StarTalk interview

[Larisa-chan]

Originally Posted by DevilHunter_04

I got the awkward feeling from it as well but I think that's more from the questions that were asked. Like when the interviewer asked Ayu what dreams she had to give up and she responded with that it would be too difficult to explain. I'm sure Ayu could answer it just fine in English but that seems like a really personal question. :/

*cue Sweet Season PV* There's your answer XD

[stepYOU1234]

Her english has really improved. I think this interview was better than the snippets I had seen of her on the red carpets etc in HK. Ayu needs time to formulate and give an answer and there wasn't any time for that during those red carpet style interviews.

I think it is maybe good that she has come to terms with being Ayu all the time. Switching between Ayu and Ayumi Hamasaki must have been difficult sometimes and is at odds with her wanting to always be true to herself.

It was also cute when she asked her husband about her fashion sense!

I thought she was saying that she would like her fans to be strong like Asian women and be true to yourself? So it could be a message to any fan

[Yannetakizawa]

Originally Posted by stepYOU1234

Her english has really improved. I think this interview was better than the snippets I had seen of her on the red carpets etc in HK. Ayu needs time to formulate and give an answer and there wasn't any time for that during those red carpet style interviews.

I think it is maybe good that she has come to terms with being Ayu all the time. Switching between Ayu and Ayumi Hamasaki must have been difficult sometimes and is at odds with her wanting to always be true to herself.

It was also cute when she asked her husband about her fashion sense!

I thought she was saying that she would like her fans to be strong like Asian women and be true to yourself? So it could be a message to any fan

"You are particularly elegant in the home, also wearing pajamas"



"I have thousands of pictures of you in bed"

[Aderianu]

Originally Posted by Yannetakizawa

"I have thousands of pictures of you in bed"

well, we too %)
LOVE again, "ayu" book, etc

[Yannetakizawa]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

well, we too %)
LOVE again, "ayu" book, etc

* laughs * is different

one thing is a book , something else is private photos, no?

[AyUmIXx]

omg thousand pics of ayu in bed.. hmmmmm hahaha..

[//ABEST]

Ty is so entertaining i love him even more when he says something

when he was asked about that family dinner he should have said "i want it to be only two of us since i'm gonna eat sushi on her body"

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Finally got time to watch it.
First of all, what a lovely reporter. He seems to be very friendly and relaxed.
His questions were really good, not even hard or really though on Ayu. It is too bad Ayu did not know to give really interesting answers on his questions. Therefore, it missed interaction. Also, I am not a fan of this 'Well, I don't care - Whatever' attitude of hers, so I don't think Ayu really presented herself very well. Oh well, she doesn't care.

The only highlight of this interview was the small 'interuption' (not sure you can really call it like that) from her husband. His small involvement in this interview was really cute. He seems so nice!

[love in music]

I haven't watched an ayu interview in a while, has she been behaving like a stuck up bitch in her interviews lately or is this one just off? She seems really weird, keeps rolling her eyes, not seeming down to earth at all in this and like she's trying so hard to look sexy by pouting her lips and pushing out her chest. :/

[chocopockymaster]

Originally Posted by love in music

has she been behaving like a stuck up bitch in her interviews lately or is this one just off?

Uh, what interview were YOU watching?

[love in music]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

Uh, what interview were YOU watching?

Startalk interview, the one in English.

[attractive nausea]

Originally Posted by love in music

I haven't watched an ayu interview in a while, has she been behaving like a stuck up bitch in her interviews lately or is this one just off? She seems really weird, keeps rolling her eyes, not seeming down to earth at all in this and like she's trying so hard to look sexy by pouting her lips and pushing out her chest. :/

I agree with you, she was pushing out her chest and pouting her lips all the way, she was def behaving like a stuck-up bitch but i didn't want to be the one pointing it out, those who didn't notice it : watch again. I don't mind girls who act that way but Ayu doing it felt so un-Ayu.
If you compare with the latest interview of her we have, the one in SONGS where she cried, she's a completely different person, that must be because of the different language.

