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It's good that so many are enjoying her new releases, but I'm just sad I'm not included in this group, I really don't like the direction her music is taking But she likes to innovate herself, so I'm hopping she'll soon change again and won't continue with this uninspired music style (imo) she's releasing now...

Originally Posted by Mirrorcle Monster

I know im probably the only one (given that the hype around her is huge right now), but lately I started losing interest in Namie. It looks like she lost all of the passion and heart in her songs. Yes, some of them are great, but most of the time they are Western pop singer rejects. I have been following Namie since she released Say the Word, and i have always enjoyed the western feeling of Namie´s music. But lately i don´t know, but i feel like she has nothing new to offer. And i think that FEEL is a good album, its just that I can imagine 30 western pop singers singing those songs, I see absolutely no personality in it. Its great that she is still popular and sells like crazy, but I would love it if she experimented a little bit more with her music, like she did after PLAY.

Totally agree.

Originally Posted by emi♡

I just don't understand how anyone who is crying over how westernized her album is, could have been a fan since Style. You can't even GET more generically westernized than uh, the majority of her songs after she left the 90s lol

True, her songs have been sounding westernized for a really long time, but they never sounded this much generic pop as they do now, and that's personally what I don't enjoy about them. Most of her new songs sound uninspired, and that's what makes me think FEEL is really weak and kind of boring to listen to... My opinion of course.