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Originally Posted by ayumisrael

Exscuse me? Another ayu stan? How can you claim such a thing?
I think that having at least 3 original copies albums by hikki is already making me at least someone who loves her music too and I can voice my opinion for it as well.
You are the hikki stan who's guarding hikki no matter what saying she is perfect, never complaining about her and not wanting to post on ayu's section because you know people "won't" accept your opinion because they are never positive, so now when someone says a bit of something that's not so positive towards your precious hikki he's an ayu stan? Gosh.
When people don't let you voice your opionins you call them rude.
Well you are rude for cutting their opinions off because it's not "OMG HIKKI YOU ARE A GODESS ONLY INTO THE MUSIC". Well you are just like those ayu stans, just hikki's.

If hikki for example didn't want she could choose not to write Flavor of Life for Hana Yori Dango 2.
Why do you think EMI even thinks to get her such a tie-in? Of course not because hikki asked, but because hikki will be happy to participate doing that.
I'm sure hikki isn't dumb and she knew (along with er PR & Management team) the result it might bring like from past usage of drama tie-ins.
Saying hikki is only about the music is being naive.
Basically if she wants people to hear her music she has to publicate it, specially now when she is not popular as she used to be.
She did it with HEART STATION with a lot of TV and magazine performances, she was pretty shoved to the public over that time besdies all of the dramas.
I still see nothing wrong that hikki would do performances so I don't understand why jumping.
Maybe because she is into money too?
I'm sure she knows all the consequences for the things she does, her way of promotion and marketing which serve hers and the company's purposes and since she is already a "few" good years on the industry she knows how much money she can earn from all of those projects so I doubt she's actually working hard for 100% the music.
She could sell it for free if she wanted to and if she wasn't about the money or at least not promote and market herself in any way. She could quit EMI and open an independent company, but she doesn't do it for obvious reasons, (or not so obvious to the hardcore fans apparentely).
She is mainly into the music, and yes, she has a very simple image and she is not into glamour but she still wants her music to be heard and she still wants to make money.

Points to you, ayumisreal. People just think artists are allowed to do whatever they please without consequences. It seems very diva-like for Hikaru to do as she wants if she truly prefers to stay lurking around int he studio poking around with programs and throwing albums together without having to comply to the requirements of the industry and her label (i.e. releasing music on a steady basis and promoting it with public involvement such as performances). She knows the stipulations of the industry and her label, and that's precisely why she didn't do as you said and quit to release independently. Truthfully, if she detests the type of work that is required of a mainstream pop star (magazine interviews, photoshoots, appearing in music videos and performing live on television), then she certainly has the option of entering the indie market. Since that isn't the case and she's still on a major label, it looks a bit haughty on her part (as if to say she has a chip on her shoulder) when she snuffs her label and hires other people to "promote if they must." It's just not becoming of a pop star. Look at the sales of This Is The One in Japan--they're good, but virtually nothing in comparison to her past sales, even Exodus. It might break 500,000 copies eventually, but honestly, I'm glad to see her #1 streak end, because she did virtually nothing prior to the album release to promote. She at least performed Devil Inside for Exodus how many years ago. I'm sure her label puts up with her approach to her career because she is who she is, but when her sales wane and dip like that, I highly doubt she won't receive a little heat for it. That's the nature of the business. And it is a business, no matter how much you consider yourself an ingenious artist. You are a product and businessperson as much as an artist when it comes to the music industry. When she deviates from that, it looks...almost disrespectful to the nature of the job.