[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Ayu-me

Okay, so despite my promise to not listen to "snowy kiss" and "Ivy" so I hear some songs completely fresh when I get my hard copy of the album , I decided to listen anyway.
People's comments about "snowy kiss" made me think that song was going to blow me away like "Microphone" and "BRILLANTE" did when I first heard them, but while "snowy kiss" is definitely good, and absolutely unique and memorable, for me it falls short sounding too chaotic and embarrassingly unpolished. There are so many things in this song are right, and there are also so many things that are wrong. But maybe it will grow on me...
"Ivy" is, bluntly put, beautiful but also a bit boring. After "Party Queen" I thought Ayu had finally reached a higher vocal finesse and it would only get better with time, but both "LOVE" and "again" have served to prove me wrong. Her vocals were unimpressive and seemed almost unfeeling against the beautifully dramatic and emotional music playing, but that's just my opinion.
"Wake me up" I think is a great song, better than "Sparkle" and "Party queen" with more power and finesse, and "Sweet scar" is equally good but in a different way with beautiful vocals and music. Both songs are very good, but not incredibly amazing.
So my opinion on this mini is "good, but not awesome". There's still a chance for the remixes sway my opinion, but I doubt they will. The remixes on "LOVE" didn't change my overall view on the album, I don't think "again"s remixes will be any different to me.

Yeah I knew AHS was over-reacting to snowy kiss - I can't take anyone's reactions to fresh material seriously. It's good but it is no Microphone POWER ROCK or anything - it's good in a Love songs way.
I think her vocals are good and Ivy is much better than Melody. Her vocals are worst on Sweet scar so I feel it's funny you say they are unimpressive on the other tracks.