[Official Message] 10th Album NEXT LEVEL 2009.3.25 IN STORES - Thread II

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by Melrose

As for GUILTY breaking her album #1 streak, on one side I was happy that it might give Ayu opportunity to experiment more. But on the other side, it feels to me like they don't care about the streak anymore and thus just release a 13-track album. >,>

I think as far as experimenting goes, NEXT LEVEL is shaping up to be her most experimental yet. There is at least one song in each of her singles that lead up to it that is something new she tried or a better more profound version of something she's done in the past [i.e. oriental = GREEN, techno = Sparkle etc.]. So I'm sure after GUILTY's #2, she's able to express what she wants a lot more freely

[Melrose]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

I think as far as experimenting goes, NEXT LEVEL is shaping up to be her most experimental yet. There is at least one song in each of her singles that lead up to it that is something new she tried or a better more profound version of something she's done in the past [i.e. oriental = GREEN, techno = Sparkle etc.]. So I'm sure after GUILTY's #2, she's able to express what she wants a lot more freely

Yea, that's true. ^^ Do you think that her losing her #1 streak is the reason for that though? Because it's definitely different, but other than Sparkle it's not TOO experimental. And she still needs to keep her single streak alive, so she might have more experimental tracks on the album instead of the singles. ^^

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by Melrose

Yea, that's true. ^^ Do you think that her losing her #1 streak is the reason for that though? Because it's definitely different, but other than Sparkle it's not TOO experimental. And she still needs to keep her single streak alive, so she might have more experimental tracks on the album instead of the singles. ^^

I do think so, among other things. Ayu said she didn't have the inspiration to write GUILTY (I believe...?), which understandable because it was such a depressing time for her, but now that she's back in the swing of things she probably got some of her creative flow back, thus NEXT LEVEL. And I sure hope the album tracks are much more experimental!!! Her singles at the very least are really good, her album tracks are sure to be as well.

[Melrose]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

I do think so, among other things. Ayu said she didn't have the inspiration to write GUILTY (I believe...?), which understandable because it was such a depressing time for her, but now that she's back in the swing of things she probably got some of her creative flow back, thus NEXT LEVEL. And I sure hope the album tracks are much more experimental!!! Her singles at the very least are really good, her album tracks are sure to be as well.

Yea. ^^ NEXT LEVEL already sounds promising.~