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The only thing that I hate from her its the scheme of her products. Album of the year, random single, summer pophappy single, winter ballad single. And for the next year the same thing. Bah.
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I don't really think that's Ayu's fault though.. she releases what fits and what works with the season. People want to have a summer fun song to drive to the beach to and all that... and people also want wintry ballads to listen to while cuddling with their lover[s].
Ayu isn't the only artist that follows the whole "single during this season... and then an album every year around this time" as there are plenty of other artists who release in the exact manner she does. It's because the formula "works" with the purchasing habits of the Japanese public [and avex's bank account..]~
And regarding her photoshoots. I think she's looked a lot less on-point with recent covers.. disregarding Mirrorcle World, I'd say that glitter, t2m, A BEST 2, and GUILTY were all very lukewarm-ish covers. They lacked the oomph that Ayu releases usually have. glitter had too much forehead and bad hair, t2m started her strange "smile-bite-thing", A BEST 2 was scary, and GUILTY felt... meh. [like how CD only has random blurriness in the skirt section due to wind-blowing... couldn't they have taken more shots?]~