New singles crossroad 9/22 and 「L」 9/29 [IX]

[love in music]

yeah i'm not really expecting much of a boost in sales anymore for crossroad :/ i pretty much hate JYJ now and wish she didn't have one of them in her PV

[Polyrhythm]

No, they got dropped.

[muzik_luvvx]

Originally Posted by Polyrhythm

No, they got dropped.

yep, seems that way.

Seems(based on the CSO's twitter) like they were given an ultimatum: Avex or the Korean company and they chose the Korean company.

They're PR team released a statement today and basically blamed Avex for everything and now the fans are going ape**** now.

I mean, I'm a JYJ fan...but this is just utterly ridiculous. and I'm pissed at the fact that Ayu is probably going to pay the price in a small way because of it.

[truehappiness]

any news on the special packaging?

Only whatever Max said. Jeez, I wonder if it's just glittery jewel cases, haha.

[Polyrhythm]

Well....I mean Ayu still has a huge fanbase....so shes probably going to sell her normal 70-90k first week.....but I think with the JYJ fans it would've been the best sales she's had in a while. Its not really a loss...its just what could have been.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Polyrhythm

Well....I mean Ayu still has a huge fanbase....so shes probably going to sell her normal 70-90k first week.....but I think with the JYJ fans it would've been the best sales she's had in a while. Its not really a loss...its just what could have been.

Well their last album wasn't really all that successful, so yeah I wasn't even expecting much.

[Ranma Matsuri]

^... ??? ??? ??? ....

Originally Posted by Polyrhythm

Well....I mean Ayu still has a huge fanbase....so shes probably going to sell her normal 70-90k first week.....but I think with the JYJ fans it would've been the best sales she's had in a while. Its not really a loss...its just what could have been.

Yeah, that's pretty much all it was just a boost. Was looking forward to seeing that 100k first week... oh well. Boybands and their record companies, lol.

[Bigtop]

For me in regards to Avex (including Ayu and TVXQ, and related things), things have gone a bit too ugly for me...

[GRACE]

Couldn't avex have waited a week more to disband them? Jesus.

[Bigtop]

And with the fact that she's almost 32, the Arashi and AKB48 hype has been going on recently, we have the digital music revolution (while some like Arashi is not on the revolution), she has not taken a break since she started her pro career back in 1998, her vocals are disputable, the hearing issue back in 2008 that she lost her hearing on her left ear, as well as scandals and controversies throughout the years (including the Max Matsuura feud and the Tomoya Nagase breakup), and just simply new artists to discover, Ayu's sales sure decreasing physically as time goes on...

But she may eventually become the next Seiko Matsuda or such...

[Kingdom]

Originally Posted by Bigtop

And with the fact that she's almost 32, the Arashi and AKB48 hype has been going on recently, we have the digital music revolution (while some like Arashi is not on the revolution), she has not taken a break since she started her pro career back in 1998, her vocals are disputable, the hearing issue back in 2008 that she lost her hearing on her left ear, as well as scandals and controversies throughout the years (including the Max Matsuura feud and the Tomoya Nagase breakup), and just simply new artists to discover, Ayu's sales sure decreasing physically as time goes on...

But she may eventually become the next Seiko Matsuda or such...

Be sure to mention something about plastic surgery too while you're at it.




This is going to be funny.

[Ranma Matsuri]

I'm still trying to figure out what he is rambling about and what does any of that have to do with... anything actually. Most of his posts are just so ??? I can't find words to describe them.

[pop909]

Why pick on Bigtop? I think he is just saying that crossroad may have lower sales due to an ongoing trend...

[Ranma Matsuri]

lol I really don't think it's that big of a deal guys.. really. All JYJ fans could've done was boosted sales and possibly give her highest 1st week sales in a while. JJ or not, she's going to get that #1 regardless. Most of her sales were going to be from us anyway lol.

Originally Posted by pop909

Why pick on Bigtop? I think he is just saying that crossroad may have lower sales due to an ongoing trend...

I wasn't trying to be rude but just honest. It's just like what Polyrhythm said with most of his posts it just sounds like he's rambling and the point of what he was trying to get across gets lost in translation. Nothing against the guy but I always find myself going "whaa??" whenever he posts. Sorry if I offended you though, Bigtop.

[AyUmIXx]

Originally Posted by Ranma Matsuri

lol I really don't think it's that big of a deal guys.. really. All JYJ fans could've done was boosted sales and possibly give her highest 1st week sales in a while. JJ or not, she's going to get that #1 regardless. Most of her sales were going to be from us anyway lol.

THIS! i love this!

I don't know why ppl would think JYJ thing w/ avex would put much affect on Ayu's sales for crossroad.. I mean.. see, Ayu's previous singles... she still did ok with the sales without anybody's help..
and if those fangirls would want to cancel her singles just because the thing between JYJ n avex, and let them be... i mean, without their help, we will just see the normal sales like Ayu usually has, rather than the boosted up sales because of JJ on the PV....that's it~

isn't it very normal to us?
as long as Ayu still could reach no. 1.. I don't really care about the sales..
and I believe Ayu can do it!

why it seems to me that, some ppl in here somehow think that if without JJ, Ayu can't reach no. 1? because there's Kuu as the BIGGEST rival?? or what??
even if Kuu beats Ayu, I would just let it go, even if it's sad... BUT i'm really sure that Ayu will still be no. 1.. because, no matter what, avex would never let their queen to lose face of not getting no. 1! and i Think Ayu won't really care about getting no. 1 too, she just wants to make music for us fans to enjoy..

[Polyrhythm]

^Because it feels like you're reading some tricky college essay question with funky grammar when you read his posts (nothing against you personally Bigtop).

[freedreamer]

Shouldnt the news make it even more precious for fans to buy? Lol, since we arn't gonna see them soon. garhhhh...this thing is in such a huge mess. You know, the first thing I thought about when i read the news wasnt about them but Ayu. Some people can argue it that with JJ, Ayu's sales improved but now, it might have fallen. It's really back to square one. I really dunno whether to see it as a loss, or that, now a larger percentage of people who actually buy it are buying it for HER music. Is that a good way to think about it???

(and she can fight it out with Kuu one-on-one now lol...)

if u see it another way actually, this whole JJ-in-blossom PV thing is kinda...against JYJ's principles since avex knows it WILL help sales. so...arghhhhh im just sad if something bad happens

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

if u see it another way actually, this whole JJ-in-blossom PV thing is kinda...against JYJ's principles since avex knows it WILL help sales. so...arghhhhh im just sad if something bad happens

I dun think anything will be bad for ayu. Let's say JYJ's fans are not buying this single since they're mad at avex, then ayu fans will still buy the single no matter what. In addition, if general people are mad at avex and not buying this single, both ayu and kuu will suffer for this incident. But I dun think people (except JYJ fans) will be that frustrated on avex.

[Ayumiko]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

(and she can fight it out with Kuu one-on-one now lol...)

more like ayu vs the koda sisters...lol

anyways...hopefully the whole drama won't affect ayu too much...but those who are canceling their orders are probably aren't fans of ayu anyways.

[ALPHY]

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