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Ayumi Hamasaki is a very popular singer in Japan, who we would like to introduce here.
Ayumi debuted with "poker face" in which she objectively captured the experiences of herself and her friends, in her own style of writing truthfully in her own words. The song depicts strength in pain and at first it was a song in which the main character was a weaker girl.
But she changed the lyrics as like she say's "I want to laugh."
I revised my lyrics over and over; when it was complete it was the day
before it was made into a song."
With that debut song, she entered the world with a product she had
overseen from the beginning. In it there was nothing fake or of
imagination.
In her own words "So I don't lie to or lose sight of myself, I want to be unchanged. That's not a difficult thing to me; I don't feel stressed in doing so. That's because I act naturally to the end. I don't think it takes great effort to be your true self or to avoid lying to oneself."
With a pop-like sound that captures the dearness of the '80's essence, the melody line is fused with the world she created in her lyrics. And, we are wrapped up in her voice that seems to want to protect us from being sad.
In her own words "When I recieved the tape I thought it was a difficult song. (Before editing) when I put the first stanza to music as a test, I fell into self-hatred. But since it has become as it is now, I have become able to empathyze. It's easier to sing it than it is to sing the false song I had sung until now. Therefore my voice came out very naturally, and with this difficult song I felt that it was my song so much that I forgot that I was aware of it."
Ayumi has an incredible ability to master this difficult kind of piece. Also, with her lyrics that truthfully depict her ideas, she announces only a portion of her as-of-yet unknown potential and sense. The curtains have only just opened, but her admittance to the ranks of the top artists is not an event of the far-off future.
Discography
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poker face AVDD-20228 Words by Ayumi Hamasaki Music by Yasuhiko Hoshino
1. poker face |
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YOU AVDD-20239 Produced by Max Matsuura Words by Ayumi Hamasaki Music by Yasuhiko Hoshino
1. YOU |
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Trust AVDD-20248 Produced by Max Matsuura Written by Ayumi Hamasaki Composed by Takashi Kimura
1. Trust |
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For My Dear... AVDD-20267 Produced by Max Matsuura Written by Ayumi Hamasaki Composed by Yasuhiko Hoshino
1. For My Dear... |
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Depend on you AVDD-20278 Produced by Max Matsuura Written by Ayumi Hamasaki Composed by Kazuhito Kikuchi
1. Depend on you |
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WHATEVER AVDD-20291 Words by Ayumi Hamasaki Music by Kazuhiko Kikuchi Produced by max matsuura
1. WHATEVER Version M |
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A Song for XX AVCD-11691 Produced by max matsuura
1. Prologue |
 Download Real Audio Sample of Ayumi's song Far away |