@Zeke. But who's forcing something like that? As I said, if you don't like something it's fine, you liking or not won't change the fact that this is what she's delivering now. I know people out there are like "it has her name, so it has to be good, I will like either way" but that's not how things goes.
It's not like I adore everything she does, there are a bunch of horrible songs she puts out that I don't care about, I just try to not bet that attached to something that won't come back.
@tokyoxjapanxfan I understand that, but as you said, using a japanese composer is not the formula to success. HIRO has really good songs with Kumi (TABOO and many others) but he also did the generic Your Love, and I think you can see where I'm going. She's not just ignoring those composers, even now we see that she's working with a japanese composer for Wicked Girls. This is just the direction that she wants to follow, it doesn't matter where the composer comes from.
Questioning the mixing process and how low budget some songs might sound it's fine, I agree at certain point, and as I said once again, she often does the same formula, this is her thing, you liking or not.
And again, I'm not just starting the whole bashing her situation all over again, I understand where people are coming from and I see theirs perspective, I'm just pointing that being attached to nostalgia isn't gonna help anyone. For anything. This applies to other artists as well because this is what jpop is right now. Even Namie is releasing the same thing for the last three years, and it's fine.
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For those who were still wondering, she will be the next week guest on Good Time Music -
http://www.tbs.co.jp/goodtimemusic/