We arrived in Yoyogi around 3pm. We just roamed around the venue and tried taking few pictures with Ayu cosplayers LOL. We didn't have to line up for goods because we already purchased them the day before.
We waited and as scheduled, they let us in around 5pm or so.
We entered the arena and looked for our seats. Me and my friend was seated on B2 Block numbers 13 and 14 and honestly that was the best seat i've had for the first time. Not too far from the main stage but really close to the center stage!!! We waited and as the hours go buy, the audience has noticibly grew!! People started shouting and calling AYU!! and that made the tension inside Yoyogi intense!! LOL The buzzer was sounded and the lights were dimmed off. I stood up and began shouting! LOL OMFG such an incredible moment!!
The concert began as two of the performers appeared on the center stage on top of a Circus Ball. They were doing some acrobatics routine when another performer from the main stage rode the circular metal wheel While doing acrobatics too. Timmy appeared on the center stage and singing. I honestly can't remember the song or music they used and IMO the intro is a bit not that memorable. There are a lot of things going on simultaneously so I was really confused on what was hAppening.
Intro of Duty then started. It has a more rock and edgy arrangement. Ayu is wearing a Metallic vest and a black under it and a while balloon type gown with flower designs. She started ascending on the mainstage while performers were doing some circus thing on the background. Nice vocals!!!
After that the Intro of Microphone started. Ayu was wearing the same metallic red vest but the Gown was removed! Really energetic performance! My light stick even slipped on my hands and fell on the head of the girl infront of me. Geeez that was so embarassing bahahaha. Anyway, Her voice was really good and powerful here.
Band introduction came in next. I really loved the music they played because its sounds so POP yet the melody is interesting!! the stage was really Good. Its as if huge boxes with LED Screen are ascending and descending on the stage. And the colors were fantastic!!
Game came in afterwards. This is where Ayu did her acrobatics!!! Such an incredible performance! Me and my friend were holding are breaths and we are really afraid and concerned for ayu not to fall!!! She did this with two male performers too. The acrobatics this time is more intense like OMFGQWYEUAHSHDJ!!!
My Name's WONEN came in next right after GAME. Almost same choreography with AT05!! Loved it. Maybe because I originally loved that performance before and it felt nice watching it live now. LOL
1 LOVE came in next. I think this is her most uninteresting performance of the night. A Huge screen descended at the back of Ayu and her dancers and served as background as Ayu performs. I really can't find the exact words to describe how they did it but they kinda made effects such as Ayu's and her dancer's shadow and effects of their movements like appearing Hearts when they raise their hands up! The choreography is SLUTTY! LOL Didn't really like her vocals here
Then a piano instrumental started to play then I realized it was End Roll and its Miccie who was singing. Miccie's voice was really nice and I kinda noticed that a number of audience really appreciated his performance. Not me, lol. Though his voice was nice, its a snorefest IMO.
After Miccie's End Roll performance, the intro of zutto... started. The screen showed a starry sky! It was really beautiful. The lights were also beautiful that they created such a beautiful athmosphere inside the hall.
A Huge Half MOON with face and Ayu was sitting on it. She was wearing the same gown she wore in Music Station Super Live 2015. As it rose, a sun also rosed up on the far right side of the stage. Its was as if Ayu was serenading the dun while she was on the moon. I wonder if its only me who saw a symbolism on that performance. Anyway, her voice is pure LOVE.
Last Minute came in next! This performance is really nice and emotional. The lady beside was literally crying. i think the Japan really like this new song.
The ladder dance came in next. The girl who always do the acrobatics did it here again but i'm not sure if the guy who plays as a frog is the new team member of Ayu. I kinda liked this part.
Ayu appeared on the center stage and the intro of Walk started. As far as I remember she was wearing something glittery and has a long feather tail like what she wore in the first parts of POWER OF MUSIC. She has a book stand too in front of her (perhaps like POWER of MUSIC) while singing! Then the carousel rose up!! It was really good! I didn't even think that the carouself (perhaps from AT08) would make a comeback! Hahaha the carousel would the start to rotate and the center stage to on different direction. Ayu's got emotional during the last part and she was holding her tears.
