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Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN
^lol you can't know that for sure though. Being an ayu fan and an utada fan, sure I was excited that ayu was covering it. But the song stands well on its own. It's a far cry from the dated 90s R&B track that the original is.
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I didn't say her version wasn't super good! Actually i love it and it's one of my most played track recently. But you can't deny the fact that if that song was entirely new and hers and not a Hikki cover to begin with people wouldn't have cared. As they don't care whenever she releases new stuff even when it's the basic stuff japanese people love and probably would have sold 300 000k if it was sung by a more popular singer such as Nishino Kana (like Step by Step).
When MOWY was out people were attracted to it because "Look a hikki cover ! And look it's very well done, she did a good job with that one for sure", the live version @ CDL posted on youtube got a loooot of views, whereas the other videos (Zutto..., Last Minute) got forgotten. People got curious and wanted to listen and watch MOWY video simply because it was a Hikki cover, and they liked it, but you can see that that stopped at that and didn't bother listening her other new songs.