[news] Ayumi mild loss of hearing

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I'm partially deaf in my right ear myself, so I tend to miss sounds if the source is facing me the wrong way. But... I really had no idea Ayu had such problems. Can't really tell from the standard of her music, heh. On one hand, I'm glad that she's still making music, on the other, I really wonder how much more pain she can take.

I agree that rivalry between artistes is always a sensitive topic and that it'd be nice for Ayu and Utada Hikaru to be good friends. Somehow, though, that image is a bit scary and ten times as unnatural. It's still good they're both making good music! I like some of Utada's songs. They're the queens of separate territories, in my opinion... Pop and R&B. Then I think Amuro Namie would be the queen of Hip-Hop now. Er. I don't know. But still... Come to think of it, does Ayu have any fellow Japanese artistes as friends? Is she lonely...?

I was also wondering about the mention of Ayu's father. I used to read somewhere that Ayu grew up in a single-parent family as her father left her mother when she was still young. I also read that she doesn't know who her father is, doesn't remember his face and isn't interested in reconciling with him. Does this mean Ayu has a father? Wow... To think I've spent all my years in Ayu fandom with such a distorted image of Ayu's past...

Thanks for the article!!!