Bad Decisions

looking forward to this! They really nailed that nostalgic early 2000s sound without it feeling so... "try-hard" or disingenuous like other artists have attempted before.

There was a time back in the day when I did. K-pop and j-pop conditioned me since the early 2000s to buy variants lol I'd get the CD, CD+DVD, CD+photobook, CD+whatever bonus material. With western artists though I haven't. The only time I will buy a "variant" (if it can even be considered that) is if it's an anniversary edition released years later that has bonus/unreleased tracks.

this video is such a fever dream istg

Part 3 is going to be so damn fun. We're going into the messy parts of Ayu's career now and some choice words will be said

HEAVEN, BRILLANTE, and November deserved better tho. I won't forget this injustice y'all gave these songs.

She really needs to bust out that airship from storage again because THAT? That was such an iconic moment for Mirrorcle World. I repeat: SHE HAS A MF-ING AIRSHIP. THAT'S ICONIC AF.

STEP you is THE quintessential Ayu song tho so i'm rooting for her!

i'm pretty surprised Mirrorcle World made it to the end. I vaguely remember the full song didn't quite hit the fandom as much as the intro version did at the time of its release

is this GOD? top 3?!?! omg

The video for GREEN would've been a perfect 10 if only the dancer turned her head at the same time as Ayu but the delay was so obvious it dropped the quality of the video.

Ayu has always been a little deranged and that's what we love her for

oh she was PISSED at the music industry with alterna and you can tell. TELL THEM OFF QUEEN.

Ladies Night still sounds so fresh even to this day what a classic

it always amazes me how ayu can release such an aggressive symphonic rock track like talkin 2 myself and then a sugary typical jpop song like glitter the next and both still feel authentically like herself. She really could do it all tbh

Ugh i was hoping a top 5 placement for this legendary track

the music video really sells the song for me tbh. i love when ayu gets a little twisted in the head and aggressively hates herself lmao

BRILLANTE missing top 10....

I totally forgot she actually MARRIED the guy and he wasn't just some rebound lmao Americanized Ayu was so messy. I even remember her Facebook profile picture was a close up shot of her bum

the quality of that top 30 sad to see Days out tho :(

SLT is one of those songs you just have "to get". If you don't then it's not for you and if you do, then it's a solid track. I can appreciate the song but it's not something i can listen to regularly.

November out already? sometimes i question y'alls taste...

What I will say is that even ayu's worst song is still at least a 7/7.5 compared to other artists. Like comparing to herself, it's bad but it's still a serviceable pop song as a whole. Which really speaks to her artistry tbh (I WILL be challenging this opinion of mine however when we reach her AI era)

It's actually kind of funny how Ayu's interludes are longer than most modern pop songs

ahhh i love when i spot another ancient AHS-er. We were THE go to forum for jpop tbh (more so than JPOPMUSIC imo)

I have so much nostalgia for Beautiful Fighters. It was the song that got my best friend into jpop back in the day as well. I do wish the "demo"/earlier version from the Panasonic commercial with its rock influence would've been released instead tho