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Old 25th March 2016, 08:15 PM
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If you're going to an Ayu show for vocal gymnastics, that's kind of an odd reason to ever do it. Since her debut she's always been a middling vocalist but she really hit her prime in the early/mid 00s before the hearing issues that she never REALLY recovered from since then.

Personally, I think her vocals did something like this....

debut to 2001 - steady improvement
2002 to 2005 - prime
2006 to 2009 - DECLINE
2010 to 2014 - slight improvements post-hearing issues
2015 to 2016 (?) - slight decline

Might be lack of practice or consistent vocal coaching? There was a period that she was talking about it all the time AND she was also getting better but nowadays? Not so much.

Regarding her hair, I want to hold onto this as long as possible since we had blonde for sooooo long.

Last edited by truehappiness; 25th March 2016 at 08:24 PM.