[Uknow!]

Sometimes it is much easier to criticise a situation from the outside. Being against machismo, being a feminist and conveying those messages in your music is not at all contradictory to being so close to Max.

Why is that? Because she grew up with him and sometimes our brain minimises the bad things about the people we are close to. Especially if we find good things in them too.

It's like when you see a woman being abused and you can identify the problem in a second and you think it will never happen to you, and it ends up happening to you. You get into that relationship and you can't escape.

Obviously the latter is a very extreme comparison, but I think you get my point.

I agree with everything you say, and I'm not justifying Ayu, what I do want to justify is that I think she firmly believes in the progressive ideas she conveys. But from believing something, defending it and transmitting it, to applying it 100% in your daily life is a very big step that requires a lot of effort and personal development.

However, as problematic as Ayu can be at times or even if I don't agree with certain things, you can tell that she is a good person and has a big heart.

Despite her flaws, that sets her apart from the horrible people in the industry.

I hope she stays that way forever.