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Old 28th June 2017, 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Chibi-Chan View Post
My comment about her being fat was ment ironic.

Sure it's not an official photo. But personally I lost every interest to ever see her live, even though I'm a fan for more than half of my life and will have the chance next year.
Since two or three years this "putting my finger in my mouth to be sexy" thing as well as other childlike "sexy" behaviour became a constant routine of her performing. Even during songs that aren't even sexy and have zero to do with sex she somehow seems to feel the need to prove how "hot" she is.
I always felt that Ayu was able to do the "kawaii sexy" stuff in a very ironic way, like in HLS tour, but it seems she now is serious about it.
I just watched CdM and even though it has a great theme and setlist, it was so bad I wanted to cry. For me the way Ayu performs has totally lost its soul. I don't need her to prove how hot she is, I want her to perform from the bottom of her heart. For me she doesn't do this anymore. It's either her sexualizing and infantilizing herself or it's her fake crying and being a drama queen.
I mean, just compare old performances of A Song for xx, like the one from Dome Tour, with the one from CdM. Back then her body language and the look in her eyes made a very strong impression on me - and now she's throwing herself on the floor for whatever reason like she does in every song that's ment to be "emotional".
I love HLS and also really liked PSC, but after that, for me something changed in the way she performs and presents herself and seeing her newer concerts always makes me wanna cry.
Oh don't worry, I know you meant that in a sarcastic way.
But I also have similar feelings. Seeing Ayu's live performances from the 90s and 2000s have a different air to them. They used to be more soulful and emotional. She would show her true heart on stage and give anything she had to the delivery. I think now the focus has shifted towards the spectacle and entertainment. Also an increase in sexy costumes and poses. Even the dancers seem to be wearing bondage often. Of course Ayu has done sexy things in the past like the loveppears cover and My Story to a degree and My Names Woman and so on. But that was different. Sometimes now I feel Ayu sometimes does things that sexually objectify herself.