[2006] What genre is ourselves?

[MsMiyabi]

May I ask what Genre this song falls under. Listening to the Instrumental over and over it confuses me more and more.

[AyUmIXx]

i believe it's a pop~dance pop probably..

[Keishi]

Scary Pop.

[sora2522]

HAHA scary pop...

i think it's like pop..but a bit of grunge rock laced around. like a chocolate sundae. it's still sweet (haha i know that's sorta lame...but i just randomely thought of that)

[IYFreak]

what the Lol you make it sound yummy....I want a sundae now

[Delirium-Zer0]

It has alot of sounds in it. It's almost jazzy in the chorus, structure-wise. Not to mention the rock, pop, dance, and almost hip-hop sorta influences in it.

Songs like "ourselves" are why I'm starting to really hate genre labels. WAY too confusing.

[emi♡]

I was never able to categorize this song either. It always, just kind of, stood alone by itself...One of my favorites by Ayu, and definitely one of my favorite things about her.

But then, I can't categorize alot of her music, especially those from 2002-2003, this is what I consider "Ayu's sound" one of the unique things about her. I refuse to label it as anything else. It's sort of impossible sometimes, especially with songs like this one.

[s1012h]

no clue haha
it's a weird mix
i think the song's okay, i'm not a huge fan of it
just never really appealed to me
but it's definitely different

[explodingbird]

Very tough call. Pop with hip-hop and R&B mixed in sounds closest, but... I dunno. A lot of her songs are hard to categorize properly. What in the hell are songs like Free & Easy, Bold & Delicious, STEP you, or NEVER EVER, just to name a few?

[Tasked]

The arrangements are very much influenced by Hip-Hop and R&B, while thr melody is that of a rockish popsong.. so.. yea.. tough call..

as for STEP you; that's easy.. electro pop
Bold & Delicious; experimental gospel-pop
Never ever; pop... nothing more; nothing less
Free & Easy; together with Daybreak it kind of has it's own CREA-genre. Pretty hippie-like.

[capsule]

Pop R&B.

[sora2522]

Originally Posted by explodingbird

What in the hell are songs like Free & Easy, Bold & Delicious, STEP you, or NEVER EVER, just to name a few?

Free & Easy: Ballady at the begninning, pop with a bit of rock in the chorus, back to ballady

B&D: really odd gospel-rock-pop-thingy

STEP you: like mad said: electro-pop

NEVER EVER: pop with rock guitars in the background. so yea

[Mad_Cactuar]

Personally, I classify it as World Music.

Originally Posted by sora2522

Free & Easy: Ballady at the begninning, pop with a bit of rock in the chorus, back to ballady

If that's a genre, Ayumi is a guy.

Originally Posted by Rody!

Never ever; pop... nothing more; nothing less

I strongly disagree, the chorus is pure rock, coupled with the distorted bridge.

Maybe all of those are fusions and crossovers?

[Kodayumi]

Horror pop

[Keishi]

ourselves has a lot of rock pop influences.
STEP you has a lot of electronica rock/pop influences.
Bold & Delicious has a lot of gospel/choir themed influences.
Free & Easy is like...a church-organ/gospel rock.
NEVER EVER is pop rock.


IMO.

[RoboNyanya]

What's with the horror/scary pop comments? Honestly, Ourselves doesn't even have a scary element until you've seen the video.

[Keishi]

I think the melody is already scary, coz it was..like...Bang Bang Bang bass banging and there goes the rhyming chant on the chorus....

[Chibi_Venus]

Couldn't we classify it as "dark" or shall we not really consider that an official genre?

[*Petit*]

^
I like that idea. =P It's easier to consider the emotions etc of a song than the genre. =P

Well, I think it's definetly pop. Influenced (the melody) by middle east, the arrangements are very pop, but maybe slightly rnbish if any because of the syncoped rythm etc?

[MsMiyabi]

I think it's a popish rock song. But im can't tell to much. Because when thread pop up what is your fave ____ type of ayumi song I have no idea if I can put ourselves there are not./