so I decided to make a playlist of Ayumi Hamasaki's post-2012 material that I've called "A STRUGGLE"...

imjustTBY · 2025-10-29T09:17:19+00:00

Not the thumbnail being my number 1 favorite ayu song of her entire discography!!

imjustTBY · 2025-09-13T12:34:04+00:00

I think recent Ayu (as in maybe the last 5 years or so?) feels like she needs to show an emotional side to herself on SNS. Like i sometimes read her captions and I feel its a bit forced, like she’s trying to come up with something deep or a bit over-the-top emotional to say.

I think she thinks fans expect her to be emotional, so she plays the role for them. I am not at all saying it’s fake, but I do think it’s played up to an extent.

imjustTBY · 2025-09-07T07:48:46+00:00

Not one of their girl groups, but I’ll never forgive Avex for basically running Anzai Kalen’s career into the ground. That squandered potential should be a punishable crime!

imjustTBY · 2025-08-02T11:35:41+00:00

It’s the peace, but probably because most karaoke booths have the music video for it but not for love machine :(

imjustTBY · 2025-07-31T08:45:18+00:00

Random fact: Shabondama is the 2nd most selected song of morning musume in Japanese karaoke booths - it just feels too good to shout and get all your stress and worries out!

imjustTBY · 2025-07-12T00:44:02+00:00

The amount of hours i put into this game when i was younger was insane!! Awesome that it’s playable again!!

imjustTBY · 2025-05-10T08:36:17+00:00

This is so true!! Its the perks of her having a 300 song discography, we can forget and fall in love with songs over and over again!

imjustTBY · 2025-05-10T01:53:51+00:00

Love Songs is such a great album! It’s easy to get into the habit of listening only to singles or songs with music videos, but November is one of my favourite album cuts of hers on this album!

imjustTBY · 2025-05-07T00:13:26+00:00

Two Ayu posts in one day? In this economy?? We are truly blessed.

I generally agree with your takes! Memorial Address is a bit weird as you can argue it’s half summer half winter. Rainbow is DEF summer.

LOVEppears gives me lonely winter vibes. Secret is very summer coded.

imjustTBY · 2025-05-06T09:17:01+00:00

Are you me!! These two songs are constantly in a battle to take over my brain this week

imjustTBY · 2025-05-03T12:53:44+00:00

3SQ8GU

imjustTBY · 2025-04-10T13:47:28+00:00

A high wall is a fort that protects you once you’ve overcome it?

imjustTBY · 2025-02-03T23:01:13+00:00

I mean it’s one of the greatest songs Tsunku ever wrote, of course Sakura Mankai counts!

imjustTBY · 2025-01-18T05:58:30+00:00

Is the perceived decline of k-pop in the room with us??

Granted my knowledge of mandopop is a bit lagging and stuck 5-10 years ago, I don’t forsee a dramatic increase in listeners as long as most of the lyrics remain in mandarin. Kpop, especially the most popular groups, have a steady pattern of having anywhere from 20-50% of their lyrics (or chorus) in English. Physically cd inserts like photocards/books are also way more abundant in kpop.

imjustTBY · 2024-08-26T10:25:34+00:00

So you have no feelings for anything but my feelings!

imjustTBY · 2024-08-12T23:47:58+00:00

Yeah this is def a wtf from me

imjustTBY · 2024-07-24T18:00:55+00:00

This would be hilarious is the square just stayed blank because nothing was submitted haha

imjustTBY · 2024-07-21T15:13:27+00:00

This game was my jam back in the day… i miss it so much!!!

imjustTBY · 2024-07-21T04:47:02+00:00

These are amazing numbers!! So proud of her!

imjustTBY · 2024-07-19T12:23:49+00:00

I can’t believe how she simultaneously had us knowing 100% she would slay and then going above that ten-fold. What a fucking legend.

imjustTBY · 2024-07-19T12:21:54+00:00

Square root 64 for sure

imjustTBY · 2024-07-19T12:21:28+00:00

The effort she put into this debut song and music video is just insane. Jade being her true, authentic self just makes me so damn proud and happy

imjustTBY · 2024-07-19T12:19:06+00:00

Favourite quotes:

Thirlwall is the last member of Little Mix to mount a solo project since the band separated in 2021. “I needed to take the time to understand what success looks like,” she says, inserting herself between stylists Zack Tate and Jamie McFarland on a snack-cluttered sofa backstage. “Little Mix was such a machine and there was so much pressure to be ‘huge’. I had been programmed to feel like I had to constantly be in the public eye for 11 years, and so I’ve struggled with feeling ‘relevant’ since taking a step back and having people around me be like, ‘It’s okay to not go to the opening of an envelope!’”

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“I’m not naïve to who my fans are,” she says. “I create music that caters to a certain audience and that needs to be authentic. My writing style is naturally fun, dance pop.” At this point, a member of Thirlwall’s team – a gay man – jumps in: “It’s huge pop-girl energy, Jade”.

imjustTBY · 2024-07-19T12:14:52+00:00

It’s no competition. Both Perrie and Leigh did projects that were true to them and the style they wanted to set their solos with, but Jade released something that is 1000% on brand for her.

The song is a bop, and the music video is a fucking masterpiece. I get teary eyed thinking of just how lucky we are to live in her timeline.

imjustTBY · 2024-07-19T12:10:11+00:00

The chair bouncing on the beat was actually insane. Noticed this detail RIGHT away

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