A Research Paper on Ayu

[AngelSenshi]

Originally Posted by panda♥

I definitely agree with you on everything you posted here. I really can't listen to other pop artists and not get bored after a while, whereas I'm always able to discover a new favorite song from Ayu, whether is be old or new. For instance, I discovered my love for her older pop songs like SIGNAL and HANA after she performed them at PCDL.

Ayu feels so human where as so many artists these days, as you said are like these "untouchable" people. Ayu talks to and treats her fans like we're her family or friends. Once all of those people went to meet her in England and gave her the A WORLD IS ONE book, she felt so much closer to us in my opinion. What other artist would have accepted something like that and really taken it to heart?

Her drive to keep going is the most amazing thing about her in my opinion. I've seen lives where she was sick or lost her voice, but she still performs to her fullest and doesn't lipsync. Even with her hearing completely gone in one ear, she's still singing and moving on with her career like nothing really happened.

I don't think Ayu has changed at all over the past 10 years. She's discovered herself through her music and definitely has matured, but she's still the same Ayu. She hasn't let the business change her at all, she still has her own style of music and writes lyrics that are true to her heart. That is what makes her such a remarkable and inspirational person.

I've totally got to agree with you!

I think Ayu also makes us feel like "this could be you too". It's like she's famous, but she works hard for everything she gets and all that, and she tries to show us with her personality that she's human and that sort of feeling replicates on us sort of like "If I work hard I can get through the things I go through; because SHE is human also, and with working hard she's managed." She also has an insanely awesome love for her fans, just as you pointed out, and so you'll always feel supported by her.

As for her songs and getting into some of them; I'm the same way! I got into SCAR and highly appreciated it after seeing the PCDL performance of it.

It's also like I've grown through her music too; I don't listen to pop music usually, I don't listen to solo female artists (for reasons I mentioned; their untouchable stuck up, over the top sexy party girl images without a single display of proper emotion in their music) but she's broken that for me. I don't listen to ANY other pop female solo artist so in my eyes she's always going to be special to me. But because of this mold that has been broken, I find myself enjoying some of her earlier pop tracks also, but at different times in my life.

Recently, I've enjoyed the song WHATEVER, whereas in the past I never used to bother with it for a reason I'm not sure of.