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Originally Posted by ExodusUK
Source: tats_pappy on twitter.
What I'm saying is that if you're not enjoying Ayu anymore, maybe she's just not for you anymore and you should move on. People grow out of things all the time. She's not necessarily the problem. |
It's easy for people to say this, and I absolutely hate that. It doesn't mean you have grown out of Ayu if you aren't pleased with her current state of affairs. I am extremely passionate about her music. I listen to her every day, all day long. She's the one thing I'm always in the mood for. It's odd because I can't break away from her music for very long. When I have nothing to listen to, she's always my choice. But, it probably goes without saying that I haven't been too pleased with everything she's put out in recent times.
I'll quote another user who seems to have the same dilemma that I do.
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Originally Posted by Keiichi_JPU
I love, absolutely LOVE Ayu but it's so hard to love her so much and keep being disappointed time after time knowing that she has it in her to be so much better and more innovating.
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It is not so easy to walk away from something that makes you so happy. I listen to my favorite songs of hers and I am swept away. To even contemplate the possibility of not having her music in my life anymore, or following her releases, is just not reality. Her music, when it's really good, is just above everything else.
So to say "stop listening" or "move on" is very frustrating, because you see, it's not as easy as it sounds when it's something you love so very much.
My feelings of disappointment do not make me a bad fan, or anyone else who has similar feelings. I really can't express this properly but to give up Ayu when you have been invested in her for so long is kind of like giving up a part of yourself. She has been the soundtrack to my life for an extended amount of time. She feels like "home" to me. If I were to stop, it wouldn't be long before I started to feel "home-sick" for her music once again.
Plus, there's always those times she'll release something that shows true promise. That makes you feel like "wow, there's the Ayu I know! There's the Ayu I love! She still has got it in her to release great stuff like this!" It just takes so long for one of those gems to show up in a sea of mediocrity.