This was a bit fun. The japanese are really proud of their queen Ayu so naturally they just haaad to ask that.
But yeah, I do miss the old Britney too. Of course Ayu is tons better but Britney was such a sweet and fun girl (at least the image I got from her in the 98-02 years)... That makes me happy to see how "healty" the japanese music industry is. Ayu and Britney both started 1998 with Poker Face and Hit me Baby one more Time and look how diffrent they are today...