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I'm still excited about when she announces new music and when it is released. It's always so much fun.
I am not excited about the quality of music anymore. Her old stuff is definitely better and there are only a few new songs here and there that actually have a strong positive impact with me.
There's also the controversial opinion of artistic growth (musically). I always like to listen to music and ask if the artist is stuck in the past in relation to the albums they released before the current album/song I'm listening to. I would accuse ayu of that (and thus adding to my deflating fandom levels) but you can say that she hasn't. Sayonara is obviously a natural extension of Colours. But that's really about it. A ONE was good but I found that it's the same stuff she's been doing since 300 B.C. and I find I can't connect with people if they don't grow. I was actually trying to decipher some sort of artistic message behind the album and I actually did find something personally so that was pretty cool! I'll still listen to A ONE but it's not going to be in constant rotation like Colours (most songs) was. Colours obviously wasn't a fan favourite here and people unjustly dragged terminal, but for the songs that werent business as usual, I loved it and my love for ayu grew a lot. I was jamming to her songs and having a great time. But now... Her old stuff I'll definitely listen to because it's great and some stuff like RNRC and Love songs is extremely nostalgic.