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Originally Posted by truehappiness

Lacking talent? I'm not sure if that's the case here... haha. Perhaps she's just not doing things to your tastes lately? You know, I honestly don't think Ayu's changed all that much since 2006. In fact, 2006 was when she started being the way she is now, so I don't really see what's different about her to you.

While I think Ayu's always been a bit of an experimental artist, I think she's been changing her music quite a bit these past few years. GUILTY's such a rock-based album, and she hasn't really done that before. With NEXT LEVEL, she's experimenting with dance and techno and other new things, and, like GUILTY, she hasn't really done that before.

Other changes include being deaf in one ear, and then her going on two tours of Asia and going to Europe to film videos and CMs... lol