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Ayu knew that her era is over, she has mentioned it years ago. There are fans who stayed with her as time goes by and there are those who choose to leave her because she has become the "ayumi hamasaki" that they no longer can feel the connection with. But ayu has continued to produce music that is true to herself and best reflect/project her visualizations/thoughts about issues in her life or from those people around her.
I liked the story being told in Party Queen. The covers are not exactly my favorite but I can appreciate them better after knowing the concept behind it. People can dislike the album for whatever reasons but it is so wrong of them to wish for the album to flop. Ayu has put in a lot of effort to produce the album and revealed a lot of her life and I can relate to her lyrics (why I'm still a great fan of hers since her first album).
Also, HLS tour was scrapped last year due to the unfortunate 311 disaster and it is being re-created this year that best reflected Ayu's current visualizations and concept that she wanted to share with us. It will be sad if it is cancelled due to the lacklustre sales of Party Queen.
The promotion for Party Queen has just began so lets not be too quick to judge the sales of the album.
Side note: I'm glad that Party Queen photobook release has been postponed as I reckon the photobook could be release as HLS tour goods and perhaps using a different concept rather than "Party Queen".
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