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The story
When Ado appeared at a music festival, a rule banning the use of binoculars in the audience area became a hot topic. It once again raised the question of how well Ado — who performs without revealing her face — fits with the festival format, where fans typically watch multiple artists with the naked eye at the same venue. On 5ch threads, voices respecting her wishes clashed with those questioning whether such accommodations are really necessary at a live show, with concrete suggestions like “just wear a mask” standing out. Alongside this, the long-running suspicion over whether she’s “really singing” and complaints about the festival’s own management policies also came up, leaving the discussion without a clear consensus.
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Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
I don't get why she's so desperate to NOT show her face
Aren't we here at a festival to listen to music?
You don't get that people come for the entertainment experience? Must be some old-timer still stuck in the vinyl era.
Even back in the Showa era they had TV and movies, you know.
Embarrassing for an old-timer to say that.
She does wear one at her recent concerts
And if sales drop because of it, the fallout would be brutal.
Stop putting her on bills with other acts.
That's got nothing to do with it. Are you saying that disqualifies every old-school anime theme song singer too?
That's Misawa, isn't it! (referencing famed pro wrestler Mitsuharu Misawa)
Set up a paper screen and perform behind it.
Why make the audience tiptoe around her?
If that's what sparked the complaints, well, Ado's side gave the go-ahead, so it's fair enough that Ado gets criticized for it.
If people frame it like she's being punished for that, it'll just pour gasoline on the fire.
it's that there's no way to confirm she's actually the one singing.
For all we know, in the dark on stage a professional dancer is performing as "Ado,"
while the vocals are some other musician's recording, edited and played back as hers.
Exactly. If she's doing live shows, she could at least wear a mask that shows her mouth moving.
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Ado has maintained a “face-concealing” style since the very start of her career, and it’s become standard practice for her to use masked-character visuals or an actual mask during live performances. The “no binoculars” rule generating buzz this time appears to be a management decision aimed at preventing fans from using binoculars to zoom in on her real face at a multi-act festival, where everyone watches from the same seats at the same venue. It’s a rule that’s easy to pull off at a solo concert, but at a festival — where other performers are showing their faces as a matter of course — it creates a situation where audiences are prone to feeling it’s unfair or inconvenient that “why does only this one performer get special restrictions?” On the thread, three main points of contention ran in parallel: a stance of respecting her personal wishes, skepticism toward festival management for making even the audience accommodate her, and concrete suggestions that a mask could serve as a substitute. It’s also worth noting that the recurring suspicion over “whether she’s really singing” — a lip-sync doubt that inevitably follows any act built around concealing one’s face — isn’t directly related to this particular rule, but tends to get raised alongside it every time regardless.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[Music Festival] Ado’s “No Binoculars” Rule Causes Unexpected Ripples… Debate Over Whether a Face-Concealing Singer Fits a Multi-Artist Festival.”
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