[Article] Pop Music Emergency: Ayumi Hamasaki Moving Towards Becoming Completely Deaf!

[EndOfTheWorld]

Pop Music Emergency: Ayumi Hamasaki Moving Towards Becoming Completely Deaf! Condition of Right Ear Worsening -Arama

Is being a pop star bad for your ears? Ayumi Hamasaki and five other musicians with hearing damage -The Straits Times

J-pop star Ayumi Hamasaki is going completely deaf -The Straits Times

Ayumi Hamasaki confirms she is going deaf -Malay Mail Online

Recording Artist Ayumi Hamasaki Reveals She's Becoming Completely Deaf -Crunchyroll

One of Japan’s Most Famous Female Pop Stars is Going Completely Deaf -Nextshark

J-pop legend Ayumi Hamasaki confirms she is losing her hearing -Yahoo News

Singer Ayumi Hamasaki Losing Hearing in Right Ear, Facing Deafness -OtakuUSA

J-pop star Ayumi Hamasaki losing hearing on remaining good ear -Inquirer

A Musician’s Sacrifice: Ayumi Hamasaki and 9 other Japanese artists with hearing damage -Arama

Traurige Gewissheit: Ayumi Hamasaki wird voraussichtlich ihr Gehör verlieren -Sumikai [German]
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[Aderianu]

Aramajapan doesn't deserve to be called news site... and any attention

[kendelle]

It's a nice surprise to see the article being quite non-judgemental, considering Ayu's retirement was their April Fool's joke and they left it untagged as a joke for several days.

It's a pity that we're pleasantly surprised that she wasn't outright mocked for it

[EndOfTheWorld]

I thought that too. I was a bit worried that it would be a bit negative and that people may make rude remarks or jokes but I am glad it was a neutral post.
Maybe the good side of this news is that the haters and biased media will ease up on her for a while.

[Cahz-]

Reported also on ATRL

https://atrl.net/forums/topic/40528-...mpletely-deaf/

A lot of users seems to like Ayu on that site.

[hud]

Originally Posted by Cahz-

Reported also on ATRL

https://atrl.net/forums/topic/40528-...mpletely-deaf/

A lot of users seems to like Ayu on that site.

I'm one of them

[kotora]

Why bothers Fake News Media

[truehappiness]

Arama is a trash site.

[Xianghua]

Originally Posted by kendelle

It's a pity that we're pleasantly surprised that she wasn't outright mocked for it

ikr. Whenever I see her name and arama in the same sentence I automatically prepare for the worst.

[YUKARI]

Singaporean The Straits Times also published an article about ayu

http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyl...ompletely-deaf

[EndOfTheWorld]

Some more articles have been added to the original post including the one YUKARI found.

[MeltingCORE]

: - (

[dreamlover13]

I'm so sad right now.

[rainbow_smile]

Originally Posted by EndOfTheWorld

Maybe the good side of this news is that the haters and biased media will ease up on her for a while.

Nah, considering that even some of her fans on here are calling her stupid and are so upset that she won't retire/take a break, I can't imagine antis suddenly feeling sympathy for her.

[relmy]

Fans are worse than the non-fans for giving Ayu a hard time.

Most of the comments are just a mess, but fans can be brutal.

[KarenPang]

Yahoo Singapore also publish about this - https://sg.style.yahoo.com/j-pop-leg...032007704.html

My family buys The Strait Times everyday & this appeared at the last page of the Life entertainment section which I took

Spoiler:

Honestly I feel really horrible for Ayu . My family has a history of hearing problems (my late paternal grandfather had hearing problems , so does my dad & myself) so I know that feeling too well

And knowing that now Ayu is in the process of going to be completely deaf coupled with knee problems , it's just so awful

In 2008 Ayu lost her left ear hearing and ironically this's happening all over again , only a lot more worst which's a downright terrible way in welcoming her 20th anniversary :x

On a side note , I frankly feel that the Singapore local media do not respect Japanese musicians to a certain extent because only big worthy news (when SMAP disbanded , X JAPAN's Yoshiki had his surgery) , they will publish

Aside from that , no

[YUKARI]

Originally Posted by EndOfTheWorld

Some more articles have been added to the original post including the one YUKARI found.

thanks!

I just tried to google Japanese news and all I saw was like 'ayumi hamasaki doesn't wear bra?!' (with the newest pic from instagram) and 'ayu looks like a professional women restler' (with pics from the tour).

[AyuWorld]

^
I saw someome said so too. They called her a restler? At this moment? Poor Ayu

Honesly I didnt know even Malay Mail reported bout this. I cant with those headlines, I just got tears again when I see those

[URANUS]

As a long time fan (since I heard "TO BE" on the radio in 1999), I have grown with Ayu's music and it is a part of who I am today. She's the one I listened to when I was sad, happy, and angry at life and its moments. Her discography is so huge and amazing that I can't believe it's real. She's a huge inspiration to me and the moment I heard this news - it really shocked me for a while. This was something I was afraid of happening when I heard she was losing her hearing.

The thing I am most worried about is not that I won't be hearing any new music from her in the future. It's that she won't be able to hear. Poor Ayu doesn't deserve this.

[Earth_maiden]

I wonder how she feels that she posted this to Team Ayu and it's already gone global. I mean I know it wouldn't stay private but still, she says she can feel free to express herself via TA and then her post gets shared everywhere. I'm not sure if she expected it or not.