That's your opinion. But trashing Ayu just because you're not quite loving her new songs is wrong. I prefer not to judge before listening to the entire thing. So far, i love GAME, Moments, About You, my name's WOMEN, Liar, walking proud. Not liking humming 7/4 but hey. Instead of saying how much you hate it, try to listen to it again. Maybe you'll grow on it. Yes, her older songs are better but you can't expect her stuff to sound the same still. Just, try to grow on it. And if you really but REALLY hate it. Well, you still have her other songs that you like right? Think positive! :) ;)

I hope I didn't offense anyone? I never said "how can anyone like this" cause i do understand that taste is a personal matter.

Nah ^_____^ I was interested to read your opinion on the matter. I probably could have written the same sort of thing about CAROLS or something. :headache *dodges bottles* Seriously, it's all a matter of personal taste.

Yes, i agree! I think her new songs are awesome!

Exactly, this is your personal taste of music. You may not like her new stuff but other people do. I respect your decision but i still think her music rocks. :luv2

My remark wasn't aimed at you nor anyone specifically. It's just the general vibe I seem to be feeling at this forum as of late. But as I've said, I respect other people's opinion. It's perfectly fine if you don't like something. But it is my impression that some people feel the need to emphasize their discontent for Ayu in every single one of their posts, like they want you to feel the same way by forcing their opinion on you. And of course, this can apply to the same people who are like: "OMG! You don't like this?!? What's wrong with you?!?"

You can voice your opinion, but there comes a point when you're just beating a dead horse with a stick.

I donno... I don't find this a huge disappointment. At first when I listened to the previews I was all.."what the hell did she do?!" but then when I took time to actually listen to her songs.. I found out that I rather liked them. Plus we haven't listened to all her songs. I rather like all the songs I have heard right now. Walking Proud has such a nice feel to it. I never thought I'd place a song up to the level of Dearest, but this goes up pretty high close to it. It's so pretty.

She cannot go on with the same style as before. I admire her at trying out new styles. She's trying hard enough to be innovative and develop new styles. When she released her first album, Poker Face, I believe not many people liked her music and she wasn't so popular. Instead of feeling disappointed I feel really excited that she is actually taking the effort and the risk to try new styles instead of sticking to the same old style. If she did stick to the same style maybe she would have had an easier time and also no problems bcuz the people who liked her previous style would like the next album and such. So..yeah.

I just ask you to wait and listen to the whole album to judge fully if her album is really good or bad. And don't just listen to it once and then simply say "It sucks". At first I really didn't like any of Ayu's music but after listening to it for a while most of her songs grew on me.

what i don't get is..how can many of you is complaining ayu when she is not the one composing the songs...if you complain..complain the composers and arranger
and sadly...this albums fills with the not so good composers Bounceback and Tetsuya XXXXx forgot his name...and would you guys be alot more "happier" atleast or even saying
OMFG I LOVE THESE SONGs ect if it were composed by D.A.I or even
H/\L?? just a guess.
i personally...love this album madly and i hope in the future ayu can do more music like this and in my other post i said ayu is experienting different genres to suit her fans or even other people new to her and...remember when B.o.Y came out??Everyone goes...this song IS OMFG GOOD and stuff...
i do think ayu know this and ayu is smart...after that came out...we see GAME and maybe About You have this "rock" style....to make her fans happy
And what do ayu get...nothing all she gets is getting complain and telling her that her music is getting bad :no...everyone might not agree with me but these are just my opinions...
sorry if i offended anyone

edit: i see where you coming from...take me for instance..
I HATE INSPIRE..the music melody just make me sick >.>
so is all matter of taste i guess

