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Originally Posted by chocopockymaster
Why is her team so fucking useless when it comes to things like this? Aren't these people supposed to be professionals?
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I think they have the idea that Ayu can still get these things off the ground like she used to do. It just doesn't work that way when the artist isn't really pouring the investment into what they do best. The fact that Ayu's PVs have been relatively boring since RnRC and the constant change in music isn't winning hearts over... WORDS is the most Ayu thing Ayu has done in a long time. And sixxxxxx and MIJ were the closest she's gotten to the level of creativity she used to pour into her music even though she was 10x busier from 1998-2009 than at any point in the last 7 years.
We've all said it's not unbelievable that Ayu could have a massive comeback, but that requires her to dig into her own pockets and throw some of that $400 million networth at things even if avex refuses to do it. For fuck's sake, if I saw Ayu spend another $2 million on a PV, I'd be gobsmacked. Because it certainly isn't any lack of creativity or talent on her or her team's part. Hell, look at Tim from when he was introduced to his role now... he does LESS than he used to, and there are people all over AHS wanting him to do MORE, to be MORE involved in producing and writing with Ayu. We just don't want PQ -- we want BRILLANTE, we want You are the only one, level of investment.
I understand Ayu's exhausted, worn out physically and emotionally from 20 years of constant get-up-and-go. But doing the longest tour of her career RIGHT NOW isn't going to make her feel any better. She needs downtime, and she needs to pare back everything and approach her writing and talent as though she just got signed to avex for the first time. Because that's kind of where she's at. She needs to spend time away from the habitual things and reconnect with being a brand new artist and having a whole message to send.
Namie f'n did it. And Namie did it looking bored the whole time. The only thing different between Namie today and Namie 23 years ago is the sound. Same visual style, same personality... she just stepped back and reinvested herself in her career, as if she had to start all over and her actual debut album was PLAY.
Anyway. Done ranting. I just wish they'd spend this time refocusing Ayu on becoming Ayu all over again. Not on these damn gimmicks.