Ayu: Anything Goes [XXIV]

[Zeke.]

There's nothing wrong with preferring one artist over the other, recognizing which artist is stronger in one area while the other is stronger in another.

I always hated the argument "you can't make comparisons" - sure as Hell you can. They are both entertainers. Japanese music entertainers. No two things you generally make comparisons between are exactly alike, so using the argument "they are two different things that can't be compared" is just horse shit.

[Zeke.]

There's another Ayunight at a club in Nichome tomorrow night.

9pm-5pm.

The head drag queen / organizer is retiring after 10 years so this might be the last one, at least for quite some time.

[pedronekoi]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

There's another Ayunight at a club in Nichome tomorrow night.

9pm-5pm.

The head drag queen / organizer is retiring after 10 years so this might be the last one, at least for quite some time.

I couldn't hold myself when I saw this flyer on the bar lol

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by pedronekoi

I couldn't hold myself when I saw this flyer on the bar lol

Lolol oh my goodness.

[Zeke.]

I know Greatful days gets a lot of flack here, but I don't trust anyone who can seriously say any song on TROUBLE is better than it. Like, with wtf logic? lmao.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

I know Greatful days gets a lot of flack here, but I don't trust anyone who can seriously say any song on TROUBLE is better than it. Like, with wtf logic? lmao.

That's fine, we don't trust you either

[SunshineSlayer]

^ yeah, like I’m a Hikki fan, but her live performances bore me to tears. Even though she writes the songs, I don’t feel a great deal of emotional connection. I’m also not a fan of a lot of her more recent stuff though I enjoy hatsukoi more than fantome.

[EndOfTheWorld]

I actually think that CREA songs can stand up to any of Utada's songs.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

^ yeah, like I’m a Hikki fan, but her live performances bore me to tears. Even though she writes the songs, I don’t feel a great deal of emotional connection. I’m also not a fan of a lot of her more recent stuff though I enjoy hatsukoi more than fantome.

IMO Fantome was an album planned to reintroduce her to the public, so its safe as fuck. Hatsukoi is on the run to be my favorite

But yeah, Hikki cant perform and her live singing is painful

[Chris_Duvall]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

^ yeah, like I’m a Hikki fan, but her live performances bore me to tears. Even though she writes the songs, I don’t feel a great deal of emotional connection. I’m also not a fan of a lot of her more recent stuff though I enjoy hatsukoi more than fantome.

Agreed! I love Utada to the moon and back and she will forver be my "First Love", but her most recent stuff is rather dull.
I was hoping she'd stick to R'n'B after the release of her English Album This Is the One, which I genuinely loved. Somehow the American side Utada has more spice.

[koumori]

I love both Utada and Ayu for different reasons. I love watching them both live, and I feel they are both passionate artists and great lyricists, but they're just polar opposites in the genre. I find it hard to genuinely compare them.

[ayumi_croatia]

Hikki and Ayu are so different, the only thing they have in common is that they're both Jpop queens lol

And they both have hiccups in their discographies. Of course Ayu has some, she has more albums too.

[Cahz-]

I think Ayumi and Utada were the most close to each other musically speaking when RAINBOW and DEEP RIVER were released; both albums released on the same year and both experimenting with "ethereal" sounds.

[truehappiness]

It's also hard to compare someone who literally was born into a musical family vs. someone who was and had nothing as far as the entertainment world was concerned.

[KittyKathy]

I never understood why people are so amazed with Hikki. For me, her songs are very boring. I like some of her songs and that's it. Nothing special for me.

[hud]

y'all a song is born finally hit me omg. a masterpiece. finally i can stop talking shit about it now.

[jean-baptiste]

Originally Posted by snowo

y'all a song is born finally hit me omg. a masterpiece. finally i can stop talking shit about it now.

LOL. That happened to me a few years ago as well. I think listening to it with the lyrics really helped, especially in context with the rest of I am...

[summerain]

Originally Posted by snowo

y'all a song is born finally hit me omg. a masterpiece. finally i can stop talking shit about it now.

I'm still hating the original version, but the orchestrated one is pure gold. I just can't believe how the feeling of the song changes completely.

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About the Ayu vs. Hikki comparisions, I think Utada is way more a musicist than anything. She spent a lot of time more than Ayu in studio to craft her sound and she's basically raised inside the music industry. She delivers a much more refined work than most pop artists (worldwide).

Ayu songs are far more "basic" than Hikki's, but she's above average. I like how she uses some word plays and how her arrangement could be very creative from time to time. "Party Queen" is an underrated album over here, but has some of her most creative melodies and arrangements (pay attention to "Shake it", "Return Road" and "a cup of tea")

[Aderianu]

This is kinda sad that all anticipation of new album is over

[Katsuyuki012]

Will be pretty quiet here for the next months.. only first few tour dates will be really interesting with setlist stuff and possible photos.