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Old 28th April 2021, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by pommy48 View Post
I haven't kept up with Ayu's vocals for the past few years, but I definitely noticed the "singing like she has a potato in her mouth" technique in 23rd Monster. It sounds like everything is coming from the back of her mouth.
It's weird because I had this specific issue with Ohia no Ki and Haru Yo Koi vocals (first part mostly), but it is almost absent here for me. Her vocals are really not far from how they used to sound few years back to me and I like them this way.

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Originally Posted by Akutenshi View Post
I think this song is better than the ballads she's been putting out over the last few years, but I do think the production quality of the instrumentals has suffered drastically.
I have the same feeling. But it is less an issue for me on this kind of song compared to ballads.
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