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^ This is also around the same time I became aware of Namie. I heard one of her songs on a mix tape and stumbled across the digest video of PLAY tour on youtube. I had a few songs of hers that I listened to back then, so she was on my radar since 2007/2008 but I didn't really get super into her until a couple years later.

Her most recent music kind of irked me a bit since I'm not really into electronic/super generic western style pop music.(and I'm mad that she didn't have the band after 2010...that bothers me to no end!) I've come to like some of it and I've become okay with not liking some of some of her newer music too. She can't please everyone all the time so I don't want to hold anything against her just because I personally didn't like some of it. I miss her though. I've watched so many interviews of her and she really seems like such a sweet person. I'm sad we won't get to see anything new from her anymore, and honestly I'm so grateful that I managed to see her live in 2018, it was a major fulfilment of a bucket list wish.