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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer
I really don't like it when people say things along the lines of "she's been around so long, there is nothing more she can do." Watch a Matsutoya Yumi concert or even a Johnny's concert and then say there is nothing more she can do. Or even just throw all the concert theatrics aside and do a stripped down show of just Ayu and the band because even that would be something different and mostly welcomed imo.
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Gosh, I find that so annoying. I hate it when people say that Ayu has to recycle everything because she's been around for so long. She really DOESN'T have to recycle every single thing; she hasn't used up every idea there is in the world and I'm sure she's capable of coming up with some new ideas, especially considering the budget she has. Even I could come up with some interesting ideas if I wanted to.
And I agree with the part about Johnny's concerts. Even though I am a pretty big hater of JE, I think that KAT-TUN have ridiculously entertaining concerts despite the fact that they themselves do little more than run around yelling into the mic most of the time. (Note: I don't mean yelling in the sense that they're trying to sing like Ayu does, but they're actually just yelling random stuff.)
Anyways, on the other end, I think ONE OK ROCK also have very entertaining concerts and they don't have any huge stage theatrics. They just stand there and play. So I don't think Ayu's problem is that her concerts are too big/grand nowadays, or that it's something that could just be fixed by her doing a stand-still-and-sing-with-the-band show (because I would find that almost unbearable with her vocals nowadays). I think she just needs to find a happy medium, get a vocal coach, and get a new designer and choreographer. Her costumes are just laughable, her dancers are cheesy, and her vocals are...
And like GRACE? said, I also feel like she's just writing what she thinks people will relate to, not necessarily what
she relates to. And I feel like she doesn't put as much work into her music itself anymore. If you listen to her older music, most of it clearly has a lot of thought and care put into it. Nowadays, I feel like she just does whatever sounds pretty or fun, and a lot of her songs end up having really bad or boring arrangements because of it.