Ayu - Anything Goes Thread -X-

[Surreal17]

Omg, one of her worst single covers ever lool
Agree, the songs are amazing but those pics are just unflattering.

[ExodusUK]

LOL the photos are just so Namie of the time too...like the QoHP covers.

[Delirium-Zer0]

The STEP you shoot brings back so many memories of me being baffled by all that heavy makeup XD

[kendelle]

Originally Posted by ayu-michan

Lol did anyone see that Maro is running for political position

Are you serious?

Wait it's real and here is his campaign vehicle

Spoiler:

He promised that if he's elected it won't effect his music career and his debut album is coming out on the 6th of May... Looking forward to him representing the good people of Shibuya.....

[Aderianu]

look at his twitter, you find A LOT of selfies with promo poster %) And video of him sitting in this promo car, waving to random people on the street. I was shocked xD

[truehappiness]

STEP you iirc was Shimoko's first shoot with Ayu.

Also there were meltdowns when covers came out.

[Delicious n Bold]

There were meltdowns over it? :O

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

There were meltdowns over it? :O

STEP you had meltdowns...

Then the meltdowns about HEAVEN's Oricon ranking...

Then the meltdowns over B&D/Pride in general... (and eventually the (miss)understood covers)

Then meltdowns about Startin's PV...

EDUCATIN' THE CHILDREN. Ah, that was the beginning of everything.

[AmyRoseM]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

STEP you had meltdowns...

Then the meltdowns about HEAVEN's Oricon ranking...

Then the meltdowns over B&D/Pride in general... (and eventually the (miss)understood covers)

Then meltdowns about Startin's PV...

EDUCATIN' THE CHILDREN. Ah, that was the beginning of everything.

LOLOLOL. I've been here for all of those too! (I never post though..but hi!)

[Zeke.]

I love WE WISH though. It's so much better than Real Me. It has a lot of interesting layering techniques going on - you can actively jump between the different melodies as they line up perfectly with one another.

I especially love the background melody of the verse. That little electronic melody that repeats three times and on the fourth time changes rhythm and notation. Seriously adore that fourth bar.

I also love that sound effect that plays before the chorus comes in. That effect that makes it sound like everything is being wiped away before throwing the beat back in the chorus. It's especially noticeable after the bridge/breakdown.

I think another thing you have to consider regarding the initial perceptions of albums from the past is that, the people who were fans during the time of the release were already familiar with the singles. So when the album comes out, their perceptions are heavily weighted toward how they feel about the new album tracks. If you take away all the tracks that proceeded the album's release, it might become easier to understand why RAINBOW might be somewhat disappointing.

[rainbow_smile]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

I love WE WISH though. It's so much better than Real Me. It has a lot of interesting layering techniques going on - you can actively jump between the different melodies as they line up perfectly with one another.

I especially love the background melody of the verse. That little electronic melody that repeats three times and on the fourth time changes rhythm and notation. Seriously adore that fourth bar.

I also love that sound effect that plays before the chorus comes in. That effect that makes it sound like everything is being wiped away before throwing the beat back in the chorus. It's especially noticeable after the bridge/breakdown.

I actually used to not care about WE WISH until I realised all the layers, and I came to love it then. I especially adore the guitar chords before the chorus.

That melody in the verses though (the one that you say repeats itself three times), it has always reminded me of some other song, but I can't remember which one exactly.

[Zeke.]

I don't think RAINBOW is bad, but I do prefer the post-apocalyptical / semi-industrial sound of I Am...

[terra]

I wasn't on AHS that time I guess, granted the cover is not that good but it's not that bad compared to what we had these times lol...maybe that cover was considered bad for that time

[TeddyGrahams]

^ I thought because the covers made her look like a cheap whore... they still do today lol

[love in music]

Originally Posted by TeddyGrahams

^ I thought because the covers made her look like a cheap whore... they still do today lol

Wait are you talking about the STEP you covers still?
The shoot wasn't that good, I wouldn't say she's even close to looking like a cheap whore tho.

[chocopockymaster]

lmao I remember the meltdowns

It was glorious

[TeddyGrahams]

@love

Well I guess because before that ayu was really artsy with her covers so when it came out there was so much rage for it. You are right, XOXO have that look now. Haha

[love in music]

Originally Posted by TeddyGrahams

@love

Well I guess because before that ayu was really artsy with her covers so when it came out there was so much rage for it. You are right, XOXO have that look now. Haha

I see lol.
Ugh I hate the XOXO PV so much. It was so embarrassing to watch as an ayu fan. Lelio too.

[TeddyGrahams]

Originally Posted by love in music

I see lol.
Ugh I hate the XOXO PV so much. It was so embarrassing to watch as an ayu fan. Lelio too.

Yeah it's really sad that the Colours videos were so bad. I will always cringe at both of them and the stupid angel one too lol. Oh and feel the love... like why lol.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by TeddyGrahams

Yeah it's really sad that the Colours videos were so bad. I will always cringe at both of them and the stupid angel one too lol. Oh and feel the love... like why lol.

Yeah they really were some of her worst PVs. Feel the love just seemed offensive towards overweight people. I was pretty shocked she was okay with releasing that.