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Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker
But the latest ayu lyrics have clearly been lacking in really *profound* poetry if that's what you mean...GREEEN sounded a slightly better, but after seeing the PV I actually think it became more special, because I noticed this time she didn't got stuck in the same kind of love she's often talking about in her lyrics. It's all about joining wings and following roads, or departures and all the same recycled stuff. I personally don't see that much of an improvement tbh. I don't mind her lyrics that much, but she can talk about something else for a change, or she can do like what I meant, talk about love, but talk about *different* kinds and ways of loving...not just "love is the half~half to join together by following a certain road" stuff. In the beginning, ayu seemed to touch people with her lyrics more, because she talked about insecurity and other things that many people could relate to.
And since you mention Hikki, I wonder why Hikki has been so popular lately in Japan. Maybe it's because she actually does what you just mentioned, and try different things that appeal to different audiences?
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I'd still say that a lot of her recent stuff has that poetic quality: fated, talkin' 2 myself, Marionette, and untitled ~for her~. "You know that creation comes after destruction"? "And rip off the masks with our own hands"? "However many times the seasons may pass our days are fadeless"? Pretty poetic I think.
I guess for me I see the nuance in the lyrics of Ayu's songs. Even though as you say she talks about wings and roads and departures again and again, each song still strikes me as different and unique. It's not so much that she talks about wings, roads, and departures but the overall context in which she talks about them. For example, Heaven and untitled ~for her~ have the same subject matter (a departed loved one), but what she has to say about these two are very different in each case. When she talks about a road in fated, it is in the context of a life already fated, a road already laid down. She is debating with herself whether or not fate is actually real. When she talks about a road in winding road, it is in the context of the path she has chosen in life. Instead of talking about how our lives are helpless in the face of fate, in winding road she is speaking of life as something you must take responsibility for, a road you create for yourself.
For me I don't see Ayu as recycling themes and lyrics. Rather, I see it as her maturing as a lyricist, and so as she revisits themes and images that she has addressed in the past, it is with a different sensibility, a new perspective. Just compare the summer songs. Boys & Girls and glitter may sound the same, but they were written by two very different people, one obviously younger and unsure and the other more mature and certain.
Just one thing: I don't know why you mention wings, though. I don't think Ayu uses it as often.
And, yes, Hikki keeps it interesting by writing about a lot of things. But the problem with breadth is more often than not depth is sacrificed for its sake. I do not think Hikki is as deep a lyricist as Ayu is.
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Originally Posted by emiko
Someone did not just compare Ayu to Sylvia Plath  |
I did. I can. And I dare.
Of course, songwriting and poetry are two very different arts. It would be ridiculous to apply the metaphor-heavy style of Sylvia Plath to writing songs. I'm just saying that Ayu and Sylvia Plath work in the same way and share similar qualities as artists. The lifelong obsession with certain themes. The constant reuse of certain images. How many times is Sylvia Plath going to mention bees and babies and smiles? Likewise, Ayu is going to mention scars and roads and views again and again.