As far as I remember she was wearing something glittery and has a long feather tail like what she wore in the first parts of POWER OF MUSIC
After that, the music they used on the intro of POWER MUSIC started to play. The screens showed Huge Church Windows that are being eliminated by sunlight. Her dancers started to enter the main stage carrying hearts with lights. And ayu appeared on their center. Forgiveness was performed in the POM arrangement!! during the last chorus, the screen that has huge window churches showed glittering thing thAt are rising above. That was so magical.!! They also showed some words of encouragement and thankyou's with each dancer's name!! That was really so insipiring! It really touched my that I cried while jumping when the song reaches its climax!!! Ughhhhh that was the best thinh evaaaaahh.
PROGRESS came in quick. original arrangement and really nice vocals. I adore that song so much and I really was so happy that she performed it.
My favorite staple came in next! SURREAL~Evolution~SURREAL
Haha They started playing SURREAL but i think they changed the arrangement a bit. However I kinda liked this arrangement. It sounded like a mature and more EPIC version of the song. LOL Ayu together with Timmy Princess Enrique and Yochan started to go the center stage as the song progresses. I'm not really sure if its on this part when one of her performers appeared on the stage playing VIOLIN but that was suprizing. On the last parts of evolution, they kinda showed her performance one by one (more like introducing them) while performing CIRCUS acrobatics! there was a shift in music too when the guy whom Ayu performed with on GAME and i'm 100% its a classical music. I just don't know the name of the song. Anyway, SURREAL continued and the audience was really pumped and jumping!
NOW & 4EVA came in next. Same Choreography. Ayu sounded better than the PREMIUM SHOWCASE performance but there are parts she sounded a bit screaming. Ayu and her dancers started to say Thank You and the last part of the song and the confetti started to fall on the main stage. The song ended and the lights were dimmed off.
I'm not really sure what happened next because I rushed to the toilet LOL But when I returned to my seat they were playing the Encore theme. The techno song that say Ayu Ready lol
After that a DJ appeared on the main stage and started to play some remixes of Ayu's songs. and on the parts there were sample of Moving On without You. Ayu eventually rose up on the main stage and started singing Movin On Without You. She was wearing a small shorts, glittery black boots and the CDL purple shirt but I think the details on her shirt are decorated with crystals or diamonds lol. She was really fresh and beautiful. She sounded good but she seemed struggling on the higher parts IMO. It was really fun and I can sense that a lot of audience in the arena knows the song cuz they were singing along while dancing! Really great!!
XOXO came in quick. Same choreography and nice vocals too!!! when the song ended the DJ played the intro of You & Me!! Ayu and her dancers ran to the center stage!!! I was really sure Ayu's gonna sing it after the build up section but they played LELIO instead!!! LOL I even shouted the Anu Natsu No~~~ part haha!!
Boys & Girls started. They were throwing signed bAlls and unfortunately I didn't catch one again LOL!! The audience are really energetic on this song. The band introduction was also performed during the song.
The song ended and they dimmed the lights off. A piano started playing and Ayu started talking thanking everyone for a nice 2014 and such. She the introduced the next song How Beautiful You Are. She was a bit emotional during this song but i think she sounded great!! The returned to the main stage as the song progresses. She then introduced her dancers and as the last chorus started, the silver tapes exploded!!
She started thanking and the curtains were dropped.the people around me really thought it was the end. They were wondering why the main lights of the hall are still not being switched on. I can hear them say maybe there still more!!
Then the music started. The audience was jumping on their feet when Ayu and her dancers appeared on the stage once again!!! Born to Be's arrangement was similar to POM!!! Really touching and uplifting performance. As the song ends they started to thank the audience once again. The song ended, the curtain were drop and the show had come to end.
In my opinion, I liked this CDL better than last year's and CDL!! Ayu looked and sounded fantastic. And the setlist was more than heavenly! I'm really glad that some parts of the concert were performed in style of POWER OF MUSIC because I really adored that tour.
Ayu was so adorable the whole show and she's rocking that hairstyle!! Simple yet elegant. Ayu never fails to amaze me on her concerts. Its actually my fourth Ayu concert that's ever attended since A BEST LIVE (which is my first) and I can say that this concert is the best among all concerts I attended to.
Now that the Arena Tour 2015 was announced I can't wait to see her live again in Nagoya on May! Definitely will always and forever be my queen.
30th December 2014, 11:38 PM
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