[Linoa62]

Actually she really started to work on it just a few months ago, so it's not surprising to me in the end that it won't be released this summer...

Since Jolin can choose what she wants to sing since Myself, she's taking it slow. And this time she's also producing the album. About MUSE for instance it got delayed so much because she couldn't find memorable demos or just demos that she liked. For this new one she already listened to hundreds of demos and is working everyday with foreign producers.

By the way her albums were never "over half-stuffed" with ballads, it's more like half-half. MUSE even had "only" 4 ballads if you don't consider Someone as a ballad.

Jolin likes dance songs more, but if she wants to sell in the Chinese market, she has to provide ballads because that's what lots of her fans want. Do you remember Myself's "flop" mostly because it only had 2 slow songs?
And when MUSE came out with its half-half combination it sold really really well, almost twice more than Myself in Taiwan only. I even read that it was considered as a (mini-)comeback for her.
On baidu I saw a lot of people as well saying that Color Photos was their favorite (!) from the album.
So even if you don't like her ballads and think they're bad and don't need much time to produce, you have to think about the fact that she has to provide ballads if she wants to stay in the game there.