Ayu's influence on other artists

[Andrenekoi]

The Itano Tomomi thread inspired me on opening this thread.

I really believe we tend to forget over here how huge Ayu's impact on the jpop industry was/is, and something that really shows how inflential an artist is, is the amount of people following their footsteps.

So, what was the piece of work (or whole career) that you guys notice that were somewhat inspired by Ayu? What major acts are covering Ayu songs? Let's discuss her impact on other people's careers! And just to be clear: This is NOT a thread to say people are copying Ayu.

Rina Aiuchi


Mitsuoka Masami


alan


Koda Kumi


Kana Nishino


Tomomi Itano


Ken Hirai


Gackt
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x18...12-22_creation

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

She admitted that ayu is her favorite artist, and this is UNITE! right at ya.



Chinese girl group. Song - About You PV - GAME

Originally Posted by stepYOU1234

Kimi to Sora by Sifow was pretty much SURREAL - http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/son...w+Kimi+to+Sora
And I always thought Chain sounded a bit like an Ayu song - http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=sifow+chain

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

HAL when they added a female singer.

Originally Posted by LONJJONG

I am not sure if it's related, but YoonA SNSD recommended "Boys & Girls" for their J-pop compilation album "Sweet Memories with Girls' Generation"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWHHt2-x4w0

Originally Posted by mizuki-7

Masami Okui _ -W- : It's pretty much a mix between INSPIRE and GAME ! she even wears the same outfit that Ayu wore during the promotion of this single ^^



This one remind me somewhat of Naturally too

[Surreal17]

I'm really glad you opened this thread. It's a really good idea to showcase ayu's influence without the need to offend other artists.

Mitsuoka Masami's Blue Bird is surely reminiscent of ayu's Momentum and M but somehow in good way.

Rina's Deep Freeze Pv is like a mix of Ayu's evolution & GAME pvs. I don't like her voice at all - it's like ayu's 1998-2001 voice but weaker. I also don't like the song. (not offending, just opinion)

Alan's Diamond brings close to M (big reference!!) and Momentum as well. The pv reminds me of Jewel pv. But the song is nice and her voice as well

Kumi's Can We Go Back is certainly reminiscent of Because of You pv. But I really don't like this song at all. One of my least faves from Koda.

I don't know..Kana's song doesn't reminds me very much of ayu but the visuals yes...she really looks like an younger version of ayu..but I like her, she's sweet ..the song is nice.

Like I said yesterday in another thread, Tomoni Itano's pv is definitely inspired from Game & Ourselves. But that's not a bad thing..I must confess that I like the pv but the song does nothing for me.....

Ken Hirai's cover...hmmm..I don't really like his voice on Love ~Destiny~..

Thank you for all these songs...I'll try to find other resembling songs.

[Andrenekoi]

^Kana's music doesn't reminds me of Ayu all that much...
But her image... Oh her image...

Deep Freeze REALLY reminds me of M overall.... I was a massive Rina fan back in the day, until I noticed how much like Ayu she was... After that I noticed that pretty much every big act from Giza is based on other labels big acts (Mai Kuraki :V).

[marty]

This is so interesting!
That first Rina Aiuchi PV is M in the darks, lol. Like, seriously. And the way Mitsuoka Masami sings is SO trying to be like Ayu (or so it sounds to me).
But, and it's not the first time I wonder about it, I don't really see why everyone keeps comparing Kana's image after Best Friend with Ayu's. Like, I'm not sarcastic or anything, I really don't understand and I want to use this chance to ask why. Apart from the music (which is fairly different from Ayu's), I can't see the similarities.

[Delicious n Bold]

I really wanted to bring out the time Kumi was inspired by ayu's RnRC cover, but

I know a real general influence in kana nishino. They say that nishino's greatness lies within her lyrics, which is really reminiscent of Ayu.

[marty]

^
I thought about the lyrics aspect too, but truth be told, it's not so rare for a singer to write most of his/her songs texts. To not consider the fact that Ayu and Kana lyrics are the most different things ever.
And Kuu's Dejavu covers are so... ah-emh, "inspired" by R'n'R Circus it almost hurts to look at them both at the same time.

[ayumisrael]

She admitted that ayu is her favorite artist, and this is UNITE! right at ya.



Chinese girl group. Song - About You PV - GAME

[tsumekaze_]

^ LOL so true. I was thinking this today looking at them on itunes XD btw I think that kana and ayu also look similar because of their looks. I mean, because you know well the two of them it's easy for you to tell them apart but they're pretty similar, facial features, big eyes, their being blonde...I think general public find them pretty similar. Plus the lyrics aspect, I had heard about that too... it's not so much about their lyrics being SIMILAR, but it's mostly because kana's lyrics were/are considered to be speaking to people, like, they are really honest and meaningful, which is something that has also always marked ayu's ones. They used to say that ayu got famous because of her truthful and appealing lyrics So I think it's mainly about that.

