#ayu

[john---baptist]

zora oc c: (pilp, ayu)

#loz #botw #oc tag #pilp #ayu #in that order #they are yaoi love for each other #zora oc #myart

[kohappink]

⋆꙳•̩̩͙❅̩̩͙‧͙ ‧͙̩̩͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆ＪＥＷＥＬ － ２００６⋆꙳•̩̩͙❅̩̩͙‧͙ ‧͙̩̩͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆

#浜崎あゆみ #ayu #ayu hamasaki #ayumi hamasaki #gif #my gifs #jpop #j-pop #dailyjidols #jpopedit #00s #2000s #2000s core #y2k core #y2k #y2k jpop #old jpop #nostalgiacore #nostalgia #early 2000s

[nidera]

#ayu #kanon #web finds

[boldlyunadulteratedtriumph]

#ayu

[hhkkxd]

#oc #ayu #my art

[lifextime]

New digital Single !

[2024.04.08] BYE-BYE

#浜崎あゆみ #ayu #ayumi hamasaki #singer #solo #actress #model #japanese #jpop #music

[ayu-san12]

"Who are you...?"

"I'm Anxiety! Nice to meet you!"

#inside out #Inside out movie #Del revés #IntensaMente #Movie #Anxiety #ansiedad #original character #Avatar #OC #Ayu #Ilustración #ilustration #Draw #Dibujo #FanArt #inside out 2 #maya hawke

[ayuminamieworld]

浜崎あゆみ / 時代

Digital Single: 時代

Release Date: 2024.03.25

#浜崎あゆみ #ayumi hamasaki #ayumi #hamasaki #hamasaki ayumi #時代 #Jidai #audio #ayu

[mercyll]

#7 seeds #manga #yumi tamura #7SEEDS #Ayu #Ayu 7seeds

[kuppazzz]

#ayu #casseette #ayumi hamasaki #y2k

[incorrect-house-of-nine]

(AYU) Coronabeth Tridentarius: *Probably*

#tlt #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #coronabeth tridentarius #as yet unsent #ayu

[holdmyapplejuiceyt]

Guys i learnt what a dream blunt rotation is, rate it out of 10

#dream blunt rotation #touhou #arcaea #vocaloid #kirby #yuyuko saigyouji #banica conchita #evillous chronicles #ayu #ayuarcaea #arcaeaayu #meme #memes #dreambluntroation #best team

[nidera]

(2001)

#old web #kanon #ayu #old anime art #うp

[elmalquererr]

浜崎あゆみ | 「SURREAL 」

#ayumi hamasaki #hamasaki ayumi #浜崎あゆみ #jpop #2000s #y2k #japanese #j-pop #ayu #duty #dailywomen #dailymusicians #gif #gifs #jpop gifs #mygifs #* #540px #mvs

[hhkkxd]

#when the priest is sus #oc #ayu #my art

[appears]

20th Anniversary

Ayumi Hamasaki: No way to say (2003.11.06)

Japanese pop music is rich in seasonal songs: when spring rolls around, artists clamor to release their best new-beginnings tracks, like, say, Perfume's "ONE ROOM DISCO," a song about kids moving all their junk into tiny dorm rooms when the new school year starts. In the summer, everyone jumps into swimsuits and drops their best upbeat, high-energy, beach-weather jams, like Kumi Koda's "LALALALALA." And when the temperature drops, bringing cooler, crisp air, and the snow begins to fall, the inevitable deluge of ballads begins.

As the reigning J-pop queen of her time, Ayumi Hamasaki is no stranger to the practice, and released several of her own seasonal-appropriate hits, including a number of ballads and slower-tempo tracks in the wintertime, like "M," "Voyage," "CAROLS," "HEAVEN," and one of the first to be so obviously geared to the season, 2003's "No way to say." The single was composed by BOUNCEBACK, one of the songwriting teams Ayu had newly enlisted for many of the tracks off of the eventual Memorial address EP, and features soft acoustic guitars that crescendo into a nice, classic Ayu synth-ballad, similar to many of her slower songs released around the same time period, like those off of 2004's MY STORY. It's a really pretty song and has remained very likable despite its PV that features a creepy Santa Claus head.

The rest of the tracks, in keeping with the winter-ballad theme, feature acoustic, or "acoustic orchestra" versions of songs, except for one. Notably, we get one for the title track, and ones for the ballads "SEASONS," "Dearest," and "Voyage." Unfortunately, for one of the few times in Ayu's career, we get re-released tracks that had appeared previously on other albums, with the acoustic version of "SEASONS" being from 2001's ayu-mi-x III Acoustic Orchestra Version, and "Dearest" from 2002's ayu-mi-x 4 + selection Acoustic Orchestra. I can't imagine if you weren't already a huge fan of Ayu's acoustic orchestra line (or huge fan in general) that you wouldn't already own those albums, so re-hashing them is a definite missed opportunity that opts for empty filler. I can't remember if the "Voyage" one is also a re-hash, though I know it was later worked into a different acoustic version that can be found on 2013's A CLASSICAL, along with new versions of the other two. Finally, there is a rather forgettable house remix of "No way to say" to close things out. Ballads are notoriously rough territory for club remixes, and this one doesn't fare any better than the rest. Overall, this an A+ title track that's marred with some rather forgettable coupling tracks, and suffers from one of the cheapest tricks in the book by including old material.

Still, one thing to note is how great Ayu's voice still sounds at this stage. It doesn't surprise me that we don't get too much in the way of these stripped down, acoustic compilations as much anymore, since Ayu's voice doesn't sound as good as it once did, with her clean timbre and more restrained delivery. Finally, this includes the instrumental version of "No way to say," which is predictably terrific.

This is a very sweet, very classic Ayu ballad, one that she has performed dozens of times live for a good reason, usually in a cosmically large ballgown, and it does a good job of representing this period of her career. Ayu has released many winter, or winter-adjacent, ballads over the course of her legendary career, and this one still stands as one of the most well-known and beloved.

Catalog Number: AVCD-30542

#ayu #ayumi hamasaki #anniversaries #j-pop #pop #avex trax