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Originally Posted by voltron
^ To be honest, those were really like "golden years" of J-Pop and there was so much great, interesting music coming out. You started to see some slight western influences in the music, but it was still very truly J-Pop with its own distinctive twist on things.
I think across the board, J-Pop has gotten much more dull and watered down, and that's not just Ayu - it's the whole industry, the producers, composers, etc.
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I would as far as saying the biggest pop markets are all pretty stale nowadays.
And this also is the public's "blame" to a point, as a popstar can't produce music people aren't willing to buy.