I love Ayu dearly, she's been an inspiration for me for a decade and has dictated a large part of my life. Coincidentally, each release was appropriate for me at that time, as if I was making the music:
NEXT LEVEL > going to college, visiting Japan
Rock'n'Roll Circus > fights with friends, quit college, moved back home
Love songs > went to Japan alone, very happy, dating, going out, making friends
Party Queen > lived in London, became alcoholic, partied 4 times a week to forget
LOVE again > I was in Taiwan, feeling amazing & better
HOTEL Love songs > became drug addicted & crazy
Hello new me > back home and myself again
So I love her dearly, but ever since Power of Music I haven't connected with her music at all. Production is bad, her vocals lack emotion, the concerts are like circus + broadway show, recycled stuff... Can't wait to see what's next, though.
