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Old 17th March 2021, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by DavidChaiLatte View Post
I think two things that attributed to Ayu's quick decline in the last decade were her deteriorating voice (the weird ババア-like technique she's been using since POM doesn't help either) and generic arrangements. There isn't that かっこいい factor in her music anymore thanks to the likes of Yuta Nakano and I think she would've benefited more from working with more innovative music producers.
Nothing to do with the arrangements though as nearly all the Utada albums after Deep River could have their tracks interchanged and you wouldn’t even notice (with some exceptions). One Last Kiss could have been on Ultra Blue or Heart Station. Fantome and Harsukoi feel like a 2CD release...

Michi could have literally been on any of them.
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