[News] Ayu to perform at Music Station 19 September

[Aderianu]

I read many comments here that japanese didn't know that ayu still active. I don't understand how they didn't notice her. Yes, she didn't appear on TV that much as before, and don't have and advertisement contracts. But she's still on the radio, her new music videos still on TV. If they watch TV, they'll see her, if they don't, it doesn't matter how many tv-show she attend or miss.
Also magazines. Now it's only 2-3 at year (except regular Vivi deji deji diary), but again, if someone is interested in beauty magazines and buy it everytime, this person will see ayu.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

I read many comments here that japanese didn't know that ayu still active. I don't understand how they didn't notice her. Yes, she didn't appear on TV that much as before, and don't have and advertisement contracts. But she's still on the radio, her new music videos still on TV. If they watch TV, they'll see her, if they don't, it doesn't matter how many tv-show she attend or miss.
Also magazines. Now it's only 2-3 at year (except regular Vivi deji deji diary), but again, if someone is interested in beauty magazines and buy it everytime, this person will see ayu.

That was my experience in Japan too. Unless they were specifically a fan, most people did not know anything of hers that was past around 2006. It's different for us because we follow every music show, performance, etc. But it's just like here in America, sometimes while randomly watching tv I'll see an artist that I didn't know was still active.

Unless you are actively paying attention specifically for her, you wouldn't really know.

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

By getting longevity with the sales of Play, that didn't manage to get all that much sales but charted for over an year, and with her 60s70s80s tie-in. It's not like Namie was ever that big on TV performances since her 90's tragedy.

Actually she was constantly on tv between 2001-2005. She has a crazy high amount of tv performances from that time period. Even though her sales were tanking in that period, she stuck with it and the audience eventually caught up. And although Play was great, I feel that it was actually Queen of Hip Pop that was the turning point; that album also charted forever and showed her first upswing in sales in a few years.

Name changed her whole style, look, feel, atmosphere everything and was ahead of the trend a bit. It did very poorly at first but she stuck with it and eventually it came to fruition. What's more impressive though is how long it has lasted.

Ayu doing something similar though would really be a big risk. I mean, it was risky enough when Namie did it, but you also have to consider their ages which I think would be a big detrimental factor to Ayu having a second peak. Namie's second peak began in her early 30s and the impetus began for it in her late 20s. Ayu is already in her late 30s and Japan is quite ageist. Not saying its impossible, but something big would have to change.