[happiholic★]

What do you think is lacking in today's music industry?

I think that there is a lack of real heart and emotion in music. I get the feeling that a lot of singers want the job because they want fame. There are so many similar sounding girlfriend/boyfriend songs that have a similar beat. The singer themselves wears whatever trendy fashion their stylist hands them and they go on stage and perform a dance that was choreographed for them and sing a song that was written for them. Music videos are getting drunk in a club. Its so uncreative.

What would you like to see more of (in mainstream)?

I guess a wider range of artists that are mainstream would be one. Singers like Emilie Autumn or whatever her name is are still more "indie" than anything. Not that I like her music, per se, but I would like to see more singers who are as "different" as she is in the mainstream. You would never hear neo classical on mainstream radio and that makes me sad. Pop doesn't have to be the only mainstream genre.

What really makes you like a certain artist?

Well, I guess I can talk about why I love my favorite singers.

Koda Kumi: She's mainstream to the max, but she's still so lovable. Sure, she has her songs and videos that are horribly sexual, but she also can do piano ballads and sing her heart out to the point of tears. Both cheesy piano ballads, and serious ones. Don't get me started on how she can change up her genre and pull it off, from rock, to pop, to hip hop to an Arabic beat. And not to mention the woman writes the vast majority of her own lyrics and produces her own albums now. And to top it all off, she's sweet and lovable as hell. She's a perfect blend of mainstream and emotions, plus she's got something different about her, imo.

Ayu: Again, mainstream, but I think she became mainstream because of her unique approach to music. Her lyrics are just so amazing that it was hard for the public not to be drawn in by such... epicness. Plus, her pop isn't so typical pop to my ears. I don't think that Ayu chooses compositions based solely on what's trendy. If she did she would have gone the electro-R&B thing that's so in right now route. Her style of Pop sounds very unique to my ears. Like nothing that I hear on my local radio.

Britney Spears: She's pretty much the pinnacle of soulless pop music, but she has a spark about her that makes her so much more. She's the sweetest little thing on the planet, and she actually did help out in the past with making her music. But, what I love about her is the fact that people rag on her like no one else, especially after her breakdown and she still makes music. Also, she's never claimed to be some sort of unique edgy singer. She's just Britney. You take her at face value.

I guess what's important to me is being a sweet person overall, and having something that is quite unique about them. To be both mainstream yet kinda "indie" at the same time. I like mainstream, but I want soul to my music sometimes, too.