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Originally Posted by rusuke

In my personal view

I really don't know if Ayu's luxurious lifestyle really affect the way she writes her lyrics, interpretation of her videos, etc. We know her that ever since she loves luxury things (i.e. Louis Vuitton bags in A Song for XX booklet), clubbing, champagne, jewelry, etc. but I believe that because there are so many things happened to her, these changes her point of view as an artist. She is opened to try new things, even different from her style because that's the way she is. I'm trying to be optimistic of her change of image path, both musical and artistry. But it just doesn't work out for me.
I'm a prisoner of her older persona and music. Mysterious and haunting. Inspiring and sensational.

And I'm not so fond of her current voice now. Even her own renditions of her old songs in her live concerts now, failed to impress me.

Ugh.. I really don't know. I still love her. She's still my most favorite artist of all time since 2002 and nobody would ever gonna beat her! But my hype of my fandom faded out drastically as time goes by. That's inevitable.

Same! Ayu will ALWAYS be my most favorite artist; nobody will ever create such a strong impact on me as she has. Her music is truly an extension of myself, and I think most all of us feel that way.