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Originally Posted by jbrat2219
I could name a possible concept for any Ayu album post-(miss)understood. The notion that she has absolutely no concept for her albums anymore is something I'll never understand. It's one thing if you don't find the concept incredibly deep or profound but to say there's none is ridiculous.
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Her albums have concepts for sure, but tbh a lot of her singles seem pretty concept-less. That or the concept is "this is the 50th single!" and "this mini album has 5 songs on it!" Which, for me personally, might as well not be a concept at all, because it has nothing to do with the actual music.
Another good example is crossroad. A ballad A-side with covers where Ayu is wearing a cool outfit and looking nice with a white background. @_@ Kind of the same (but not nearly to the same extent) is MOON/blossom, with the songs being ballad-y or mid-tempo and the cover is just her wearing a dress and making a cute face with a pink/yellow/orange background.
Like, if you looked at her older singles like Endless sorrow or evolution, the concept is REALLY obvious and the covers, PVs, songs, and themes all match up really well. Whereas nowadays, it's like... a song which generally matches the PV, and then a totally random cover that doesn't really have anything to do with either of them. And then throw in the fact that most of her covers are just a picture of her in front of a solid color background...
Anyways, this is all just my opinion, of course.
But I really don't think she puts as much effort into planning a cohesive release as she used to.