Ayu retiring? Hints in L lyrics.

[ayumisrael]

ayu just posted a new post in Team ayu and in a part of it she is wondering why people think she is going to retire?
She wrote that that schedule even of next year will be kicking!

I hope that misa chan will translate soon that eveyone can see.

So we have an official statement from ayu herself that she is not going to retire, once again.

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by ohsixthirty

i don't recall that. i think you are mistaken.

LOL but Yukitora is still right in a way, either way.

First, because I think she said something like "As long as I still have my right ear, I'll still keep on singing", soyou can sort of make an indirect interpretation on that.

The other thing is just an obvious fact:

Don't really think a singer can sing anything by being completely deaf, so she'd have to stop singing because of the incapacity. I've heard people who became completely deaf after learning vocal language and their voices usually changes pitch constantly, making it barely possible to sing something on tune and melodic. The other thing would be the impossibility to know what the music arrangements would be, unless she had great composing skills like Beethoven and write her own compositions, but then it would be a little hard to synchronize her with the arrangements =/

[Andrenekoi]

^Let's not think about the Countdown or the Last Links, shall we? xD

[gallowsCalibrator]

There have been soooo many of these rumors before~ A COMPLETE, Curtain call, now L... (there are probably more ) Ayu said herself, "If I have no music, it's like I die." She won't retire unless she's forced to~ Even then, she'd fight to sing. She could have retired when her ear was diagnosed. She didn't; she perservered--she stuck with us until now, and now that she's broken the record, she's on fire! There's no stopping her now; we're stuck with her


Edit: Annnnd Ayu has responded

It would seem that theories of my retirement are coming out in full force. Why!? lol
I'm just getting an unending stream of messages saying "DON'T QUIT!!!!!!!" lol
I'm not quitting.
I haven't reached the "until that Day..." day yet.
That day in the future hasn't come yet, so it's okay. Instead, as it is, I'm still going strong, and next year's schedule is already filling up and keeping me busy.
...
Anyway, all this talk has been on twitter, and has strangely been spreading around, but I'm getting through my challenges. So everyone, now that you've heard my case here, with this, no more talk of it! Alright?

OK.

Thanks to Delirium-Zer0 for translation!

[maikaru]

And I translated twitter tweet for you in another thread, but this SHOULD be the final proof from Ayu.

Originally Posted by Ayu from Twitter

夢に終わりなんてないよ。一生かけて、歌うことへの答えを探し続けるつもりです。RT

There is no end to a dream. I plan on spending my entire life continuing the search for an answer to singing. (Like she will answer the call to sing... I don't know how to explain, but it's like singing is always asking her to sing, and she is always giving it the answer, and she will continue to do so for the rest of her life.)

[ownsarai]

Yes, now I wish a mod would close this thread since we have the answer directly from Ayu, not once, but THREE times.

[Kanzaki]

Originally Posted by ownsarai

Yes, now I wish a mod would close this thread since we have the answer directly from Ayu, not once, but THREE times.

Seconding this request. In bold text too.

[Andrenekoi]

It would seem that theories of my retirement are coming out in full force. Why!? lol
I'm just getting an unending stream of messages saying "DON'T QUIT!!!!!!!" lol
I'm not quitting.
I haven't reached the "until that Day..." day yet.
That day in the future hasn't come yet, so it's okay. Instead, as it is, I'm still going strong, and next year's schedule is already filling up and keeping me busy.
...
Anyway, all this talk has been on twitter, and has strangely been spreading around, but I'm getting through my challenges. So everyone, now that you've heard my case here, with this, no more talk of it! Alright?

OK.

She "sounds" pissed xD

[Kanzaki]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

She "sounds" pissed xD

I would be if I was her. I would think twice before I pinned down any lyrics with the words "leave" "retire" "break" or even "relax" in them. It doesn't annoy me when people overanalyze, but it annoys me when they ignore facts that are right in front of them.

[Andrenekoi]

^As I said... People tend to ask her very stupid questions on Twitter... like if she hates any other jpop singer or if she is planning to retire/marry/insertfavoriteayurumor...

Even if the deeper contact with her fans may feel nice to her, I'm pretty sure she gets pissed from times to times with some questions people repeat too much...

[YotaLM21]

maybe her last single for this year, but you know, those puppies have got to eat XDDDDD

[Chibi-Chan]

^^
If I were her, I definitely would get pissed. And I think those questions are not only stupid, they are also very impolite.
And if we think of a sceario in which Ayu and Namie meet each other and Ayu would think 'she acts very superior' (<- only for example) why the hell should she tell the whole world over twitter?
I wait for the day someone asks her if she wants to be a porn star instead of a popstar. And I swear, after such a stupid question someone could still think of a way more stupid question.

[Andrenekoi]

^Someone happilly posted that Ayu doesn't hate Namie cuz it was asked to her on Twitter and she said "no"... But really? Why would her say anything different on Twitter? o.O
(not that I think they hate eachother... Actually, Namie goes to Ayu tours frequently)

[Chibi-Chan]

Namie goes sometimes to Ayu tours? I didn't know that. Do you know more about it?^^

[Andrenekoi]

I know she was seen on some of her tours... I can remember she watched At08 and At10

[ownsarai]

I think people just like to start "rivalries" between J-Pop artists just for their own satisfaction. Why would Ayu hate Namie or Utada or Kumi, or anyone for that matter? Ayu is a better person than that. She has no reason to hate any of them, unless they did something unforgivable to her personally. When it comes to the music business, rumors are always going to fly. And I laugh at these ignorant people on twitter asking her ridiculous questions. If I am talking to Ayu, I ask her normal questions, not ZOMG AYU ARE YOU RETIRING???!!!11111 Stupid. Seriously. And yes, if I were her, I'd be "pissed off" about it, too.

[crea_spain]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

I know she was seen on some of her tours... I can remember she watched At08 and At10

you are right, Namie also went this same year to see AT10, she was in the VIP seating (very close to Miss_Elin) during first live at Saitama Super Arena.

[Chibi-Chan]

^Thats's very interesting!
So as we can see, there isn't any rivalry between Namie and Ayu. And why should there be any rivalry? I mean both have their fanbases, are popular, give big concerts and so on. Besides both are well established icons of J-Pop and non of the two can replace the other.

Does anybody know to which conerts Ayu goes?

[Andrenekoi]

A friend of mine that is a Namie fan told me that she might read once that Ayu went to a Namie tour years ago, but she is not sure...

I know she went to Madonna's xD

[taskinillusion]

Yeah no... she's not going anywhere anytime soon.