Yah, not much news about elva recently, except for some bad
rumours. Elva also seldom take part in any music awards last year
and just won a few awards ( compare to Yanzi who got many awards
last year ). So hopefully this new album will have a better result
than her previous one. 
Anyway, what type of new image and songs do you all hope to be in
this new album?
For me,
Image: Still prefer elva's new image to be like her first or second
album rather than her third one. I think elva looks better without
'that much of make up'.
Songs: Really hope that the new zhu2 da3 ge1 and most songs in the
new album will be like zhui4 sou2 xi4 de mo4 sheng1 ren2, chuang1
wai4 de tian1 qi4 or qiang2 wei1. Like these songs very much! [So
overall I would say that her third album is a bit disappointed to
me ( perhaps some elva's fans may like it very much ) and to be
frank, I actually watched her concert vcd (come together with the
album) more frequent than listen to the actual new songs in the
album. :p]
Anyway, 10 months to release a new album is indeed slow. However I
think the preparation for her English album also took her some time
( Qiang Wei to Ming Tian is a bit faster, took about 8
months).