masaharu-san & many others
Heck , even the members for my most fave artiste BREAKERZ are all older than her , well just 2 haha but do I support/love them cos of how they look & all ? No as that's just super shallow in supporting someone just because of looks
For me , I support an artiste based on the music that he/she makes . Looks come & go but talent still stays in a person in many more years to come
End of the day even though some of ayumi's personal decisions on some issues are questionable , there's no doubt she still reminds a force to reckon with . For her to do things her way & not caving into the latest music trends , I think that says a lot about her
She could have sell herself out but she chose not to do that . In that aspect , I respect her as she's in a stage where now she calls the shots on what she wants or don't want to do
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