TBS 音楽特番 Audience wanted!

[primavera♥]

Wow. She sounds amazing. I really enjoyed watching that.

[Katsuyuki012]

^she's not. E.g. after lalalalai during SURREAL

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by Katsuyuki012

^she's not. E.g. after lalalalai during SURREAL

OK. Which words exactly?

[Katsuyuki012]

Originally Posted by Chris85

OK. Which words exactly?

"Watashi wa watashi" and the lalalalai parts sound struggled imo... Not bad but definitely not pitch perfect.

[RealLight]

She sounded really good (lovely on SEASONS). Thank god the camera didn't focus too much on her dancers (the stage is small, it looked cramped with all of them).

And what in the blue hell was Timmy wearing? Jesus

[maxikot]

Great performance. She looked great, sounded great and shared fantastic energy. Wishing for more tv appearances of her like this one ;- )
And EVEN IF it was pitch corrected then we would hear if she struggled or did badly. She obviously enjoyed being there and did very well.

[AyuGAME]

She sounded really good!!! She does look put on some weight, but she still looks great.

[hud]

omg she sounded AMAZING I can't believe it! her best TV performance in YEARS!! I'm so so happy about this, I can't!!!

[Refix]

She looks and sounds great, which is surprising. Boring setlist. Too much going on on that stage. Why did she have to bring a batalyon dancer. Timmy... OMG, Ayu what's on your mind dressing him like that?

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Vocally she did great and I thought she looked beautiful.

But for some reason I couldn't kick the feeling of like, you know when they turn the lights on at the club when they're closing and it just -immediately- kills the mood? That's all I could think of with the lights being on in the audience lol

[Machiko]

WOW !!

Love her pink hair so much I wish she would keep it a bit longer!!

[CeReSu]

FULL performance and in HD!
Enjoy!!

https://www.facebook.com/ayuparadise...7279034433835/

[thinkingoutloud89]

I find her movement cringy at times - and Timmy in this whole scenario. I mean - glad for him and nice of her for letting him be who he wants to be and a different portrayal in Japan, but this felt - at least to some point - very laid back and he looked horrendous in it.

[Katsuyuki012]

She dresses him.

[Sky High]

She was amazing. Her voice was so good. I like this performance.

[Machiko]

@ everyone complaining about Timmy:

Originally Posted by yabieru

I said in another thread months ago that Timmy was dressed like some gogo dancers you can see in Shinjuku Nichome, the gay district in Tokyo. His clothes are not just ugly and ridiculous, they have a reason behind. Ayu said she likes to spend time in Nichome bars so probably she took inspiration from them.

It's funny because most of times people complain about something Ayu does it's because they have a BIG lack of knowledge about Japanese culture (like the one who said the monkey in Made in Japan tour was annoying lol)

The day AHS understands that Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese product FOR Japanese people maybe things will change

[280301]

I enjoyed Ayu's vocal performance, but I'm not a huge fan of her showgirl + troupe aesthetic. I feel like that is all we've seen from her recently...she needs a change.

[se7entheaven]

I think her action is a bit too much. Unbearable even. Since when SEASONS looks like a super difficult song to sing? And those squatting while belting higher notes are really unnecessary. It made her look so uncomfortable. Gone were the days she sings it naturally like for example A Museum.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by se7entheaven

I think her action is a bit too much. Unbearable even. Since when SEASONS looks like a super difficult song to sing? And those squatting while belting higher notes are really unnecessary. It made her look so uncomfortable. Gone were the days she sings it naturally like for example A Museum.

Actually, Ayu has had trouble singing Seasons for quite a while. Even back when the song first came out, she struggled with consistently hitting the "La-Lai's" in television performances. Seasons really isn't an easy song for her to sing. A Museum happened in 2003 and 2003-2005 was really her vocal golden era; everything seemed effortless.

I overall enjoyed the performances. She put a lot more falsetto into Seasons, because again, it's a struggle to hit that song in full-voice, and I thought the switch to falsetto worked well.

Overall, I liked the stage and performance, but thought Timmy was extremely distracting. Extremely.

I really like both outifts (really one outfit that became two), I just don't think it is that flattering on her body type.

I really appreciate her taking the time to still try to do at least some TV performances. Many artists who have been around as long as her or longer don't really bother much anymore.

[Katsuyuki012]

Naturally like voice-wise? Cuz if you mean that then I'm sorry but back then she was singing unnaturally.
If you mean gestures, she's always liked to 'act'.