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Originally Posted by truehappiness
If Ayu announced that she will retire, I wonder what the reaction would be like.
I feel like she could never do it at least at this point.
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I fear that if she retires because she completely lost her hearing, people will go like "She actually made some really good music these past years." That people will appreciate her after it's too late.
She doesn't seem like someone who'll retire without being forced to. I guess meeting that perfect melody would be one reason. Another health. She doesn't seem like she'll retire because of her private life.
Ayu, Hikki, Ai-chin, Namie, Kumi - I think of them (and others) as My Generation. Even if I'm not a fan of all of them, I listen to some music by all of them. If they'd be all gone, would it be the end of JPop to me? Would I even find a "substitute"? If there hasn't been one until now, would there ever be one? Would only a kind of renaissance of the 90s make it possible?
I think to me it was natural for them to be around, to the point where I didn't even think of them retiring someday. Same for SMAP.