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Old 19th November 2014, 09:38 AM
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Kotaku - Former Japanese Pop Queen Sure Looks Familiar... (Ayu as copycat)

So Kotaku decided to write how Ayu copied or was "inspired" by other artists. Yay, why the heck they decided to write it all of sudden? I mean i like kotaku but timing is so weird.
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Old 19th November 2014, 10:25 AM
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I just saw this on Facebook, complete crap, I mean, you take ashower on music video = you copied Madonna, okay.... And yes, why now? Plus that facemask & L cover, please....
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Old 19th November 2014, 10:55 AM
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what is a kotaku?
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Old 19th November 2014, 11:29 AM
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I love these things. It's so logical :3

Same pose and blonde hair = copycat!
Wear the same color (Destinys Child and Christina Millian) = copycat!
Use "pin-up" theme = copycat! Because Xtina was first and last to use it!
OMG ONLY BRITNEY WEAR RED LATEX AND BLACK LACES! SHE INVENTED THEM or what?
Use a bike as a backround = copycat, cause only Pam used that



I only see "copy" influences in Kylie's costume and Madonna's 2 clips. (Rain and Bedtime Story) and maybe a little od Celine but the theme is so clique itself so it's nothing original to compare
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Old 19th November 2014, 03:35 PM
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lulz, didn't they just steal these photo compilations from somewhere else on the net? How ironic.
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Old 19th November 2014, 04:01 PM
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what is a kotaku?
They write about games, manga, anime news, sometimes music. Usually they are light texts. Funny thing is they took that data from 2ch That says quite much. Great source.
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Old 19th November 2014, 04:05 PM
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Yeah... again this ...take one picture out of the context and you can make everybody a copycat ...
It's obvious she took inspiration from singers she admired or were popular in the west but come on most of them have no sens because it's out of context especially the MV and visuals or commercials ! I'm always impressed how people react toward these kind of pictures ! In the pop culture nothing is really unique ...
Like it's impossible to have the same idea as someone else O_o
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oh my god lolol dip it low I can't even believe that's included.
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Old 19th November 2014, 04:23 PM
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Okay, who cares?. I thought this was nothing new. Not that she is a copycat, of course not: there is a whole creative team around her, but that she had some resemble moments with Western artists.
The article is a little irrelevant. Whatever.
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Old 19th November 2014, 04:41 PM
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lmao literally almost all of this is from Jpop Trash like 10 years ago
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Old 19th November 2014, 05:07 PM
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She probably did or was really inspired by some stuff. But that's just the way it goes most of the time.
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Old 19th November 2014, 05:19 PM
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If the thing with the mask of L is supposed to make her a copycat, shouldn't be Misono be one too? If I'm not mistaken she took this theme once too for a CD of hers...

Most of these seem quite silly to me..
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Old 19th November 2014, 05:59 PM
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Funny enough they didn't get the AT02 resemblance to Madonna's Drowned World Tour... That was straight up copycatting and is highly overlooked.

But it's actually good that those stuff are showing up... Shows that she still is relevant.
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^ Probably overlooked because Madonna was using Japanese culture as inspiration, and accusing a Japanese person of copying a non-Japanese person for wearing a Japanese inspired costume has less impact, haha.
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Old 19th November 2014, 06:25 PM
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^But Ayu copied her on the british punk section too, haha!
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I have a hard time watching alot of AT2002 because of its similarities to the Drowned World tour lol... that plus the editing of the DVD is irritating.

But yeah I saw this article earlier today and I was like... lol welcome to 10 years ago. The author of this particular article isn't even trying to do anything with his articles except say "Hey look how much I know about Japanese stuff that isn't anime! AREN'T I TOTALLY CULTURED?!?!" It's annoying. Nothing he writes is worth reading.
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Old 20th November 2014, 12:48 AM
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^My problem with it is how bad it is!

Edit: The concert, I didn't even bothered reading the article...
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Old 20th November 2014, 03:59 AM
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Nobody really cares about that site anyway. They used to be pretty credible when it came to gaming news or info, but that all went downhill around the time Brian Crecente (one of the editors) left.
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Old 20th November 2014, 11:37 AM
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Yikes

Also wasn't there a japanese artist that did the L cover concept and said ayu ripped me off?

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I just saw this on Facebook, complete crap, I mean, you take ashower on music video = you copied Madonna, okay.... And yes, why now? Plus that facemask & L cover, please....
You would have to be daft to not find these similar. It's not on ayu, it's on the director. I just watched Madonna's Drowned World video and my god did they rip it off with dearest.

The concept of evo is too similar to the other one. Same for My Names Women and Get Right.
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