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Originally Posted by Uemarasan
Yeah, 2012 definitely is the worst year Ayu has ever had, musically speaking. I hope her fans cease from buying into this kind of lazy, uninspired work to force her into seriously rethinking and reconsidering the future direction of her musical career. Frankly, this kind of garbage is a one-way ticket to dinner theater and discount bins. She needs a healthy shock to her system to get that creativity flowing again.
I'm always optimistic when it comes to Ayu, but seriously, from Five onwards she has been nothing but a major disappointment. Hikki released one song and one video this year, and both of those blew away all that Ayu had done for the past couple of years. At this point, Ayu should think about collaborating (it worked for Namie) with REAL artists and younger composers and not just random and old people she likes. Superfly, Yasutaka Nakata, Funky Monkey Babys, Naoto Inti Raymi, Jake Shimabukuro, Mr. Children, Kuwata Keisuke, Ikimonogakari. You know, COOL people. If she continues on this track, she'll most likely end up as an irrelevant fossil before her time.
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That's a bit harsh imo. (not just a bit, a lot actually) 'again' seems to be rather loved by most people (PV-wise, snowy kiss/Wake me up not so much but Sweet scar is liked) so it's not like she's spiraling into nothingness at the moment. These releases are meant to be a celebration and people don't seem to realize that WE'RE GETTING 5 RELEASES IN 5 MONTHS. For the majority of 2012, we had Party Queen and A SUMMER BEST and now we've got 2 new minis, a classical album, and two other releases to look forward to.
BTW, FUNKY MONKEY BABYS announced their disbandment and most (all?) of those acts would definitely NOT mesh with Ayu as 'cool' as they are. Unfortunately, I don't think Ayu will collaborate much anymore after the whole JUNO/Urata thing that went on at a-nation. She tried it out and then it kind of just went boom on her, but it's likely because a-nation ended up being Ayu+Urata instead of mainly Ayu.
And I don't think she's working necessarily with all 'old' composers since her most recent release had a track composed by a duo from a British production group which is a step in the right direction in terms of finding 'new people' to work with. (Though she could have just gotten the demo because she liked it)