[Cahz-]

Originally Posted by love in music

I haven't watched an ayu interview in a while, has she been behaving like a stuck up bitch in her interviews lately or is this one just off? She seems really weird, keeps rolling her eyes, not seeming down to earth at all in this and like she's trying so hard to look sexy by pouting her lips and pushing out her chest. :/

Like for real, I felt the same way too. But I think it's because her talking in english, she's not confident enough, and it's hard for her to express what she wants to say, so she tends to do these exaggerated gestures.
SONGS' interview and A song is born's one at Music Station comes to my mind, and she was the same down-to-earth person we all know.

[Chibi-Chan]

Originally Posted by love in music

I haven't watched an ayu interview in a while, has she been behaving like a stuck up bitch in her interviews lately or is this one just off? She seems really weird, keeps rolling her eyes, not seeming down to earth at all in this and like she's trying so hard to look sexy by pouting her lips and pushing out her chest. :/

Originally Posted by channy

I could hardly recognize Ayu in this interview o.o

She was so busy flipping her hair and working her eyes'n'mouth play that she could either barely give specific answers or simply didn't want to. It seemed somewhat ironic to me when she talked about being yourself paired with her I-don't-care-at-all attitude.

It somehow always saddens me to see the image she once had fade away, even though she's always retained fragments of it. In this interview though, I'm having a hard time feeling Ayu at all.

Sadly I agree with both of this comments. I found her attitude to be very put-on and it seemed to me that she was more bothered with looking hot than anything else.
But she seems very superficial to me lately anyway.

[Yumsushi]

Originally Posted by Chibi-Chan

Sadly I agree with both of this comments. I found her attitude to be very put-on and it seemed to me that she was more bothered with looking hot than anything else.
But she seems very superficial to me lately anyway.

Yeah I think she was trying to answer questions but she kept flipping her hair and pouting instead so it was awkward to watch. Personally I didnt feel that I was watching a professional interview at all. And I'm glad to see her take responsibility for the half assed music that she's been releasing lately since she "only releases music that she likes".

[mizuki-7]

^
That was sarcastic I think lol Humm yes she made a bit of charm (sorry don't now if it's ok to say it that way ?) you know interviews are really rare lately so I think it's just because she was interviewed in english ... she is not really confident like it's not her native language so she is a bit playful ^^
Her answers are definitely down to earth to me !!

[Corvina]

Now after watching it, I agree with xLuna&1Love.
She's using so much universal answers overall and I somehow did get the impression in between she doesn't even want to talk about herself. To be honest she had more charme in the CNN(?) interview back in the day even though her English was worse.
The best thing was the interaction with her husband at the end.

And you never sung in Chinese before, ayu?
Hm, and what's with the chinese version of Who...?

[channy]

I could hardly recognize Ayu in this interview o.o

She was so busy flipping her hair and working her eyes'n'mouth play that she could either barely give specific answers or simply didn't want to. It seemed somewhat ironic to me when she talked about being yourself paired with her I-don't-care-at-all attitude.

It somehow always saddens me to see the image she once had fade away, even though she's always retained fragments of it. In this interview though, I'm having a hard time feeling Ayu at all.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by channy

I could hardly recognize Ayu in this interview o.o

She was so busy flipping her hair and working her eyes'n'mouth play that she could either barely give specific answers or simply didn't want to. It seemed somewhat ironic to me when she talked about being yourself paired with her I-don't-care-at-all attitude.

It somehow always saddens me to see the image she once had fade away, even though she's always retained fragments of it. In this interview though, I'm having a hard time feeling Ayu at all.

Seriously. It actually made me concerned for her. Like maybe something bad is going on in her life right now to make her act this way. this doesn't seem like her.

[JinHamasaki]

Originally Posted by love in music

Seriously. It actually made me concerned for her. Like maybe something bad is going on in her life right now to make her act this way. this doesn't seem like her.

Yikes. This is Ayus first English interview without editing and she gets ripped? I would be nervous as hell too if someone interviewed me in Japanese. I don't think this interview indicates she is superficial or something is going wrong. She just needs more practice in impromptu english events.