Stay Gold - Thoughts on Hikaru Utada

[Enfluerage]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

I think u r wrong about the Max comment, he actually commented he liked Ayu's voice and that she should take vocal lessons and work with Avex...

All Night Nippon, Dec 1998 (credit to Masa). Hamasaki Ayumi was giving advice to a caller.

HA: Do you know Max Matsuura, being the producer of my works now?
Caller: Yes.
HA: Do you know? I've known the man since I was sixteen.
Caller: Really?
HA: Yes, I've known him for about four years. And when we went to a Karaoke house together, I was told by the man, "You are poor at singing."
Caller: What?
HA: And he said to me, "Poor at singing, but you have a good voice", and "Go to take lessons.


Apologies, I made an error in my original post. It should be "he commented that her singing was poor and suggested she should do singing lessons". (ie: Max thought her voice was good, but her singing was bad). I'll fix this now. Thanks for this.

In Rocking on Japan (2001, credit masa translation), Hamasaki says that Max told her this afterwards:
"So go to the voice lessons and the physical training first to develop your strength".