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Originally Posted by Gustavopc
Ai no uta has already become her signature song, she'll never drop it lol Of course she can perform ton of other stuff during tours and such, but when it's for the general public, at this point in her career it'll probably be way more positive for her to perform Ai no uta than a recent single. It bothered me back in 2010 and such when she used to sing it on TV, but nowadays I am glad that song stick to the public and she has a way to connect with her audience through it.
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I personally hate that concept. You are catering towards an audience that does not care for anything else you did. It’s not like Ai no Uta is such a good song to begin with. To me, it’s a thorn in an artist image to rely on something like that. It is, to me, sort of weak-minded and I really don’t think it’s a good way to do either. It only drives the nail in deeper as it cements one image as „the artist who sang that one song“ making you nothing more like a one hit wonder. Getting a song out every five years or so would be different, but year after year really only harms an image instead of nurturing it.
But we have different opinions on that and there is not much to do about it either.
Ayu has the same problem with SEASONS/evolution. I‘m glad Namie had the courage to abandon most of her back-catalogue at one point.
Only sticking to songs from 20+ years ago is like telling the audience that everything you did since then is not as good. Ai no Uta only was a hit because she was at her peak and it could have been any other song. Again, that does not mal a song outstanding good in my eyes.