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Originally Posted by ahtka-chan
And I hate when comparisons turn into a "my diva is better than yours and your opinion doesn't matter", as it always turns.
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I hope that's not the impression, because I certainly did not say Utada or Ayu are any more my diva than the other. If anything, Ayu would win out there. But I gotta be honest: Utada has evolved and matured in ways I'm not sure Ayu could, but am definitely sure Ayu has not up to this point.
So, when I say Ayu is like the dumb blond here, I mean that it's significantly likely that Utada's new music (as most of her music since ULTRA BLUE) will be better written, more diverse, and more mature than what we get from Ayu. I don't think it's any secret that Ayu's writing has nosedived... Her songs are less memorable, the messages are more cryptic or generic, and she usually writes about the same one or two subjects: relationships and love. And while Sakura Nagashi may be about a relationship, it's a subject Utada doesn't sing about very often, and certainly not for almost every song on a record.
Maybe the more appropriate analogy is that Ayu is like a broken record, but I used "dumb blond" because Ayu is pretty much in her own little world doing what she wants and getting attention because she's popular, not because she's doing anything particularly worth paying attention to. Maybe the next album will be a step up from the likes of La / C / and AO, but to be honest, I can expect something memorable and mature and
different and
thought-provoking from Utada. I can't say the same for Ayu.
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Originally Posted by primavera♥
Lol like most of them, what are you even talking about? In fact, I find a lot of the lyrics from Ultra Blue and onward to be similar to ayu lyrics and approach similar things. I do think they are great. But not necessarily more diverse. And the quality more on par with ayu. Only a few songs lyrically are what I would consider superior to ayu's as opposed to more on par. Also, I always wonder what is lost in translation.
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I'm talking about the fact that Utada has only five songs out of the 13 on ULTRA BLUE that are even remotely about love and relationships. The rest are largely self-reflective.
HEART STATION itself has only four songs out of its 13 tracks that are about love and relationships. The rest are about hopefulness and again, more self-reflection.
I don't think 9 songs out of 24 is "like most of them". And I'm not sure if you're actually reading the lyrics? There are significant differences in both content and writing style between Utada and Ayu. For crying out loud, Utada rhymes CUP NOODLE, writes about her lungs being covered in gold, and wrote an entire song describing the breakdown of her relationship in colors... I'm not sure how you see the similarity there.