[Miduhyo]

while music-wise they're BOTH going on new tracks. Ayu is experimenting and Namie is starting with fresh stuff. They're bringing in the new decade in different styles but with similiarities... truthfully, I don't know who's going to make it better. Right now Namie is riding on a Comeback wave while Ayu is kind of just "Around" so probably Namie will be recongized more but if Ayu perfects whatever she's experimenting with (I'm speaking of how NEXT LEVEL was full of different-sounding tracks for her) and people start to see the potential thats in it i'm sure she'll go to the "next level" as you put it.

I see none of them giving up though, that's for sure