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Old 6th September 2014, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by kinix View Post
Colours doesn't satisfy you when you only skip 3/10 songs? Doesn't that means 7/10 songs satisfies you (if not you could just skip all and not listen at all?
Then you mentioned that you love quality more than quantity... a bit ironic in my sense. As per above you seems to make a big deal that you expected a 10/10 album.

Anyway, I think what orangeakira meant was that we shouldn't be too demanding with what she should/should not release.
which might be the same as what you said Quality > Quantity.
I understand what you mean but you can see it both ways.
We got an album composed of 10 songs and this album is not even cohesive, the quality is not constant. It would have been really easy to have an electro pop album. I could not listen to the thing at all, you are right but there are some songs that I really enjoy (and others that I enjoy while thinking the arrangements are horrendous...) So quantity is not there I'm ok, but quality is lacking too.
A single with Pray/HNM/WIFL plus a mini with the other new songs would have been a clever pattern IMO. There is no artistic direction, real decision.

And to be clear, I'm not making a big deal out of anything. I just expressed my opinion that I don't really understand the dilemma about 2 remixes and a PV (proof that I don't care that much, and it's been a long time) that I need something fresh and great even ONE great innovatve song would be enough. And I will move along if she won't. Please don't read what I'm writing as a rant. I'm doing quite fine discovering plenty of other artists. I'm just SAD.
To sum up it's been too long I've been waiting for somethong great.
And I know people will tell me "nobody forces you to listen to her". But I like her as an artist/some of her recent songs. So I still like to listen to her new stuff. But man the quality has dropped so much. And it's not because of the quantity! The only -sad- thing I can think about is that she doesn't really care about what she is releasing anymore or that she is not herself a great artist and that she just had clever professionals behind her the first 7 years or so (professionals who miraculously reappeared for Love songs haha).

I'm not demanding with what she should/shouldn't realease (if this Terminal single is going to happen... I would be glad for people waiting for it. I'm just demanding with the actual songs she is releasing, because she has enough time to polish things and invest herself in what she does (and because as an atist she should be demanding herself or not releasing half assed things).
Well I don't really want to start another discussion here but it won't be more boring that the actual It's releasing/it's not haha.

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