『M 愛すべき人がいて』The story of encounter & separation hidden in the birth of a songstress - Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai
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Old 27th July 2019, 02:14 AM
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『M 愛すべき人がいて』The story of encounter & separation hidden in the birth of a songstress

A Japanese friend pointed this out to me today. It looks like a book of sorts will be published by a popular non-fiction author centering around Ayu and Max Matsuura, and how their encounter ushered in the creation of Hamasaki Ayumi together, a creation that became too much for either of them to bear.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/43440349..._heVoDbFNW8XK6

それでもマサ、私は歌っているよ。
浜崎あゆみを生きているよ。

歌姫誕生に秘められた、出会いと別れの物語。

「二人で作り上げた“浜崎あゆみ"は、
マサにも、あゆにも、手に負えない
モンスターになってしまったね」

博多から上京したありふれた少女・あゆを変えたのは、
あるプロデューサーとの出会いだった。
やがて愛し合う二人は、“浜崎あゆみ"を
瞬く間にスターダムに伸し上げる。
しかし、別れは思いのほか、早く訪れ……。

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Old 27th July 2019, 08:57 AM
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So he suddenly changes genres to fiction. It's interesting what's inside, though : >
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Old 28th July 2019, 01:08 AM
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Sounds very interesting. I don't think anyone will translate the whole book though.
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Old 28th July 2019, 01:29 AM
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Is this an official book from Avex?
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Old 31st July 2019, 09:35 AM
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https://twitter.com/TA0413/status/11...541615616?s=19 video with today's news
They say that lyrix of M and Boys & Girls are about Ayu x Max love story
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Old 31st July 2019, 12:15 PM
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This book sounds like a very interesting idea. Sucks that I don't understand Japanese at all tho so I can't read it. :/
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Some info here, I guess...

浜崎あゆみ、松浦氏との恋を初告白 秘話綴られた本が出版
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you can check more two-shot pics here https://curious-rabble.net/hamasaki-...ple_kiss_pics/

I wonder if this book really reveals anything new.
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Old 31st July 2019, 05:11 PM
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At the NTV Special Interview from 2000 they say "she turned her gratitude to her producer into a song Trust"

line "Our lips start to get closer" is from that song
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At the NTV Special Interview from 2000 they say "she turned her gratitude to her producer into a song Trust"

line "Our lips start to get closer" is from that song
Hmm I don’t remember that, I thought TO BE was the first song she wrote about Max.

I’ll have to rewatch the 2000 doc
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I wouldn't get my hopes up that this book is of any relevance at all. I read a few articles written by scientists from the social sciences in Japanese already and they were like 120% garbage.
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Ayu over there on the TROUBLE cover like, "Grab my breasts, Max. I want them all to know..."
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There's a bit of push back from some fans, who brought up the fact she was dating Nagase Tomoya around that time too. Interesting to see the author (Komatsu Narumi) interviewed Suzuki Ichiro, and wrote about X JAPAN's Yoshiki and GReeeeeN...

Translation of the Japanese:

Spoiler:
But even then Masa, I'm singing. Hamasaki Ayumi is still alive.

The story of the start and the end (of love) hidden in the birth of a diva.

"The 'Hamasaki Ayumi' we created has become a monster both you and I (Masa and Ayu) can't control anymore"

What changed Ayu, the plain girl from Hakata who came to Tokyo, was meeting a certain producer. Soon falling in love with each other, "Hamasaki Ayumi" was shot into stardom in the blink of an eye. However, the end came unexpectedly quickly...


Some are saying they'd rather have read about Nagase/Ayu, and others are concerned that coupling is next on the "target list."

The work is apparently "fiction based on fact" that Komatsu had gotten from Ayu herself. Some are saying they're not interested in something that happened 20 years ago, or are concerned that Ayu is that much on the verge of losing her A-list status (having resorted to selling her personal life stories in a tabloid-like fashion).
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I'll make this a separate post, haha.

This article says it covers from prior to her Avex debut to her big break in 1999 (roughly 4 years), and "reveals a forbidden love between herself and Matsuura, which will shed some light on the hidden details surrounding her hit songs at the time."

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Ayu and Nagase's relationship was comparable to a Hollywood relationship in terms of the affection and attention they got from the public, and that although some people thought the fact she married/divorced twice was due to the effects of her long relationship with Nagase, it was actually the strongest "pillar" in her life, Matsuura.

Ayu then moved to Tokyo with her mother and grandmother (father was out of the picture) when she was scouted as an actress, and supported her family that way. Then in the VIP section of Velfarre, a disco in Roppongi, she met Matsuura. Initially she had been a part of a 3-4 person group and told to do the vocals, which she was against because she didn't have the cooperative nature to do so, citing her previous report cards saying "let's work harder" in cooperating in class. She said she'd be able to live on her own, but had difficulty with others.

Matsuura said he wanted her by herself, and started her solo. Ayu (who we all know wrote her lyrics), said everything she wrote was like a love letter to Matsuura, who she'd fallen in love with; she also said "every word that came to her head was about that someone."

Not having immediate success, even Matsuura was ready to punch a television studio worker when they said "she isn't popular."

Unable to keep control of her feelings, she confessed them to Matsuura. Recently divorced, he showed up at Ayu's house and told her mother that they're dating. Having moved in together, Ayu started calling him "Masa," which set off Avex who were staunchly against it. Matsuura explained it away, saying "nothing can beat love."

Since this was right before her big break, she was extra careful, listing Matsuura as "M" in her phone.

Soon after, both became extremely busy, and started to only pass by each other, losing a lot of the time they were able to spend together. In '99, she visited the apartment Matsuura was sleeping over in to find him surrounded by staff and other beautiful women at a party. Shocked, Ayu stayed in a hotel for about two days.

This depression/shock allegedly came out in her three singles the following year: vogue, Far away, and SEASONS.

Ayu was more earnest/honest in her thoughts, while Matsuura was trying to push the product of "Hamasaki Ayumi" more. This created too large of a gap between them, so she ended the relationship at the end of 1999.

An insider said, "it was right for her to break up with him, because it's possible we wouldn't have gotten the hit songs we did. She even became 40% of Avex's total revenue alone."

The insider also thinks by releasing this book, Ayu and Matsuura trying to go back to the start line. "By laying it all bare, no matter how uncouth she may be seen, she's still just as cool now as she was during her peak years."

Interspersed with her lyrics, you'll want to listen to her music again when you finish the book.
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Old 1st August 2019, 02:46 AM
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^ thank you for the translation!

God, this story is already on this morning’s news shows
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Old 1st August 2019, 03:03 AM
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Nothing new since everyone already knew it...
I am curious and just wonder why they decided to release it now.

I kind of hope that it's a PR marketing first step leading to some new music release.... lol

EDIT: btw, the cover of the book is a photo that Max poster on his twitter some months ago.

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Old 1st August 2019, 03:32 AM
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Well, the official story about how Ayu and Max started working together was always very strange, like...

"Oh, let me get this girl who never acomplished nothing, can't sing, can't dance, is skipping the singing classes we are paying to her and send her to another country for 6 months so she can pretend she finally learned how to sing so maybe she can become profitable in the near future! OMG, I'm a genius!"

Putting that much effort into her career cuz they were lovers make a lot more of sense.
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Man, I don’t want to think of Max when I hear M
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