Bilibili Macro Link 2021

[Aderianu]

MY ALL: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1sh411h7jz

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[holy_arrow]

dearest with the Chinese mix is so sweet and MY ALL is great as usuall.
I really wish there would be a Chinese lyrics at the final chorus.
By the way she was great and I was touching with final arigatou, It's very Ayumi Hamasaki

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Sounds like Dearest is using “omoi no hate ni” (想いの果てに) from the Inuyasha OST at the beginning?

I thought she sounded great. It’s nice to see her appreciated!

[summerain]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

Sounds like Dearest is using “omoi no hate ni” (想いの果てに) from the Inuyasha OST at the beginning?

I thought she sounded great. It’s nice to see her appreciated!

Actually it's "Toki wo Koeru Omoi", a slightly different version of "Omoi no Hate ni", made for InuYasha's first movie. They started playing that track from InuYasha OST then went to Dearest with new arrangement made by Shanghai Fillarmonic Orchestra and that traditional chinese group.

[ayu_fantasy]

Ayu sounded great!!! It’s amazing!!!! And it’s held in shanghai. I think her popularly isn’t as prominent as years ago. But she’s still so significant!

[errikkutrancex]

Dearest performance is really good ! Her vocals sound really nice.
But, enough of the "u" prononciation ! She uses that way to say "u" as our French "u" instead of japanese "ou".

[barisuta53]

Originally Posted by errikkutrancex

Dearest performance is really good ! Her vocals sound really nice.
But, enough of the "u" prononciation ! She uses that way to say "u" as our French "u" instead of japanese "ou".

Linguistically the Japanese and French languages both use the same u pronunciation marked by /u/ in IPA. That’s why it sounds the same because it’s phonologically the same sound.

They’re both made by a backward placement in the mouth and rounded lips.

[summerain]

Originally Posted by barisuta53

Linguistically the Japanese and French languages both use the same u pronunciation marked by /u/ in IPA. That’s why it sounds the same because it’s phonologically the same sound.

They’re both made by a backward placement in the mouth and rounded lips.

When they're speaking, it's more evident, but when they are singing it's more common to use the "uh" sound.

[Chris85]

The intro was fantastic, loved the musicians, their costumes and instruments. It was nice that Ayu wasn't shouting for a change and I liked the filters they used on her voice, but overall there's nothing natural about her way of singing starting from the baby voice and ending with a forced vibrato.

[RealLight]

The moment I read Dearest had a rearrangement I was like "Oh no..." but thank god it wasn't like that. The new sound is very pretty and she sounded lovely. I coudn't sit through MY ALL because, Ayu, I know you had to 2 babies, but you don't need to sound like one singing.

Originally Posted by errikkutrancex

But, enough of the "u" prononciation ! She uses that way to say "u" as our French "u" instead of japanese "ou".

Yeah, I never liked it.

[EndOfTheWorld]

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[freedreamer]

is that actually LIVE? coz that was amazing wow!!
minus the high pitched forced cutesy voice i think that was so good

[RealLight]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

is that actually LIVE? coz that was amazing wow!!

She's not lip syncing, but this is definitely pre-recorded, she's pretty much on key 90% of the time, so that's a giveaway.

Originally Posted by Zeke.

At 0:10 of this clip, the “ne” part of “nemuri,” sounds EXACTLY like her old vocals. Like as if from the studio mp3 itself. It struck me very suddenly. The rest is good, but obviously sung in a more childish tone.

Listen to that moment at 0:10 and tell me if you hear it too.

Sounds like it a lot, probably because they retouched it (but I'm sure it's not the same as the studio track)

[hidekirby]

Originally Posted by RealLight

She's not lip syncing, but this is definitely pre-recorded, she's pretty much on key 90% of the time, so that's a giveaway

Yes!
Everything has been prerecorded and edited since the pandemic (minus the Christmas live... and it showed) to make her sound almost perfect as in most live releases.
She could be offkey all the way and we wouldn't know unfortunately.
Crossing fingers her voice is indeed not so far from the result.
The latest Life unedited vocals (from the Return concert) were ok with noticeable offkey parts.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by hidekirby

Yes!
Everything has been prerecorded and edited since the pandemic (minus the Christmas live... and it showed) to make her sound almost perfect as in most live releases.
She could be offkey all the way and we wouldn't know unfortunately.
Crossing fingers her voice is indeed not so far from the result.
The latest Life unedited vocals (from the Return concert) were ok with noticeable offkey parts.

I think that sometimes there is no salvaging stuff and no amount of post production can help. I can vouch that she’s sounded amazing in Saitama in Feb last year and its obvious she’s doing something about her voice.

[summerain]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

I think that sometimes there is no salvaging stuff and no amount of post production can help. I can vouch that she’s sounded amazing in Saitama in Feb last year and its obvious she’s doing something about her voice.

POWER of A^3 is a very good example of that. Editing made the concert better, but it's clear she's struggling a lot to sing during the whole show. That's not the case of these 2021 and 2021 concerts.

[hidekirby]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

I think that sometimes there is no salvaging stuff and no amount of post production can help. I can vouch that she’s sounded amazing in Saitama in Feb last year and its obvious she’s doing something about her voice.

I don't know... As regards being offkey, I believe editing can do wonders. I don't remember which live it was (but an old one) and I compared both versions (edited/unedited), it was just day and night. Without her sounding robotic or over edited (like some later shows).
If they could have such results 20-10 years ago I have no doubt they can correct everything they want by now.

As I said the live version of Life really stands out (not in a good way) among all the other edited renditions of the last concert.

[Aderianu]

Ayu posted photo at that outfit a week ago. Probably recording was made at that day

[M.A.X.]

Such a beautiful performance. Again I don' care about baby voice !! Her new vocal is really nice with this arrangement. This is what Dearest deserves for years. Maybe it's pre-recorded maybe It's not totally live but... Oh god this is soooo beautiful ! I love it !!!!

[njanjayrp]

^ I think Zeke was just trying to make a point that for a brief second she has managed to sound like 2001's ayu.