Empress of J-Pop to withdraw from Japan, and focus on the US and Europe [Theory]

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Meat Pao

The moment I saw that the article was from China I couldn't be bothered to read the rest of it

FRIDAY is a Japanese magazine

[AyuGAME]

i think ayu has a chance to success...
if she still true to herself, i mean she still being a pop, rock and techno singer...not losing focus for becoming RnB or Hip Hop that i think is a mainstream of US song nowadays...
and i want her to still using a meaningful lyrics not just a random dirty and all about sex lyrics...
avex need to put a HUGE PROMOTION too and make sure that we can see her face everywhere...magz, tv, billboard, screen, etc... A REALLY HUGE PROMOTION... i think she has a chance...
its rare to hear someone sings rocks like she do now...and mix of techno and rock, its rare...its kinda ayu thing...
i think she really different and fresh for US...
although i must admit that it will be hard way...but its not that impossible
conclusion : its all about promotion, do it or not... ITS REALLY NEED TO BE AS HUGE AS IT CAN BE!!!

[ALfromHELLSING]

I hope she will NEVER switch to Europe or USA and NEVER release an English album.
That would be her BIGGEST mistake in whole carrier. But she's a wise WOMEN and I'm 99% sure that she will never do something like this.

EDIT: But focusing more on Asia - China would be wise IMO. Her sales in Asia are still great. Japan need to appreciate her more.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by Alucard from Hellsing

I hope she will NEVER switch to Europe or USA and NEVER release an English album.
That would be her BIGGEST mistake in whole carrier. But she's a wise WOMEN and I'm 99% sure that she will never do something like this.

EDIT: But focusing more on Asia - China would be wise IMO. Her sales in Asia are still great. Japan need to appreciate her more.

I agree! But if she decides to do a world tour, I wouldn't object. Just as long as there's no English songs or Western debut! >:O

[inspire_rmx]

I prefer her to stay in Asia. just 2singles, an album, a tour each year and i will be satisfy ^^

[JackieRos]

Originally Posted by inspire_rmx

just 2singles, an album, a tour each year and i will be satisfy ^^

agreed just to try at first and if she succeeds
let her become the QUEEN OF POP

and this is just a theory only ayu knows if its true

[-r00t-]

fake

[Jeremy911]

If Ayu tours the US i will try to be at every show

[MissElin_]

Actually...

I wont belive anything until things are official cuz there are so many rumours out there. And I will never belive in something a chinese paper writes about (according to earlier failed storys)...

So for me, I will just wait and see.

[truehappiness]

I'm sure her doctor made her well aware in 2000 that if she didn't cancel the Dome Tour that her ear wouldn't heal.

I think that the doctors only talked about her leg and the risks that she was taking by performing with a sprained[?] leg..

But that's all I recall about the doctors in DT01. I don't believe they ever stated why her ear started to freak out during ct2000 and DT01. Watch the documentary that NTV did for further proof. (in ct2000, I remember that they thought it was a bad ear infection and canceled some shows in the 2nd leg)..

Info from the ROCKIN' ON JAPAN article from masa [AMAZING MASAAAA]:

(A) Well, I was very uneasy when I started the nationwide concert tour. I felt like drawing back when singing the second song or so, which I know is very impolite. I wondered why. I had been looking forward to the tour and every staff had made great efforts to prepare for it, but I felt something different on the very first day from what I had imagined. I couldn't enjoy at all. I had been wondering why while I was doing the Act 1 (the first half of the tour). After finishing the Act 1, I had to cancel some concerts of the Act 2 because of the ear disease. But I could rest then. I could have a time calm and not busy in the hospital, for example. I thought then I had wished strongly before as, "Look at me, everyone ! I'm here !" and had made efforts to make them turn toward me. I didn't know what a live concert was like, as I hadn't done it before then. But, when I first appeared on the live stage, I had already been looked at, by about 20,000 eyes, before I said, "Look at Ayu ! I'm here !"

