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Originally Posted by ComatoseBunnySnatcher
r&b influenced, try to read better.
and lol, Ayu made those songs but they're standard fare. All of you little godasaki stans try to say she's some groundbreaking artist but all of those songs are run of the mill, typical jpop and SAFE jpop at that.
Just accept that it'll never slay. Either way, I'm done.
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I will give you this: Most of her biggest hits are generic winterish ballads and generic summerish up-tempos. Very little of her staples have any experiement to them. And most of the loved albums on this forum are her safest releases to date... My Story, LOVEppears, A Song for XX, Rock'n'Roll Circus, Secret... You pick one, it's filled with generic jpop.
She did and does experiement, mostly by mixing genres on an unexpected way: RAINBOW, (miss)understood, Party Queen, Duty, NEXT LEVEL, Love songs are filled with tracks pop singers wouldn't release.
She does experiement a lot more than Koda (you can count her risky tracks with your fingers) and Namie (that usually follow the genres closely). Ai Otsuka experiements as much as Ayu (but she, as a musician, plays with structures instead of mixing genres) and Hikki has the weirdest pop catalogue ever since Deep River. Ayu (and Hikki) are huge parts on creating the sound of post 2000 jpop, but the artists following them (not everyone is) usually uses their less intersting material or a waterd down take on their most interesting as influence.
FIVE was a release focusing the general public and not her fanbase, that's why it has such an un-ayuish vibe. Considering it's her bst selling original EP on iTunes, it worked.