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Originally Posted by emi♡
^^well we were talking earlier about the release of (m)u...were you posting a lot then?
Anyways, a lot of people were disappointed with it. They said it was way too mainstream sounding, and many people didn't like the differences in all the genres.
And a lot of people hated the fact that she used so many GEO songs, and of course they blamed him, and they kept saying that the songs were all covers...
...kinda like now. Some things never change.
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I wasn't on AHS at that time... By the time I found out about this place people were praising (m)u like it was God. It's interesting to know the album actually didn't get any special treatment and was shitted on like every other ayu album. Really reaffirms my belief that ayu fans rarely love an album once it is released but years down the road grow to like it. I'm glad I can appreciate an album when it actually comes out so I can enjoy for that much longer.
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Originally Posted by js_surrealism
I can't understand anybody who likes something like Guilty but DOESN'T like Party Queen. PQ features some of the strongest writing both lyrically and musically in a long, long time (except for HBYA - I wish it was written entirely in Japanese).
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I agree. I don't know how anyone could dislike either of these albums if they care anything at all about ayu's work. I find GUILTY to be her strongest album as far as lyrics, emotion and vocals (I know people will disagree with me there but her voice carried such emotion in that album and that is more important to me than 'sounding good'). And Party Queen has a bit of something for everyone. Experiments for those who were crying for something fresh and new and classic ayu for those who like her for what she does best.
It amazes me that people can still complain when they've gotten everything they wanted in one album. Not so much because they may not like it but because they have to be such drama queens about it. It goes back to my point about fans being shallow. And no, I don't mean "I like to party all night and shake my ass" shallow. But that they can't dig any deeper into ayu's music beyond what they do or do not like and find something there. There are plenty of songs I don't care for in her discography but I never feel the need to bash them day in and day out because I wanted something different. And I don't feel the need to have unrealistic expectations for ayu and demand she does what I want.
I don't want I am... part II, I don't want something we haven't heard before (because at this point we've heard it ALL), I just want ayu to do what she does better than most artists in the Jpop scene and that's to express herself the way she wants. Regardless of what fans want, regardless of sales, regardless of what people think. That to me is brave and that is why I love this woman.