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

She admitted that ayu is her favorite artist, and this is UNITE! right at ya.



Chinese girl group. Song - About You PV - GAME

HI THERE AYU how ya duin

[mizuki-7]

Kana Nishino uses all the codes of the young Ayu (this is not a critical) but I'm very intrested how her career will turn when she will grow ^^

Miliyah kato also said in an interview that Ayumi was one of her biggest influence with Utada Hikaru !

[ayumisrael]

Exactly! haha

Also tomomi itano's "little" single covers are totally A BEST 2 -BLACK-/A BEST.

Andrenekoi - If you don't mind, would you put on the first post everything that people share if it's relevant please? If this thread will be long it would be hell to find specific inspired thing someone liked.

[stepYOU1234]

Kimi to Sora by Sifow was pretty much SURREAL - http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/son...w+Kimi+to+Sora
And I always thought Chain sounded a bit like an Ayu song - http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=sifow+chain

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

Exactly! haha

Also tomomi itano's "little" single covers are totally A BEST 2 -BLACK-/A BEST.

Andrenekoi - If you don't mind, would you put on the first post everything that people share if it's relevant please? If this thread will be long it would be hell to find specific inspired thing someone liked.

No problem! I'll do it once I'm using the PC!
edit: DONE!

Funny enough, even Nami's choreography feels "ayuish"... This considering Ayu barely dances, haha!

@stepYOU1234
SURREAL indeed!

I can also see something Ayuish about the 2nd song, but can't really say what it is!

[YUKARI]

how about Jolin Tsai?

[Linoa62]

Originally Posted by YUKARI

how about Jolin Tsai?

Jolin Tsai is such a touchy subject among Ayu fans (never understood why), you opened Pandora's box lol

To answer your question, well, it seems to me that this topic is mostly about musical influences, and Jolin & Ayu's music is not really alike...
As far as visuals as concerned though, when Jolin was under Sony (2003-2005 but mostly 2003-2004 Magic-Castle), some stuff like parts from The Smell of Lemon Grass PV were, let's say, "strongly inspired" by Ayu because they wanted to make her the "Taiwanese Ayumi Hamasaki" back then. Jolin didn't really have a say about it unfortunately and she ended up leaving.

[emi♡]

wooooww I don't think I ever watched that Koda PV lol cause I never really liked Can We Go Back except live. I only like her rock songs live. I didn't notice how ayuish it was lol talkin 2 myself part 2.

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

I really wanted to bring out the time Kumi was inspired by ayu's RnRC cover, but

I don't think it was Ayu related at all.

There was a HUGE inclusion of british fashion, emblems, and the union jack in Japanese magazines and brands when around the time when RnRC was released. tbh, I feel like Ayu copied my RINKA who was like, one of those first to show it off the style on certain mag covers and editorials.

but lulz it's not important. It was something that was kinda ridiculously widespread. So it's not like anyone took it from anyone else. They were all influenced by the same trend.

[mizuki-7]

Masami Okui _ -W- : It's pretty much a mix between INSPIRE and GAME ! she even wears the same outfit that Ayu wore during the promotion of this single ^^



This one remind me somewhat of Naturally too

[Surreal17]

Originally Posted by stepYOU1234

Kimi to Sora by Sifow was pretty much SURREAL - http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/son...w+Kimi+to+Sora
And I always thought Chain sounded a bit like an Ayu song - http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=sifow+chain

The first song is definitely SURREALish....as for the second song, it somehow reminds me of Startin' (mainly the verses).

@ayumisrael - Omg...Nami's song is almost identical to UNITE! but I don't like it as I don't really love the original...so
S.H.E.'s song is like a mellow Chinese version of About You. The PV is definitely reminiscent of GAME pv with all those tv screens and the overall dark image..

@mizuki 7 - as for Masami Okui's _ -W- it certainly reminds me of INSPIRE & GAME in a good way but only during the verses. The chorus is boring.
As for the other song, Wild Cat, I have a vague impression of Naturally too.

[labello]

Miku the singer from the visual kei group An Cafe seems to be an Ayu fan.
He used to wear a fox tail a lot and he even imitated the talkin 2 myself cover for a magazine
Lyric wise I'd say the way he phrases things sometimes sound similar to how ayu would phrase them, I guess it comes with similar topics in songs.

I don't know if I'll find any pictures but if I do I'll post them.

[LONJJONG]

I am not sure if it's related, but YoonA SNSD recommended "Boys & Girls" for their J-pop compilation album "Sweet Memories with Girls' Generation"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWHHt2-x4w0

[ayu_fantasy]

Ayu is really an iconic figure isn't it? Do you realise that the styles are More of 2000-2003 ayu?? When ayu was at her peak...