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Old 11th January 2010, 02:08 PM
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I don't think Ayu's overall sound is generic. Yes she's a pop singer, but what is pop? Popular music. About two decades ago the "pop" was stuff like enka. But really people use this term "pop" to excuse Ayu being generic (which I think is a load of...).

What does it mean to be pop nowadays? What does it mean to be rock? It doesn't matter what genre Ayu has tried or tried because everyone just says it's pop.

Because of You, kiss o' kill, talkin' 2 myself. Are they really pop?

To me pop is bubblegum sounding music, stuff like Beautiful Fighters, ANGEL'S SONG, HONEY.
We don't have too many of those songs in Ayu's discography, surprisingly.