Without further ado...
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Eyes, Smoke, Magic: 5
HIGH: 8 (
@Ana Raquel)
LOW: 3 (
@RUNAWAY @lalaclairi_)
Well... perhaps surprising none, Petty Queen is the first era to take a hit.
You just KNOW from the first five-ten seconds that this has Timmy's manicured hands all over it. It's a cabaret-lite number that's just so silly, old-fashioned and slow. Three descriptors that do not necessarily bode well with the average Charts dweller. Personally, I find it relatively repulsive but I can live with it. The very last part of the outro in particular, I find salvageable. This has the distinct feature of probably being the song with most commentary, nn!
@RUNAWAY, whom I'd say is generally amicable in their commentary, really hit a nerve with this one, "Horrible, awful, genuinely terrible. This is my least favorite Ayu song of all time, and it literally hurts me to even listen to it", a fine choice, though I think she has considerably worse (ki). Meanwhile,
@Weslicious has a bone to pick with a cabaret queen, "Ayuminelli Hamasaki is not for me, old chum", well at least you didn't drag Dita von Teese into this, punk!
@evilsin gives it a middle-of-the-road rate, "Too much weirdness and too little of an actual song. There is hardly anything to grip to, even though it tries to throw everything at the listener in hopes it sticks", well that's what Timmy x Ayu goes Burlesque does to you.
@ThisIsRogue makes... choices, "This is kind of quirky and I like it. The style suits her voice as well", does it really, though?
@otenkiame comes for that one other Xtina-related film, "I see what you're trying to do here, girl. I'm just not so sure of the final product, because I don't think Ayu's vocals fit this Moulin Rouge-type song very well. And, I dunno, I kind of start losing interest in the song itself as it progresses. But that's probably because I don't have much taste?". No worries, hun, barely anyone likes it.
Obviously this was a staple for HOTEL Love Songs tour, and you can click play on a performance of it below (but why would you??? Okay, maybe if you watch it with the audio off):
