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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi
I wouldn't say they aren't radio friendly just because they are a bit heavier on guitar and stuff like that... It's not like rock isn't a mainstream genre by itself for at least 50 years now, or even that rock is not a common genre in japan, cuz it is. Hikki releases singles that are a little more experiemental in genre, and her lyrics tend to be more complex too. Not saying one is better than the other because of that, cuz this is far from being the case, but is a well known fact that Hikki tends to get a little wilder musical-wise since Deep River than most jpop top selling acts... and this actually one of the things that made her known. This also doesn't mean Ayu actually gets wilder than your everyday jpop act, cuz she does, still, she never released anything that wasn't pop in nature (and neither did Hikki, in Japan at least)
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I wasn't exactly talking about the genres, but knowing the Japanese taste some of Ayu's singles are surely far from what I think the Japanese casual listeners want to hear both musically and lyrically. When it comes to singles Hikki is playing it a lot safer than Ayu and being a fan of both I think that Ayu goes out of her own thing more often than Hikki, though Ayu has released way more tracks. I am not sure what's so experimental about HS - with ULTRA BLUE she re-invented her style and imo HS was practically a copy/paste of tracks like BLUE, Keep Trying, This Is Love etc. Not saying I disliked any of the tracks because I think the majority are purely awesome, but nevertheless not really THAT experimental nor particularly new to her, as she's done it before.