[Kikaru]

The closest thing Ayu have to real rock is either Talkin' 2 myself or Humming 7/4, or maybe 1 love. I would say it's probably more pop with an edgier arrangement, because the composition of the songs are still pop fundamentally.

I like her rock-influenced songs way more than her pop songs, because although I think her pop songs are catchier initially, they hold less replay value (there's a few exceptions, like immature, Ourselves, Surreal, and Angel's Song).

I don't mind if Ayu just sells around 500K every album, because then she gets to make the music she wants to make (like while her singles are more mainstream, her album songs seems more experimental) and not have to worry about selling huge.