ayu's twitter thread ~part 27~

[TeamAyu2004]

i guess now we know why she was so quite...
this caused an up roar... lol

[happiholic★]

Reading all the fan outrage via Twitter. Not a good day to be an Ayu fan. Glad I didn't buy the minis

[ayu_ready?]

what is the reaction of Japanese fans? I must know!

[Minttulatte]

^Pissed because they bought LOVE and again and the songs there are added on the 14th album?

No, seriously. I'm happy I didn't buy those minis. Somehow I knew this would happen!

[kendelle]

Originally Posted by ayu_ready?

what is the reaction of Japanese fans? I must know!

Not sure if they're Japanese fans, but some Twitter responses I've seen with random internets translations

うん 安室奈美恵に任せてもう諦めろ "Yeah. Give it up again, leave it to Namie Amuro"
https://twitter.com/manko_y/status/284189779036356609

ファンを馬鹿にしてるんですか？ LOVEとagain買った意味がなくなるんですけど！ "Do Your fans are idiots? I bought LOVE and again - where is the sense?"
https://twitter.com/moka_0209/status/284164238879125504

Most of them are just RT some follow friday style thing though lol so the site stops loading after 8hours of messages

Some of the stupid English comments though are way too much. Someone was telling her to go and die

I'm pissed about the deception but that's just psycho

When PQ covers came out, there was the divide where the Western fans didn't like them and Japanese fans were saying stuff like "how cute!" etc, but it didn't translate into sales....

[freedreamer]

ouch...as far as i think the marketing for the previous two SINGLES were terrible...i dont think Ayu needs such harsh words..esp asking her to die? wth?
on one hand, I would like that she would care and actually understand what her fans feel but definitely not in such a manner.

I hope theres promotion for this. I mean, even her official facebook has updated the cover photo and profile pic. which is rather early I would say? And i guess there's a reason why again wasn't even promoted much at all then..because it was gonna be put here

[AyuGAME]

I think if she treated LOVE and again as single...
there won't be any mad comments toward her...
but to treat it as mini album, i'm sure a lot of buyer feels cheated by it...

My wish that she will put more stuff on the new album like more new PV and more new songs...1 more new PV and 2 more new song, i think it will be great

[Minttulatte]

Why is there always more drama in Ayu fandom than in other fandoms? o.O

[mizuki-7]

^
Good question ^^ ?

[Deibel]

Because she gives us reasons.

[Luja.]

I'm not that active on here, so I don't if this has been said before - but did anyone write her a polite message in TA, explaining why fans are upset?

I mean, obviously the twitter comments are way over the top, but apart from that she said she didn't want discussions on there anyway, right? So I doubt it will help as she declared TA being her site to communicate about problems.

As everyone said already, it's not about the content or the new album (which really is quite a nice package to me), but about the way this was promoted. It was just mishandled, and "LOVE" as well as "again" had false advertisement. Saying they were "mini albums" not "singles" having original content.
Same goes for "You & Me" on A SUMMER BEST, which was said to be on there exclusively, too.
If they had labeled "LOVE" and "again" as preludes to the new album to begin with (like they do now on her official homepage), no one would feel betrayed now.

[AyUmIXx]

Originally Posted by drdolce

Why is there always more drama in Ayu fandom than in other fandoms? o.O

MTE sighhH~~~~~~~

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by drdolce

Why is there always more drama in Ayu fandom than in other fandoms? o.O

lololol DEARS (GACKT's fandom) have even more crap every once in a while like half of it calling him sexist and then the other half arguing that he's not, getting totally pissed that people disslike something or that they comment too much on his hair instead of music; weird stans, even weirder than Ayu's poping up with best-seller-worth stories, so called elitist fans, fanclub material sharing massacres and so on and so forth xD people LEFT/leave the fandom because of that, with Ayu's fandom it's kinda just "like" "disslike" kinda stuff..... with DEARS, there are wars xD

however I have only seen fans tweeting GACKT directly that they disslike something about his music or somethign with his carrer like twice maybe..while with Ayu, they spil a load of crap on her every time she/avex does a stupid mistake. It's actually sad....

[happiholic★]

Originally Posted by Luja.

I'm not that active on here, so I don't if this has been said before - but did anyone write her a polite message in TA, explaining why fans are upset?

I mean, obviously the twitter comments are way over the top, but apart from that she said she didn't want discussions on there anyway, right? So I doubt it will help as she declared TA being her site to communicate about problems.

As everyone said already, it's not about the content or the new album (which really is quite a nice package to me), but about the way this was promoted. It was just mishandled, and "LOVE" as well as "again" had false advertisement. Saying they were "mini albums" not "singles" having original content.
Same goes for "You & Me" on A SUMMER BEST, which was said to be on there exclusively, too.
If they had labeled "LOVE" and "again" as preludes to the new album to begin with (like they do now on her official homepage), no one would feel betrayed now.

I agree, but I'm sure avex has got the message I wonder if there would be any point in sending a polite letter at this point.

[Luja.]

^ Sure, by now ayu and her management probably realised how upset people are.
But it's just sad to me that the way people are expressing their dislike is so... rude and inappropriate. This is the thing that really bugs me the most whenever something happens that fans aren't pleased about. Voice your opinion guys, but do it in a respectful manner.
If I'd be in ayu's position and read such tweets as mentioned above, I wouldn't want to communicate about the problem anymore, plainly because of the way the complaints are written. Just so hurtful. This inconsiderate behaviour is what kills every mature discussion.
Isn't this whole 15th anniversary project meant to bring joy to everyone involved?

[ExodusUK]

Ayu/Avex never listens to fans, there's no point. The reason why Ayu's career is how it is now is because Ayu doesn't really compromise or adapt.

[Luja.]

^ I get that regarding her creative work. But regarding advertisement and promotion / product information...?

[BlackSilence]

rarelly any artist listens to fans, well maybe artists do but i mean c'mon those people that work with artists are supposed to be pro experts in what they are hired to do, they don't need a bunch of opinionated fanatics telling what to do and what not... or at least i bet that's what THEY think, because they're old pros that work in the industry for 30-50 years and they know the ****, tho never managed to update their brain with time xD

[Yoake]

Originally Posted by Luja.

^ Sure, by now ayu and her management probably realised how upset people are.
But it's just sad to me that the way people are expressing their dislike is so... rude and inappropriate. This is the thing that really bugs me the most whenever something happens that fans aren't pleased about. Voice your opinion guys, but do it in a respectful manner.
If I'd be in ayu's position and read such tweets as mentioned above, I wouldn't want to communicate about the problem anymore, plainly because of the way the complaints are written. Just so hurtful. This inconsiderate behaviour is what kills every mature discussion.
Isn't this whole 15th anniversary project meant to bring joy to everyone involved?

+1. What shocked me is not the fact that people was against LOVE again but the words that certain people used.
I hope Ayu didn't see these bad tweets or she might be in a bad/sad mood to do CDL & ruin it.

[TeamAyu2004]

i for one dont condone the bad tweets, but I can understand the outrage...
people just need to be mature about it.