AyupanDeDulce

It’s alright. It’s not super groundbreaking nor an experimental/satirical masterpiece that some people have been claiming it to be. It’s probably one of her most “nothing burger” songs she’s released, and the fact that it’s less than two minutes doesn’t help that. And while I do like the editing on her vocals during the chorus and the guitars, they stay pretty stagnant and don’t do anything that interesting.
It’s not the worst thing ... read more

'MY STORY' for me is the start of Ayu's second chapter in her career, she had a lot of creative control for this album with its sound and especially in its lyrics. And as you would assume with the album title, the songs were very autobiographical from either her own life or career and came from a place of dissatisfaction with how Avex was treating her as an artist. And my favorite thing Ayu does is rock, and an entire project where she channels early 2000's pop rock (and a ... read more

Ayu decided to create one of her best and most diverse projects ever... and only make it 8 tracks long. But to be honest, I think it ends up benefitting from the shorter track length as it is one of her projects I tend to pick up and just listen front to back more often than the others. And like I sort of just mentioned, I think it's because the different types of genres she chose to do here really keeps your attention, no two songs sound alike.
'ANGEL'S SONG' as the ... read more

I just need to say, releasing two albums in the same year for the second time is genuinely insane. But anyways.
'RAINBOW' was the perfect way to transition from 'I am...', the sort of craziness from the prior albums that we have come to expect from her has now changed to be a lot more smoother and relaxed, even the dance tracks that come in this project are a lot more toned down. And something that I realized about myself a few years ago is that I feel a little detached to ... read more