Rainbow PV

Maemi · #1 6th July 2008, 03:06 PM

I like this song very much, and the PV is interesting, but i heard that there was some scandal because of the PV's homosexual contest or smth.

But i read this on wiki and i guess that's all that this PV represents:

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She wanted the cover of the album to represent her healing mental scars and there was no one around to help her but herself (the same concept was applied in the "RAINBOW" music video).

So does anyone know anything about this scandal or it's just one of stupid rumours? I'm sorry if my question insulted someone...

AyuHamasaki01 · #2 6th July 2008, 03:44 PM

All of the sudden I understand the PV and the A BALLADS cover

#3 6th July 2008, 04:21 PM

^Me too!

Bonbon0507 · #4 6th July 2008, 04:30 PM

yeah
i heard something like that
but i don't belive it

plus i just understood the meaning too!! ^_^

Maemi · #5 6th July 2008, 04:59 PM

Well i've never understood why there were two Ayu on the covers and in the PV XD
I had some thoughts about loneliness and so, but only after i read this on wiki, i really understood XD Scandal doesn't suprise me (if there was any), Japan is still full of taboos.

apple-pi · #6 6th July 2008, 05:47 PM

I think I remember seeing something about a scandal too. I guess that's the concept she meant to use, but people misunderstood it, hence the scandal?
Isn't kinda weird, though? I thought Japan didn't see homosexuality as a taboo as much as other countries. (I think I saw a thread here at AHS called "homesecuality in japan", maybe that can clear things up)

truehappiness · #7 6th July 2008, 10:38 PM

I don't think there was ever any scandal, just people sort of misunderstanding it at first glance. :\

Bad Wolf · #8 6th July 2008, 11:56 PM

I also thought it was pretty obvious that the A BALLADS cover and RAINBOW PV had nothing to do with homosexuality since Ayu was hugging herSELF and, you know, not another woman lol. It's about loving yourself and realizing that you are your greatest strength and comfort.

Aggar · #9 7th July 2008, 12:14 AM

me too. it's just and album cover and fan service (may be) , imo.

KarenPang · #10 7th July 2008, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by AyuHamasaki01

All of the sudden I understand the PV and the A BALLADS cover

haha

honestly most of ayumi's PVs that I have watched , are just too complicated to decode exactly what's the story behind each of them

emi♡ · #11 7th July 2008, 10:07 AM

I heard someone in Japan made a fuss over it, and was calling it homosexual...but i mean, it was probably like an article in a tabloid or something.

keikeiaznqueen · #12 7th July 2008, 10:13 AM

I think the concept of the RAINBOW PV is beautiful. It gives me strength. ^0^ I never thought of it as homosexual, since the A BALLADS cover is, yeah, Ayu hugging herself, and there is something very comforting about it that just overrides any homosexual tones it may emit (and people may misinterpret.)

sitara · #13 7th July 2008, 01:08 PM

i never for one second thought about homosexuality when i saw the cover/video

if it was another woman she was hogging, yes, but this is ayu with herself...

people love making scandals out of nothing...

aqua_crystal · #14 7th July 2008, 06:30 PM

Wow... so that's what the A Ballads cover was about....

Maemi · #15 7th July 2008, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by sitara

i never for one second thought about homosexuality when i saw the cover/video

if it was another woman she was hogging, yes, but this is ayu with herself...

people love making scandals out of nothing...

agree.

Suteisi · #16 8th July 2008, 12:30 AM

I've always seen both concept as Ayu moving on in life and looking at herself from the past. It's the new and the old Ayu at that time~

Bad Wolf · #17 8th July 2008, 12:49 AM

^ Yep

and what I like about it is that there isn't a way to tell the two Ayus apart, you know? It's a clever touch - she's different but the change/transformation isn't physical, or might not be obvious enough to people who just look at her on the outside. I honestly think it's one of the prettiest photographs I've seen for any singer/artist.

lfe. · #18 10th July 2008, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by karenpang

haha

honestly most of ayumi's PVs that I have watched , are just too complicated to decode exactly what's the story behind each of them

Haha thas what makes them so great! A friend once told me "Ayumi Hamasaki is a true artist, the Picasso of music videos."

Yea there was controversy because it was with another woman and it was another Ayu. I didn't really see something controversial or 'wrong' when I saw the album cover, but that was probably because my dirty male mind was thinking about the idea of 2 Ayus together

aqua_crystal · #19 10th July 2008, 07:22 PM

^^

lfe. · #20 10th July 2008, 07:41 PM