Ayu - Anything Goes Thread -XI-

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

I love ourselves...and I think it's one of the best PVs she has ever done.

[Toniayu123]

I also love ourselves, It was one of my first Ayu PVs and I was so obsessed with it back then.

Btw, Ayu said on her latest tweet that she'll definitely go back to Sendai next year for touring. Nothing major, but it kinda makes me happy she already decided there will be a tour next year too. Her career seems so on point to me now.

[Surreal17]

The Chinese Orchestral ver. of Ourselves is so good.

[ExodusUK]

omg I totally forgot making this and found it in my YT channel on private


I should make an updated version.

[Andrenekoi]

I know this is a unpopular opinion around here... But I still get surprised about how well most of her material aged...

[Delicious n Bold]

^ some people say it hasn't? I mean ASFXX sounds like junk but a lot of stuff after that still sounds good today.

[LONJJONG]

I was very scared of ourselves PV back then. Now it's the most inspiring PV ever

[terra]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

I know this is a unpopular opinion around here... But I still get surprised about how well most of her material aged...

When you talked about it, I realized that even things in LOVEppears or Duty doesn't sound that dated to me.

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

^ some people say it hasn't? I mean ASFXX sounds like junk but a lot of stuff after that still sounds good today.

Indeed

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

^ some people say it hasn't? I mean ASFXX sounds like junk but a lot of stuff after that still sounds good today.

I though the popular opinion is that everything post 2005 is garbage and that her stuff are already old when they are released.

[Gustavopc]

Taking A Song for xx and a bit of MY STORY aside, I also agree that her stuff aged well. Specially Duty, that album is beyond our human concept of time measuring.

[AYUmyQUEEN]

I was just thinking this the other day because I was listening to some of Kumi and Namie's older material. Namie's first several albums all sound like they exclusively belong to a specific era... I would even argue that all of her albums up until style have this characteristic. And you can tell that Kumi's first four albums come from the early to mid 2000's. But If I was to listen to I Am... I would honestly think that it could have been made fairly recently. Even songs from LOVEppears and Duty seem to sound pretty modern to me. Even comparing Duty to Genius 2000 you would think that Duty came years and years later even though they were released in the same year. To me, Ayu's music is timeless. It's not a bad thing that other people's albums have a sound that is specific to a certain time period because, after all, they were made to fit that specific sound at the time. But, it's just super cool that Ayu's sound has remained so fresh. I guess RnB tends to evolve more frequently then the styles that Ayu explores, but still. I find it easier to listen to Ayu's earlier albums whereas I have to be in a certain mood to listen to the earlier albums of Kumi, Namie, Utada, etc. GO AYU

[Delirium-Zer0]

I don't think there's any such thing as "popular opinion" regarding anything to do with Ayu... lol... to say this fanbase has some fractured and fragmented opinions is like saying Ayu was kinda popular in 2000.

[TeddyGrahams]

I agree that a lot of her work aged very well. So well that if she released something I don't like, I could just listen to her ~200 older songs in her discography instead haha. That's what kept her my favorite artist even when pq, la, & c album happened.

[Xianghua]

ASFXX had been a little bland for me, but hearing it at this year's tour made me love it. I don't know, something about that atmosphere felt powerful. I know it has been re-recorded a bunch but I would love a version with more powerful vocals and guitar.

Though I know, how many versions of one song can we possibly take?

[Gustavopc]

I guess SEASONS and Dearest have even more versions lol I was kinda surprised there was no A Song for xx (10th Anniversary Version), but I was happy with what we got anyway

[melissalove]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

I guess SEASONS and Dearest have even more versions lol I was kinda surprised there was no A Song for xx (10th Anniversary Version), but I was happy with what we got anyway

I was surprised as well but that's because her A ballad version is very powerful. Specially at the end

[primavera♥]

Looking back at the Colours PVS
Just damn.

I really love Merry-go-round. It's so perfect for the mood. And FTL is whatever.

But lelio and Xoxo....just why? I think I tried to appreciate them when they came out. And I guess I still can. But there was just so much potential. And it was just a no. Angel is my least favorite song in her disco so I haven't watched the PV enough to remember much.

[terra]

^ I feel the same way about Merry-go-round, it just captures the whole vibe that the song is giving. When I hear the song for the first time, time lapse videos popped into my mind.

[Surreal17]

I came to appreciate Merry go round better lately. Its really nice made.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

I also feel like a lot of her music is timeless. LOVEppears and Duty especially!