ayu shooting new PV somewhere in the Middle East

[Yumsushi]

I'm going to look like a real B&^&^ but it always baffles me when I see people confusing the Middle East with India and other Southeast Asia. I know wikipedia is down but if you look up what the Middle East constitutes India and Thailand are not in the middle east. They are all in Asia but that does not make them the same. INSPIRE is Thai inspired more than anything. Brillante is confusing because of its drums but the strings and creepy choir are not common to anything Middles Eastern. The Zither in Don't look back is more Indian than Arabic, however the violin-like parts are reminiscent of arabic music so that's probably the closest to a 'Middle Eastern' song she has come.

It takes more than black eyeliner and baggy pants to make a song "Middle East" inspired. With that said, I hope she does something post apocalyptic in the desert like in Kazeyomi's post.