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I wanted to dislike this album at first. The title, the covers, the song titles all instantly turned me off. And yet, this is Ayu. So I've grown to appreciate the image and made the interpretations I could to like it. Whether she is a "lonely queen" or a "party queen", she deserves to be happy. She'll always be the same Ayu I've always loved. So I support this effort 100% now.
I liked how versatile the album was. However, while there weren't too many extremely "weak" songs, I'm not sure there were epic songs either. NaNaNa and Shake It will hardly stand the test of time, I doubt I'll be playing them a year from now, but who knows. Luckily, reminds me, Return Road, and the next LOVE were all superb and fantastic. Those are on repeat and my personal favorites on the album. The title track, Party Queen, I actually enjoyed a lot too! Tell Me Why was the other great song on the album. The rest of the songs were okay, not great, but not horrible.
This album takes awhile to digest since it is very unique, but after it is fully digested, I think you can start to appreciate it. I definitely am glad I bought it and appreciate how all the tracks aren't copies of each other. I really wonder what is in store for her in the future, too.
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