[Picaflor 7/4]

^But ayu is jpop, not jrock. Besides. You mentioned that some artists started there. By the time ayu released her first german "drizzly" single there, she was already up to her Memorial address album, and was already hugely popular in Japan. I have a feeling that she was just trying to reach out to other countries. Her first drizzly single was connected released in 2003, a few months after she released her Rainbow album. The same time she decided to start touring in Asian countries outside of Japan, and start incorporating English into her music so she could broaden her fan base. I have a feeling that at that time she was like "why not go even further and release some european singles?"