Ayu in her Concert Videos

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The vocals from the 2000 Act One were also different in Trauma where she had a serious squeak in the original. Taxation from the constant singing and shouting caused her throat to be really weak. They had to smooth over that note for the DVD release.

Lately, there haven't been as many edits. But, on the countdown 2002-2003, you can tell there were many places where they had to go back and smooth things out because she was suffering from laryngitis or something equally nasty. She had literally no voice left to talk when she went on CDTV End of Year Live (she apologized, saying "My voice wouldn't come forth, but I sang in my heart.") I think this is why her range has lowered over the years--one cannot sing and sing like this when ill without damage to the vocal range. Compare her 1999 lives and today and it is quite obvious the change that has taken place. While some like her new vocals, they are quite different. To her credit, she has begun using vibrato and other techniques to save her voice.