Ayu ~Anything Goes~ XV (AHS' Ayumi Hamasaki General Discussion Thread)

[attractive nausea]

Can someone tell me how to use the sumapura app?
Since i received my copy of A BEST i tried using it, but after creating an account and login in i'm just lost i know i'm supposed to either scan a qr code or enter a pin code somewhere but i just can't find where. Maybe it's because i have a pretty old iphone.

[rainbow_smile]

^ I don't know about the app, but I know that on the website you have to log in and then go to the main page. You click the album there, and then you can enter the code

Edit: I tried the Android app. Not sure if it's the same on iPhone but I have to click the home button on the bottom (the one on the left, with a house) and choose the album there, then it redirects me to the website, I have to log in and then I can enter the code

[Corvina]

Yeah, that's how it works. You create an account on their website, then you either scan the barcode you have or go to the main page and just click on the release you want to use your code with ( which is pretty easy, as all releases are listed there with a pic). Then you enter the code and voilà, you have the media file on your phone and can use it with the app.
In the app you can always listen to/watch your music or videofile with WLAN or you download the file on your phone to use it offline as well. But it just works together with the app. At least for videos.

[Delirium-Zer0]

Yeah, with Winter Diary I just used the website to download the digital version of the album and I had NO problems... sounds like the app is rather confusingly designed o_O

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by jean-baptiste

If ayu could do trip-hop inspired tracks I'd be so fucking happy. I know she toyed around with it with HANABI and Over and some remixes, but I want some edgier stuff would be nice.

My Way was also a nice foray into an edgier sound using hip-hop. That would be welcomed (by me) as well.

Just saw this comment - omg, I hope not! xD
Ayu and hip hop (or urban in general) doesn't go well together imo. Not only with her voice, but also with her character. My Way was quite nice overall, but her spoken/rap parts sound weird . Dream On e.g was also very awkward.
Btw. I also don't think it would be well received by her fans, especially here. I have the feeling most Ayu fans don't like urban stuff much.

[primavera♥]

I love anything urban, particularly hip-hop lol, but not for ayu
I would totally dig my favorite rappers sampling her music or voice though because it's so cool lol.

[jean-baptiste]

Aww that's too bad I'm the only one!

An even more unpopular opinion, I like actually LOVE that one obscure song toward the start of her career, "A" with m.c.A.T. Call me crazy haha. :p

[mi|kshake]

I like actually LOVE that one obscure song toward the start of her career, "A" with m.c.A.T. Call me crazy haha.

UH-HUH UH-HUH!!!!

(I love it too!)

[chocopockymaster]

A is awesomeeeeee

I love the frenchy remix too

[xLuna&1LOVE]

A? Omg... she has a song called A? Where can I find it? And listen to it? Omg, biggest discovery of today.

[Gustavopc]

There is always someone learning about A, I remember it was me a while back I don't have the song tho sorry

[terra]

Originally Posted by xLuna&1LOVE

A? Omg... she has a song called A? Where can I find it? And listen to it? Omg, biggest discovery of today.

You can download A here

It's only 128kbps tho, it's what I get from here

[SayukiChoco]

Originally Posted by xLuna&1LOVE

A? Omg... she has a song called A? Where can I find it? And listen to it? Omg, biggest discovery of today.

Lol, that's also my biggest discovery of today :'D
The song is so bad it's almost good. I love it

[Miduhyo]

Oh my God, this is my first time listening to it too and

oh my god

oh my god

just... oh my god. I hate it so bad I love it.


Everybody gonna be surprise! A-ha!, A-ha!
Everybody gonna be so fun! Ah-ha!, A-ha!

[Aderianu]

never liked this song. always forget it even exist

[DonkeyKongRemix]

Wait...what is this?? I've NEVER heard this.

It's amazing. That beat....

My favorite part is when she's singing and the guy's all like, "SAY WHAT?!" this is amazing.

[Snowfox]

Originally Posted by terra

You can download A here

It's only 128kbps tho, it's what I get from here

Wow, I vaguely recall hearing about that song years ago but never actually took the initiative to listen to it til now. It's so... different, haha. Makes me think of something you'd play on a lower volume while cruising through a downtown with the top down in the late morning. I actually like the chorus bit in the second half.

This song made me giggly ^^

[DonkeyKongRemix]

The vocals in that song... I feel like people would dance to this song at a wedding, all drunken and terribly. XD

I like...love it but it's so...bad...

[Miduhyo]

As a happy anniversary to Ayu I've been watching some old performances and I forgot just how much I freaking love this performance of Dearest. Everything about it is perfect to me. Vocals, dress, stage, performance, music. Just beautiful.

[luna7996]

Thank you for sharing. Never seen this performance before. So beautiful. I love the arragement! And I love the stage and how it goes from dark to light near the end of the song.

Perfection. Absolute perfection!

Btw. It really surprises me whenever I realize Ayu has been in the music industry for 18 years now. 18! And I have been a fan for 10 of those years! I have never been this dedicated to any other artists. JUst hit me how important Ayu and her music are in my life.