To me Colours was kind of a step back for Ayu. Back towards Party Queen.
After Party Queen when all of the Love Again releases were coming out, I felt relieved and that Ayu was back on track. Then Colours had me worried again.
The videos were seemingly low budget and simple. The music was interesting in the way that Ayu had never really done EDM before but I don't think that style worked well for her. At least not on this execution. I sort of never understood the concept of the album. It is kind of like she made Colours just because she could. No meaningful inspiration or theme. I barely recognize her on the cover even.
I felt some of the producers didn't really "get" Ayu. Sometimes it felt like she was singing someone else's songs.
But I don't hate the album. I think there are still good things about it. Despite the things I mentioned about the music, I still found it refreshing that Ayu did something new and different. I loved XOXO and Terminal and Feel The Love and some other tracks were enjoyable too. Angel really frustrates me though because I think it's a beautiful song but when Ayu starts singing the chorus and saying angel in kind of an Engrish way, it ruins it for me.
