[ayumisrael]

Actually, as much as I love ayu, I wouldn't like a thing of her just because it's new, I would like it if I can enjoy it. Feel the love/Merry-go-round is shaping up to be a really great single for my taste.

I know where people who were talking about the vocals are coming from but I think that's because you might not like her present voice being high-pitched (like how she sounded on the beginning of her career, just that then she had the higher voice).

As for the level of production, ayu is in the industry long enough, m-flo too and the other producers of the songs worked with a lot of big names. It doesn't necessarily make them perfect or make them do perfect things all the time, but I think it's more a subjective matter if you like the song or not and if the song is good or bad, and less on how the real production is. Even if it's not what people expected or sound like (put popular american artist music here) doesn't mean the production and the producers choices were actually bad or not professional. It was made by professionals. If it's not to one's liking then it's ok, but that's basically the reason. Just not connecting to things related to the songs. I personally think that ayu did a great job experimenting with EDM and these songs still have her personality in them, so you can say she brought that style to herself, and doesn't really sound like others' music, which makes it even better in that sense. I can understand people who want her to turn her image upside down along with more american like EMD/electro pop style, but then, it's just not her and not what she is wishing to be. Unless if some people accept it, they will just keep getting bored with her and have unrealistic expectations of her.