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Originally Posted by ayumisrael
If GUILTY isn't coming from deep in the heart so I don't know what is x_x.
Dark songs and ballads specially are what coming from the heart. It also resembles the dark style from back in the days that she had so I don't know what the people that posted about the CDTV are talking about.
It seems that they are generally really negative anyway and I doubt they reflect the majority.
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But I don't know, everytime in Japan that's the feeling I get, that people are feeling more and more disconnected from Ayu. Her lyrics in Guilty as usual are at least good, but I agree that they don't have the raw emotional quality of some of her earlier works - there is indeed a coldness to them imo (as well as the Secret lyrics)(especially if you have a good understanding of the Japanese language) where as her older lyrics although very sad, had a hint of warmth and innocence to them. And forgive me for saying this, because there is no way to know this unless I am in Ayu's head, but at least TO ME lately it seems her songs are written with the feeling that she has to write lyrics that are dark and they are forced out, not that they are coming from an honest place, unlike the feeling that I get from the lyrics on her older albums. (the exception being Untitled for her)
Also this just goes back to her performances now kind of having a bit of a wall between her and the audience. Even the Japanese were mentioning that she should have done one more song so she could have walked down and interacted with the audience some more. (they all mostly seemed to want Seasons, haha)
And yes, 2ch can be a negative places, but at least I could find one to several positive comments for every other artist on the special. Ayu is the only one that had all sad or negative comments....well and Globe too.(poor Keiko and her nose)
The closest thing to a positive Ayu comment that I've seen is: "あゆかわいかったと思うけどなぁ～。歌はひどかったけど。
あゆがあえてあの②曲を選んでくれたことがなんかうれしい。" "I thought Ayu was cute, but she sang horrible. Well, at least I'm happy she did two songs."
But while Ayu's Japanese fanbase is shrinking, her foreign base seems to be widening - most likely because Ayu is new to most people in foreign countries and therefore exciting, but in Japan, they've been losing that excitment steadily it seems.