I have been reading through this forum for a while, and I see certain members (won't say names) actually put her down constantly. I mean, I know everyone is entitled to their opinions and everything, but when you constantly see the same person post "I don't like these new songs, they suck, they are so generic" in one topic, and then again you see the very same person in a different topic post the exact same thing, with the exact tone, but twist their words around in different ways. They post very sarcastic remarks, instead of just expressing their opinion and moving on. To me, liking an artist isn't liking every single song by that artist, but by liking certain things and hoping for new stuff that they will like. If they don't like it, just post that you don't like it, and move on. I feel like Ayu fans are so separated now, because of this CD. If you like it, buy it, if you don't, then don't buy it. Enjoy her older stuff. But please don't constantly bash her or put down her image *coughcoughcertainPVScoughcough*, because it gets very depressing when you see fellow fans say these things. Also, to the people that think her music has been generic, I think Ayu has always been true to herself and her type of music, because she has always said that his her goal in life, to stay true to herself. Maybe she is actually feeling like this (the melodies+lyrics) in her songs, and it just happens to sound generic? I'm just happy that she kept to herself and didn't go the route other people would. Personally, I can't wait for this album, because it sounds nothing like any other album she has put out. I have a feeling she will give us many suprises next year.

I did not mean to offend anyone with what I posted ><;

Which has been discussed widely, has been agreed on by many - we're not here to bash Ayu, that should be clear by now. We've heard how negative comments are being interpretated as bashing by now - please read the thread on it. Thank you.

It's pretty much what's happening. So that's a good thing.

Thread. Read. Now. Please. Thank. You.*

LIke the album buy it. dun like it, dun buy it and stop flaming here and there..

i get this feeling too, who knows i might like the rest in due time... in this album i am only liking, thus far, walking proud, about you and catcher......light. for sure i hatred liar, nothing can be done about that

shiso i relli admire you!

When i first came to this forum i was so happy that everyone here loved her and felt the same way i did.

it relli makes me sad everytime someone complains about Ayu's My Story album which i relli like, when i see Ayu's happy face on my desktop and then I read all these complaints about her in this forum, it just makes me wanna cry :cry ....

Ayu looks so happy when i see her in pictures because she thinks we appreciate wat she does, but... (ok im annoying, u can just ignore wat i say)

Of the songs I heard, I either really love the song or could do without it. Walking Proud, Game, and Carols are just some of the songs that I could listen to on repeat. However, I honestly dislike Inspire and My name's Women. Although I'll listen to those two songs (and probably even know the lyrics), I probably will never really enjoy it because it's not my cup of tea. Still, I'll always be a fan of Ayumi and will give hew new albums and songs a chance.

I believe that you can be a huge fan of any artist and still be able to express your likes and dislikes about the songs, PV's, etc. Criticizing a song or other things doesn't automatically make the comment a flame or a statement of "I hate Ayumi." When fans start criticizing each other for being too negative or whatever, it causes people to seem clique-y and elitist. You don't have to agree with an opinion but you shouldn't jump on the person for expressing themselves either.

I agree, it's a horrible album, with the exception of Moments and CAROLS, which I plan on buying separately as singles, even if it costs more than buying the album..

From what I hear so far, it's still much better than the Memorial address album. For one thing it had much balance to it and keeps you on the seat, instead of getting up in the middle to get a cup of coffee, and walking back slowly.

This album is being portrayed as a more personal side of ayu, but really. Her older albums were MUCH MORE PERSONAL. Especially a song for xx. I don't see it here. At all. And rainbow was a good album because it had really good songs that stood out and there were just so-so songs. This album has about 1 or 2 songs that stand out. and the rest seem to be either BARABLE OR TERRIBLE.

i wouldn't be 'OMG! THIS ALBUM SUCKS' right away after hearing like 5 songs.

yeah. some of her releases lately have been okay.
but i still honor the fact she's still on top, even after RAINBOW.
that's why i still listen to her new music.

I thought Memorial address was a lot better, it was very balanced out. Even if you thought it was going to just be boring ballads at the end, I thought forgiveness with its strong end chorus as well as the surprise rock track Memorial address helped the already strong mini-album. MY STORY just sends bad vibes to me, I don't like it at all, and I'm not buying it...

Ok. no problem