And Meniere's is what I was hinting at. So many other artists do tours all the time, so why is it that Ayu is the one who loses hearing in ONE ear? You know what I'm getting at, right? The concerts had a small part in it, sure.. but the sole reason as to why she lost her hearing loss? I don't think so.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I think that the doctors only talked about her leg and the risks that she was taking by performing with a sprained[?] leg..

In the documentary, they don't state specifically what the doctors diagnose it as, but they do say that the doctors warned her that if she continues touring the damage it would cause to her ear would be irreparable.

Also, it is possible to lose hearing in one ear and not the other without it being disease related. I've experienced this myself when I was front row at a rock concert in a tiny venue - I had significant hearing loss/tinnitus for almost a week and one ear was way worse than the other. Or my step father who is a marine corps vet who lost hearing in only one of his ears due to the constant sound of bombs/gun fire - the other ear is totally fine. Its also quite common for people to get ear infections in the same ear over and over again, which I assume is probably how Ayu's left ear was growing up, making that ear far more susceptible to hearing damage than the other one.

I think the main question to ponder is, had she not become a singer, would she still have her hearing? I think the answer is probably yes.

Anyways, this is waaay off topic.

[waterballoon]

Sometimes diseases just strike people without any reason... there doesn't need to be a proper explanation for everything that happens to Ayu. It's just really unfortunate that for someone who has such burning passion for music and singing like Ayu would have something like this in the first place.

And such is life.

[greggerz189]

Don't do it. PLEASE don't do it.

[Mirai Noah]

Hmm, I was going to say that there might be some truth to this if it appeared in Friday, but it doesn't seem like it really is.

I'm not sure what I would think if Ayumi was to try to break out in the US...

[truehappiness]

I think the main question to ponder is, had she not become a singer, would she still have her hearing? I think the answer is probably yes.

Perhaps. But then we wouldn't have been brought together and she wouldn't have had the happiness that she's gotten as a singer.

And yeah, when I was looking stuff up I realized that this was totally off topic and should probably be in another thread.. hm.. whatever. This should be moved to Ayu Chat anyway.

[greenteadrinker]

Honestly, I'm not too pessimistic about Ayu entering the US market. She has a very distinctive look and style so she's got a fighting chance. The thing about Hikki's style is that it's very similar to what's already available in the US while SM made the big mistake of auto-tuning out Boa on her album and I also think they mishandled her image.

If Ayu enters the US market, it will be on her own terms, not anyone else's. She will have almost full artistic control so I trust her decision.

[truehappiness]

Why would Americans want to hear a 40 year old Japanese woman sing?

Hell, I don't care about other Americans!

I want 40 year old Ayu to perform in my backyard/neighborhood park~ Sucks for people who don't wanna hear her, but I don't care. Haha.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Hell, I don't care about other Americans!

I want 40 year old Ayu to perform in my backyard/neighborhood park~ Sucks for people who don't wanna hear her, but I don't care. Haha.

Ok, so you're backing her for coming just to perform her Japanese music right? I'd like that too, but what I was referring to is her coming here to make original English language music ( ).

[Hydeki]

Why are you scared of the flop? I would be pride if she had the bravery enough to go out of Asia. It's too easy just sit down in your throne with your crown and let people love you, while outside of this dreamland (Asia) it's so diferent.

Altough I don't think she will be releasing any English album, a world tour will be... amazing, I'd realize my dream...

[Lady_Eowyn]

Panda87, SunshineSlayer, Noidea, and Mimi.chan...

I agree with you 100%

Spoiler:

I don't want Ayu to go mainstream... this doesn't sound good. Artists like BoA and Utada tried to make it in the u.s. and had to make (with all due respect) ugly tracks in order to make it in the us market and failed. (not miserably... but they didn't exactly make it either) I don't pretend to offend anyone, this was actually annoying to me because i enjoy their japanese stuff and i find it worthy to hear... so it's pityful they had to make these manufactured music that in the end didn't work out .


I don't want ayu to go through the same thing. I want her to be as she is, no matter what. If she goes international, i'm fine with it as long as she remains as herself... if not...

I hope this is a ridiculous rumor


Ps.- I also agree with Coelacanth, Socrazy, beauty4321 and Furushubakku