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Originally Posted by Chris85

Ayu's so inconsistent. In the acapella of her upcoming single her voice is super hoarse and dry as Sahara.

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Dreamed a Dream doesn't sound that bad though. Her worst moments were probably during POWER of A^3, where she could barely even get her voice out compared to this and DaD.

I initially thought the verse in Dreamed a Dream sounds robotic and heavily autotuned (which probably true), but then I remember that in POWER of A^3 she managed to hit a lot of the notes perfectly when she wasn't screaming (e.g. verses of Duty and walking proud).

my impression was that her voice sounds great in Dreamed a Dream, especially since she can comfortably sing the shouty chorus. Meanwhile in オヒアの木 she seems to struggle at places, leading to my suspicion that her voice is irreparably damaged.

she's a well-trained and competent vocalist but her voice always gets strained with exhaustion due to non-stop strenuous performances.