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That's a great list! You and I have very similar taste. I like when Ayu's songs have more atmospheric and/or emotional intensity, and lots of dynamics.
Most people these days seem to prefer more simplistic approaches - it seems like with ballads they like the sweeter stuff rather than the intense & thoughtful stuff, and with more uptempo songs they want something that would sound great turned up loud in a club rather than something more emotionally expressive. Not that Ayu's more recent stuff is bad, I just feel like she doesn't play to her strengths anymore. She should be sassy more often ("Lelio" sounded great, and "Movin' on with out you" too!) rather than giggly & happy (like "XOXO") if she's gonna go with the EDM sound, IMHO.
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