Ayus music today sounds more "dated" than her entire discography

[waterballoon]

btw how can anyone say LOVEppears sound dated.. lol. it's her 2nd best album.. though I have to admit the electro-pop in the album wasn't as refined as NEXT LEVEL's or even the new single. but still!! it's such a good album, I thought it was Timeless.

[truehappiness]

The Urata version is way more R&B than the JUNO version.

[Livey~]

^ However... we all know that you love MY STORY and you can't live without it!

[truehappiness]

I like MY STORY too, but I think people are giving it that weird I am.... treatment that everyone who joined this place in the early 2000s did. It's one of the strangest things about this fandom... basically LOVEppears/Duty/I am.../MY STORY/(miss)understood are on some sort of pedestal while everything else is 'okay'.

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

basically LOVEppears/Duty/I am.../MY STORY/(miss)understood are on some sort of pedestal while everything else is 'okay'.

Throw Rainbow in there too

Yep. That's why everyone loved Ayu.


@Junnie: LOVEppears is like, my favorite album. But it sounds dated to me because it sounds like that era of jpop, as in, comparison to what else was going on with other people at this time.


And thank god for the accident that was Liar. That's one of her best songs.

[truehappiness]

RAINBOW is/was hated by like everyone. People forget it exists, tbh.

[axmish87]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

RAINBOW is/was hated by like everyone. People forget it exists, tbh.

Whaaaa ???
The album is a pure GOLD
I can sometimes stan for I am... but RAINBOW is soooo close to it
Yeah that's because people saw ala Britney Spears image in her all of sudden

[truehappiness]

INSPIRE c/w GAME was the least bland of the MY STORY singles.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

INSPIRE c/w GAME was the least bland of the MY STORY singles.

It was a good single, but for me Moments is the pinacle of that album. INSPIRE is a little too chaotic. It's extremely noisy during the chorus.

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

^ go listen to Uncontrolled - you'll feel better on Ayu's biggest flops in no time!

Originally Posted by Zeke.

It was a good single, but for me Moments is the pinacle of that album. INSPIRE is a little too chaotic. It's extremely noisy during the chorus.

Moments is THE single from that album, and walking proud THE song.

[truehappiness]

I connected more with winding road and Replace tbh.

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I connected more with winding road and Replace tbh.

plz take that back i actually like you

[emi♡]

people who really liked lyrics were all like WINDING ROAD EVERYTHING. And then I think she had a performance with it, or talked about how much it meant to her, or something, and then people paid attention to it again.


happy ending/walking proud own that album. And then there's Moments. And then HOPE and PAIN. And then Inspire and my names women are awesome. And then there's Liar and About You.

The album isn't even like her mish mash singles compilations like the other albums lol Why MY STORY gets so much hate will always be beyond me. I couldn't care less about the tracklist issues lol It's an album packed full of great songs.

I get way less, from way more people.

[NintendoHTF1242]

INSPIRE sucks lmao

But anyone who dare says anything bad about HAPPY ENDING...just delete your account off of here bye

[waterballoon]

INSPIRE is her only summer hit that doesn't sound like a summer hit therefore INSPIRE = awesome

[Delicious n Bold]

My story IS happy ending/walking proud.
Two great pop songs that I can listen to every day without problem.
Momants what?
Carlos who? (Although Carlos is nice in winter weather).

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

My story IS happy ending/walking proud.
Two great pop songs that I can listen to every day without problem.
Momants what?
Carlos who? (Although Carlos is nice in winter weather).

I always forget Carlos exists lol.
I forget forgiveness too tho, even tho its a song of life like dolls so idek.

[NintendoHTF1242]

Originally Posted by ComatoseBunnySnatcher

I always forget Carlos exists lol.
I forget forgiveness too tho, even tho its a song of life like dolls so idek.

the orchestra version of forgiveness slays everybody Jesus himself jams out to that song lbvs

[Zeke.]

Lol some of these comments.

And honestly, I didn't mean for this to turn into a MY STORY debate. I'd love to have that conversation all over again but I didn't mean for this thread to turn into that. Anyway, all of ayus albums have a few tracks which aren't the star of the album, but at least in my story they are coherent, lush, and just work together.

[SummonerXI]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

I realized something today. I remember someone had mentioned the fact that Ayus music was always pretty great at being "timeless". Maybe it was truehappiness. But I totally agree with that statement. I listen to ayus music constantly, rotating between albums and eras seamlessly. Sometimes when I think of how old a song is I'm shocked because it doesn't feel as such.

However, I think more recently the arrangements have been rather weak and not as fleshed out as they used to be. Which made me realize, her recent works sound like they could have been released before I Am... At least. It's very strange, and why I feel it's difficult to stomach at times. People may complain they want this ayu or that ayu back, myself included, but I feel the most frustrating thing is the fact that she was so successful at owning that "timeless" aura with her music, and even though she may try new things, it's as if she's taking steps backwards. It worked for Love songs, that throwback sound, but somehow everything that came afterwards seems stuck somewhere.

Agree? Don't agree?

Love songs could easily be placed after LOVEppears, LOVE again and Party queen after Duty. No?

No