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Originally Posted by orbitalaspect
Elva and Jolin especially have got to close the gap between new albums. It's excruciating for them to be putting so much time between releases these days. And they're running the serious risk of being forgotten about when they come around with a new release.
Elva alone would have had already released at least 5 new studio albums since I'm Ready, and Jolin would have been more like 3 or 4. But for crying out loud, I don't care about the quality of their albums. I just want to hear and see them in videos and performances and on new dance tracks and ballads.
I love Elva because she's fascinating to watch and has a great personality that's a nice mix of mature woman and fashionable girl. And I just want to see more of that.
Too much time between releases. Waaay too much time. I've got one existence. Please fill it with more music.
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Err, hell no to me. I'd rather have 1 nice or great album every 5 years than have 5 shitty albums released in 5 years o_O
About being forgotten, I can't tell about Elva. But when it comes to Jolin, after PLAY promo ended:
► she had a World Tour (2015-2016)
► she also had lots of events (performances at festivals, awards ceremonies, press conferences for endorsements, guest appearances at concerts, Fashion Weeks attendance... the list here per year:
http://www.jolinjenerationgallery.com/index.php?cat=24)
► she won the Best Album Award at the GMA
► she had her first dubbing job as the lead role, Judy Hopps, in Zootopia. I also read back then that Zootopia became the most watched animation movie of all time in Taiwan (don't know if it's still the case today though)
► she released 7 singles [I Wanna Know feat. Alesso, PLAY remix by Alesso, EGO-HOLIC (with the MV controversy), We Are One feat. Hardwell, On Happiness Road, the song for Mother's Day Let Love Spread Out, and Stand Up for Monster Hunt 2, the 4th highest-grossing film worldwide of 2018 at the moment]
► she broke up with her boyfriend of 6 years, Vivian Dawson
► she recently released a DVD/BD for her Tour.
What I mean is, even if she hasn't released an album in almost 4 years, she still got lots of media coverage.
I agree though that her international fanbase might turn to other singers since most of it doesn't really follow her latest news.
But if the delay is basically "Jolin's fault", it's not really Elva's fault if she hasn't released anything since 2014.
Elva left Sony in 2015 to create her own music production company (and find another record company), she wanted to release her new album in summer 2016. So she founded X & Y Entertainment with her younger sister. But things didn't go as scheduled, and she only signed with a new record company, EMI, this year.