I find that with Ayu, her works grow on people over time, even if they initially disliked them. It's a rather strange phenomenon that has happened with the last 3-4 albums, with people initially really disliking the albums because they were new/not great/crap to people... and then after about 4-5 months or a year, people were suddenly IN LOVE after rediscovering the albums! It's really weird, haha.
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This doesn't mean I don't love her works at varying degrees, because, again, I'm human and have different opinions, but I've never flat out hated something she's done.
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Same goes for me. One of my least favorite tracks ever is GUILTY, but I still sometimes can see how good it is when relistening to it! Haha.
Oh, and about NEXT LEVEL, my feelings towards the album is that it was a full-on experiment and that Ayu was trying to present something new/different to her audience which had never been heard by her before. She succeeded in presenting something different imo, but because the album tracks were so experimental and all fit together really well [save NL/Curtain call] the single tracks kind of didn't fit into the album [sans Sparkle]. There are people who simply say that NEXT LEVEL is a horrible album, but I feel that these people are just simply too used to/too set on hearing an older Ayu. Because of this, I feel it's kind of "good news" that Rock'n'Roll Circus will be a return to Ayu's basics, since people who did not appreciate NEXT LEVEL might actually like it! Though I think some people feel that NEXT LEVEL was a direction that she was going in musically, when I really don't feel that way at all. It was a temporary detour along the way that she took, and now she's back on her usual "path" or something of that nature.
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I don't go watching some performance from 2004 where her vocals sounded really good and compare it to her vocal performances now and be like "omg, what a shame.. shame on ayu for not sounding like that anymore, it's all her fault, i'm so disappointed!" like some people probably do.
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For me, her vocals have always been sort of "eh" haha. So it's always been like, "Oh, people are angry about her vocals being bad?" whenever it's brought up. I've never really had a problem with it because it's something I can't really control as a fan (and neither can anyone else) and I just have faith that Ayu is doing the best that she can with what she has, and I truly do feel that way. Whether or not people like what she's putting out, I think that she is putting her heart into it and in the end, for me that's all that matters when it comes to her work. As long as she's putting her all into it, it's fine with me.
Honestly I can't say that it was all fun and joyful but I was never alone. I want to show you a dream. I hope you will have a never-ending and lasting dream. This is my wish.
-- MY ALL
But this song is definitely a love song sent to you, my dear from my heart
--Curtain call