I first
heard ayu, in moments and I was mildly intrigued. then I heard no more words from Inuyasha. I was really intrigued cause her vocals were impressive. So I found a site: akatsuki (which is down now,

) and it had a picture and downloads from MY STORY. That was my first ayu photo. (I was kinda startled cause she was in a weird dress lying upside down with her feet on a messy bed, attention grabbing makeup and curly wiglike blonde hair) but as I got more into it, I got more into her style (music and fashion wise; her nails was a big factor in my first impression, she has gorgeous nails)
I tried, at first to stay away from her earlier/pop songs and more into her more recent ballads. (I wasn't into all her high squeaky pop voice) but as I gained more info and listened to more and more of her stuff, I began to except, like, and enjoy every aspect of her music.