^ I know. Some people associate 'cute' with 'bad'.
Ayumi has some of the greatest cute songs ever. Now, EnergizE isn't one of the greatest, but it's still a good song.
And all this is coming from somebody who normally doesn't take easily to cutesy things, hah.
And yeah, I agree with you, Moriko. It does seem like some people don't like it whenever Ayu puts out happy things, hah...
NEXT LEVEL is definitely one of my favourite Ayu albums, actually. I like Days and identity a lot more than most of the songs on, say, I am..., and it's unspeakably better than the closest thing to it, LOVEppears. (All my opinion, of course. Just want to add to the NEXT LEVEL love.
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Though, even though I thought I would probably end up liking NEXT LEVEL more than this one, I may have changed my mind, hah... Not sure yet, though, because those two songs I already listed, I love sooooooo much!! Then again, I just know I'm going to love meaning of Love almost as much as Days, at the least, and I definitely like You were... just as much, maybe even more. Like I said before, this album is slowly, but surely, rising above other albums. I probably like it more than RAINBOW at this point, already, and that's in the middle of my favourites list.