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

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Dream

About the new single, it doesn't sound exactly dated but rather cheaply produced, which is happening with kuu too lately. I guess avex is just giving them all namie's rejects or something.

I don't think Party Queen and LOVE again suffer from that though, instead they have their own problems of cohesion and stagnancy.

m-flo isn't really a "Namie reject"...

And Namie hasn't worked with Komuro in how long?

I assume that it only sounds 'cheap' because they didn't exactly go with progressive electro producers for arrangement.

[ImpactBreaker]

I disagree. Her latest songs have been fine to me. They don't sound dated and haven't aged badly so far. There are of course some ayu songs that get dated.
Some songs that take you on a trip to the past doesn't necessarily feel dated though. Bruno Mars' "Treasure" was, for me, a Michael Jackson fan, a real good trip for Off The Wall / thriller period. The sound isn't really 2013 trendy but it somehow still sound nice to be played in this year. Same goes for the first part of the 20/20 Justin Timberlake album released this year.

[Delicious n Bold]

I feel extra for saying this, but can someone link me to the part of the forum where people had major meltdowns for the sunrise/sunset covers?